Things that keep me up at night

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Why it worked

The video taps into a relatable and often uncomfortable aspect of adolescence: the allure of older individuals and the potential dangers associated with it. The creator's strong emotional reaction and use of provocative language likely resonated with viewers, sparking discussion and sharing.

Summary

The creator recounts a personal story about high school parties where older individuals, some in their 30s, would provide alcohol and cigarettes to underage teens. They express disgust at the age gap and the normalization of such relationships, highlighting how common it was for younger girls to date significantly older men, some of whom already had children.

Structure

1Recalling high school parties and sneaking out
2Older individuals providing alcohol and cigarettes
3Disgust at the age gap and normalization of dating older men
4Realization that these older individuals were 'PDFs' (predators)
5The creator's personal experience with friends dating older men
6Concluding thought on the prevalence of such situations

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Things that keep me up at night

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It’s really gross if you think about it #storytime #highschool #sneakingout #felony #creeper

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Transcript

You know what's disgusting if you think about it? Whenever I was in like 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th grade, we would, me and my friends, we would sneak out of our house and go to field parties and house parties and all that, right? You did it too. And the people that were hosting these said parties and the ones that were picking you up from your house when you were sneaking out the window. These people were in their like early to mid-20s. Some of them in their 30s. And at the time, we were thinking, oh my god, this person's so cool, they're buying a cigarette and alcohol. In actuality, bitch, those were PDFs. They were. I can't tell you how many girls I knew personally in like ninth grade, they were dating 19, 20, 21 year olds. And the girls that were my age thought it was a flex that they got a college boy. Bitch, that's PDFs. You are 14 and you're dating a 21 year old? That's disgusting. They really needed to have to catch a predator back in like 2006 to 2010 because that would have been primetime to catch those motherfuckers. Before the whole social media blow up. And the amount of girls that were like, you don't know him, you don't know his story. Bitch, he's 23. And he has two kids. You're 14 and you're dating him? That's disgusting. I gotta go.