TikTokers Believe Harry Potter Is Real... Are They Serious?

[@chrisfent414]

These poor kids are gonna regret doing this publicly in like 5 or 6 years.

[@angelgard]

Right??? Bahahaha im so glad I grow up in the age of pre recording technology 🤣🤣

[@mrjarjar1018]

Nah they won't. They're just gonna be yelling obliviate to everyone, all forgotten.

[@chrisfent414]

@Sofa King Our parents said the same thing when we were kids and so did their parents. I remember when it was popular to be a "witch" in high school. Those same people have great jobs and families now.

[@theradishearrings]

@@chrisfent414 this is much different than just pretending to be a witch tho.. they’re trying to change their realities which takes away from their life, their time

[@RabidDisposition]

I have a feeling they'll be far too coddled. They'll just regress into their echo-chambers where they feel safe and their beliefs wont be challenged.

[@henryviiiofengland966]

This is a way to cope. I had my own weird phase as a tween. I was convinced that if I was able to go fast enough on my bike, I would time travel to feudal Japan to fight demons. With Inuyasha and the gang. Instead, I was just trying to escape the reality of having an abusive alcoholic father.

[@ang6872]

Lmao

[@jonny555333]

Yeah, it's weird how sometimes as kids we can make up these fantasy worlds in our minds. It's probably fairly common. What's important is that we don't actually think it's just as real as our actual reality.

[@ammo6413]

I had this fantasy if I closed my eyes and wished for it enough I would be transported to Inuyasha and he would protect me from my bully's 😂 lmao

[@ang6872]

@@ammo6413 awwww so adorable yet sad 😭

[@hannaheve868]

@@jonny555333 That's honestly what religion is. People creating fantasy worlds as a coping mechanism, religion answers the big unknown questions for us and makes this vast world seem just a bit more simple.

[@chorizon36]

Tf is on ethans hat

[@mg_KEZER]

True

[@GliGliStar]

Ikr

[@EMD_HOKIO]

Ha

[@Kaldobsky]

Love this comment lol

[@Jackbutcool]

Ha

[@gloriouspurpose_]

Hila doesn't even seem phased by Ethan's homoerotic fantasies, like shes just tired of hearing them every night

[@f.t.6764]

Dead 😭😂

[@crustbucket2725]

I've seen these comments so often now, he might as well spill the truth

[@megamangman]

She expressed that she is WELL aware of what a wafflestomp is because Ethan won't stop telling her about it. This must be there normal daily dialogue

[@cc2509c]

He's cringe and gross talking about Hermione. I had to mute or fast forward.

[@Arcania9516]

It was weird because Draco Malfory is a child in the movies and HP books and so is Hermione.

[@nataliewaller1118]

Gen Z just figured out how to use their imagination

[@reyndimensions2180]

They have to make up for the lack of imagination growing up

[@RabidDisposition]

Makes sense when your lazy parents throw a tablet in front of you as soon as you're able to walk.

[@clevercupcake]

This SENT me

[@vixiestarfire]

The amount of comments asking if they’re just lucid dreaming, and these kids say oh it’s not the same thing at all! 😅

[@erinslays]

@@RabidDisposition as a gen z born in 2004 i totally don’t understand this whole shifting thing but when i was younger i had no clue how to use a computer and facebook was just becoming popular when i was starting school and i got my first phone at 10 or 11 because i started walking to school by myself and it was literally a nokia brick. i just vibed in the garden making witch potions with mud, leaves and rainwater and watching disney channel and playing with my barbies, etc. i think it’s the much younger kids who are raised by an ipad which i just find crazy like my parents never did that and they would actively sit with me as i played with my toys and as i got older i would obviously be left alone to my own devices but yeah i think this whole shifting thing is a bit weird but i guess it’s a way for some to escape and it became popular due to quarantine and being inside getting bored but i just think it’s just preplanned scenarios or dreams or a type of meditation HAHAHAHA

[@ZephyrsRequiem]

It's either lucid or maladaptive daydreaming. Used to do that when I was depressed af in college

[@sophielou2929]

I have an issue with maladaptive dreaming, it’s definitely lucid dreaming

[@S_J_banana]

ikr

[@nolol9618]

It’s lucid dreaming not maladaptive day dreaming.

[@mrbig1022]

@@nonamesinenomine no

[@gandalfthegay.]

@@sophielou2929 it depends on if they are awake or not.

[@dangerjones4632]

If you believe the fan-theory that Harry never actually goes to Hogwarts and just imagined the wizarding world to cope with living in that abusive house, then yeah, these kids are in Harry Potter :

[@theunveileressreginaecaeli5772]

Omg the whole time hogwarts was the broom closet under the stairs 😬🤯😬😂

[@postmamalone1554]

Omg i can tell you try to "shift" 😂😆 freaking nerd!

[@Qtmars666]

Ohnoooo thats saaaad hahha

[@brandyc9645]

I've always liked this theory but it's really sad.

[@RabidDisposition]

Jesus christ, you just had to go and ruin one of the best series ☹

[@harleybrune427]

Ethan writes Harry Potter fan fic time stamps 8:50 11:00 15:53 26:50

[@SolarBeamGleam]

God bless.

[@user-ct6hr5nu1q]

thank you so much

[@iramrahman2967]

Thanks so much lmao

[@laxjs]

​@@SolarBeamGleam G̸o̸d̸ Papa Bless.

[@xrattlesnakex]

“I’m the size of a fairy” 🧚‍♂️

[@DanielHernandez-ge2nv]

Ethan fantasizing about Hagrid with wonderous Disney music and sparkle sound effects playing is the funniest moment of after dark so far

[@Arcania9516]

No.

[@EyeMapache]

I’m genuinely worried that these people may induce themselves into psychosis. As a person with a dissociative disorder I can see this whole “shifting” thing causing a lot of psychological damage to a lot of kids. When they convince themselves that there are separate realities that they can shift themselves over to, they are creating a distance between their consciousness and reality. I really am scared for these people because I believe that this could develop into a form of self-harm due to the distress these people exhibit when they return to “the real world”. We should try and spread awareness about this before these kids seek out even more dangerous dangerous methods to escape reality. I’m really worried for my generation man :(

[@yokoh691]

AGREED! I also have dissociative disorder from some childhood trauma and I feel it kinda of starts like this too and you wont even notice whats happening until its too late and you feel truly alone and the only real person lol

[@plantlover6392]

Good point.

[@HoHo-oe1vd]

👏

[@grimdb6696]

I just use drugs

[@jenaromero2688]

Yes! Im in my 30’s now but when I was a child I was diagnosed with maladaptive daydreaming. It was a way to deal with trauma. It’s an actual dissociative disorder. It can’t be good these kids doing this for fun or on purpose. That’s so unhealthy mentally.

[@aSynthesis1020]

How dare you invalidate every “Which Hogwarts House are you?” quiz I’ve taken on Facebook since 2009.

[@f.t.6764]

Same 😂

[@leomqz3681]

*me purposely trying to get slytheryn all the time* 😌

[@coffeecatskimchi5962]

When I was a teenager I got really into lucid dreaming to escape my reality. I slept for 20 hours once. But I knew it wasn't real, I was just depressed.

[@ThePersia450]

Oh hey I did that too

[@ireland6954]

Lucid dreaming and shifting are two different things

[@katiekatie19]

@@ireland6954how so

[@funkrobot9762]

“I’m like a giant fairy, next to his giant man meat”- Ethan Klein

[@yuzurucorner]

The thing about shifting is, I think it is actually scientifically explainable, similar to lucid dreaming. The thing that irks me about a lot of those tiktokers is that some are blatantly lying about their experience, and some are experiencing actual psychosis which is dangerous. Some claim to have been gone for months at a time, which is clearly a lie or a psychotic episode. Many people who suffer from psychosis have a warped perception of time, and second of all why are they bawling their eyes out making a tiktok right after they came back for the first time in months? Any form of escapism is dangerous if it is done too often, and you should never be bawling your eyes out just because you woke up to reality because that can become an addiction, just like abusing hallucinogens that let you see things that aren't there or maladaptive daydreaming, and can be extremely dangerous for people who are mentally vulnerable, or predisposed to developing psychosis.

[@yuzurucorner]

Also they keep referencing a "CIA document about shifting" as evidence, where in fact there is nothing like that. There is no CIA report on shifting, there was a alternate reality theory written by one person, and was declassified by the CIA. Its totally unrelated and people use it as "evidence" without even reading it.

[@jonny555333]

@@yuzurucorner Yeah that CIA document part really bothers me lol. It's literally one military officer who just wrote about his thoughts on the possibility of alternate realities. But because it's technically a military document, it shows up in CIA declassified documents. But it's not a study or research paper in any way. It's literally a simple as one guy just writing down his thoughts on alternate realities. That is not evidence of anything.

[@yuzurucorner]

@@jonny555333 Agreed. There is little to no factual evidence about "shifting"

[@momedusa]

Abusing hallucinogenics? Have you ever done hallucinogens? You can’t even do them often, it doesn’t work. At least not with shrooms. And when you’re not tripping anymore, you still feel good. Yea bad trips happen but that’s different. It’s not like with other drugs where the major change in serotonin levels makes you depressed. This is why shrooms and ecstasy are micro dosed to help with mental illness and trauma based disorders. I think a better example would be abuse of alcohol or other drugs like cocaine.

[@ErikDornes]

You can pretty much dissociate and believe anything you want and have wild experiences, and this solipsistic thinking combined with fantasy thinking and dissociative practices can pretty much make you believe you are in a different reality. This is why many (if not most) philosophers nowadays don't talk about the "objective reality" but rather the "intersubjective" one, meaning the shared perspectival reality.

[@PlebianGorilla]

CLOSING ONE EYE SO THAT SOMETHING ISNT IN THE MIDDLE OF YOUR LINE OF VIEW ANYMORE ISNT CHANGING REALITY. ITS JUST NOT ALLOWING LIGHT INTO ONE OF YOUR EYES. IF ANYTHING, THIS ARGUMENT WEAKENS YOUR POINT BECAUSE YOURE STATING THAT YOURE NOT LOOKING AT THE FULL PERSPECTIVE OF THINGS

[@hardtimes9972]

Any decision you makes shifts you into a different reality. Theres a reality where you chose to do that and one where you didn’t.

[@Givanpes]

@@hardtimes9972 No. No there's not.

[@hardtimes9972]

@@Givanpes proof? You really think this is the only reality 🤣

[@James6923.]

Caps lock must have been stuck

[@TimeForDunston]

@@hardtimes9972 you’re the one making the claim that there’s alternate realities, the burden of proof is on you.

[@abigaillilac1370]

They're trying to cope with the bad things in their lives. When I was 11-13, I tried to believe magic was real and do spells I found online. I wanted to be special and I wanted to believe the world was good. In reality, I was a suicidal 11 year old who was being abused at home. I'm 22 now and I only feel bad for the TikTok "shifter" kids.

[@PlebianGorilla]

A lot of them are fully grown adults, though. And they’re perpetuating this arguably dangerous delusion.

[@honor9458]

@J T isn't that the bottom line of any form of escapism though? dissatisfaction with your current reality (or CR if you will)

[@julie-4549]

@@PlebianGorilla how is it dangerous, a little fantasy doesn’t hurt anyone

[@SpoilerAlert__]

@@julie-4549 tell that to Jeffrey Epstein

[@j4cki3.]

@@SpoilerAlert__ true

[@orlaelric4203]

Shifting sounds VERY familiar to day dreaming and just using your imagination!!! don't take fanfictions seriously and just enjoy reading them without being delusional.

[@hardtimes9972]

Do you research its not even close to the same

[@Kfkaesque29]

@@hardtimes9972 what research have you done?

[@garbagejuice1]

@@hardtimes9972 I’d rather not research

[@cryptoleprechaun5492]

Petition for a 10 hour version of Ethan narrating Draco fanfictions

[@garbagejuice1]

Sad that there’s 10 hours worth of draco fanfic

[@evelinbeltran1642]

@@garbagejuice1 ?

[@Endead12345]

Petition for Ethan reading "My Immortal"

[@alinadarmo]

laughed so hard at the hagrid bit i almost threw up

[@DerelictSong]

the one that got me was the dumbledore one

[@alinadarmo]

@@DerelictSong "you may be muggle, but that was magic" I was on the floor

[@vansdan.]

i've rewatched it daily since the episode dropped 😂 so glad they highlighted it also "you lose control and it turns into a nightmare" ethan gona be the cause of my death stg ☠😂

[@julesx578]

he lost me at ‘it looks like a giant tin can of spam’ 😂😂😂

[@ap20x12]

Sameee lol

[@dariusradu2369]

AB kinda looks like Draco Malfoy, he might be in trouble.

[@allyreneeful]

There’s no such thing as a coincidence.

[@MattisNearMello]

Ew no he does not draco is cuter

[@Kigoz4Life]

your brain: BlOnDe HaIr eQuaLs DrAcO L00k$. couldnt look any more different than Draco lmao

[@ThePersia450]

Damn you right🤣

[@cheong-santhebaddest6891]

9:15 "He casts a duplicate spell on himself. There's three of him and they all run a train on me" Lmao. Ethan is hilarious

[@JoannaSternbergYoutube]

I love when AB interjects to fact check because he is clearly just monitoring the chat to make sure nobody gets upset and his voice quakes with anxiety but he is also so sweet at the same time 😂 I want his wife Lena to be on the podcast too she seems amazing!!!!!

[@DanRyanCarter]

"you may be a mugblood but that was magical" lmao I'm crying

[@tinypenuscletus6471]

when you learn about Snape wives you are gonna freak out

[@brandless6249]

I- excuse me? ✋🏽😀

[@raquelvasquez901]

Please don’t make me google that

[@hei9856]

@@raquelvasquez901 I did it so you didn't have to, and it is exactly what it sounds like

[@AHAHHAHHA]

I think they're just maladaptive daydreaming. I've been doing maladaptive daydreaming since I was a baby. It's very vivid and fun, and I've created whole character with back-stories, and even a country with a national anthem and capitol city. I can visualize the scenery, and sometimes hear my character's voices. It's kind like dreaming whilst being half-awake half-asleep. Sometimes, when I move on the dream, I wake myself up because my legs twitched violently. That's how vivid it is. BUT the fucking problem is is that it's addictive and ruins your fucking life. Why would I do my schoolwork when I can just lucid-daydream that I'm in fucking Skyrim, or the ATLA universe? It's ruined ALL my social skills and education. I don't give a shit about anything anymore.

[@TLO7]

one time I tweeted at J.K. rowling that the ending of harry potter sucked, and then the next day I tired to sign in and she got my account banned for harassment . she is really sensitive about how bad her writing messed up the end

[@donuksmurfette]

she’s also transphobic soooo not surprised

[@sazsha]

Yeh and there is so many problems in the ‘Potter Universe’, like how did Sirius escape from Azkaban? Can’t you just multiply money? You will never know if you are alone or not because there is invisibility cloaks and why aren’t people more paranoid? Why are no teachers defending students that are bullied? Can’t you just say “Accio” to anything you want and you would get it, if so why not just say ‘Accio the deathly hallows’ or ‘Accio Voldemorts horcruxes’?

[@sephkurai]

​@@sazsha There are a lot of holes yeah, but Sirius escaped Azkaban because he could shapeshift into an animal. I forget what it's called but these people are so dangerous that they all have to be documented by the Ministry of Magic. Sirius taught himself (which is a plot hole, how and why don't more people?) He stayed in Azkaban for as long as he did because he thought he deserved punishment but the first news he got about Harry he turned into his dog form and slipped past the dementors who are oblivious to the presence of animals (another plot hole). Currency is enchanted so you can't replicate it. Invisibility cloaks are extremely rare and powerful items, the one Harry had was an ancient heirloom. You can't Accio something outside your range or something you've never seen before.

[@sazsha]

@@sephkurai Ah okay, thanks to the answer ^^ I just thought of this now atm, Sirius could transform into a great black dog right? Azkaban is placed in middle of nowhere and is surrounded with water. ( If I remember correctly) Can a dog swim that far or did he just use appartion when he was out of Azkabans boundaries?

[@leomqz3681]

Im glad you were banned. Harry Potter had a great ending.

[@sarahcowie95]

Hearing the crew in the background absolutely losing it laughing at these kids is sending me too

[@DuckiestBoat959]

What if all of Harry Potter was just him reality shifting to cope with life living under the stairs....

[@LinnicBee]

I’ve heard this theory before & it’s depressing af to think about... 😞

[@sirmel11]

One of your best skits by far. Those Harry Potter stories were hilarious. I was laughing hard.

[@craigmerryfull7704]

Sometimes i fall asleep listening to podcasts through earbuds and the hosts talking become characters in my dream reality. The weird shit that ethan gets up to in my dreamscape is mind-bending.

[@LinnicBee]

That happens to me too if I fall asleep with the Tv on lol. That’s literally why subliminal videos are used as part of the method of shifting. If you look up HP subliminals, there are soooo many dedicated to so many scenarios where people have mashed up different audios to create a scene. People think they are shifting & living out real scenarios, when it’s just their subconscious taking what they hear from the videos & running with it.

[@craigmerryfull7704]

ah ok. Well that explains why it doesn't feel like a dream. They look at me but never acknowledge my existence, just carrying on with their conversations. But I guess our subconscious doesn't really respect us. we just acquire energy for it if you really think about it.

[@dannikris3696]

I want a T-shirt that says “You’re a fuckin’ Muggle, dude.” 😂

[@JustBriannaYT]

This is really dangerous because it's encouraging people to lose touch with reality and to dangerously blur the lines between what's real and what's fantasy. I feel like this will trigger psychotic symptoms and other mental illnesses in people and may even make those who are seeking help for delusions, depersonalization, hallucinations, etc- backslide.

[@multiwrecked9990]

If they want to play the pseudo-science game, if there are infinite realities wouldn't the chance of you going to your dream reality be infinitely small?

[@jonny555333]

No, because apparently they have super powers and have the ability to choose exactly the reality they want.

[@musikteer]

@@jonny555333 Like the Crash or Mario games. I gotta get on that LEVEL

[@thebeast5215]

The limit as x approaches positive infinity of f(x)=1/x is 0 so there's a 0% chance you go into any particular one you want. These kids must be otherworldly and defy the laws of mathematics itself.

[@koppcsi]

Okay but these fanfics Ethan created out of nowhere is everything!!!

[@garbagejuice1]

It’s… almost as if he has recited his script 😧

[@Kairikka]

These kids discovered lucid dreaming, something people have been doing forever. No, its not another universe, its just a dream. They do themselves a great disservice by sharing in the delusion that it's real. It's sad, truth be told.

[@aliyazc213]

It's called imagination..... I have sword fights against ninjas before I sleep.

[@maijavalli9123]

20:15 AB tries to cancel Lucius Malfoy

[@itsjusa1732]

I love ethan this entire episode. Ethan: “Then she starts putting on a strap on... and starts pounding me” 😂🤣🤣

[@andnl9819]

He's definitely spent a lot of time doing this before

[@xrattlesnakex]

“I’m the size of a fairy” 🧚‍♀️

[@single_use_planet_]

I always had an insanely vivid imagination, as a kid, I would do this all the time, just make up other stories, sometimes I would have nightmares so instead, I opted to play awake with dolls and eventually started to draw instead. I was absolutely doing it to escape reality, I didn't have any friends and was also confused gay. I kinda stopped doing it there for a while as life was becoming more bearable but recently I lost my job and applied to over 30 new places, a bunch of other factors playing into it as well I find myself sleeping knock out cold for sometimes up to 11 hours just jumping into these intense dreams, and I have to admit, they are better than reality... this "shifting" stuff is dangerous man, especially if you purposefully go to a comfort place you already set yourself up to for depression the moment you wake up, I can only speak for myself but suicidal thoughts aren't far away from it...

[@rayunicorns5613]

There's no such thing as a coincidence...

[@wrapitup]

What is your profile pic from?

[@hauntedstereo2665]

No one is going to point out Hila's Harry Potter glasses??

[@iamrenvik1522]

I did and I only saw your comment just one so I'm not copying you

[@momedusa]

So now people can’t wear glasses without it having to do with Harry Potter 🙄

[@iamrenvik1522]

@@momedusa no one saying that just weirdly coincidental is my opinion

[@snappiepappie9899]

They don’t really look Harry’s glasses tho

[@hauntedstereo2665]

Dorkus Malorkus

[@lukisnootis5708]

the magic twinkle sound effect kills me everytime LOL

[@dantescoglietti6933]

Bruh the magic sound as Ethan was saying “she puts on a strap on and starts pounding me” I WAS DEAD

[@nkyryry]

In my day we called this “playing pretend”

[@avocadoo9857]

I’m my day we call you “an idiot”

[@zachorne1224]

@@avocadoo9857 shifter huh?

[@avocadoo9857]

@@zachorne1224 not anymore but i’ll still defend it

[@salmonroll94]

Intense lucid dreaming + fanfiction = Shifting

[@ploopydiper]

I honestly just find this sad. It’s just depressed kids trying to escape real life. Yeah it’s cringe but I don’t really blame them

[@pacmandapackman3087]

LMAOO when the music goes off and the "daddy chill" 😂😂

[@xoxo4722]

DYING at the Draco parts because the fanfics really be like that 😭😭😭 I’ve 100% read about him putting a spell to shut the girls mouth 🤣

[@KatieMarie-pw4xw]

Ethan is too good at writing Fanfiction...

[@caitlinwinchcombe5040]

Love’s little messages crack me up 😂

[@TimeForDunston]

How do you just walk around being that pretty?

[@ellamarie9383]

The guy who's constantly laughing in the background has the best laugh ever !!! LOL

[@kyara.h8500]

That's dan

[@caureum]

zach: isn’t this sleep paralysis?… lmao😭😭

[@christinatuttle8442]

Can we just appreciate how cute Hila looks in the Sunflower TF Jean Jacket? 😍

[@James6923.]

A chick simping for another chick.. is this “shifting”?

[@CezaMVO]

Its crazy because I literally had a random urge to watch all harry Potter movies last week. I must have shifted without realizing it.

[@avocadoo9857]

That’s is not how it works.

[@hardtimes9972]

okay so for all the people who saying this is fake how hard is it for you to get. 1.) it is not lucid dreaming, many lucid dreamers including myself who has lucid dreamed everynight for over a decade can tell you its not even close to the same. You cant stay in a lucid dream for YEAR and YEARS. 2.) its not maladaptive daydreaming. Somw of the symptoms of maladaptive daydreaming is an inability to carry out daily tasks, repetitive and unconscious movements when daydreaming, such as rocking back and forth or twitching, sleep disruption and insomnia, abnormally long daydreams that are hard to escape. Shifting dose not effect you ability to carry out tasks, you dont move when your shifting, shifting dose not affect you sleeping, and you can leave that reality WHENEVER you want its not hard to leave. If anything its hard to stay there. Plus, you dont have to be awake to shift, therefore if your asleep its not a day dream. You chose to shift, people even have a hard time shifting. Its 3.) just because you don’t understand something dose not mean its not real. Shifting has been around for YEARS its not just a new trend by teens as adults do it to. 4.) stop being so closed minded. You really think everything is all plain and simple? Stop being so dense 5.) if you think its just your imagination, you just plain dumb literally do your research.

[@shadw4701]

As someone with at least ten years of research on dreams and lucid dreaming it is just having a dream. They're having vivid pre-lucid dreams. In this state you can pretty much convince yourself your in another universe especially since everything seems real. All the techniques are variations of the WILD method. Scripting is literally dream incubation

[@Reyeston007]

"You might be a Muggle born but that was magical" 😂😂😂😂

[@leee3760]

We have a mental health crisis in this country

[@starfire555]

When you don’t know what depth perception is 😂

[@James6923.]

Thats what school was for

[@maya7831]

It's honestly sad that we as GenZ do such things just as a form of escapism. I got into shifting realities when I was at a bad a place. I didn't wanna live, but i also didn;t wanna die. I guess shifting//lucid dreaming was just a way of running away from my problems for me.

[@3RDEYELOVE]

How can Ethan say he duplicated himself😂 with a straight face

[@lucaslink9837]

Ethens commentary and fan fiction about harry potter is the best thing I have heard all year.

[@haprnalters164]

That Draco bit made me die lmaooo

[@TheDoddridge]

I was really dehydrated once and was able to hallucinate anyone i know saying whatever i wanted to, i could genuinely hear it and control it. Then i passed out.

[@gabeanzek3148]

when i was a kid my friends and I pretended to be demigods glad we didn't film it like these doofus's

[@tisbutascratch2045]

In reference to the girl talking about her finger shifting when she closes an eye, I couldn't help but think about optics and how artists draw things. Like if you're looking at a cube on a turn table and shift it slightly to the right or left, the entire image that you have to draw is shifted and becomes something else. So what is the real correct way we should view that cube? Is a cube truly square? Maybe from some angles, but not all. I was also thinking about the ways that animals may see things differently from us. Some are blind, some see thermal energy, some can see in the dark, some can see in different dimensions, some are colour blind etc. Does the difference in the way things are perceived mean that those animals are seeing an altered reality from us? If so, is their reality false simply because they don't perceive what humans do? Could it be that their reality is 'shifted' like the girl said? Maybe. And if so, we technically have the ability to create whatever reality we want right?

[@sevastilouta5984]

Your questions are very interesting indeed, but those ideas can very easily lead to subjectivity. I agree we have no clue what goes on beyond our human perception and understanding of the world, but that's because we experience the world through our senses. It kinda reminds me of plato's allegory of the cave (not to sound too pretentious lol).

[@cjhunt9532]

No.

[@miranda13c]

It’s literally daydreaming 💀

[@gabigabi7704]

do research

[@evelinbeltran1642]

Do your research💀

[@cogipomroll]

They mad mad at you

[@miranda13c]

@@cogipomroll Lmao I triggered them clearly.

[@miranda13c]

@Gaby’s Reactions Learn how to spell, Gaby.

[@noahboucher125]

Back in the day we would just write a fanfiction or cosplay, but i suppose there are worse uses of your time

[@christopherortiz9330]

Worse than the kids who didn't know the Titanic was a real boat.

[@MyDogFulton]

Ship

[@AdoboSoGuud]

A ship, not a boat

[@jumptrash]

im gen z and this seems like escapism to me. I used to do the same shit to forget about the reality of my life. It's all about trying to ignore depression

[@BATJAX]

The music that comes in every time😂

[@hunterwhite4394]

Shifting seems like pointless manifestation

[@ruthdijkstra5885]

I've been doing this my whole life. It's called ✨daydreaming✨

[@LaurenElizabethYT]

I’m so confused by this. Like on one hand, they clearly know that it’s fake ... but they treat it as if they do believe it? But like, I don’t believe that they believe it 👀

[@LinnicBee]

I think a bunch of them deep down are sceptic but they are so desperate for a escape that they are willing to play along, ESPECIALLY since if they speak out with doubts they would get crucified in the comments. What’s sad is that there are several big accounts in the shifting community that Are pretty obviously trolling people & are using peoples desperation for escapism just to gain large followings.

[@James6923.]

Its all for attention/views.. just like everything on TikTok is for.

[@scz320]

Imagine being able to do this in any fantasy setting and you choose harry potter like tf, how boring are you.

[@patrickdoss25]

MY theory is the internet has broken the delusion for Gen Z that life is happy and sunshine and rainbows and they lost the childlike wonder and magic at a really young age because they can now see how fucked up and unfair and corrupt our world is. That’s why all the Gen Z kids are doing this to cope with the hard reality that life can be harsh.

[@Arcania9516]

The people people in the video are 35+ year olds,you know the group that "grew up" in the internet? The real problem here are 35+ year old white women who won't accept that they aren't children anymore or in the year 2004. Notice how you never see anyone else doing this crap? Twisting the situation to something else is unnecessary and incorrect.

[@vilyda]

Lucid dreaming? Mabey they are, like, getting the name of it wrong? I'd say they are just Lucid dreaming and dont realize that they are triggering hallucinations and think its real

[@shadw4701]

From a lucid dreamer it is lucid dreaming. They don't really understand how it works

[@roseg2239]

How do you trigger hallucinations lmao. I don't think that's how it works.

[@vilyda]

@@roseg2239 you can accidentally do it while trying to lucid dream

[@vilyda]

@@roseg2239 it can trigger sleep paralysis

[@ploopydiper]

They’ll viciously fight you that it’s entirely different from lucid dreaming lol

[@keberTxelArM]

I thought ethan was going somewhere else with the mouth spell 🤣

[@PlebianGorilla]

I’m about to be 24- the oldest a zoomed can be right now. I honestly relate more to millennials than Gen Z

[@adieljonsson864]

I think that everyone in their mid 20s is like...in an in between generation, neither millennial or zoomer, because I’m a little older than you, and I relate to Gen Z in some ways and Millennials in other ways, but neither really fits.

[@TimeForDunston]

I’m about to turn 32, help me! I just keep aging! Help me!

[@Laurala_Lala]

I have a theory: They want attention

[@yuzurucorner]

I only see American teens doing it, it's self explanatory.

[@yuzurucorner]

Like the rest of the world are looking at you like a circus

[@jonny555333]

@@yuzurucorner Yeah, unfortunately in America, we've gotten to a point where we can just make up and live in our own make believe fantasy lands and make up shit as we go. Truth and facts don't matter anymore because you can just make up your own and you have people support your lies because it's convenient.

[@sophielou2929]

It’s also only a small amount, most these kids probably get made of for it in real life

[@jonny555333]

@@sophielou2929 Yeah, I don't really blame the kids. Kids can be "dumb" and get into stuff like this. I think parents and older peers should play a role in guiding these kids out of this delusion. That's why I don't like when grown adults are promoting this garbage on tiktok and other social media. Just manipulative.

[@James6923.]

Yea. This generation is fu*ked. 😂🤦‍♂️

[@Iamreeze]

2:03 these are the thoughts I have after smoking a blunt at 3am

[@skafaced102]

I mean it's good kids are exploring meditation... but it's literally meditation. People have been doing it since the beginning of recorded time. It's just strange they're veiling it in some weird Harry Potter fantasy. I guess I shouldn't be surprised the younger generations are disillusioned by the dystopian reality we live in and need an escape.

[@momedusa]

Dude Harry Potter came out when I was in like 5th grade which was 20 years ago... how are kids still into this shit

[@shelbynicole3386]

“shifting” is essentially lucid dreaming

[@avocadoo9857]

It is not.

[@seanmartin8465]

10:55 bro need to soundbite the girl saying “naps...bruh”

[@GamingEmpire520]

Through that whole Hagrid reality I wanted so bad for Zach to play that Vin Diesel “wow man” sound byte. I was throughly disappointed when it didn’t come.

[@NapalmUnderwear]

Just shift your reality

[@GamingEmpire520]

@@NapalmUnderwear holy shit good idea. Will update later.

[@GamingEmpire520]

@@NapalmUnderwear Update: I’m back. Jesus fuck, I’m back. You won’t believe the shit I’ve seen. Wow man…

[@dexvargas21]

is gen z the same generation that ate tide-pods?

[@loreleidaley1282]

Can we talk about how cute Hila is?! The hair, the glasses, and quite possibly my fav TF drip ever, that jean jacket?! 🥺💕

[@nikitakeohane]

it does sound an awful lot like lucid dreaming, except theyre just rejecting the fact it is lucid dreaming. since your in a dream time seems to go slower, you can imagine whatever you want into existence and when you wake up it can sometimes be disorienting. ive done it a few times and when i wake up i usually feel like i havent been in reality for months or years, i wouldnt say its shifting realities, its just taking control of your dreams

[@mile-2482]

In the Anthony Padilla interview, they low-key admit that shifting is just escapism with lucid dreaming methods. They just keep lying to themselves

[@LinnicBee]

The shifters were PISSED over that interview

[@mile-2482]

@@LinnicBee yeah I heard that they were pissed mainly because one of the interviewee was actually a shifter hater. I went to see his content on his lucid dreaming channel and it's actually good

[@sophielou2929]

Just to clarify because people tend to generalised. This is a very very small part of Gen z that do this. Most of us do not think this is real. There are delusional and weirdos in all realities

[@frankyramone]

This is one of Ethan’s funniest moments,

[@sirmel11]

I agree!

[@vanessita4138]

As a millennial I believe I shift when lucid dreaming. I don't ever intend to dream but i swear I've shifted to the walking dead. I have a crush on Norman Reedus So seeing him is what I do enjoy. But it's crazy because I'm in it as another character. I've killed zombies, protected my fellows😅 then I see the producer who screams CUT 🎬 I swear it's real😮

[@denysehorton5682]

It’s almost like kids forgot how to use their imagination because of technology lol and now they found out their brains can do this and they are all like “I got to tell someone about this!!”

[@eunniebunnie101]

i don't think we should be making fun of these people. If that's something they like to do, and it makes them happy, helps them cope, there's nothing wrong with this. No matter age, we should be able to do any hobbies, etc, as we please.

[@pimpofallsimps8413]

this is literally how you start a cult

[@ryanmacmahon274]

In Ireland shifting means snogging

[@marono_5994]

this is destroying my childhood

[@markhaus]

This just sounds like coping because you’re depressed or anxious. Which is worrying because this is a common trend. Also because there’s not enough hagrid fanfic

[@Participant852]

Ethan pronounced most of the Harry Potter words incorrectly lol

[@deanmoriarty6015]

he pronounces most words in general wrong lmaoo