Big Time Rush singer James Maslow has shared a video of himself in Israel, wearing a press vest.

In an Instagram story posted yesterday, Maslow recorded himself standing in a pile of rubble, wearing a dirtied press vest. He explained that he's in Be'eri, a settlement in southern Israel near the Gaza strip, and that he'll be spending the week there, "seeing with [his] own eyes what happened."

The video was shared to X, where it quickly caught on and sparked outrage, with many calling his trip to Be'eri a publicity stunt.

james maslow added to my shitlist pic.twitter.com/ic2uUXuiu3

— jovi 🦂🇵🇸 (@wakeupongoodbye) November 21, 2023

In an earlier Instagram story, Maslow shared a photo of himself on his way to Israel. "Another [plane emoji]," he wrote. "This time for a good cause."

In a TikTok posted yesterday, user @simplysimone shared a screenshot of Maslow's story, in disbelief over the situation. "Does Israel want every form of celebrity to be there?" she asked incredulously. "They got him a press vest and he's not even there for press."

@simplysimone

Yeah the reunion era is done cause WHAT THE ACTUAL F-

♬ original sound - Simone Umba

Commenters on @simplysimone's video pointed out Maslow's squeaky clean appearance, which they say is an indication that the video was a PR stunt.

"The fact that he is so clean…. He got a little blush on….. not a speck of rubble or dirt," one user wrote.

"you mean he had time to do his hair and makeup while posing in the background with rubble ⁉️" another asked.

Users on X were enraged by the video, calling it a tone deaf gesture after Israel has killed nearly 50 journalists since Oct. 7, across Gaza, the West Bank, and Lebanon.

"How DARE u, a privileged rich American, wear that press vest," one user wrote. "the same vest that Palestinian journalists wear that are getting KILLED for showing the world the genocide of their ppl, to spread propaganda that justifies their murder?"

Today, Maslow shared a video of himself at Kibbutz Be'eri, walking through the remains of a house that appears to have been burned down.

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In his video, Maslow shows off different objects in the house: a book, a piano, a tennis racket, and children's toys. In the caption, he wrote, "Kibbutz Be’eri: a communal village on the Gaza border, and one that suffered one of the worst attacks by Hamas on October 7th. 85 murdered of the one thousand residents, and 26 taken captive."

Residents of Be'eri, among them those grieving loved ones lost in the attacks on the kibbutz, have spoken out against Israel's attacks on Gaza and called for a ceasefire.

In an interview with Al Jazeera published last week, one resident condemned the Israeli government's carpet bombing campaign against Gaza, which has claimed the lives of over 14,000 people, over 5,800 of which were children.

"We are just drowning in our own violence and blood," he said. "Israel won’t cure our dead babies by killing more babies."

The Daily Dot reached out to Maslow's public relations team via email.

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You never know what treasures—or cursed sweaters—you'll find a thrift store.

When shopping at one, TikToker Willow Avalon found a gray knitted sweater with “2 my soulmate” written on the front tag and “I Luv You Tres” on the back tag. 

The creator—and commenters—think the sweater had been given to the thrift store after the end of a relationship. 

Upset by the find, Avalon asked, “Who donated this?” and captioned her video, “Brb crying in the thrift store.”

This sparked a flood of comments talking about the “sweater theory,” or as some users call it, the “sweater curse.”

Many commenters also discussed how big of a “red flag” it is for someone to donate such a sentimental gift, even if the relationship had ended.

The top comment on the video states “Sweater theory wins again.” 

Another popular comment from a shocked user states “What do you mean sweater theory? I’m making my boyfriend a sweater right now.”

What is the sweater curse?

Alison Lurie breaks down the sweater curse in a New Yorker article from 2013. The theory was coined by knitters and crocheters, describing the belief that if one were to knit their significant other a sweater as a gift, the recipient would break up with them. 

Some believe that if the recipient knows about the sweater before receiving it, their relationship will end before the sweater is even completed.

In her article, Lurie explains that the explanation of this theory all comes down to the handmade sweater. A handmade sweater is typically thick, stretchy, and clingy. This suggests that whoever makes the sweater intends to surround and enclose the recipient. 

This gift signifies a bigger step being made in the relationship—so the recipient could get spooked. 

Rumor has it, there are ways to combat this curse. TikTok user Annie Rauwerda shares a few possibilities in a video from earlier last year. 

Rauwerda says that if the creator intentionally knits a few mistakes into the sweater, the curse will be reversed because the imperfections will disrupt the forces at play.

Additionally, if the knitter waits until after marriage to make a gift like this, the sweater will actually warn off other possible partners of the receiver. 

Whether Avalon’s thrift find is a cursed sweater or just an accidental donation may never be revealed.

Either way, commenters are sure to have opinions. One commenter said, “That must have been one H*LL of a breakup.”

This possible break-up sweater is far from the only gasp-worthy thrift find shared on TikTok. Creators have also discovered fake Louis-Vuitton belts, scrapbook paper, and nearly new Shein products on recent thrift trips.

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A restaurant-goer shows soy sauce being served in a dropper bottle in a viral video—and says that the condiment was "gentrified."

In a TikTok posted on Monday, Alex Mutammara (@mutammara) shows soy sauce being served in a small dropper bottle at a restaurant he was dining at. Soy sauce is usually served in the bottle it was purchased in, a small dish, or a traditional soy sauce dispenser.

"They gentrified soy sauce y'all," Mutammara wrote in the video's overlay text. In the video's caption, he wrote that he didn't understand why the sauce was being served in a dropper bottle.

On Wednesday, Mutammara's video had over a million views on TikTok.

@mutammara Like PLEASE just help me understand #soysauce #nyc #foodie ♬ Spongebob Closing Theme Song Music - Ocean Floor Orchestra

In a follow up video, Mutammara says that the soy sauce dropper was served at Rule of Thirds, a Japanese restaurant in Brooklyn, NY.

Mutammara told the Daily Dot that he and his friends "got a kick out of" the soy sauce dropper.

"It’s definitely something none of us had ever seen before," he said in an email.

Commenters on his initial video added to Mutammara's joke that the soy sauce had been gentrified.

"Soy sauce?" a commenter wrote. "Ohh u mean the fermented organic soybean extract."

"They gave u the soy in The Ordinary salicylic acid 2%," another wrote. The Ordinary, a skincare company, packages many of its products in similar dropper bottles.

Others admitted they actually thought dispensing soy sauce via a dropper was beneficial.

"I like this," a commenter wrote. "It’s easier to control how much soy sauce comes out."

"We can all admit this is honestly a good idea," a commenter said. "Aince it's so hard to pour a reasonable amount of soy sauce from the Kikkoman dispensers." Kikkoman is a popular brand of soy sauce.

"Gentrification pops off sometimes," another commenter shared. "And this is one of those times."

All that said, one commenter reminded viewers that the way soy sauce bottles are made in Asia allows for users to control how much soy sauce is dispensed: These bottles have two holes, one on either end of the cap, and diners can cover one of the holes to dispense less soy sauce.

As for Mutammara himself, he told the Daily Dot that he prefers to use a traditional soy sauce bottle.

The Daily Dot has reached out Rule of Thirds via email.

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A woman shows a vintage store selling a Shein dress for $129 in a viral video. Dresses from Shein usually cost less than $20.

In a TikTok posted over the weekend, Francesca Miller-Hard shows a tag from Melbourne, Australia based vintage shop Inferno Vintage that lists a "little black dress" for $129. Miller-Hard then shows that the dress is from Shein, a Chinese fast fashion company known for its cheap clothing.

"I was silently screaming in the changing room," Miller-Hard wrote in a comment on her video.

On Wednesday, Miller-Hard's video had over 175,000 views on TikTok.

@iburntmyburrito

little black dress 😍😍😍

♬ real - Dead account

Many commenters on Miller-Hard's video were confused as to why a simple black dress from Shein, which currently retails between $10 and $20 on the site, was priced at $129—and said that other vintage stores had also marked up cheap items.

"NO WAY," a commenter said.

"The vintage store at my mall took the cactus shirts from Target, cut them into crop tops," a commenter wrote," "And put a $45 tag on them."

"The time I saw a Kmart shirt for $35," another commenter said.

Though the word vintage is used by many retailers, clothing is only considered vintage if it was produced over 40 years ago. Items are considered "retro" if they were made over 20 years ago. Shein, however, was founded in 2008.

Other commenters posited that many vintage resellers don't research or fully inspect the clothes they sell.

"i once went to this vintage only thrift store in austin thinking they were authentic and i bought aliexpress shoes without realizing," one user shared.

"Praying on the downfall of vintage shops they never do research," a commenter wrote. "And put things on shelves for abhorrent prices."

"U know they know nothing about vintage too," another said. "Cause how can U not feel the polyester..." Polyester is a synthetic fabric that many Shein products are made out of.

The Daily Dot has reached out to Miller-Hard, and the vintage resellers that were involved with the retail of the item.

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In each edition of web_crawlr we have exclusive original content every day. On Tuesdays our IRL Reporter Tricia Crimmins breaks down the trends on the popular app that will make you cringe in her “Problematic on TikTok” column.  If you want to read columns like this before everyone else, subscribe to web_crawlr to get your daily scoop of internet culture delivered straight to your inbox.

As Stephen A. Smith once said, we have been hoodwinked, bamboozled, led astray, run amok and flat out deceived by TikTok singers.

Apparently, they’re tuning their acoustic videos to make themselves sound better. You know, those videos where TikTokers are singing in multipart harmonies while in a garage or a bathroom or their kitchen because those rooms have better acoustics? Well, those stripped-down versions of songs might not sound as good live as they do when they’re posted online.

In a video posted on November 3, singer Glenn Devron sings a stunning rendition of Sia’s “Elastic Heart” that he “autotuned the shit out of,” and shows viewers how singers perfectly tune their videos before the internet hears them.

Devron says anyone can use tuning software to ensure that all the notes they sang are perfectly in tune with the real note—it’s a lot of dragging and dropping—and then edit the video and the tuned audio to match in a video editing software. 

“Enjoy your new skill duping everybody on TikTok into thinking you are a perfect singer,” Devron says. “When in reality, you’re just a fuckin’ liar.”

In his video’s caption, he says that the dishonesty of many well-known TikTok singers is “wild,” and in a follow up TikTok, he sings clearly off-key and tunes it. 

Why it matters

I’ll admit, I didn’t know that TikTok singers were auto-tuning their singing videos and was truly surprised by Devron’s video. 

But it’s similar to using TikTok filters, which I’ve written about a bunch in this column. The big difference is, however, that TikTok filters identify themselves on videos, and TikTok singers aren’t disclosing that they are tuning their voices. 

And that secrecy has an effect on viewers: Just like how Photoshop and filters have created unattainable expectations of beauty, tuning software is making people self-conscious about their singing voices. 

Case in point, a commenter on Devron’s video said that his content about tuning software has made them “feel so much better” about themselves as a singer, and that they’re “so tired of feeling insecure” about their voice.

It’s also worth noting that the impulse to autotune or tune one’s TikTok video comes from all the autotuning and tuning of recorded music that you hear on the radio or on streaming services. If those songs weren’t tuned, maybe TikTok singers wouldn’t want to hide their raw audios, either. 

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Beyoncé fans are posting photos and videos of New York City subway cars decorated for the singer's Renaissance concert film.

In TikToks and tweets posted today, New Yorkers are showing the Renaissance promotional materials that are now in (and on) some NYC subway cars. A TikTok from @rommybby shows a train with the word "RENAISSANCE" written in metallic silver lettering on a black background on it pulling into a station, and views of the Beyoncé ads inside the train car. In the ads, Beyoncé is covered in silver and lying next to "RENAISSANCE" written in the same typeface seen on the outside of the train car.

"I literally gasped," @rommybby wrote in the video's caption. On Tuesday, their TikTok had almost 200,000 views on TikTok.

@rommybby oh i literally GASPED #renaissance #beyonce #subway ♬ Kevin JZP slaying - Valentina

Commenters on @rommybby's video made jokes about Beyoncé's choice to advertise her upcoming film on NYC subways.

"It's the Break My Soul Train," one commenter wrote, referencing the singer's lead single from the album, as well as popular '70s music show 'Soul Train.'

"This is what I wanna see," another wrote, referencing a sample used in Beyoncé's song "Thique."

Another TikTok, this time from @luccasvevo, shows another Beyoncé ad inside the train car: The star is wearing a silver helmet and headgear, posing in front of a blue background. The TikTok also shows that the ads take up all available ad space inside the train car.

@luccasvevo WELCOME TO THE NYC RENAISSANCE SUBWAY TRAIN — RENA RENA RENA RENA RENA RENA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #renaissance #renaissancethefilm #beyonce #nyc ♬ original sound - Lucas Barbosa

Other views of the train, including a video of it passing by a subway station, and photos of the outside and inside of the train car have been posted on X as well.

Beyoncé's film, which premieres on December 1, will feature footage from when she toured internationally and performed the album. The tour grossed almost $580 million dollars, and fans have speculated that she will soon announce a second leg of the tour.

The Daily Dot reached out to Beyoncé's public relations team and the NYC Metropolitan Transit Authority via email.

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A video of airline luggage workers mishandling a wheelchair has gone viral, sparking debate about the difficulties that mobility aid users experience while flying.

In a TikTok posted on Monday, user Hae (@haez93) captured a video of airline luggage handlers tossing a wheelchair down a ramp from an airplane to the ground.

The wheelchair collides with the bottom of the ramp and flies off, crashing on the ground. The video is hashtagged "Miami," indicating the incident took place at Miami International Airport.

In the caption, Hae revealed that this was the third wheelchair to be handled roughly by the workers, who were handling luggage from an American Airlines flight.

"Dang, after i saw them do this and laugh with the first two wheelchairs i had to get it on film," she wrote. "That is not what id call 'handling with care' for someones mobility device."

The Daily Dot reached out to Miami International Airport for comment.

@haez93 Dang, after i saw them do this and laugh with the first two wheelchairs i had to get it on film. That is not what id call “handling with care” for someones mobility device…. #AmericanAirlines #handlewithcare #mobilitydevice #wheelchair ♬ Oh No - Kreepa

In an emailed statement to the Daily Dot, a representative for American Airlines said it's committed to the proper care of mobility devices and called the video "deeply concerning."

"We are gathering more details so that we can address them with our team," the representative said. "We will continue to work hard to improve our handling of assistive devices across our network."

By Tuesday, Hae's video had over 1.8 million views and had gone viral across TikTok and X, with many mobility aid users speaking out about the difficulty of flying while disabled.

"They broke my walker doing this," one user wrote in the comments of Hae's video. "I was devastated at the time, that was the only thing I could use."

Caregiving reporter for the 19th, Sara Luterman, added context to the situation regarding the cost of wheelchairs.

"Just so everyone understands, wheelchairs are often custom-fitted devices that cost thousands of dollars," she wrote on X. "Fixing them can involve specialty parts and a complex approval process for the majority of people who can’t just pay out of pocket."

Airlines' mishandling of wheelchairs

Hae's video is far from the first time an airline has gone viral for mishandling wheelchairs.

In February, TikTok user Maayan Ziv (@maayanziv_) shared her experience of having her wheelchair broken by an airline, despite intentionally wrapping it in protective bubble wrap and tape reading "fragile."

@maayanziv_ I can’t begin to describe how devastating this is. #disabilitytiktok #notluggage #wheelchair #fyp ♬ original sound - Maayan Ziv

In the video, Ziv is visibly devastated, stuck on the plane and waiting for an airline worker to bring her an airport-use wheelchair, which she described in a comment as "uncomfortable and difficult to sit in."

Ziv added the hashtag "#notluggage" to her video, describing the way that wheelchairs are regarded as luggage or cargo—and are handled as such without the special care they require.

Another video from user Steve Way (@thesteveway) shows airline workers roughly mishandling his wheelchair as they struggle to lift it, breaking the chair's armrest and custom pieces in the process.

"This is something disabled people risk every time they fly," Way wrote in the video's overlay text. "Not only is it the destruction of our property, but also the restriction of our access to life itself."

Serious issues for travelers who are disabled

Although data from the U.S. Department of Transportation reports that only 1.6% of wheelchairs brought on domestic flights are broken each year, which has amounted to over 15,000 chairs since 2018, some mobility aid users suspect that the number is much higher.

In a video from May 24, writer and disability activist Imani Barbarin (@crutches_and_spice) recounts a dehumanizing experience with airline travel as a disabled person and mobility aid user. She said she was made to walk through a TSA scanner despite telling agents that she was physically unable to do so, which resulted in her falling as TSA agents failed to help.

Barbarin says in her video that despite buying a wheelchair specifically for travel, she's unable to use it, as airline workers break "1/3rd of all wheelchairs that come through during travel."

Although U.S. airlines are responsible for 100% of the costs of repairing a wheelchair broken during travel, it can be a lengthy and arduous process for passengers to receive payments.

WBGH News reported that it could take anywhere from six weeks to 15 months to repair a wheelchair, and users are often left stranded during that time if they cannot afford to replace it.

A cursory search on TikTok and X reveals just how widespread this phenomenon is: Thousands of commenters and users, many of them on Hae's video, have shared that they or someone they know has experienced the traumatic ordeal of having their wheelchair broken.

Delta Airlines takes steps toward equity

In an effort to be more inclusive to wheelchair users, Delta Airlines revealed a concept for an airplane seat that would allow wheelchair users to remain in their own chair during the flight. Although still in developmental stages, many disability advocates hope that it could lead to fewer instances of broken wheelchairs in the future.

"No wheelchair securement concept has made it this far in the design and development process," WheelchairTravel.org founder John Morris wrote in an email to the Washington Post. "I believe that it offers a solution that could one day make air travel significantly more accessible to millions of wheelchair users."

Although Morris admitted that the design still had room for improvement, he added, "I’m optimistic about an accessible air travel future!"

The Daily Dot reached out to Hae via TikTok comment and to Ziv and Barbarin via Instagram direct messages.

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Kermit the Frog has undergone quite an identity crisis over the years. The beloved children’s character was originally known as the frog puppet on The Muppets, in addition to stints on Sam and Friends and Sesame Street.

But Kermit the Frog’s strings have been pulled in a different direction in recent years. Now, Kermit’s image is used in countless memes to express snarky comments, awkward social moments, and relationship woes.

Here’s where the Kermit the Frog meme originated—and why this beloved green puppet continues to stand the test of time. 

Kermit the Frog: meme origin 

In 2014, an image of Kermit sipping on a cup of tea began circulating on social media. The image was taken from a shot of Kermit in a Lipton Tea commercial promoting the brand and the film Muppets Most Wanted. 

Kermit starred in the commercial alongside familiar faces from the Muppets, such as Miss Piggy. After chaos ensues in the streets, Kermit encourages people to “be more tea.” The brand slogan for this translates to “be more kind.” 

#ButThatsNoneOfMyBusiness 

According to Urban Dictionary, “sips tea” is the present form of “sipping tea,” which means to listen to good gossip from someone. Since Kermit is sipping tea in the meme, it was paired with the hashtag #ButThatsNoneOfMyBusiness and used as a snarky clapback or witty comment. 

This skyrocketed the meme’s popularity. Numerous Instagram and X (formerly Twitter) accounts were created to share Kermit memes, and the booming Instagram hashtag #kermitmemes gained over 660,000 posts, plus video compilations, and coffee mugs with the famous slogan.

Kermit even made an appearance on The Kelly Clarkson Show to discuss the meme. 

Why are Kermit the Frog memes so popular? 

The fanfare behind Kermit is enough to make any fictional television character green with envy. But what caused the children’s character to become a household name?

Don Caldwell is a curator at the internet meme database Knowyourmeme.com.

“[Kermit] is an incredibly recognizable and lovable character, so people feel comfortable using him to signal things about their identity," Caldwell told BBC’s Newsbeat. 

The memes work so well because Kermit's lighthearted personality is so far the opposite of the sassy persona that the memes convey. No one could ever picture Kermit the Frog actually sipping tea and ignoring a person in need because they’re “none of his business.” 

Variations of the Kermit meme 

Kermit the Frog isn't just known for sipping tea. Thanks to screenshots from The Muppets and the ubiquity of Kermit toys available in the real world, there are many more memes featuring the beloved frog.

Sad Kermit

“Kermit the frog funny” may be a popular search, but within the expansive walls of the internet exists a much more subdued version of him. 

The image shows a Kermit puppet with its head looking down and its knees folded into its chest. After the puppet was found photographed in other positions, people demanded to know who was behind making Kermit look so sad. 

BuzzFeed found the culprit: then-17-year-old Pinja Savolainen from Finland. She told BuzzFeed News that the Kermit doll belongs to her mother, who found it in a market years ago. One day after walking by the doll in the kitchen, she decided to take a picture and share it on Twitter. 

"It was originally meant to be just a little joke, but then I realized it was actually pretty fun to photograph him so I decided to make it into a thread," she explained.

'Evil' Kermit 

It turns out that Kermit has an evil side, too. Kermit’s meme popularity continued to expand with the arrival of the character’s take on the “devil-on-the-shoulder” scenario. This is the inner conflict a person feels when they feel tempted to behave badly. 

The meme was first shared by Twitter user Anya who used the meme to demonstrate the temptation to steal a cute dog. Once the meme went viral, the internet used the image to poke fun at other common battles of good versus evil. 

Want to make your own funny Kermit pictures? Become a puppet master by using Kermit user generators, such as this one. This is a tool that allows users to make their own memes by combining an image with text. 

Kermit said it best: “It’s Not Easy Being Green.”

Neither is being a meme, but the world’s favorite frog handles it well. His likeness has been twisted and contorted in so many ways that you never know what viral meme the internet will think of next.

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Actress Melissa Barrera has reportedly been fired from her role in Scream VII after posting on social media in support of Palestine.

According to One Take News, the actress was "quietly let go" from the movie, which also stars Jenna Ortega, Mason Gooding, and Jasmine Savoy Brown, as a result of "controversial statements amid the Israel-Palestine crisis." Barrera played Sam Carpenter in Scream VI, which premiered this year.

Her comments, which appeared on her Instagram story, were screenshotted and posted on Reddit.

"I too come from a colonized country," Barrera wrote, adding a Mexican flag. "Palestine WILL be free."

Barrera also has the watermelon emoji in her Instagram bio, a symbol which signifies support for Palestine.

Barrera has also shared multiple reels and Instagram posts on her Instagram story indicating her support of Palestine, calling for a ceasefire, and expressing solidarity with U.S. Representative Rashida Tlaib, a Palestinian-American congresswoman who was censured in the House of Representatives earlier this month after criticizing the Israeli government.

Barrera isn't the only celebrity to have reportedly lost a professional opportunity after expressing solidarity with Palestine amid Israel's attacks on Gaza: The Daily Mail reported that actress Susan Sarandon, who has been regularly attending and speaking at pro-Palestine protests, was dropped by her agent, United Talent Agency, after saying that Americans scared to be Jewish amid the war are "getting a taste of what it feels like to be Muslim in America."

The Daily Dot has reached out to representatives for Barrera and Sarandon via phone.

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In a viral video, a man showed how his hotel packed a shower into a closet.

The video, with 855,300 views, starts with TikTok user Chase Lee (@chaseleeee) staring into the camera with his hand over his mouth in shock.

“Please look at the shower in the hotel I’m staying at,” Lee writes in the video’s text overlay. 

The video then cuts to Lee approaching a tiny, unassuming closet door in his hotel room. When he opens the door, he reveals an entire shower system built into what was previously a closet, white bathroom tile and all. The shower comes fully equipped, with a curtain, detachable shower head, and a caddy to hold shampoo and soap. 

@chaseleee Shower closet!! #fyp #foru #fypz #tour ♬ Hurricane - Bridgit Mendler

The shower in the closet has caused a stir in the comments, with people both amused and confused by the contraception. 

“The tiny door knob really gives you a preview of the situation,” one user wrote.

“I thought you meant it was just really small. No, you meant it’s an ACTUAL CLOSET,” another commented.

“So is there a light or are you just showering in the pitch black,” one user wrote. 

Lee's hotel room, with its now-infamous shower closet, is far from the first hotel room to go viral for strange decor and furnishing choices. One woman went viral for her hotel room that did not include a bed.

Another showed a hotel in the Netherlands that came without a bathroom door, and glass walls separating it from the rest of the room.

Some commenters on Lee's video shared their similar experiences with questionable hotel bathrooms.

"a hotel i was at in london also had the same sized bathroom," one user wrote. "except it was built in a corner of the room & the toilet & sink was also inside..."

"that’s how it was at a hostel in Edinburgh," another shared. "I was like this is a [shower in a] cabinet? in a closet?"

The Daily Dot reached out to Lee via TikTok direct message. 

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