{"id":709,"date":"2025-05-23T14:14:47","date_gmt":"2025-05-23T13:14:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/illuminatedmag.co.uk\/?p=709"},"modified":"2025-06-02T16:18:34","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T15:18:34","slug":"im-so-hungry-i-could-eat-your-childhood-boyfriend-what-is-this-new-tiktok-trend-and-is-it-promoting-cannibalism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jusmedia.co.uk\/illuminatedmag\/2025\/05\/23\/im-so-hungry-i-could-eat-your-childhood-boyfriend-what-is-this-new-tiktok-trend-and-is-it-promoting-cannibalism\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cI\u2019m so hungry I could eat\u2026 your childhood boyfriend\u201d: What is this new TikTok trend and is it promoting cannibalism?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted has-small-font-size\"><em>Images by adonyig from Pixabay and by GabboT<\/em> from Wikimedia<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>A new trend has been circulating social media where people share shocking names to their family, but with the twist they are so hungry they could eat them. Is this a silly prank or is there something more sinister going on?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most of us have heard of the phrase, \u201cI\u2019m so hungry I could eat a horse,\u201d and maybe you have even said it, but would you actually eat one? What about if you change it to something else, a different animal or even a human do you mean what you say? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Well, there is a new trend where people take the phrase and use the name of their dad\u2019s teenage girlfriend, or mum\u2019s childhood enemy. The shock and confusion on their parent\u2019s face, gathers thousands of likes and follows and more people have started to participate, but do words have meaning? Are we glamorising cannibalism?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/research.brighton.ac.uk\/en\/persons\/james-cole\">Dr James Cole<\/a>, a Dean at the University of Brighton, researched cannibalism in archaeological contexts and treatment of the dead within fossil records. He said: \u201cClearly there is a subculture fascination with the topic of cannibalism, you\u2019ve got big films, Silence of the Lambs, TV shows, Yellowjackets, so this is clearly something that people certainly in the West find really interesting.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-tiktok wp-block-embed-tiktok\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@katiembryant\/video\/7498170537542323502\" data-video-id=\"7498170537542323502\" data-embed-from=\"oembed\" style=\"max-width:605px; min-width:325px;\"> <section> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"@katiembryant\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@katiembryant?refer=embed\">@katiembryant<\/a> <p>turns out it\u2019s his bday today! hbd heath !!! <a title=\"fyp\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/fyp?refer=embed\">#fyp<\/a> <a title=\"foryoupage\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/foryoupage?refer=embed\">#foryoupage<\/a> <a title=\"imsohungry\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/imsohungry?refer=embed\">#imsohungry<\/a> <a title=\"mom\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/mom?refer=embed\">#mom<\/a> <\/p> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"\u266c original sound - katie\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/music\/original-sound-7498170558677355306?refer=embed\">\u266c original sound &#8211; katie<\/a> <\/section> <\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>When looking at cannibalism we should first find out why people do it from an evolutionary perspective. \u201cIt varies hugely and is often situational specific, so it could be about starvation and that\u2019s the only food, or for medicinal use, so people might consume placenta after giving birth, which can be for nutritious reasons but also social cultural reasons.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere is honouring the dead in some cases when there is funery cannibalism where in by eating a mouthful of the decease it is about carrying them with you forever. We always tend to jump to the horrific shock value around this behaviour but if we take a step back, we can see it can have a huge range of motivations.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThen looking at this trend on TikTok there is a shock value there but it could metamorphous into something else for some people which could go in any direction.\u201d Although there are reasons why people cannibalise through our evolutionary trajectory we put in social norms and constructions that have prevented us from doing it and changed the meaning.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This has meant that it has become fascinating to audiences, \u201cprobably why Hollywood uses it is because we are obsessed with taboo culture of what\u2019s allowed and what isn\u2019t and it sells. People will read it, people will watch it, people will engage with it because it is like that car crash moment when you are driving along you don\u2019t want to look because something awful has happened people are being looked after but you cant almost stop yourself and I think cannibalism has that same feeling,\u201d Cole says.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Due to this, people have become drawn to the topic, and it often goes viral online, \u201cunderlining it all this is a topic that people are drawn to either because they don\u2019t want to but they cant help themselves or they want to know more or because they enjoy the thrill of it,\u201d Cole says. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, it could be said that people are not engaging in the trend because they want to participate in cannibalism they are just interested in the taboo of it all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, a large aspect of the trend is revealing shocking names and getting reactions, so has the trend really been influenced by cannibalism? Cole believes the trend could be influenced by the shock and wanting engagement online, \u201cthe shock value is not about the cannibalism act, the shock value comes from the name or the reveal that you know in association that the parent didn\u2019t engage in. If it\u2019s a trend people monetise that and the more outrageous you can be or the more hits you get people, make income of that.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite this, could it be glamourising cannibalism? \u201cThere is an element of glamour because the moment you put it on the screen either large or small, people will react to it in a way that resonated with them and hopefully some will just take it as entertainment and a story,\u201d Cole says.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more stories on Social Media click here:<a href=\"https:\/\/illuminatedmag.co.uk\/social-media\/\"> https:\/\/illuminatedmag.co.uk\/social-media\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.34%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"300\" data-src=\"https:\/\/illuminatedmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/05\/Expert-Bios-3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1148 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1000px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1000\/300;\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.34%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new trend has been circulating social media where people share shocking names to their family, but with the twist they are so hungry they could eat them. 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