Dear TikTok: Cave diving is in water. These are actually “spelunkers.”
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This week, I explain why generations A and Z are eating rotten meat, making fun of cave explorers, showing off their emergency contacts, and becoming very emotionally invested in an angler fish. Everyone is having a very normal week.
What do all the cave diving memes mean?If your various social media feeds are full of videos of upside down shoes and boots in different locations, you’re witnessing “cave diving” memes. While “cave diving” actually refers to underwater cave exploration, the memes are not about that: Younger people are making jokes about the way cave explorers will wedge themselves into tiny crevices until all anyone can see are the bottoms of their boots. Here’s a real life example:
And here are some of comedic takes.
How a cave diver checks their oil:
