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reminds me of a few old-ish horror movies I've seen, particularly from Japanese cinema, where the concept of a social contagion has been explored a few times. eg: Infection https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infection_(2004_film) or Suicide Circle https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_Club_(film) to name a few.

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This is no different than a massively popular movie coming out and everyone quoting it in the following weeks.

It is a little different in that they admitted to the medical system and being treated with different drugs including antipsychotics.

I’m glad parents didn’t do that after jackass came out

For those of us who subscribe, these are called memes