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[@literallyafishhook]

the fact that she sharpens an axe (or cleaver) in every one of them and then immediately starts cleaning is so ominous

[@Ash-wf6me]

she's practicing first when she needs to clean the crime scene

[@gnuchuu]

they dont show the part in between where the husband gets killed and shes cleaning the crime scene

[@cecilbenderman6240]

i mean... she had to sneak away from him and didnt wanna wake him... she's got her axe... she's cleaning... good for her

[@carriedthunder3883]

@@Ash-wf6me Axe on, axe off.

[@jPapapot]

Maybe it's a literal interpretation of an axe to grind?

[@Engitainment]

The soft, dejected way you said "and then she puts the slippers on it..." absolutely killed me

[@juliannefost6351]

It was “oh but you’ve got a little cleaver….” right before that for me 😂😂

[@rockyember]

“and then she…and then she cleans the…stove…😢”

[@SessVlogs]

I haven’t watched the video yet, and this thread is utterly incomprehensible. I predict that watching the video won’t fix that. EDIT: I was wrong. I fully understand. And I hate that I understand. I feel significantly dumber for understanding.

[@clayblock2364]

@@SessVlogs same thing here

[@euca8704]

I love watching the rapid descent into madness with that last video

[@CarysCantDance]

A decade ago I worked as an actor in Korea & one of my main gigs was acting in infomercials. At the time there was this weird trend on Korean home shopping for kitchen knives with flower patterns printed on them. There were loads of different companies selling their own versions of these knives, & the infomercials followed the same formula to the point where they were almost indistinguishable from each other. I was dressed like an androgynous waiter & I had to hit the knife with a hammer & cut a block of ice with it to show what great quality these knives were (it took several takes as the knives were actually not that great). I kept seeing these almost identical infomercials for flower knives pop up, all featuring white people (usually blonde women) dressed like waiters & all seemingly filmed on the same set. It turned out all of these rival companies used the same director, & they intentionally wanted their product & the advertising to follow the same formula as the other brands. Obviously that was a long time ago, but I feel like these TikTok ads popping up from East Asian countries have evolved from those kinds of infomercials. They follow an almost identical formula & were most likely filmed in the same studio with the same director, but it wouldn’t surprise me if they’re for different brands. Edited to add: I’ve had so many comments asking about the video, and it’s difficult to find so I’ve made a playlist. You should find it under ‘Korean Infomercials’. Sorry it’s taken me almost a year to think of this.

[@charlx8979]

I vaguely remember the flower knives trend! It even came up in some crime dramas as the identifiable murder weapon there were so many flower knives

[@CarysCantDance]

@@charlx8979 It was quite bizarre! The knife brand I advertised was called ‘Rose Queen’ & had a red rose print on it. A few people told me that the knives looked like they had blood on them, so I guess it makes sense they would be used as a murder weapon in a murder mystery. The infomercial is still floating around on KZbin if you want to laugh at me making awkward facial expressions whilst dressed as an androgynous waiter.

[@benberg7475]

@@CarysCantDance Where on KZbin is your infomercial? Lol

[@seanbrownlee9474]

Huh, that's really interesting

[@ineedsIeep]

@@CarysCantDance haha i'd love to see that, do you have a link to it?

[@Jake-hk1dj]

can we all just act like we completely get it and gaslight jarvis into thinking its just him who doesn't understand

[@CatmunistCom]

wdym "act like we get it" everyone but you completely understands it

[@danc893]

Literally what are you talking about, obviously we all get it

[@madisonsylura825]

What are you talking about we all get it??

[@Neon99]

?? We don’t need to pretend it’s obvious

[@Dark_Nynx]

three months late and i still got it man

[@honeyedflesh]

it's bothering me so i have to point it out, in the video where the mom cuts her hair cause her baby's holding it, when she's using that portable washing machine, she pours a SK-II product into it and that's a skincare brand. she poured skincare into her portable washer instead of laundry detergent.

[@caithenry8429]

And expensive skincare brand to boot!

[@amykh7647]

I screamed at the screen when I saw that! I’m not even sure what would happen if you emptied a bottle of SK-II into a contraption like that.

[@matthewmatthew8941]

The clothes are made out of skin, only possible explanation.

[@mysticloverfairy1]

They do that alot in those videos

[@nataliasanchez9540]

Thank You! That was driving me crazy! Like WHY!!!!

[@TayHoTrishEdits]

I didn’t know she drank water before she spat it out so I thought that was all saliva 💀

[@TayHoTrishEdits]

Also why did she need to spit it out and not just poor the water

[@Thi-Sen]

LMFAO

[@Thi-Sen]

@@TayHoTrishEdits ikr

[@N0ztalji4]

If it was, then good lord.. Was she a waterfall??

[@dopesickdog]

Suboxone be like

[@hell0nicci]

I feel really called out by the “emotional support lock of hair” because I only could fall asleep as a young child by twirling my moms hair and then it became my own hair (for obvious reasons). I actually thought that it was the reason I had curly hair was because I was twirling at night and like every curly haired child I wanted to fit in and have straight hair. Anyways I would force myself to not twirl my hair resulting in me not sleeping for days, my hair never changed though so hypothesis was wrong, but now I’m 27 and still twirl my hair to sleep. If you’re still reading this I’m so sorry you had to hear an irrelevant tangent about a strangers life but ily and if you also twirl your hair to sleep I love you the most

[@AnxiousGary]

I dunno I thought this was fascinating. Best wishes!

[@hell0nicci]

@@AnxiousGary no thank YOU Gary for reading my comment lol I’m also anxious so right back at ya with the well wishes 💛

[@TheMono313]

It was a nice story to read, I wish you the best in your life 😊

[@ona512]

ok

[@shalisaperoonline]

This is hilarious. 😂🤣🥲

[@sarahbaker7100]

They are an art project, illuminating the futility of the role of the housewife. The axe represents the fine line between buying things to fill the hole in one’s life and hacking one’s family to death. A whole new meaning to “shop ‘til you drop.”

[@paper.trailing]

Good grief.

[@GuntWastelander]

Source?

[@rekitrelt]

@@GuntWastelander trust me bro

[@sydliminal]

joke or no, this is such a valid artistic interpretation tbh

[@cyrusphoenix0289]

"in this essay I will..."

[@fkm8718]

I guarantee there's someone out there who knows exactly what's going on with these sleeping husband videos and they're watching this like "lol Jarvis doesn't even know about axetok"

[@ameliesolorzanogonzalez2701]

No, but really, someone has to actually know, but we're are they?!!

[@jesse7680]

I do I do!! 🙋🏼‍♀️ not about the sleeping but about cutting the hair So in Chinese there’s a story/idea that a man is sleeping with his gay lover and doesn’t want to wake him so he cuts off his sleeve. So “cut sleeve” is slang for gay. By changing it to hair I’m sure they’re hinting at this idea but trying to make it straight

[@Earthstar_Review]

Okay, but the axe?

[@NoYeahNah]

@@Earthstar_Review Hatchet or cleaver, they use them to cut through meat and bone (meat on the bone is meant to be more flavourful in dishes). Common in SE Asia. Sharp cutting implements are very important.

[@NoYeahNah]

Part of the sleeping husband thing is also so you can open all the boxes from your purchases. Which apparently he would be unhappy about because of the whole 'women shop too much' trope. Even if she's shopping for stuff that cleans their home while he sleeps, and even though she's cleaning when they both work 80hr weeks.

[@astari_1014]

there is definitely a cut we're missing where she totally offed that man with a freshly sharpened axe.

[@MM-ux7kp]

monkaS

[@ps1hagridoufofcharacter]

@@MM-ux7kp MonkaChrist

[@parmesan5150]

I like the idea she committed murder then began her daily TikTok product reviews

[@mauropinto1277]

Wait... which one of them? Oh wait i know the answer. "Yes"

[@FeatherMelody]

I feel like all these cleaning products also imply cleaning evidence

[@lukathwing3381]

You also need to watch the ones where the husband is coming home, she answers the door in a panic, closes it on his face then does hours of work cleaning up cockroaches in the rice and shit.

[@sporklez9599]

8:15 she used a whole ass dragon shout to wet the stone. She wasn’t drinking water, she was absorbing a liquidated dragon soul.

[@thisurldoesnotexist]

I might be crazy but I'm pretty sure whetstones aren't just wet stones

[@user-vw4xp5nt9f]

underrated

[@christophergerics]

She's actually using a whetstone 😂 so it's a wet stone Whetstone

[@starsINSPACE]

whet is a verb meaning to sharpen. I think the only other time people say whet besides whetstone is the idiom "whet your appetite" which literally means you sharpened your desire (for food). You can use a whetstone with or without water, or with oil depending on the material.

[@MM-ux7kp]

@@starsINSPACE I didn't know that was the meaning of whet your appetite! thanks for sharin

[@samantoniak1657]

the first ones do look like manufactured benchstones but 14:54 really looks like a brick to me i mean it could just be a really beat whetstone but I wouldn’t be surprised if it was a brick

[@oodles95]

i have a few theories 🤔 1. I think these are probably being taken from the douyin app, and being reposted here on random drop ship accounts, but the op accounts are too small to seek out copyright striking any of them 2. in asian countries/households it's common to keep slippers for guests so they dont wear shoes in your house but still have shoes to wear around 3. i think the whole sleeping husband storyline is because they dont want the husband to know how much they bought and 4. sleeing child theory is that they wait to do house cleaning until child is asleep to be uninterrupted

[@sandrayearning]

+

[@aud7593]

but what's the things with the axe

[@oodles95]

@@aud7593 I think Jarvis is right, just engagement bait

[@kotacaelum9428]

@@aud7593 engagement bait or it could be a meat cleaver, they’re common in asian households and come in many size and shapes. it could be both at once, a purposefully large meat cleaver for engagement bait. the other crazy products could just be trying to show how useful they are since they’re so common in asia.

[@HenyaStudent]

we all know the slippers for guests thing but you don't need 30 of them

[@michaelhentges2125]

In Korea, tissues (like for drying your hands or wiping something up) look similar to toilet paper and sometimes are multi-use. So when they hang the toilet paper next to the mirror, I think it's actually more like hanging tissues or paper towels. Also, the slippers that are plastic or rubber are for entering the bathroom, which is why they can be washed off. Korean bathrooms often operate so that the entire floor is the shower floor, so you wear slippers.

[@Raezor._]

Hi! I can see how confusing it may be seeing those axe hacks, The spitting water in the wet stone may seem weird but I can tell you as someone who has used axes since I was really young and taught by my grandad the weird and wonderful tricks of axe work! So basically when using the wet stone regular water works fine but if you add saliva it actually activates a specific compound in the axe that allows it to break down faster into a sharper more sleek edge!! Hope this helped!!! im lying!!!

[@oliverlumiere.4452]

Idk if the mom cutting her hair with the kid is a reference but it reminded me of the "cut-sleeve" saying. Basically theres this saying in China originated from one time when Emperor Ai and Dong Xian were taking a nap together, the emperor upon finding Dong sleeping on his sleeve, and having been called to a meeting while lying with his lover, cut off his sleeve rather than stir the guy from his sleep. So it's basically seen as like a love act.

[@sarah69420]

Theres a Japanese painting, a woman cutting her dress hem off bc a cat is sleeping on it, thats what I had thought of lol

[@jordannone6523]

What a wholesome queer moment

[@oliverlumiere.4452]

@@jordannone6523 very much, thinking that the cut sleeve saying its used as an euphemism to same sex lovers makes me happy, its very wholesome

[@jesse7680]

I think it’s absolutely hinting to this

[@oliverlumiere.4452]

@@sarah69420 that could also be it! i just said the cut sleeve one cos im pretty sure the channel who makes the videos its chinese

[@caidalee1994]

5:34 while I don’t use them, I understand the usefulness of them. Not just for aesthetics, but for people with ADD. “Out of sight, out of mind” is REAL, and clear containers letting you see how much of something you have is helpful, because I absolutely will forget how many eggs I have as soon as I close the carton, and always run out at inopportune times.

[@jollygreenwhxre]

jarvis referring to taking a shit as “dropping kids off at the pool” is god tier comedy 17:27

[@erinmcdonald7362]

the fact that none of these videos had fake mice or piles of cash in random places lets me know that I'm apparently watching a way more niche version of this kind of video - but this is also my favorite genre of tiktok

[@bonessai]

Or little plastic spiders in the rice lol

[@scooter6606]

Don't forget a pile of sunflower seeds

[@moethemoon]

What does it all meannnn ???

[@scooter6606]

@@moethemoon it means nothing, we're desensitized

[@dead1097]

Oh it's so neat to see a different obscure community get it's videos seen, chrome biscuit lady has me tasting the goodness of the biscuit for ~year now , and to see this one get seen, interesting to know that it's the just tip of the iceberg... maybe Jarvis will revisit .

[@clari71111]

the axe sharpening could be symbolic for her being prepared/doing preparations, theres this story about a guy who had two sons and gave them each a blunt axe and go chop as much wood as they can. one goes out and starts chopping wood right away while the other takes the time to sharpen his axe first and ends up chopping more wood in less time due to his preparation. so her installing all these gadgets and getting all the work done while the family is asleep makes her prepared and lets her get tasks done quicker later on. just a theory tho

[@kotacaelum9428]

woah man…..

[@lrizzard]

ooh thank you that is a very possible explanation, i can actually go to sleep today

[@salemfae]

The l o r e

[@jsas2047]

It's probably just so people comment about it for engagement.

[@dianacarbonate]

I don't care if this is right or not, at least it's something. Thank you.

[@hkonako]

1:17 I cannot describe the stages of horror I went through, anticipating where that first tiktok was going to go. Seeing that initial shot of the drooling husband, cutting to the wife with a straw in her mouth.... I'm so relieved she BLEW on it instead................ I could not have handled it otherwise.

[@polyglotjake]

Jarvis trying to understand Asian household appliances is my new favorite KZbin genre

[@That_Emily]

Jarvis learning about the many slippers of an asian home. some bathrooms are like a shower room so the floor gets wet, so plastic slippers. and slippers for yourself and your guests + comfy outdoor slippers for yourself and guests

[@northstarjakobs]

I was just about to comment on that. The whole divide between "indoor shoes" and "outdoor shoes"

[@n.a.02.02]

We have many indoor slippers but only have 2 bathroom ones that are plastic, one small size and one bigger. It's a bathroom just put one of them so you don't get your socks wet.

[@DeniseDutton]

And backup slippers for when your favorite pair gets a blowout...

[@DollfaceLizkah]

Yes! This

[@Bee-rt5qf]

Not to mention those thick foamy slides are comfy af

[@kingdomheartsfangrl6]

i think the shoe heater thing is for when your shoes get wet and need them to be dry the next day. way back when, when our fridge still had those iron coil things in the back, and our shoes were wet from a rainy day, we'd put them back there and hope they'd be dry in the morning haha

[@basil6060]

i live in michigan and we always used to put our shoes by the heat register in the winter

[@erinasnow]

We use them during wintersports, after a day of skiing/snowboarding when our feet get a bit sweaty

[@KhanaHatake]

Can't you just throw them in the clothes dryer?

[@Lucaz99]

@@KhanaHatake maybe they don’t have a clothes dryer? Not all countries will have houses that come equipped with dryers. In some countries, they are quite expensive. Plus, I think the woman in the video put rubber slippers on the thing, those would definitely be ruined by clothes dryers.

[@45webstar]

We used to put newspaper in our shoes to absorb the moisture!

[@uwufinity]

The "it is free" came so unsure this time that i feel like i might've actually paid for it

[@pff187]

I like to believe that she bought that wig to cut the hair from her son's grasp after ultimately cutting off all of her real hair.

[@urrrr]

My theory is that she's stuck in a timeloop and she's trying to communicate that to us. Explains everything.

[@bryan__m]

Only theory I've seen that makes any sense.

[@pmonday]

That makes this so sinister.

[@starnathanstar]

This would be a cool concept for a short story or comic!

[@eleanorp3202]

I just can't stop thinking about her cutting the wig when she could have just taken off the wig and left it with her sleeping child for a bit I'm livid

[@emcornish]

Literally thought the same thing. Am also livid

[@mistercarlacat]

Okay I do know the boot heating one! I have a similar one from when I lived at a Canadian ski resort and worked outside all day - you put your boots and gloves on it when you come home and it blasts warm air to thoroughly dry your stuff out instead of risking an airdry that sometimes leaves the insulation layers damp and smelly.

[@juliabraulick4428]

same i have a boot dryer which was great when i used to work in wet grass all day!

[@bobatehfettz6255]

I am really enjoying the "online detective" arc that the Gold channel is taking. Jarvis seems really good at it and this is the kind of premium content that I am happy to not pay for.

[@getsouped]

hi jarvis!! i cannot say i fully understand everything about this side of tiktok but my friend and i are obsessed with it so i can offer some stuff ive learned/theorised on - i think theres a couple main sets used across all these smarthome tiktoks, theres a few common ones ive seen (the two last videos is on a common set iirc, its like a giant apartment) and they tend to reuse clips across tiktoks from either their own videos or others (might be part of the same company?) - i think things like the axe, the hair cutting, the nose hair stealing, etc are included for rage bait and/or securing comments bc everyone is always commenting about “IS NO ONE GONNA TALK ABOUT _” with stuff like that. sometimes theres a whole locked drawer instead of a jewellery box for husbands nose hairs, sometimes husband is having toe hairs stolen instead of nose hairs - the thing that looks like a bluetooth speaker has something to do with food prep, i think sterilisation? same thing for the dish thing with the bowls and chopsticks, i believe those are for sterilising and/or drying - the thing in the bathroom that looks like a toilet paper dispenser is dispensing single-use face towels that youre meant to wetten before use if i remember correctly!! - sometimes the tissue box/remote holder is used to dispense masks, sometimes a mask dispenser is part of the tissue box/remote holder - these type of videos usually include eating sunflower seeds (and tossing them everywhere to vacuum them up), or something gross like mice or spiders or droppings. these are also put in for rage bait and comments, im surprised they didnt show up in any of these vids if theres anything else you think is weird just ask !! ill try to answer/theorise to the best of my ability, ive been on korean smarthome tiktok for about a year now and it is so addictive

[@Wika-jt1rg]

Spiders in rice are a classic in these tiktoks 🙈

[@ona512]

any evidence this might be an asmr thing?

[@getsouped]

@@ona512 im unsure, maybe!! some of the sounds are too harsh to seem like asmr but i know that some people enjoy rough sounds, or just need the visuals for asmr

[@seabb]

do you think these videos are ultimately made to get people interested in buying these products? to me, it seems like it might be a big warehouse company or something (Aliexpress or something) who puts out these videos as a way to get views and advertise all these things. The same products show up so often!

[@getsouped]

@@seabb im like 99% sure thats the case .. either its different advertisers all dropshipping from a similar site (wish, aliexpress, taobao, etc) or one of the actual sites themselves, they all have common products that they seem to link in their bio !! i havent fully investigated all the links since i dont need any of the gadgets, but a lot of people in the comments of these tiktoks will be asking where they can get a product and the video op will ~casually~ have a link in their bio for everything

[@Dolthra]

The video being reversed could either be for copyright or they might just cycle these videos. TikTok is pretty stringent when it comes to reposting your own content, where it will sometimes remove your videos for spamming if you post them more than once- particularly if they got views the first time. This account might just be stealing successful videos and reposting them repeatedly to try to farm as many views as possible.

[@onedova2298]

??? Do you get money for making TikTok videos? Some ladies in there looked dead inside. The real question is still WHY

[@Dolthra]

@@onedova2298 TikTok has their creator program, and you do get money from it (not a ton, unless you're getting millions on millions of views every TikTok). These women originally are doing product placement for the money though, for sure. That's why there's so many products that look like they're from infomercials in their TikToks like that weird shoe warmer.

[@Prizzlesticks]

- Asian homes do tend to have a lot of slippers, and the ones for guests especially are kind of cheap plastic. But it's expected a guest will be provided slippers when entering a home. - The dish cleaner was allegedly UV light, which is good for sterilizing objects. - The couch bed is probably a futon. - The prevalence of storage items, especially for vertical storage (hanging on walls) is due to the much smaller living spaces that are the norm in cities. I don't think this is strictly Asian, New Yorkers probably get it. -The axe in the fridge is because the metal sharpens quicker when cooled. ...That last one is a lie. They're obviously all just sociopaths.

[@Lady_Crispr]

No wait. I've watched this twice and I'm drunk now and I'm convinced this is lore. The kid started out with her hair in her mouth and she's always had and axe and now the adult had her hair in his mouth. That's her adult son. He never grew up. She started with a few boxes now she's has many. That's an addiction. This is more than I wanted and everything I hoped for.

[@radishfest]

Omg it's groundhog day: large adult son edition

[@ona512]

idk come back when you're sober

[@Lady_Crispr]

@@ona512 Ooh someone's self righteous.

[@_addie]

That or the little kid grew up, moved out, has an Oedipus complex, and is trying to recreate his childhood with his wife

[@ona512]

@@Lady_Crispr not what i meant but ok

[@DogFlamingoXIII]

I have an American version of that spinning mop bucket. After decades of having the type where you press the water out of the mop, I have to say that I really enjoy the spin bucket. Mine has a foot pedal to spin it, so I can just press my foot a few times and spin out the mop. I got it at Home Depot. I would highly recommend it.

[@ona512]

ye and if you put the mop low enough you can spin it in the cleaning solution and it's all soapy and well-mixed

[@Kizraxus]

This feels like someone made a short video where they get out of bed without waking their husband and then the challenge is to make another video but adding something new each time. So, the next thing they added was sharpening axes, then opening boxes, another one added the slippers and so on and so forth, until one day we have a feature-length film of this.

[@sundaymourning5329]

I want to be a part of this movie making process, lol

[@freedfg6694]

"Yes and" is not the direction I thought Chinese content farms were going

[@ContinuumSpanner]

Ngl I'd watch that trend until it was feature length

[@tierafraser3580]

Like the tiktok version of doing a drawing but every person adds one line

[@oliverfulayter5515]

@@freedfg6694 The perfect way to dfescribe this kind of content, though. "Yes, and?" content

[@SpicyPeasant]

My theory is that this has to be some kind of multi level marketing scheme. They get sent a basic script and products to open(hence many of the products being repeats). I tend to see videos from one person in an mlm scheme be almost exactly the same formula as others in the same one. Now why exactly the axe and bedroom escape are part of the acript, no clue 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@GayLostNerevar]

It very much is, there is also a trend like this by an guy trying to escape his mother using different products they sell

[@CYeager]

I used to think very cynically about these videos (obvious ad is obvious) but they've slowly gotten more surreal, and i now find it peak comedy.

[@su_amxr]

jarvis is slowly losing his mind watching these videos and we’re all here to witness it 😭

[@Vampress09]

I am too! Why are these videos like this? Who made it????

[@xX_AlexE_Xx]

But, don't we all.. it's just going to be weirder and crazier every SINGLE time.

[@MM-ux7kp]

He is slowly gaining mindN't

[@Bigmannick32]

He is losing his mind... and WE are reaping the benefits!

[@ohsirjamesthealmighty1370]

Thanks for explaining the concept of watching a reaction video. I was REALLY confused why I was here.

[@kinglewis6553]

Wait, so you guys don't have a fridge ax? I thought everyone had one. I remember playing with my mom's nap wig in my box fort as a child while she sharpen ours as a child.

[@FederalBurroOfInvestigation]

No, just a fridge flamethrower...

[@avro683lancaster7]

the sequel to the jason bourne Fridge Gun

[@agirlwhosaddictedtomemes.4332]

Its so relatable when your child falls asleep and you have to *change your identity and sharpen your axe that you had hidden from the child...then proceed to open the packages from my horrible buying addiction* It's so relatable!!

[@kimz24]

18:26 fucking killed me the soft voice of befuddlement

[@denisbrooker7115]

I think the videos create the illusion of familiarity while being different enough to be distinct if they were to be watched sequentially. Kind of like a sitcom where nothing really changes at the end but you get the sense that you watched a story unfold.

[@luxluna7032]

I've seen some of these that begin with something like "your husband is going to be mad if he sees all these packages", so I think the implication is that the woman in the video has a spending habit - but she shouldn't worry about it because all these products are so great and useful! As for why there's random stuff like spitting water on the axe and making multiple videos with the same content, it has to be for engagement. People will comment asking about the bizarre parts of the video, which drives the algorithm to show it to more viewers. A few months back when I first started seeing these weird product showcase videos, the initial scenario was more normal like "what a modern girl does when she gets home from work", but these videos have definitely evolved to be weirder and more attention-grabbing. Making more videos on more accounts also helps the videos reach a larger audience, it puts the content back on the feeds of people who have blocked the old accounts, and I'm sure a lot of these accounts use auto-generated usernames because the accounts likely get reported for spam and removed regularly.

[@jsas2047]

I feel like it started with the "modern girl coming home from work" and her puttong on her slippers, revealing her very hairy legs. Then they started using even hairier men's legs. And then they started showing more and more weird things. I don't fully get what's so confusong about this. Just like you said, it's definitely for engagement. And it works too, at least back then with the hairy legs all the top comments where about that. I don't think the random usernames are because they got removed, but because they're stolen from douyin, the Chinese tiktok.

[@FrNSICs]

you got it

[@Number_6ix]

I remember when I was a kid, and I would sometimes imagine catching my mom without the emotional support wig she wore to both subdue me AND obscure her identity, or I’d wake up and wonder if she set down the axe yet that she’d been quietly sharpening while I slumbered in the other room. That is, wake up from dreaming only of holding handfuls of her hair. Ah childhood. I don’t know how Tiktok does it, but boy did they capture it.

[@abbygleeson420]

i think the joke is that she goes to all that trouble to not wake her husband but then does a bunch of ridiculously loud things that wake him anyway??

[@nataliesmith9645]

What I find truly wild is that there are some genuinely super useful accessibility tools for people with a range of disabilities in here, mixed with so much absolute junk

[@sapphicfairie]

18:21 Why is Jarvis talking about the cleaver like it’s a newborn child 😭

[@WEEDNUTZ]

LMAO

[@pinkbutterfly8710]

So I’ve made it to the “emotional support wig” portion of the video and I’m left wondering 1. why didn’t she just take the wig off if she was just going to hang it on the wall anyway and 2. why did the axe need to be refrigerated? I know that I’m definitely overthinking it but… 🤷🏾‍♀️😂

[@rachelppython]

THE CHILD CAN NEVER KNOW

[@xxcaseyxx5401]

12:29 i cant stop laufhing at this clip im going to cry

[@pippingtonne]

i believe the hair cutting is a play on a classic trope in western asian stories, where you cut the sleeve or hem of your robe to avoid waking another party (whether it be a sleeping cat or your sleeping partner). hope this adds a bit of context!

[@xActingxBabyx94]

Wait I'm sorry -- gotta have a moment for 13:11, where she uses a $200 skincare product to... wash her clothes??? My heart literally stopped, that stuff is more expensive than human blood 🤣😭🤣😭

[@jsas2047]

Probably an empty bottle filled with water lol

[@kaemincha]

boom, engagement bait

[@ona512]

is it even worth the $200

[@ContagiousCleo]

@@ona512 unfortunately it is worth it 😭

[@eboneewilliams7961]

@@ContagiousCleo ok so I have seen this product usually advertised by celebrities and “clean girlies” on tik tok so I assumed it was bs but now I have to know WHAT DOES IT DO. It looks like toner but people obviously are willing to pay big bucks. Please bestow me with your knowledge 😂🫨

[@longlivebeans]

To be fair an egg holder is pretty useful for us peasants with small apartment fridges lol. You can stack shit on top without crushing them! You gotta have the one with the lid tho.

[@sas.tronaut5055]

the one that we have also takes up less room then the egg carton so it makes sense for us lol

[@JLB0880]

If you have that many eggs to stack you are far from peasant status, my friend.

[@doublinx2]

@@JLB0880 to be fair, this video was probably made in the Before Times

[@LDN-pup]

7:22 ... but.. if it was a wig, why cut it!? Just take it off and leave the kid holding the wig!?

[@stilelits]

7:30 so...why did she even cut it then?! instead of just taking off the wig?

[@ruum9]

I just remember sometime in 2021 there were tons of bots spamming these weird ads that were likely from weibo, using a photoshopped pretty woman as bait with trending weibo music, it was the epitome of weird, after they all got striked down people started making parodies of them and that's how Jiafei was born. Idk if they're returning and idk if I want a part 2 of that entire disaster

[@ona512]

hmm, so it's parody of parody. got it

[@maureenfitzgerald3498]

In that first one, were we supposed to think that she was drinking the saliva through a straw? Because it took me a minute. You know. To realize that that was not the case.

[@leieryx1323]

Yeah…. ): I wouldn’t even be Surprised with tiktok unfortunately rip

[@titaniumvulpes]

Ah! You've made me thoroughly gag. Congratulations.

[@BubblegumSocialClub]

I’m so happy I wasn’t the only one who initially was horrified with this thought

[@dr.k1012]

Same

[@meganrae6444]

jarvis being beyond baffled during this entire video is so funny

[@LadyUndeath]

6:50 - When having sleepovers with my cousin as kids she would always play with my hair as she was falling asleep but once asleep for whatever reason she would grip onto my hair like it was the only thing stopping her from falling into a volcano. She'd literally grab on so tight that I couldn't pry her hands off and if I had to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night my only choice was to wake her up.

[@jae8868]

The husband being asleep and her cutting her hair to sneak away is (i think) some joke about like how the husband will get mad if he sees her with tons of packages again, like some situation where the husband is supposed to have control over the finances and doesn't want the wife wasting money on all these products. That's why in the one video the husband wakes up, investigates, and looks angry?? Idk but i think that's what they're going for

[@im_an_oyster]

Can we just talk about the second lady who put an SK2 product in the washer? Like that brand is a) for skin care so how does it clean clothes? and b) SO EXPENSIVE

[@Levi_Tollefson]

Jarvis really has an axe to grind with the creator of these videos

[@cockodemon7443]

11:14 In Saskatchewan where i live ive got a contraption similar to this that you put over a vent and when you get snow in your boots you put them on thw contraption and the heater will dry them for tomorrow

[@goint]

We used to do that with our mittens

[@Claire-qh4fq]

The plastic slipper are probably bathroom shoes. I don't know how it is in the country in the video, but in Korea there are drains in the bathroom floors and some bathrooms don't have a space separating the shower from the rest of the bathroom so everything gets wet when you shower. You use slippers like that to walk in the bathroom when the floor in still wet from showering or cleaning!

[@rachelcookie321]

It’s the same in Japan but you also have slippers for the toilet room too. You always have to remember to change slippers when you go toilet, you can’t wear your regular house slippers in the toilet and heaven forbid you wear the toilet slippers around the house. I’m pretty sure the videos are from China so I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s the same there.

[@Noname-bh6de]

Thank you for reviving me after I died from exams Jarvis is a real hero

[@Thi-Sen]

He certainly is

[@viviancucumber3265]

Good evening

[@Chad_Losey]

Exams at the start of February wth

[@Noname-bh6de]

@@Chad_Losey yeah my schools just weird might also just be because I live in Canada idk

[@alexiggutierrez]

you cant deny how well the advertising works, I havent been onn tiktok in AGES and all Jarvis had to do was say that the video was about a person cleaning for their MIL/husband and I knew exactly what he was talking about.

[@cobaltbluesky2276]

I just realised… they may have misinterpreted “whetstone” as “wet stone” which is why she is putting water on the stone

[@Beanathan]

Whetstones are supposed to be used wet. You definitely don’t need to spit the water onto it though.

[@treehouse318]

YOU are premium, Jarvis!👍🏽

[@D44RK_Iced_Yogs]

I feel like everything has taken a weird turn, on and since, TikTok got big. It’s one of the reasons why I have never downloaded it or plan on it.

[@janeeyre1990]

My brain reading your comment: "a weird turn on"

[@janeeyre1990]

I downloaded TikTok to get reward points from a different app, and then deleted it. I have ADHD, don't know any state secrets, and am poor. I have no authority, a strong aversion to being told what to do, and can't buy anything. Spies can spy, and advertisers can have my data. They are powerless against me.

[@nekoshadowwolf]

Tik Tok is both a blessing and a curse.

[@msjkramey]

It's fun. I don't use it that much but the algorithm is really responsive, so you'll only see things that you'd actually enjoy most of the time and it's different for everybody

[@TumblrOzymandias]

This stuff exists on there but I've never come across it organically

[@mronewheeler]

Here's your explanation: they do this because a guy like you will tell thousands of people, who would never have seen these tiktoks, about these products, for free. And that washing machine do look kinda dope no cap

[@royyyyyyyyyy]

Imagine being a child and waking up with a chunk of your moms hair in your hand 💀

[@ona512]

i would have thought she was raptured or something XDDD

[@hammer158]

need an indie ps1 style graphics horror game where you're an axe lady stuck in a slipper hanging time loop

[@ahordeofkittens]

My theory: These are coded messages. Each little formulaic component has a meaning and strung together they send a message. Each little deviation - like a sleeping child instead of husband - adds nunce to the message. If only we could crack the code!

[@Colorfultography]

Its a cry for help

[@ajo.o6509]

7:10 this reminds me of the story where this Chinese Duke or something like that had a male lover, and the male lover had fallen asleep on his sleeve. But the Duke had to go to a meeting, so, he decided to just cut the part of the sleeve off instead of walking him up. That’s where the Chinese term “Cut-Sleeve” originates 💃🏽

[@Zacblu10]

I bet the company sent out all these products to influencers/reviewers and gave them a script to follow to make a weird ad campaign

[@claytonschmohe1786]

I took the first bite out of my bagel right as the "*goooooold*" sound bite came in, and I've gotta say, it really enhanced that bite. Thanks, Jarvis

[@averageryan4965]

If you find yourself asking "Why is this person doing something weird, like spitting on a stone and sharpening an axe?", it's probably some kind of fetish.

[@MushroomMayhem]

That was my first thought

[@SilverDragonJay]

generally good rule of thumb: something bizarre just happened, so someone's probably touching themselves to this. Especially if that weird thing involves bodily fluids or close emphasis on the person's body.

[@jsas2047]

Or for engagement. If you look at those tiktoks ALL the top comments are about the weird stuff happening. That's how they go viral.

[@ona512]

rage bait mostly

[@stormyrosebud2878]

If this ends up being a giant game of "Yes and..." I'm here for it 😂

[@ona512]

at least we would realize we were all in on the joke together.

[@dragonetafireball]

Imagine if this turns out to be one of those situations where someone rich it’s taking elaborate steps to bankroll videos that cater to a hyper specific fetish

[@silly_bunny985]

The despair in his voice started at 18:07

[@maxmax-px1vu]

Looks like she just put an empty bag of milk under his head and blew it up😭

[@Thi-Sen]

😭

[@fabra1122]

Canadian spotted

[@bombusterrestris6518]

A... Bag.. of milk?

[@CaptainGibbons]

Stop trying to make bagged milk work

[@PinBiohazard]

Who doesn't like a Chilled Axe straight from the Fridge?

[@supervegito8340]

They do know there’s a difference between a whetstone and a wet stone? The H makes a whorld of difference

[@bnso3692]

Okay, everyone's talking about how great the video is but can we also appreciate how Jarvis somehow keeps getting more handsome every video?

[@hblackburn5580]

That cylindrical egg bothers me so much for some reason. Also, fridge ax- cause revenge is a dish that's indeed best served cold.

[@CommieCrab]

I believe the axe thing may be a joke on the whole "back on the grind" thing, since they do it right before doing a bunch of chores with their tik tok gadgets.

[@Awesomekid2283]

Nevermind all the weird shit; that is definitely not how you properly sharpen an axe.

[@yawninglion1677]

Jarvis walking us through the insane genres of TikTok gives me life. He's our tour guide, keeping us safe while he slowly succumbs to the mind screw.

[@RobinIsAround]

😭 I click so fast when he uploads

[@KenikoB]

Same, I was here at 470 views lol

[@beec903]

SAME

[@yourmom8566]

this has to be an mlm of some sort, where they're shown an example video and copying it to sell their products

[@zubetp]

they've updated these since i last got on tiktok. she used to always put a device into a thing of water with vegetables in it. and it took me like, six videos of checking the comments to figure out that the device was intended to clean the vegetables.

[@caroline2978]

Omg the straw to blow up the bag under the husband's head, I literally thought she was drinking his drool at first

[@ona512]

like the snot suckers for babies XD

[@RockstarTurtle8]

the noise Jarvis made when the egg dog appeared has me in tears LMFAO

[@thecosmicradiation]

omg I was just about to comment this, it is SO funny

[@jasmine1926]

I love these videos lol. Also, a couple of the UV sanitation products are on my wishlist and I’ve purchased a couple things from Amazon. I just assumed these are ads for Chinese manufactured products for sale from Chinese vendors because you can purchase more easily from the Chinese version of TikTok. The original posts probably had links to purchase in the app.

[@wombatpandaa9774]

The slippers used in this video are a very normal thing in East Asia. When I lived in Korea, I'd used them all the time and people would usually have anywhere from 4-10 in their house at one time. This is because Korean families often lived together for much longer than American ones, even into adulthood, and you need one pair per person plus some for guests. This in turn is at least partly due to the bathrooms often doubling as a whole-room shower, and so the floor is often wet. So you often have a set of slippers for every member of the household and guests in the bathroom, and a set of slippers for every member of the household and guests for use around the house, outside of the bathroom.

[@yanna_xo]

I’m deep into Chinese home products TikTok and I never want to leave

[@neivilde.1242]

yeah, the first one i saw, before i knew it was a genre, was "what does single woman do when she gets home from work" and it was showcasing all these different products that it was the first time i saw. then i started seeing "husband/wife is coming home and i forgot to clean" and its all the same cleaning products, mini vacuums and whatever else, and accounts will have links in their bio where you can buy them, its the same thing over and over and over again i don't understand why. i get that they are selling something but its the way the videos are done lmao

[@bartonfarnsworth7690]

"Why are they all the same but different" is the final statement of a madman before he descended into madness

[@RowanFallsGames]

Love the breakdown that starts with "oh youve got a little cleaver..." you can really tell he's losing his mind XD