Is it just us, or are you also a little creeped out that the biggest viral thing right now is a video featuring a bunch of strangers kissing each other for the first time? That’s supposed to be “romantic”? For some reason we have this odd notion that maybe “romantic” has to do with actually knowing someone personally before having intimate physical interactions. We’re not the only ones:
Not rrally feeling this First Kiss video love. Creepy and manipulative, a soft porn United Colours of Benetton ad.
— Steven Russell (@sterussell) March 11, 2014
Watch These 20 Strangers Kiss For The First Time And Then Go About Your Day Like You're Not A Creepy Person.
— Jason Shapiro (@JDShapiro) March 11, 2014
All this first person kiss/kissing a stranger thing trending on Facebook; am I the only one who finds it a bit creepy?
— Liability Mike (@MikeyWebber) March 11, 2014
SUPER CREEPY. RT @theglossdotcom That "First Kiss" video blowing up your newsfeed is creepy as hell. http://t.co/lwdMkcXIvt
— it’s a me! melanie! (@melsanie) March 11, 2014
https://twitter.com/TreKeepIt3Hunna/status/443404630991437825
creepy #TonsilHockeyWithStrangers MT @WRENSTUDIO:We asked 20 strangers to kiss for 1st time for our Fall14 collection http://t.co/gfUx3GLF0U
— Prudence Paine (@PruPaine) March 13, 2014
https://twitter.com/wendyduren/status/443463773265723392
Does no one else find this whole 'Two Strangers Kiss for the First Time' thing really creepy?
— Pushy Riot ? (@PushyRi0t) March 11, 2014
https://twitter.com/caraesgordon/status/443376434057601024
https://twitter.com/chlo_dogg/status/443436680943767552
Why the fuck is everyone goin nuts about this strangers kissing video? Go to a club or frat party and you can see all that and more
— greccus (@whatTheGrec) March 12, 2014
https://twitter.com/lizzieschiffman/status/443444616504041473
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@wendyduren I agree! I don't see the appeal at all.
— Kristen Olson (@klo326) March 11, 2014
Er, I had to watch that First Kiss vid through my fingers, it's described as awkward & adorable, I saw creepy & cringey, just me?
— Deborah Wroe (@DeborahKWroe) March 11, 2014
Watching strangers kiss for the first time is actually fucking creepy
— Alex Copley (@alexfc94) March 11, 2014
some asshole filmed 20 strangers kissing in black/white and your 'faith in humanity is restored' ? shut the fuck up
— alkdjaaa. (@adamjannke) March 13, 2014
https://twitter.com/rhyshughesz/status/443521361466892288
https://twitter.com/lizpriore066/status/443533870550355968
Not sure what to think about Wren's "First Kiss" campaign. It' falls somewhere on the border of genius and creepy.
— Lauren E. Hurt (@LaurenHurt91) March 12, 2014
I don't get why that first kiss video is heartwarming. It's creepy and staged.
— Cameron Ciesil (@CamTheCiesil) March 12, 2014
https://twitter.com/radioAyres/status/443583170521210881
Why are people posting videos of strangers kissing? You're all weird as fuck
— J Broida (@BRoid04) March 11, 2014
https://twitter.com/Matty_Bambino/status/443603450375729153
I don't understand the latest viral first kiss with a stranger going around. Everyone says it's romantic but I think it's creepy as hell.
— ?BewaretheGeek (@bewarethegeek) March 12, 2014
https://twitter.com/_JessicaCrane/status/443720475685175296
"That '20 strangers kissing' video is such a powerful statement about the purity of love. Thank fuck there were no ugly people in there."
— Stuart Millard (@franticplanet) March 11, 2014
That first kiss video is creepy to me def not cute
— She Devil (@futureexwife) March 12, 2014
https://twitter.com/msnadiaosman/status/443468231378866176
https://twitter.com/Laur_MacD/status/443785877748076545
What is up with that watch strangers' first kiss thing everyone's posting? that headline is creepy as hell?
— Mlle Jae (@mllejae) March 12, 2014
The video has over 34 million views, and the strangers are actually models, musicians and actors, which means they’re probably playing a part they know that viewers want to be played. Unfortunately, there are untold thousands of weirdos on the Internet who thought this not-so-spontaneous fashion ad was “romantic.”
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