Humor

Weird Sh!t I’ve Seen On The Internet This Week

Volume One of a neverending series.

Bev Potter
3 min readNov 14, 2021

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Scalp Popping

I’ve finally realized there’s no limit to how stupid people can be. I thought, “There’s a ceiling, right? People can only get so stupid.”

And then I heard about scalp popping.

I can barely type those words without pushing back my chair and running away from my computer.

Scalp popping was born on TikTok like a lot of other hella stupid things. You grab a hunk of your hair, or somebody else’s hair, and you yank it to make a popping sound.

The popping sound is bodily harm being done to your flesh. Or, more technically, it’s the sound of the galea aponeurotica, which is a layer of soft tissue connected to your scalp, popping off your skull.

Popping. Off. Your skull.

I think I have to lay down.

Scalp popping can cause internal bleeding or create a sore on your head. Uh, like, duh? (No, I didn’t watch the videos. No way, no how.)

The weird thing is that I once had a boss who did this to me. She insisted it would feel good, so I let her twist some of my hair around her finger and pull. She didn’t yank, per se, so it wasn’t…

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Bev Potter

Legal secretary by day, insomniac by night. Ally. BA, MA. Humor, pop culture, and things that make you think. My weekly-ish newsletter is bevpotter.substack.com