Exposing SUPER WEIRD Cake Story Channels & Debunking Fake Videos | Ann Reardon

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Hi I'm Ann Reardon, How to Cook That is my youtube channel filled with crazy sweet creations just for you. This week we're debunking more fake content on KZbin, TikTok and across the internet. Let's also look at the Facebook papers and their algorithm. Do Skittles and Sprite make transparent eggs? Can you waffle iron marshmallows? Weird Storytime channels, sweetened condensed milk caramel. Join me for creative cakes, chocolate & desserts, new video every Friday.
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[@HowToCookThat]

In response to comments about the new marshmallow waffle video that has since been uploaded... At no point in this video did I say the marshmallow recipe was "fake". I said it was technically possible, as it is just melting a marshmallow and letting it set again. I also said it would be tricky on a waffle maker. I then showed making it and found it was not a good choice of appliance and not fast either. Most people who try what was shown in the original video will end up with a mess on their waffle maker that is very hard to clean. The new yummy waffle video shows exactly what I already said and showed in my video: 1. As I said in my video, it is technically possible. 2. You need to add oil (which is what Dave tasted and said it was not good with marshmallow) 3. You need a waffle maker without a pattern or it will stick and need hours of cleaning 4. You don't put the lid down for the whole time or it will stick 5. You need to let the marshmallow cool before removing it from the waffle maker - which takes about 15 minutes of waiting (this is not shown in their original video but is shown in the updated version). In this video, I show a much faster, cleaner and easier method that tastes good. Please ensure that you actually watch this video first before leaving a comment that doesn't make sense.

[@ussinussinongawd516]

Ooh she came back HARD

[@user-hq3ic7vs8l]

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[@user-of9jx9to7h]

3. waffle maker WITHOUT a pattern? The youtuber used the maker WITH a pattern.

[@user-gi9gr5xv3z]

응 구질구질~

[@taniabarnes8021]

I hope you know how much of us watch these videos, love them, but just don't comment. I'm sorry you have to deal with so much internet drama. Keep up the great work, love your content. Thank you so much! 😊

[@MaJo-je8cs]

Strongest materials on Earth: 1. Diamond 2. Dave's stomach 3. Ann's kitchenware

[@TheBestCat1290]

ngl daves tastebuds must be number 1 as he has to taste all the horribleness before it goes to round 2 in the stomach 😂😂

[@rotem1437]

😂😂😂

[@mitsuri_kanroji_7376]

yep

[@localcryptid740]

4. Ann's cleaning products

[@MegCazalet]

@@localcryptid740 Ann’s arms!

[@Bazziness]

KZbin be like: ❌No more dislikes shown to public ✅Fake thumbnails

[@pavi._.]

Omg So True

[@miex5451]

r/true

[@leonilninoayala3236]

And fake contents....

[@lexarona300]

@@pavi._. how u do the wheel

[@derpy2.0]

Literally.

[@ananananabop]

What IN THE WORLD is the non-sinister explanation for the cake decorating story videos?? How does youtube allow that? Thank you for doing the constant work of exposing and calling out these awful channels, it can’t be fun to have to watch their videos.

[@ruthspanos2532]

I am not saying that this a a real explanation. But a relatively non-sinister explanation could be that the stories got clicks, so they just put the audio with the video without any concern about content. No need to attribute to conspiracy what can be explained by greed.

[@thedestroyasystem]

@@ruthspanos2532 that’s what I’m figuring, too. I mean look at My Story Animated and all those kinds of channels, they’ve been doing this for ages, they’ve just been more upfront about it. I can see why a channel that doesn’t want to put in the effort of animating something, but does want to crank out viral videos, would take the audio from a story that’s already proven to garner KZbin success and add visuals from another KZbin trend. I’ve seen animations, slime, other “oddly satisfying” type stuff, food hacks/recipes, and more set to these audios.

[@Faucetofstone]

My guess is this was done because of the weird phenomenon and "sub-genre" of true crime where people watch similar cooking vids and make up vids while listening to an actual horrific true crime story. Yes, that's a thing, it's really big here and on tiktok, so I have to imagine that was the catalyst.

[@capitalknockers666]

KZbin profits from monetised videos, they'll turn a blind eye to dodgy behaviour whenever they think they can.

[@kawaibakaneko]

​@@capitalknockers666"Heeeeey guys I found a suicide victim!!! No clickbait! Shocking 😨" Please we should never forget the human disgrace that is Logan Paul. He barely got a slap on the finger for it, he got new viewer thanks to the infamy

[@Coyoteari]

As a kid my mom always taught me raw chicken safety via “Chicken Hands”, aka “if your hand has touched chicken it’s chicken now & can’t touch anything but chicken” 🤣

[@fikkitchen]

At this point, KZbin is just absolutely disgusting. As you've already pointed out in a previous debunking video, "money is the driver". KZbin will go out of their way to let these content farms remain on the platform, just because it's a good business model for them. The more people stay in an endless cycle of randomly repeated food videos and the more they engage, the more KZbin as a whole gets traffic and "time spent in-app". I really hope that this is their downfall one day...

[@bastioncory6740]

Hmmmm, how about, we make a non KZbin website that doesn't do anything like this KZbin content. I'm sold🙄

[@otakupower1048]

And of course they get rid of the dislike button so you can even watch out for this type of content

[@Gatorade69]

Right ? I see so many bot posts It's crazy, yet KZbin is always removing my comments. Even comments where I do not use any profanity or anything and I wonder what I said to make my comment removed ? It makes no sense and then I see all these bot posts and I just sigh...

[@spootymaniacs]

@@bastioncory6740 there are plenty of youtube alternatives like vimeo and Dailymotion, even some websites that aim to replicate youtubes early days, the issue is that not alot of people actually use it enough to be viable the same way yt is, for example a video creator would get much less revenue due to less traffic. I do wish more people go to more youtube alternatives though so that eventually it will be a viable alternative to serious creators who wish to earn a reward from their hard work

[@wahhbajack]

@@bastioncory6740 Tons actually exist. Even those that let you upload copyright content. Here's the problem: you won't get monetized on them. They don't have Google money. no one will use them. Daily motion has existed almost as long as KZbin.

[@witchthief9735]

God those "childrens stories" are actually terrifying to hear as an adult, imagine hearing these stories as a kid and thinking they're true or realistic! SUPER CREEPY

[@byblispersephone2.094]

To be honest, they sound like Goosebumps stories

[@Nurse227]

The exact reason my son doesn’t have a tablet or anything to watch “children” videos.

[@FalconOfStorms]

@@byblispersephone2.094 I recall less pedophilia in Goosebumps, but it's been awhile.

[@melissamcclain34]

These channels should be removed from KZbin...our kids are influenced enough by social media without crap like this

[@liesalllies]

@@byblispersephone2.094 I have always been into horror and weird stuff ever since I was s kid, and whether I turned out to be a well adjusted adult is still up for debate, but I still was more like 8 years old and up when I was consuming that kind of media. I did understand that it was not real and just wanted to be imaginative. These creepy stories could be real terrifying for very young children who still don't even have the concept of fiction or lying.

[@micheleh6544]

they never should've gotten rid of downvotes. It could be a very useful tool for judging whether something was actually going to show you what was advertised.

[@RandomVidsforthought]

Dislikes not downvotes

[@Bee-rt5qf]

@@RandomVidsforthought semantics. No different.

[@inpropriapaislee]

They’re still there, just need a browser extension

[@purpleflowers8723]

Agreed

[@kalisederoche]

those stories are pure trafficking rhetoric-escaping hard situations, framing violence as exciting, trusting strange adults-all grooming techniques of johns. be careful & pay attention to what your kids are watching!

[@kalisederoche]

@@nemo-x ok but thats what im saying. soooo much of our media has trafficking rhetoric, esp towards YAs & children bc it makes them easier to manipulate. parents wouldnt have to take all these measures if we didnt have a society where exploiting children is the norm. yes, they should make their kids aware of dangers, but we need to be blaming the predators first, which means holding them accountable for things like this. these tropes are always harmful, and putting them in movies/shows/books/YT vids for young ones irresponsible & has malicious intent.

[@user-gu9yq5sj7c]

@@kalisederoche Bionicpig criticized The Lizzie Mcguire Movie for glamorizing a preteen running off alone with a older guy. Some people wrote it off, but as a kid I did think that was ok when I saw that movie. I'm glad Bionicpig criticized that. There are real kids who did that and were physically violated, killed, trafficked, or disappeared. Just because Lizzie is depicted to fortunately turned out safe, doesn't mean that idea is ok or always turns out safe.

[@kalisederoche]

@@user-gu9yq5sj7c oh man, ill have to watch that! its scary how much of our media growing up has these themes. im glad we are realizing that its v purposeful & we’re all talking abt it now.

[@kawaibakaneko]

​@@kalisederocheThat's old hangup from fairytales I would guess 🤔 You know they all have a hero who travel, or who get through a transformation, it's all metaphorical and about growing up. Pretty nice for oral story or book with some medieval/fantasy/unrealistic illustrations. Ultra creepy when put in the real world :/

[@adrianadoesnotexist]

To add to what Ann said about not answering the door for strangers, if someone asks for your parents or asks if you’re alone, NEVER tell them that you’re alone/that your parents are gone/etc., even if they claim to be a family friend or a coworker!

[@andreeacat7071]

Yes, you always say that they’re upstairs or otherwise occupied. Then you close the door and hope they didn’t catch you lying. That’s why you don’t open the door; you don’t know if they’re going to try something. It’s better for them to just assume nobody’s home or that someone’s in the house but they’re not answering. If in the end, they break in, at least you get a chance to hide because you don’t know what a person would do with unsupervised access to a minor.

[@mariomario1462]

Ugh this doesn't happen. Your little histrionic fantasy about some random knocking on the door to do harm is absurd. Most abuse happens WITHIN the home by a family member moron which is why it's never stopped until its too late. Stop with the stupid hysteria.

[@eliannalinde228]

Yes!! My mom always taught me that if someone comes knowing on our door when in home alone, ww should always say something like my mom is in the shower/ taking a nap/occupied for whatever reason, but never any indication that I'm home alone

[@templedrake6890]

ya'll acting like children are actually watching her boring-ass videos. stop. it's all wine aunts and gays.

[@sidiwvwhi]

@@templedrake6890 children could be watching you never know

[@Ultracity6060]

And thanks to the removal of the dislike counter, you can no longer tell at a glance whether a video is going to be misleading. Thanks, KZbin!

[@kenb2957]

It's so dangerous. At a glance you could see that even though a video had a lot of likes and views, if it was 40% redbar or more, it was probably suspect. I know I've looked up a lot of fixes and tips on the internet and the dislike function protected me from scams and non functional advice. In the face of "hacks" like "just rub toothpaste on your cracked phone" the dislike function was the easiest way for people to protect others.

[@frenchbreadstupidity7054]

@@kenb2957 We never had those redbars in my country and yet I have always been able to avoid fake hack videos.

[@Feralwarlord666]

good thing the "return youtube dislike" add-on exists

[@abaddon2148]

and essentially, that's the reason why they took it away, so these brands don't have to worry about that side of the consequences of their actions and still make money. look up the top most disliked videos, and easily 90% of them are brands. "creator harassment" is just the cover they use, which even by their own standards is essentially a moot point bc the dislikes get shown to the creator anyways. it's sickening.

[@CheezayBallz]

@@Feralwarlord666 sadly, that not gonna work anymore in the like, middle of December.

[@M2ofEMMM]

The more I hear about just how dangerous the Internet is for kids these days (those creepy storytime baking videos are a new low), the more grateful I am that I grew up in the era when the Internet was too slow to be bothered with.

[@eepylavendercat]

Yeah I have a feeling that gen Z's kids are all gonna grow up without internet because we're traumatized from growing up with the internet at such a young age. pretty much all my friends unanimously agree that our kids aren't getting the internet until later on in life

[@maridaaucamp5133]

I'm a millenial gen and my kids are growing up without the internet. I'm frankly shocked that so many aren't bothered about kids' exposure to the internet and specifically social media.

[@RenCarl1sle]

Those stories weren't just creepy, they were triggering af as a survivor of abuse and sexual violence.

[@RenCarl1sle]

@GalaxiaPLAYZ I am yeah, thank you 😊 ❤️

[@MibaCallabus]

Yes, this.

[@livin4thelamb499]

I'm glad you're a survivor (I am as well) and I'm sorry hearing this was upsetting too ❤️

[@cursedcancersurvivor]

Stay off the internet and maybe see a therapist if you're so easily triggered?

[@RenCarl1sle]

@@cursedcancersurvivor kindly stfu and follow your own advice.

[@lbeg323]

We need a "How Ann cleans her cookware after (un)intentional kitchen disasters" - so we know how to properly clean our waffle irons or microwaves or skillets when we screw something up!

[@ListenToStatic]

Oh, man, this would be a super valuable video. Just in case you weren’t already aware, though, it’s easy to get caked-on gunk out of a pot through boiling water with a good glug of vinegar in it. Saves me every time. I’m sure that Ann also uses Barkeeper’s Friend cleaner a lot.

[@krankarvolund7771]

Yeah, everyone pities Davefor having to test the recipes, but I think the worst part is cleaning after the recipes XD

[@lindateppler3058]

I'm tempted to send Ann a jug of my Five Star PBW (Powdered Brewery Wash). Man that stuff works so well. You sometimes have to retain a bit of patience, but leave stuff to soak overnight and you're golden for things that have nooks and crannies or even having to paint it on things that can't be soaked. Jugs and narrow-necked glassware just come clean as a whistle! :)

[@juliajohnson3187]

I agree, it would be really helpful! In her video "Debunking INSANE viral TikTok videos" she briefly reviews what best removes hard stains from a metal baking pan, but to have a video going over different bakeware would be nice.

[@kenb2957]

Unironically, I'd watch that. She has so much charisma and so many interesting stories to tell. Plus she has a lot of experience turning her frustration at the scams into amusement and befuddlement.

[@singingwolf8997]

There's clickbait, and then there's disguising stories about abuse and grooming as 'happy fun-time cake decorating for kids!'. The fact those channels are still up proves that KZbin doesn't actually care about content, as long as it's getting views.

[@josephg.1.130]

Lets be real, we already have plenty of proof that youtube doesnt care about its content or the creators

[@Andrew-wb2zq]

It’s so incredibly weird. Some of the most disturbing stuff I’ve seen online has been these weird generated videos on KZbin aimed at children. Ugh.

[@Chris-et3xh]

KZbin, as well as almost all social media/video sharing sites, constantly push forward this obviously bad content cause it makes money. They don't want to take responsibility for anything

[@esf34147]

youtube claims to "care about the children" but they don't actually care, and this is just one example

[@Chris-et3xh]

@@esf34147 KZbin cares about them dollar bills and that's about it. During Pride Month, KZbin played homophobic and sexist ads over the lgbtq creators' videos. They were paid enough in their mind to literally ruin the pride month content.

[@Alexrider02]

I stopped using Facebook when I realized that every single time I opened the app or page, I would get almost immediately angry or frustrated. I think the algorithms of social media are to blame for a large portion of the social unrest and ever-widening gaps between those of different ideologies that we've seen over the last ten years or so.

[@Artsy-Tea]

Rather late reply, but I agree so much. Social media seems to built upon selling and spreading outrage, often where it's not needed or blown out of proportion. Nuance is near impossible to find nowadays, which makes discussions all the more harder to have. It's sad

[@Empoart]

The idea that there's actual people behind those braindead content farms, writing all kinds of bogus stories and making and editing soulless videos, is boggling to me.

[@techno1561]

Someone had to voice it as well. It doesn't sound like one of the AI voice generators.

[@RD9_Designs]

And I feel sure that it's mostly or completely written by men!

[@OhJuicy]

Research master's student here: if we ever give our participants distressing content we have to debrief them after the study, provide content warnings where possible, and also provide multiple support links. Exposing Facebook users to negative content and then not providing support would never get past a uni ethics committee!

[@qtheplatypus]

I’m assuming that you would have to tell them before hand in the consent form.

[@PrincessSixThirteen]

I would assume that an ethics committee would have an issue with minors being used in a psychological study.

[@Indigowispp]

And it’s crazy cause those story times are literally targeting children. I think Ann kind of did the method your talking about she showed the video and then said hey if there’s a stranger trying to meet up don’t do it 😭

[@RosesAndIvy]

Yeah the thing is that corporations get away with this because they don't even need the permission of an ethics committee to do this kind of research, unfortunately.

[@SallyBerry9]

Do these research things need to be peer reviewed? It’d be amazing if people started pointing out the ethical issues with the studies and preventing them from being properly endorsed or published, if that’s an option.

[@cathe8282]

Imagine, at age 10 or so, getting a cooking lesson from your auntie in the kitchen and as you're stirring batter she's telling you all about an abusive relationship! My gosh, those story videos are creepy!!!

[@bw3839]

Lol Honestly not far off from baking with my mum back in the day 😬 100% would not recommend!

[@anakelly76512]

I don't want to hear negative stuff while cooking. Cooking is my vacation, so to speak. And, I know for a fact that emotions play a role in your cooking. When I've angry, my food never comes out right no matter how I adjust it. When I cook while happy and content, my food comes out perfect. It's like I barely have to adjust anything. Negativity can make you sick, too.

[@Kazutoification]

And then you casually glance over and she's bleaching the chicken in the sink.

[@Abb5ieBM]

this style of video has been increasingly common on tiktok recently; people use audio clips of other creators reading out creepy/terrifying internet stories, and put them over videos of them cooking or making colourful crafts, or whatever is popular at that time. such a large proportion of tiktok's users are actual children, it definitely worries me a bit

[@cathe8282]

@@Abb5ieBM I can't even imagine how or why it's popular. Very worrying and I'm glad I don't have kids.

[@alleighbrown6855]

I can't be the only one that noticed in the marshmallow video she was debunking - it expands and melts all the way to the edge of their waffle iron and then magically it became smaller in the center.

[@JH-we7xf]

Parents - please be aware of what your kids are watching/listening to on KZbin! Those grooming stories are horrendous. Thanks for sharing, Ann.

[@amityislandchum]

Breakdown of why I watch this channel: 30% cooking videos 20% exposing dangerous fraud and corporate media monopolies 50% Ann's voice

[@littlemissmel88]

110% watching poor Dave eat weird things! Lol

[@blueberrypie9608]

@@littlemissmel88 I felt relieved when she didn't try the bleach chicken for dave

[@sadiasi152]

Literally

[@batemon85]

Here is my breakdown (that no one asked for, but, you inspired me!): 20% Exposing dangerous "hacks" 20% Historical recipes 15% Ann's voice 5% Baking how-to 40% Dave's taste testing

[@andrealindell4547]

Same, I love the combination! 🥰

[@kanlalonde1356]

At first, I was just like "Oh, more lazy content farms" and then I heard the stories and legit jawdropped. What an incredibly deranged company. Whew.

[@estefaniaguillen9628]

i really believed the storytimes would be dumb aita posts stolen from reddit, when i got to the actual part pf the video showing the storytimes i was like "well it is worse!"

[@evan_ramlie99]

@@estefaniaguillen9628 i don't think they're AITA stories. I think they're those animated kids stories that used to claim themselves for being true like from "My Story Animated" and the like.

[@maggiem6209]

These videos turn my stomach. Horrible people hurting children online for money. What the hell, KZbin??

[@bradameerbeg2154]

It’s horrible.

[@pollymilton7615]

my boyfriend was just telling me about the weird sorts of "kids' videos" that are on youtube but neither of us had heard of this specific sub-genre. so creepy.

[@icetiger-4760]

My dad once poached an egg in the microwave, and his complaint wasn’t that it was dangerous, it was and I quote “Bleh. This egg tastes microwavey.” After he had watched it explode in the microwave.

[@layla-loves_cats]

Those "story time" videos are in part why I don't let me daughter watch KZbin with headphones. Thank you for bringing awareness!

[@dreamingahopefuldream4439]

Dislike Button: exists KZbin: "NOOOO this is a tool for bullying and hate against small creators!" These fakes hack channels that can be dangerous: exists KZbin: "Wholesome content right there. 10/10 beautiful changed my life forever now please watch this instead of the smaller creators with genuine content."

[@arlynnecumberbatch1056]

only if socialblade is able to show dislike count, maybe in the future, then we would feel stronger than those fakers

[@amberlee4536]

Right??? We all know what "a handful of trolls" looks like and sure, hate campaigns get out of hand, but not anywhere near at the scale this crap is being pumped out

[@FeministCatwoman]

thanks for pointing it out, wtf did these pussballs hide the dislikes???

[@kamo7293]

you know what's stupid? If you click the dislike button you get "this will be sent to the creator" so it's not even protecting them since they can see their own analytics

[@trenvert123]

@@kamo7293 It's meant to stop you from clicking off of a video that potentially has 5000+ dislikes from a hate campaign, not prevent a content creator from simply seeing dislikes. I'm interested to see how well this will work, because a video with 100,000+ views, and 1000 likes would obviously have a ton of dislikes. Unless they get rid of likes as well, I don't see how this would actually help creator though.

[@yvettebasson1243]

My niece has anxiety issues and I can only imagine how those stories would affect her if she heard them, while thinking that she is watching a cake video. Even more insidious, is that any monitoring of her watch history wouldn't raise any red flags because the titles are so innocent. This is awful.

[@---nobody---]

Yup, I truly think it's intentional. 😕

[@mariagunnarsQ17]

Truly awful, same here, I watch my kids like a hawk, but I would not have noticed this, as they all wear headphones. Despicable.

[@Vickie-Bligh]

When Ann played those stories, the hair on the back of my neck stood up. Those were awful.

[@maridaaucamp5133]

@@Vickie-Bligh Me too, it was so so creepy.

[@gracehowell.]

If she's into baking, maybe get her into baking/cooking classes, so she doesn't have to rely on these fake cake videos. Or get some children's recipe books, if she's better at learning via text.

[@christinamatzen4214]

Those stories are horrifying! I had no idea that’s what they were doing during the videos! My daughter watches them all the time! I don’t even know what to say or think right now. She’s always taking about hearing a story someone told about xzy and it’s usually far fetched and I’m always telling her “Whoever they are I’m sure they’re making it up, no way would that happen.” I always thought it was someone at school telling her stories. We’re about to have a long talk. I check her videos and they all look fine because of those thumbnails. She’s usually watching crafts not baking or decorating but I’m just horrified right now.

[@arthurschopenhauer1070]

Don’t let your child watch things without you there this is your fault

[@user-gu9yq5sj7c]

@@arthurschopenhauer1070 He/she did say he checked his daughter's videos. Parents can't perfectly monitor everything. This is why it's good to raise awareness about the click bait and deceptive channels and videos.

[@ElpSmith]

@@user-gu9yq5sj7c No. They checked the thumbnails which don’t really tell you anything about the video. Those craft videos probably have the same audio

[@fart63]

You really should not let your child watch anything unsupervised

[@jalapenojalapeno5590]

Hey, I just want to say, you're not a bad parent. We do the best we can with what we know until we know something more. I admire your heart to keep your child safe and I hope that you're able to teach her a realistic and safe way to engage with people and the internet. I hope you have other people in your life to support you on this journey too.

[@blue.berry.b]

A couple years ago for Christmas, I bought my dad a waffle iron with removable plates that can be put in the dish washer! It’s super convenient to clean

[@juliettedemaso7588]

Full stop, those “Bella cake stories” are grooming videos; not a translation or cultural issue, not some woopsie. There’s no room for interpretation. That channel needs to be shut down immediately. Thank you so much for drawing attention to it, Ann!

[@Shyfish_0922]

Or those story animation channels with stories like "My sister was my mom" or "I dated my stalker" or something like that, uppon listening to them I could tell they were made up for views...

[@IAMHAPPY5290]

Finally someone acknowledges this. They arent just sus, they're downright predatory. Hate that youtube not only allows but outright prefers that style of content

[@LadyZubat]

Please explain to me how watching a stupid video is grooming? Because you lost me on that so hard I had to recheck the definition of grooming just to make sure I wasn't crazy. I don't think the creators of these videos are trying "the action by a pedophile of preparing a child for a meeting, especially via an internet chat room, with the intention of committing a sexual offense."

[@spicysalad3013]

@@LadyZubat maybe because they mislead children into thinking stranger danger isn't important? Haven't watched then but it's really not that hard to imagine why a video would be grooming, use your imagination.

[@Shyfish_0922]

@@LadyZubat Imagine telling a story to a kid where the mc was completely ok being groomed by creeps...

[@bryanbuttler]

This is literally the most disturbing one yet, Ann. The chicken washing “hack” has me laughing so hard that my stomach hurts…just like if I ate that bleach-infused chicken…

[@2ndAgbala]

🤣

[@kennie39]

pretty sure that one's a joke

[@serendipityshopnyc]

@@kennie39 Unfortunately, you just know somebody out there will take it seriously!

[@judgejudyslover]

@@kennie39 yea but like she said she’s just spread chicken germs all over the shit she just touched in her hilarious “joke”

[@tenyharyati9355]

😂😂😂 ikr

[@ladyvi8483]

Growing up my mom stressed for me to wait a solid minute after the microwave has stopped before opening the door. You never know what random leftovers might be unexpectedly explosive, so it’s always felt like a safe habit to have.

[@SuperMbprincess]

Hey Ann! I think it would be a fun series if u tried to make ur own recipes using the instructions from the fake cookbook. Im very curious to see how u would make a “pea sized disintegrate” 😭😭

[@akafiadelaenam4882]

This is serious, that children are exposed to these horrible stories😠 Thanks for bringing this to our attention🙏

[@anufoalan]

Worse than that a number of those stories frankly sound like grooming stories

[@HowToCookThat]

yes they seem very odd 😠

[@---nobody---]

@@anufoalan They absolutely do. It gives me the creeps. We really should try to do something to bring this to not just youtube's attention but rhe general public as best we can. It's important parents know what to look out for. Honestly, this whole thing reminds me of that Elsa, Spiderman -gate shit. 😕

[@trickyotter5916]

@@HowToCookThat i wanna say that sounds like a channel im sure you've heard of it its called my story animated i dont know exactly but it sounds like it

[@Malimber]

Money talks. Your mistake is thinking a multinational company cares about anything but the bottom line.

[@MagnaRyuuDesigns]

KZbin: We are removing the dislike counter Also KZbin: Channels that are aimed at kids with horrible traumatizing stories are okay with us

[@Yubin_Lee_Doramelin]

That's real nonsense. I can't understand KZbin letting obnoxious content farms and that kind of videos grow.

[@WickedPhase]

Yubin Lee Money. The amount of views these content farms get is enormous!

[@KasumiRINA]

Well if you want to ban "horrible traumatizing stories aimed at kids", might want to start with H.C. Andersen and then move over to Brothers Grimm and such... What traumatized me the most was Bluebeard by Charles Perrault. Apparently it's based on actual serial killer, a knight named Gilles de Rais who went mad after Jeanne D'Arc was killed... I really need to watch Fate: Zero.

[@alieyeah6594]

"Normal waffles are ideal for a waffle machine" (Ann Reardon, 2021)

[@songindarkness]

I didn’t think I could be more shocked and horrified watching this video than the bleach on food and the disturbing abusive stories on innocent-looking videos… but the HARMFUL MASS PSYCHOLOGICAL EXPERIMENTS… I am so happy that I quit all social media (except KZbin obvs) especially quitting Facebook, it’s improved my mental health so much.

[@traceybrenneman2291]

Oh my gosh! I am just appalled at the stories you were talking about. I am a child welfare professional and I can tell you those stories are ABSOLUTELY inappropriate - not only for children, but possibly even for adults who have past trauma. These situations could definitely be trauma triggers! Plus - WHY? What the heck do these stories have to do with cooking? I just don't get it. Thank you for telling us about this.

[@Mama_Bear524]

Also, someone else in the comments said that they’re even grooming kids because they’re normalizing weird and wrong adult behaviour. I thought that was a good point

[@1234cheerful]

Oh, the stories have nothing to do with cooking--they just use the visual to slide the inappropriate stuff right in under your radar. While your eyes see soothing, enjoyable videos of cookies and cakes and sugary treats (probably causing some dopamine bursts), you hear stories that would be frightening on their own and would raise questions, but the good feelings of the competently handled batter and dough and thoughts of sugar override skepticism, for the young and inexperienced, the gullible, the innocent who will take it all in without question and remember the good feeling. My theory anyway.

[@marshmallow4646]

So you have two audiences, one that will mute the video and just watch the baking stuff, and another that hears those stories and gets hooked and doesn't care about the baking, some of them play off your fear and are about how blank got out of a dangerous situation and they freak you out but make you want to listen so it won't happen to you

[@A.l85]

Agrees with you wholeheartedly !!! ♥ ️👍

[@akkiko]

@@marshmallow4646 Except there are already channels out there which do the exact same thing without the use of contrasting imagery. Corpse's entire schtick was narrating spooky stories with potential elements of truth to them. You don't need to mix the two mediums and doing so without consideration for your audience is careless and irresponsible.

[@Bayplaces]

How to cook that: what are these horror stories about abused girls on cooking clickbait? KZbin: removes dislike button

[@vs9400]

In this case the dislike button would do more harm than good. Any kind of interaction with the video, including dislikes, makes KZbin recommend the video to more and more people. Disliking a video is actually good for the content creator.

[@crazykay9422]

@@vs9400 Yes. But it also lets people easily see if the video is suspicious. Even if it gets recommended to you you can look at the dislikes, see they pass the likes by a good amount, and know it's not a good video. Hitting the dislike button may give that person more attention, but gives people an idea if it is good or bad before clicking it. Say you're wanting to find videos on home remedies for your skin. And you see a video with a bunch of likes. So you watch it and make what they show. Then it burns your skin off. Because what you couldn't see was how many more dislikes there were and did not know the information of what would harm you.

[@JuMiKu]

@@vs9400 It would be easy for them to fix the algorithm, so dislikes negatively impact you in the algorithm. But that would mean their own videos would be impacted.

[@vs9400]

@@crazykay9422 not really. I've seen in my country people sharing videos on WhatsApp groups asking groups of people to dislike the videos, and they do so even without watching them. For example, religious groups disliking videos because they show homossexual couples, pro-dictatorship people disliking videos that talk against dictatorship... Sometimes they even lie saying the video shows something it doesn't. Very often the dislikes are much higher than the likes even though most people don't mind those videos, because who don't mind them will not coordinate a massive liking campaign.

[@vs9400]

@@JuMiKu but why should dislike impact negatively? As I said above, the video may be just fine but it's being "attacked" by a group of people that haven't even watched it.

[@TheQueenEC]

I really appreciate Dave. He is so brave.

[@RikoLime]

I appreciate how you're bringing awareness to the creepy audio layovers to cake videos. The world is so horrid to children these days

[@mamaowlbear3366]

Is it just me, or do all these stories have a "grooming" bent to them? This is beyond creepy, these are dangerous.

[@jfs983]

I get where you're coming from, but I think in this case it's all done algorithmically to appeal to kids and get them watching more - which unfortunately overlaps with some creepy, uncomfortably sexual content. As someone else pointed out, the audio seems to be taken verbatim from those 'my story animated' videos...

[@krila3978]

It's definitely not just you.

[@glittermytimbers]

Exactly what I thought. Horrifying.

[@vampired]

It sounds like they are trying to emulate the "storytime and craft" element that you see so much on tiktok. You see people decorating desserts, doing nails, making resin charms, etc. while telling stories (usually user submitted OR read from Reddit). But these stories all have a weird, WEIRD vibe to them. I'm wondering if it is a language barrier thing as well, especially with using the wrong adjectives for experience.

[@42billybob]

@@jfs983 Might not be the original source. But the grooming vibes still stand for the original script. Someone is actively putting advice out there that will lower children's defenses against some seriously twisted shit.

[@ernestoagapitogarcesconyad1710]

okay but the fact that this woman straight up said "you have to use name-brand clorox bleach, if you don't it won't taste right" haunts my goddamn dreams

[@gangisspawn1]

Maybe she is a Chlorox sponsor lol

[@Juliaissocoollike602]

That was definitely meant as a joke

[@blue.orangeade]

I think she was being sarcastic lol

[@ravencole2740]

Cooking with crackheads.

[@SSS20025]

Bruh it was sarcastic 😶

[@smoldogo2979]

Many middle eastern and Caribbean countries "wash" their meats, specifically poultry, with citrus and salt. This is because it masks the scent of meat, which isn't very appealing.

[@Maya_Waya]

Yep, and we certainly don't do it with dawn and bleach. We only use bleach for cleaning up after

[@Croz89]

It would be safe if you kept the solution in a container and cooked it along with the meat, or disposed of excess straight down the sink with hot water. After all, this is what we do when we brine meat or marinade it (which is probably what they're doing there).

[@smoldogo2979]

@@Croz89 you should reduce marinade, it makes a nice sauce to finish the dish with

[@Croz89]

@@smoldogo2979 Depends. Sometimes you don't want to overpower the meat by overdoing the marinade flavours.

[@bscorvin]

God bless Ann Reardon for starting a baking channel and then somehow being roped into fighting all the misinformation on KZbin

[@jlynn2724]

I just want a sound bite of Ann saying, "that is not how life works." It would be handy in SO many situations.

[@helenem.4572]

Yes!!!! That's a wonderful idea)))

[@datgaydangernoodle1315]

YES!

[@loqkLoqkson]

every alarm and ringtone, similar to "this too will end"

[@ohrats731]

Oh no I need that for my brother 😅 No hate on him, but he has a disability that makes it hard for him to realistically assess how things work, so he comes up with these crazy cause and effect concepts. It scares me because it makes him vulnerable to these types of content that twist/skew reality. I want him to be safe!

[@elif6908]

“That’s not how this works, that’s not any of this works.”

[@ladyteruki]

What I find particularly disturbing about the "children stories" is that there is a very large portion of the children population that is abused at home (the numbers are between 1 in 3 to 1 in 5 children in the world experience some form of abuse, usually from relatives) that is EXTRA vulnerable. Particularly when it comes to tales of finding a savior in a stranger (a myth quite prevalent among us because obviously non-strangers are either abusers or some version of enablers), and knowing how little kid/teen fiction addresses this audience specifically (out of fear of shocking the non-abused children, oftentimes). So that makes those stories disgusting in my eyes because it feels predatory.

[@jackfender1975]

It should be banned! How does KZbin allow this! it's far worse than copyrighting a movie imo yet they pinalise over that. KZbin should be held accountable more legally for its content

[@653j521]

@@jackfender1975 Definitely. It sounds like grooming. What next? They tell the kids to contact them?

[@mariomario1462]

Uh no. The problem Is you are spreading hysteria since most abuse happens WITHIN the home by someone they KNOW not some random person knocking on the door. Grow up

[@mariomario1462]

@@653j521 don't abuse words you don't know

[@ferociousgumby]

@@653j521 This is one of the most shocking things I've ever seen on KZbin. I just had a video taken down with a "warning" about violating community standards. The video was of a preacher getting carried away and doing a crazy little dance in a Pentecostal church service. ANYONE could have watched it without being morally damaged. Yet THIS is considered fine?

[@user-yc5lb8fw5r]

I was so curious about these weird stories that I looked one up. The one I listened to was just kind of a generic teen romance story (dorky girl dating the handsome, popular guy). But it had weird expressions like “I finished spraying lacquer in my hair.” I think they’re just made up by chatGPT? That would explain how prolific they are and the oddness.

[@Omnywrench]

What KZbin Said: "It's on the same topic, so it's not misleading" What KZbin Meant: "We want to buy enough cocaine to build an igloo so this ad revenue cash cow stays"

[@tpopbpop4917]

Those "stories" are great ways to groom children into being uncomfortable, pressured, and trusting of the wrong people. It is sick that KZbin just lets these channels groom children and does nothing. Smh.

[@sophief6330]

Parents need to know that they can Block channels if they use KZbin Kids if I remember correctly

[@Serena-or7sl]

@@sophief6330 parents have limited time and will not be able to police all the content that their kids watch - either because they are not aware of a specific channel, or because their kids will see the content on another kid's device

[@tpopbpop4917]

@@Serena-or7sl Right? It makes me frustrated too sometimes because I would just rather raise a child with total understanding of technology and the internet before I allow them on it. And, an unfortunate point you make is that they will probably at some point, more than once, see something inappropriate on someone else's device. We just aren't prepared for something that is so hard to understand and allow children to use such a tool.

[@sophief6330]

@@Serena-or7sl it's not perfect but as a parent you still have the responsability to try, KZbin should do more be them too

[@LorelleCaimyth]

Exactly! And if a parent were to see their child watching those videos with headphones on then they would assume they were just listening to the recipe being spoken over the video of the cake being made. Horrifying.

[@lenhanai1091]

Hi, a local here, about the Vietnamese content farm one, I say this got through because most of older generation of parents in VN are not good with English. Therefore, even when children put these on speaker, the parents most likely will not understand. It's very sinister as the shady company put these kind of content into their already stolen videos of cakes in the name of learning English (which I think that's what they were going for to bypass the strict monitor and censorship in VN). Thank you for bringing this into light, Miss Ann. Love your works!

[@Khanhh00]

The thought of these greedy people, knowing they can get away with this due to how little both the kids and parents know of the English language, is sickening.

[@flowersgrowinme412]

Vietnamese kids nowaday are pretty good at English. It's dangerous because the elder can't understand so they can't advise the children which to watch or which to not watch.

[@FTZPLTC]

While it's possible, I'd be surprised if these videos were made with a Vietnamese audience in mind.

[@dalyxia]

All the snippets of the stories Ann plays sounds like grooming to me...

[@KanishQQuotes]

@@Khanhh00 The only way to challenge this is if a popular Vietnamese youtuber or TV personality confronts and debunks these content farms

[@anneuldahl]

I feel in love with How to Cook that through Ann's debunking videos and the always accurate replication and scientific explanations attached. The reason why I have stuck around, is Ann's commitment to explain and expose content farms and dangerous content ❤️

[@artistaroundtheblock2047]

I love you for shouting out smaller channels.

[@GingyPno123]

I use a ”salt waffle” to clean my waffle maker. The original recipe calls for 100 grams of water, 4 tablespoons of salt and 120 grams of flour but I tend to use a little more water to ensure that the batter reaches into every crevice. Mix the flour and salt, then add the water and mix it to form a uniform dough. Bake it until solid. Works like magic!

[@kandyappleview]

I make waffles a LOT and this sounds brilliant. Thank you for sharing!

[@amalzuhair4495]

If I ever get a waffle maker I'll remember this useful tip

[@fikkitchen]

Definitely trying this! Thanks!!! 💕

[@lucylume]

Super useful tip! Would probably work on my toastie press too, thanks for sharing xxx

[@StupefyAndStuff]

I love that Ann went from debunking recipes to debunking stories and teaching kids about stranger danger. Ann is the hero we all need. This is the kind of content that should be on KZbin, not those dangerous and misleading stories. 💖💖

[@Floviah9]

Exactly! Love her for that

[@nicolevictorella9461]

She's a good mum

[@rousa187]

Hey Ann! Hope your well. I’d just like you to know that those the storylines that lifetime has on their very misleading videos are not actually theirs. They take the audio from another channel called “my story animated” so lifetime is not responsible for the stories but I mean, why should they even pick those stories.

[@ParakeetStudios3]

7:06 The audio: violating many serious laws The video: CHOPPING GARLIC

[@mobius273]

I love how "debunking shitty youtube videos" has turned into "social media sucks because platforms only care about advertisers and not users"

[@ruminationstation4200]

We have a tendency to look down on "stupid" people and blame them for their own misfortune. If you aren't smart enough to not get taken advantage of, that's your own fault, I guess. It's very survival of the fittest/late stage capitalism. But with kids that argument falls apart. they're one of the only groups where as a society nearly all of us are in agreement that their vulnerability is something we have a moral obligation to protect from those who would exploit them rather than joining in. Once you look at KZbin kids content, it very quickly becomes obvious that there is something truly evil happening in plain sight.

[@wordzmyth]

Well I don't love it but it needs saying.

[@stoplookingatmychannel]

Turned into? Her first debunking videos (about So Yummy, Blossom, 5 Minutes Crafts) are always about how KZbin sucks and how fishy these KZbin channels and company behind it.

[@mobius273]

@@stoplookingatmychannel yes but it became more and more about what a hellhole youtube itself is as the series went on

[@zocansew]

which can then turn into a critique on capitalism :D

[@SandraBlomgren]

The storys sounds like grooming. They are telling them as kids story’s normalizing grownups doing weird things to kids.

[@LadyPisces96]

Yes, they do! Ugh 🤮 That's so dangerous! "he smelled kinda good" wtf

[@theeccentric7263]

Exactly. Children should not be exposed to this, particularly with no adult to counter what the video's presenting.

[@Mama_Bear524]

Omg! You’re right!

[@LaNoireDetruit]

Exactly my thoughts...

[@jolenerobinson6597]

Absolutely agree. Some of these "stories" sounds like they are made to groom people for human trafficking.

[@dakotaosmond8614]

I think you mentioned in a past video, and me and my mom do it, but putting a can of condensed milk in a crockpot full of water on low for 8ish hours works good. It’s really thick though, closer to delce de leche. Just need to make sure to leave it alone after it’s done to fully cool before opening it.

[@user-gu9yq5sj7c]

Food cans have a plastic coating. So is it really good to cook in those cans?

[@lordofdegeneracy8568]

I'm from Vietnam and those videos are definitely illegal. The Vietnamese children laws stated that providing services, such as youtube videos that can cause adverse influence on children’s healthy development is prohibited. The government have the rights to take down those videos. The only problem is the videos are in English, which makes things a lot harder for people in Vietnam to take notices and report it.

[@daisychainreaction]

Anne I am literally begging you to make one of the AI generated "recipes" in the knockoff version of your book.

[@ayaneagano6059]

That would be hilarious

[@amidoshi1909]

I wanna see that!

[@shreyapanchal8616]

omg yess get this more likes please. the amount of serotonin I'd get from that video would keep me going for a whole week 😭😭

[@tinnagigja3723]

What did I miss? There's an AI generated knockoff of her book? Edit: I paused to look at the comments and it was literally the next thing she mentioned when I hit play again...

[@aname7355]

@@tinnagigja3723 @10:37 in the video

[@HannahTheHorrible]

Wtf……..just wtf…..I had no clue this was a thing (the creepy story time for kids)

[@mq5731]

And they are getting paid as well...

[@junkmalme]

Heads up (incase you have kids or take care of kids) that a lot of the content aimed at kids is filled with really mature and disturbing themes. And you really can't tell what their content is by watching one or two videos from the channel. Some are just fine then others are promiting grooming and self harm. It's bizarre.

[@swirlyswirl8369]

its very normal for tiktok, esp cooking and nail art

[@mollysministuff]

Hello, Hannah! I didn't think I'd see you here. :)

[@klaratehcoolcat]

We parents should ask our children openly and nonjudgmentally each day if they saw anything weird on the internet if they're given frequent access. "did you see anything cool on KZbin today? tell me about it!" And then after that ask if they saw anything bad or weird. And listen. And never blame them for what algorithms show them. Most importantly teach them that they can feel safe coming to you if they ever feel scared.

[@lizm194]

Keep fighting cause that’s bs. The misleading clickbait and the channel you mentioned is freaking scary!

[@np8139]

Two of the worst kinds of channels: fake stories for kids and fake cooking advice for kids. Amazing that someone managed to combine those.

[@EarthboundX]

Yeah, really gross.

[@iCanbEYOURrUKIA]

What a time to be alive!

[@hannahb9326]

I think it would be really useful for schools to have talks about this kind of misinformation and they should include your videos to help kids learn the dangers of those fake recipe videos online. Thank you Ann for continuing to make informative content. X

[@MsAngie1011]

Good idea

[@Name-yv2zq]

especially in elementary schools. They watch such trashy channels cause they wanna do those things. I sure school could spare a day or two to help them find appropriate fun websites and channels that are information and not trash. Sorry ryan and cookieswirlc but.. they're just channels that you sit and stare at. I'm rambling. Sorry it's 9am

[@tngirl341]

Schools dont care enough sadly

[@Wanapelei]

Yes!

[@J_Lynn]

kids shouldn't be on the internet because it actively preys on them and they have no idea how to stay safe... so... yeah...

[@3mmmm1]

Thank you for telling me about those story’s my little cousin was watching one of the cake story videos I took her headphones and heard what she was listening to and immediately had my uncle take youtube off her iPad and only added youtube kids she was mad but I think it’s worth it I told her that the story’s are not good for her to watch and she know understands why she’s not allowed on KZbin

[@ANPaige]

Thank you for pointing out the cake story time channels, I’m not certain but I’m pretty sure I kept my younger brother from watching one the other day and I wouldn’t have recognized it without this! Those stories can definitely be unsuitable for younger audiences despite their “friendly” appearance, so thank you again!

[@gogomonow]

Anne Reardon doesn't just teach cool baking she also teaches online safety. Keep up the good work Mrs. Reardon, I'm a big fan.

[@richjebs4605]

*Mrs.Reardon

[@gogomonow]

@@richjebs4605 is there a difference?

[@WickedPhase]

Gogomonow Yes, Mrs. is used for married women while Ms. is used for unmarried women, but I don't think Anne would mind either one :)

[@gogomonow]

@@WickedPhase Thank you, I thought ms. and mrs. were for married women and miss was for unmarried women.

[@junbh2]

@@WickedPhase No, Ms is used for any women whether married or not. That's the whole point of it and why it was invented. So that we had an honorific that wasn't about whether you were married or not. Before that people used Miss or Mrs for women, but men were just Mr and it didn't matter if they were married or not. Ms is like Mr but for women.

[@suneater_zeef050]

Ann Reardon videos don't only teach me about food, but about how much a distopia we are living in

[@psychomermaid9069]

Thanks for looking out for us online. You’re like my internet mom and I appreciate your work ✨

[@88possum]

Oh my fugin god. Just keep the condensed milk in the can, toss it in a pressure cooker with some water and let it boil for an hour. these "easy caramel" recipes are genuinely insane. What you actually get is dulce de leche, and it's also easier than the recipes they show....

[@mauduran]

Ann's spirit is literally out of this world. Can you imagine cleaning Marshmallow out from a waffle maker several times for the sake of debunking? Queen.

[@donnabethturnage4446]

God ain't that the truth lol

[@ZakkandtheJ]

She's the best

[@VictoryDanDukor]

Her waffle makers have been through a lot

[@galaxyfoil2026]

Forget queen, she's the whole palace

[@serendipityshopnyc]

I guess she figures she will be saving the world from thousands of hours of unnecessary labor of wafflemaker cleaning by her debunking. But she still deserves a halo--as does Dave for suffering through all those pluperfectly horrible taste tests!

[@dirangosoly2211]

Technically, KZbin does sell a "product": KZbin Premium. So yeah, it should be passed on that their dismissive attitude for their own policies is one of many reasons no one buys it.

[@birdgirl8390]

I hate how I need youtube premium to play my atmosphere videos while I sleep... not exactly helping my bad mental health to know that I'm financially supporting groomers

[@ember9361]

@@birdgirl8390 try radio garden, i'm sure there must be a radiostation somewhere in the world that hosts sleep music alternatively, there are plenty of podcasts broadcast from their own websites, soundcloud, apple podcast etc youtube is not the only option!

[@PROWL.Q]

@@birdgirl8390 try musi man! Thats how i listen to music on yt offline and vids aswell

[@KyrieFortune]

@@birdgirl8390 Vanced youtube is your friend

[@s6r231]

The reason KZbin won't reprimand these channels for flouting the policy is because they make a lot of money off them. The rules are there for other less lucrative channels.

[@PoppyFlux]

The stories in those cake making videos would likely be triggering for people who have been in similar situations, like child victims of DV. That's not good! I had mild anxiety listening (C-PTSD sufferer) even though they didn't directly relate to my past abuse and I'm well on my way to recovering. Can I suggest you add a trigger warning please to protect your viewers? I didn't notice it hear one, so please ignore if I missed it.

[@angelashortall9778]

I love the effort you go through for us. My heart is breaking for you have to clean all that marshmallow off

[@Kibo24601]

RE: The creepy storytimes over baking videos - I would bet good money this stemmed from TikTok! I've seen loads of cake decorating videos in particular that use the first part of a reddit/forum story read out to audio to grab your attention (usually a really crazy sounding story so you get invested) and then have a separate video with the 2nd 3rd 4th etc. parts of the story. It's all about the annoying trend of FOMO and upped engagement (I do get why it happens because the algorithm rewards it) but if the youtube channels are doing it to they're probably just banking on the same formula.

[@bessiebyrum]

I thought the same thing!

[@validark]

A lot of the stories sounded like something you would find on a "my story animated" channel

[@J_Lynn]

yeah I don't watch that kind of stuff at all, but I keep getting baking videos with "story times" recommended to me on KZbin. it's not surprising, ig, since artists doing story times over their drawing videos has been a thing for years... not what I consider entertainment, but I'm sure kids are wild about it.

[@KnotArthur]

Dual narrative! Makes it more engaging apparently

[@ohrats731]

It’s so creepy! The video looks so innocent but those stories… what even is the moral?? I had no idea there were videos like that. Terrifying. And if people stumble across just one and don’t realize it’s a content farm, they might think the stories are real. Not to mention it’s just an insult to storytelling to content farm stories 🥲 Storytelling should be an art and have a purpose

[@SnakeMan448]

Ah, yes, kid's stories, like turning a robber's gun on him. That's not traumatising and encouraging others to endanger themselves trying to be action movie heroes at all.

[@theinvisiblewoman5709]

YT is turning into TikTok and it’s gross. If I wanted TikTok I would download it.

[@LadyPisces96]

"Fantastic experience" 😂😂😂

[@Pickledpaula]

It’s not that serious

[@berserkisdead357]

@@Pickledpaula good one

[@forgenorman3025]

What is up with these cake story channels?? I was literally hollering "WHAT?!" at each one you showed, it was shocking. Why do these people pair such disturbing stories with videos aimed at kids?! Why is this so common??

[@CloudslnMyCoffee]

Because predators are real

[@bdufka]

I feel so sorry for Anne having to always clean up the mess! that's what stops me from ever baking anything, and the marshmallow and the microwave caramel were so much worse!

[@sailormoonbanana4629]

This video is so information dense; internet safety, kitchen hygiene, Facebook shenanigans ~ it must've taken a while to research! And the effort does show, so I hope Ann knows how much we appreciate the love she puts into her content.

[@mariomario1462]

It literally misrepresents reality. I.e most abuse occurs IN THE HOME by a family member not some evil sneaky robber.

[@adriennecloeter7394]

@@mariomario1462 Ah yes, most abuse occurs in the home so we should definitely be targeting these abused kids and telling them that strangers are going to save them. Ann literally pointed out that many of the stories feature abusive household, and that the videos discourage wariness around strangers (Ie the exact opposite of what you said).

[@juliaalvarez537]

Mario Mario You’re right, but in some cases it’s people not outside of family.

[@BeTheAeroplane]

Experts: "Don't do this! It's extremely dangerous!" People: "I did it and it was just fine! Stop lying!" We need to teach anecdotal evidence in schools.

[@donutchan8114]

And survivor bias.

[@IsaRican810]

Right? The plural of anecdote is NOT data! We also need to teach people about variables and controls.

[@mdurham2137]

Yep - occasionally you hear about someone who’s parachute failed while skydiving and lived to tell about it too but that doesn’t mean people should start jumping out of planes without parachutes.

[@cutelatina00508]

I don't understand people 🤦🏽‍♀️why risk it?!

[@SavageGreywolf]

the reason we don't teach critical thinking skills in schools is that if we did every student would be an atheist before the age of 10.

[@mustardistasty]

Everyone feels sorry for Dave because he has to try the hack foods - I envy him because he gets to eat all of Ann’s regular cooking! It’s a small price to pay!

[@LOLWHATBRO]

I LOVE THE CAPTIONS AND THE EMOJIS USED TO EXPRESS EMOTION & TONE YOU'RE AMAZING.

[@Rigel_Chiokis]

Actually Ann, KZbin thoroughly understands what is misleading and what isn't. But the important factor not mentioned in the written policy may read something like "all of which will be disregarded if their videos are making us a ton of money".

[@C1r0-C0r0]

so true, i mean the only reason youtube is letting them stay and push off good content creators is all for the point that the good content creators earn some money but they, oh youtube is set for life with all the money they get from them. youtube is hypocritical saying no repetitious or content farm or click bait allowed, but let's them all stay beecause of all the money their awful content gets them.

[@AlexaFaie]

@@C1r0-C0r0 Its because they're careful in what they count as a content farm. They count a content farm as being a channel that just reposts videos from other channels without being the original creator. But those channels operate as a family of channels with the same company making them all so they are not just reposting someone else's stuff, they're choosing to in effect upload the same video to multiple channels. Which is just as bad, but means google can look the other way and just take the money.

[@elainelouve]

Very true! It's also like 70% of the ads are legit and 30% are scams. But of course the scammers are paying KZbin, so why should they care? Some channels have also pointed out the hypocrisy of KZbin restricting legit sex education, but promoting sexually explicit ads.

[@olawierzchowska4309]

Spot on 👌🏻

[@theuncalledfor]

@@C1r0-C0r0 Hypocritical, not hypercritical. Those are two very, VERY different words.

[@hunterlarrison]

I don’t know if you all recall, but this started out as a cooking and baking channel. Now it’s the foremost summit for online ethics. I’m here for it.

[@zimmercj]

You learn a lot in a kitchen.

[@baddie1shoe]

Yes we need more of this! Very informative

[@rebeccawest8973]

I was about to downvote but then I read. You’re good. :)

[@MiotaLee]

It's still a cooking channel tho

[@ZakkandtheJ]

@@MiotaLee duhhhhhhh we're just saying Ann goes above and beyond what any other cooking channel would do for the ethics of KZbin

[@no-pajamapanda8548]

5:43 "It was a fantastic experience. But the thought of being late in my first class was distracting me." SARCASM INCOMING (marked for my ND lovelies) Yeah man. I remember my first mugging. It was heart pounding thrilling, dare I say... sexy? It was late. I was tired. Cold. Hungry. As I was driving, home after a long night of teaching blind mice to read braille, I knew I needed a drink to wet my ol' dry whistle. So I popped in ye old Zesty Mart for a 40 oz of the sleaziest booze on the shelf. As I was paying, a man walked in. I finished paying and as I turned to leave, he pulls out the gun and says, "Give me all your money." I was halfway out the door when I heard this exchange. I ran full force at him like a hippo chasing a pharaoh, and tackled him to the ground while yodeling. My heart was RACING. PUMPING EVEN. He moaned and tried to get up, but I kicked him in the throat and shouted, "I have 60lbs of shrimp in the trunk of my 96' grand am. Come at me bro!" I was pumped. He tried to grab at his gun, but I threw pocket sand in his eyes and got to it first. I pistol whipped him until the cops got there. Which was around the same time the gun broke from all the smacking and I had to turn to a pack of twizzlers and a can of Alpo to finish the job. I was SO aroused. It was the most amazing experience of my life. Way better than DisneyWorld. School is boring anyway. It was fantastic and I can't wait for the next. I just hope I don't have class or a job to report to so when the cops come to put me in the back of their car, there won't be another call placed to my husband on why I cannot be Batman.

[@KK-ce2hf]

Just want to say I'm always happy when I see that there's a video of yours I haven't watched yet! Love that you're able to share all of this in a graceful way.

[@beatbatterbake7071]

I was horrified when I heard the 'stories'. This is a lowest any content farm has gone. Never imagined in my wildest dreams people could come up with something like this!

[@WickedPhase]

Those stories are super creepy! I could easily see kids thinking they're real and be freaked out by them (nice pfp btw!)

[@ruminationstation4200]

There's actually way worse stuff out there, it's just SO heavily targeted to kids that it can be actively hard to find it as an adult. You'd have to mindlessly click around through vapid kids content for hours to find it. There used to be a channel that would pretend to have cartoons and stuff and then like Midway through the video would show extremely upsetting images. (That's what KZbin means about these not qualifying as clickbait really cause it's still about cakes. They're only willing to take actions against the channels that would be like 'ok here me making a cake....here some holocaust footage...and sprinkles....here's an animal getting eaten alive by another animal..now for the frosting")

[@MarcusTheDorkus]

Seriously! It's horrendously disgusting that people would publish videos like that. They know very well what they're doing and they don't give a shit.

[@ingridnl536]

Same here, never expected anything like this🙄

[@beatbatterbake7071]

@@WickedPhase so true! And thanks ❤️!

[@thisishisalterego6617]

I just love the activism she has in social media ethics... it’s just so refreshing when a creator who shows both the content as well topics that’s needs to be discussed as we move forward as a society for the better.. thank you Anna for addressing content farms and the privacy regulations on facebook

[@lochlochy3452]

I used to poach eggs in the microwave, but not with water and not uncovered! I had a wee silicone microwave egg poacher that you popped the egg into directly, pierced the yolk, covered with it's own steam-vented lid or a microwave cover and then cooked. It was amazing - thirty seconds for a perfectly poached egg and zero mess or pots. For two years straight I had a poached egg almost every day, for quicker than it took to make some toast. But after I moved I ended up with a new microwave, and my goodness did the eggs pop and explode. And the wee lid propelled into the ceiling of the microwave with a bang. I reduced the cooking time and power but they still exploded - half the egg cooked far too fast and splattered while half the white just stayed raw and runny. Eventually with multiple house moves and staying with friends I figured out that it only worked with old school microwaves with a simple dial timer - newer microwaves with all kinds of fancy cooking options, especially combination oven/microwave/grill versions seem to heat things in a way that just made my wee egg poaching method far too unreliable. So I just stopped using it. It's terrifying now to see here how poaching - especially with water - can go so wrong! I'm glad I never stumbled on the water-in-a-mug microwave poaching hack or I definitely would have tried it. I will definitely NOT try it now.... Thanks again Ann for pointing out genuinely dangerous "hacks". And also, those creepy cake videos are terrifying! Shameful that KZbin is doing nothing about them. Thank you for bringing them to our attention as well.

[@nicolabaker4391]

I have a microwave egg poacher that I use with our 1 year old microwave. Have another shop around as there are still microwave egg poachers being sold that work with all microwaves. Mine is designed to use with water and I have to heat the water for 1 minute, then add the egg,put on the lid and heat for another minute. I absolutely love it.

[@edinariley]

I’ve been doing keto and made my own condensed milk and even I know not to microwave for 5 mins straight for caramel. Heck I have to take it out and mix it every 10 secs depending on quantity etc. Also thank you for always putting out awesome content, recipes, and debunking videos lol. You actually care about your viewers and their safety and it’s crazy to say, that’s hard to come by on YT. Great work as usual!

[@fuzzyboon9069]

Ann holding fake egg: "This one's pretty fragile." *THUNK*

[@farixguardian]

It made me giggle ngl

[@BonBonToro]

😳

[@GraysonQuickBuilds]

Yes lol!

[@StarshineStranger]

the visceral *horror* I felt watching that woman """"clean"""" chicken in *bleach and soap and letting it go down the drain* cannot be described in words.

[@amblonyxx]

I'm literally horrified!

[@adamrak7560]

- actually the bleach degrades during cooking, so it should not cause any irritation - the bleach can chlorinate the organic molecules, which could make them really poisonous and carcinogenic (cooking promotes these reactions) - the soap used there is highly resistant to heat and stomach acid, which is very bad because detergent can do real damage to your insides, it can burst cells open.

[@chimes023]

I seriously felt sick to my stomach

[@piranha7719]

That has to be fake

[@sham2mar]

I think that video was joke tbh

[@stinew358]

Another note on the horrible bleach chicken: that bleach and dish soap will cause terrible fumes do not combine

[@thegoldencrystal9677]

KZbin is just really messed up nowadays. I did some research on how to break out of an eating disorder that I used to have and now just about every other ad I get is a weight loss ad. Doesn't matter that I turned off those ads in the first place or that I keep telling KZbin to stop showing me ads from that provider, they still do it. They just care about the money.

[@CheshAmeoba]

Those types of strange stories are actually another pretty common type of content farm, usually set to low-quality animation. Interesting to see it being combined with the cooking hack farm.

[@asianshell]

They just want to capitalize on it to increase their followers.

[@GlassShark86]

That is so weird! I have never seen these before but probably because I don't watch those channels.

[@iainronald4217]

Yeah, and Jarvis Johnson has been on a one-man mission to remove those fake stories. I guess it's time for a Jarvis Johnson x Ann Reardon collab!

[@morganjacoby5873]

It's all over tiktok and Instagram to

[@deltafossum6659]

Nice icon

[@gb4826]

I hate those "stories" with a burning passion and it makes me uncomfortable how a lot of them are way too inappropriate and dangerous for kids to listen to, (meeting up with someone online, trusting strangers, etc.)

[@nini2066]

Some of the stories were stolen from a channel called My Story Animated, That channel is known to be an overly exaggerated channel that tells outrageous stories that aren’t supposed to be taken seriously, it’s known to also have clickbait titles and thumbnails that aren’t ever what the stories are about. If you ever happen to come across that channel you might want to ignore it since that’s all the stories are. Outrageously fake

[@Adrastia]

@@nini2066 It's just the new version of the old confession magazines. I don't know how many, if any, of the stories in those magazines were true. But they weren't kept behind the counter and anyone could buy them regardless of how inappropriate they were. If your kid is watching videos with headphones on make sure to listen. Kids don't realise the stories are fake. And some contain inappropriate content. It's easy for kids to misunderstand what is going on. Some of the stories disregard stranger danger. Parents should have never stopped warning kids about what happened to Adam Walsh.

[@Perry31415]

Just watched this again, you can never get tired of Ann

[@AngelaShiflet]

The one about the stories is scary & utterly ridiculous! As parents it's so important to be aware of what they're watching/doing!