The young generation now has their own version of the Rickroll, ready to traumatize anyone who clicks on the wrong link: “Krissed”.
As with most things in 2022, it all traces back to the Kardashians, with mom Kris Jenner at the center of the new meme dominating TikTok. If you’ve been on the video content app in the last week, you’ve probably fallen victim to “Krissed.”
What does “Krissed” mean on TikTok?
TikTok comes up with new trends and meme formats in a constant cycle, with the “Krissed” meme seeing users being pranked
The trend has been for users to post a video containing misinformation, often about celebrity personal lives. Other videos instead hint at some sort of heartbreaking or shocking story involving a celebrity without divulging specifics. The message then turns out to be a lie, however, with a surprise video of Jenner dancing along with the caption, “You just got ripped.”
Jenner’s video is from a 2012 music video shot by the Kardashian family on the set of one of their famous Christmas card shoots. Jenner dances to “Lady Marmalade” wearing a sparkly green dress. In the meme version, it is paired with an accelerated version of the song.
Thanks to the meme, “You’ve been Krissed” is evolving into a 2022 version of Rickrolled popping up everywhere and everywhere with unsuspecting users. Of course, whether the meme will stand the test of time like the original Rickroll meme remains to be seen.
Despite this, the annoyance it generates radiates throughout the app as users jokingly ask them to stop using it after falling victim to the prank too many times. A video with over 5.4 million views falsely claimed that Kendall Jenner announced pregnancy on Instagram, only for a video of Kris Jenner to surface. A quick scan through the comments shows that users are asking for the “krissing” to stop.
“I don’t want to get ripped anymore,” wrote one TikTok user.
“My therapist will hear about it,” joked another.
Another meme format catching on online is the Dall-E Mini App, as reported by news week last week. The app allows users to create mashup AI images of bizarre scenarios and it produces quite interesting results.
Darth Vader playing a bass guitar? Secure. Gordan Ramsey eats a Big Mac? Yes. Kermit the Frog painted by Norwegian artist Edvard Munch? Apparently. The image generator has seen people come up with hilarious scenarios, sometimes with even more hilariously bad results.
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