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- Yes, I love these.
- This is called Don't Judge Me Challenge.
- (groans) Are we doing this?
- I saw this all over Twitter.
- She's so pretty. Oh my god.
I mean, she was pretty before that, obviously.
- That was, like... (cracking up) shocking.
- So is that supposed to be, like, ugly?
- Yeah, see, then he's gonna be all like...
- Beauty tips? Cold cream?
- Oh, look, he's cute.
- Okay, I see what's going on.
People trying to make themselves as ugly as possible,
and then as beautiful as possible.
- They looked like a total different person.
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- (laughing) What are they thinking?
- Like, really?
- That doesn't even look like the same person at all.
- (scoffs) Yeah, how long did it take her to do that?
Like, three hours.
(deep sigh) Oh, god. This makes me heated!
I don't even want to watch anymore.
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- And there is your after shot.
- Look at that! (laughs)
- These honestly don't even look like the same people.
Okay, he's just trying to show off.
- Ew! Ugh!
- Dang, eyebrows all fake.
- Ooh, why are they doing these things?
- Oh, breasts.
- Still the same amount of makeup, just applied differently.
- (Finebros laughs) - Not trying to be rude.
Not throwing any shade.
- Oh, friends!
This would be fun to do with a friend.
- I love the teeth. (laughs)
- He has to drop... (laughs)
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- Well, I know what I'm doing this weekend
when I hang out with my friends.
- So self-absorbed with that.
Like, it's ridiculous!
- It's so stupid!
It's so... (groans) Oh, my god.
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Okay, that's pretty funny.
- Oh! (laughs)
(laughing)
- You even did it to a pug? No.
- (chuckles) And the paw too.
- (laughing) Now we've got pug life.
- This pug got more style than me.
- Why didn't I think of doing this with my dog?
- This is funny.
- It's like the Miranda Sings lips.
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- Oh my god! No, I can't look at that. (laughs)
- (cracking up) Yes, thank you!
That's how I feel about all those videos.
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- (Finebros) Okay, so are you familiar with these kinds of videos?
- No, first time.
- I've never seen anything like that.
- Yeah, I saw them on Twitter all the time.
- Don't Judge Me Challenge.
- (Finebros) How does this challenge work?
- Seems to play out as somebody paints their face
and messes up their hair.
- And then cover the camera and show them I'm really pretty.
- Don't judge the unattractiveness by its cover because
what's really underneath is someone with a really great body.
(laughs) I mean, that's what they're trying to say.
- (Finebros) So this was a huge social media trend for a while,
so much so that people were making fun of it,
like those last two we showed you.
- Yes! I loved the dog.
- (Finebros) It's called The Don't Judge Challenge.
- The Don't Judge? Okay.
- All right, that's what it is!
- Basically, I think it's supposed to be
don't judge a book by its cover.
Although some people seemed to just use it as,
"Oh, look how gorgeous I am."
- (Finebros) Many have said that it began
as an anti-body shaming hashtag, to show people
you don't judge people by their looks. - Yes, yes. Absolutely.
The message is very clear.
- It's great for people who don't have self-confidence,
but then it totally took a 180.
- The reason why I never did one, I feel like it's people
just trying to show off how hot they are.
- I think they're sending it the wrong way.
Why not saying, "Here's someone who's normal-looking,
and then here's someone still normal-looking."
- An anti-body shaming thing, and then at the end of the video
everybody's gorgeous and it's like, well,
nobody's gonna shame you 'cause good on you.
You're taking good care of yourself.
I don't think it's doing much for the cause,
but it might just be a fun thing for these people to do.
- (Finebros) The criticism that the challenge has gotten is that
they think that it has lost its way over time
and that even though it's supposed to be anti-body shaming,
in a way it is body shaming.
- Well, no, I think that it is telling you that you don't judge other people.
- I think it's fine. It's super innocent.
- The message is kinda clear in a sense.
Yes, there's over-exaggeration, but there's sometimes good
in over-exaggerating something.
- If you're trying to tell somebody not to judge people
on how they look, you should just go bare.
Like, no makeup before and after.
- It's like they're trying to say don't judge people by how they look,
but at the same time they're just saying
if you look like this, you're ugly.
So that really defeats the whole purpose
now that you've pointed that out.
- I see the initial intent. I honestly do.
And I think that it is important not to judge.
It's gone too far in the opposite direction of a "look at me".
"Don't judge, but I'm gonna show off right now
because I have this opportunity."
- Shame on everyone who took a part of it.
It's the worst thing that's ever happened on social media.
One-- maybe not the worst, but definitely it's up there!
- (Finebros) So these types of challenges go viral pretty quick these days.
In the past, not as much.
So what is it about now and younger people and technology
that makes crazes like this happen?
- Well, what I notice is that kids, they like challenge,
and they like something new.
- They want to feel like they belong to a certain group,
so they just do it so that everybody will say,
"Oh, you know, you're cool. You're with us. You belong."
- Our culture is self-obsessed. We want to be famous.
We want to be infamous. It doesn't matter, good or bad.
We want to be out there.
- And then I can get all these favorites and retweets
and go viral too because look at me with my shirt off.
Like, it's pathetic.
- I think it's because kids are just much more into
the whole social media.
They're much more into the internet.
That's where they go for everything.
- More kids are on social media and have more access to social media.
Like, you see elementary school kids with smart phones.
They are more exposed to this than kids were five years ago.
- The access to technology has changed so much
that it allows anybody anywhere with access to even just a phone
to connect and join, you know-- ah, goddamn it!
I sound old. I sound old.
I can't do this. I can't do this.
Well, you know the thing with the technology
and the kids and they go around the world with it these days!
And, by gum, and... (groans). (Finebros laughs)
- (Finebros) So as an adult, when you see these types of things,
do you feel connected to it, to the point that you want to take part,
or do you get it, but you're more detached
from wanting to participate? - No, I'm still guilty.
I don't feel like I'm that old,
so I feel like I can still do the cool thing.
- It's more of the same. It's like, if it looks fun, I'll do it.
- I just find it entertaining, but I wouldn't want to engage in it.
- As you get older, you become more of a free-thinker.
Every era of kids goes through their own time period
of stupidity and doing what everyone else does.
- I get it, like, being young. Do whatever you want.
It's cool-- as long as it doesn't hurt anybody.
I was young.
I did crazy things, and they just weren't broadcast.
And I'm sure if I had the technology back then,
I would have totally done it.
- I remember being 15, 14, 16, and my dad looking at me
like, "What are you doing?"
I'm like, "Dad, this is the coolest! What are you talking about?"
So then when I see my daughter doing things,
like her Snapchat and she wants to read fanfiction
and she's shipping, and I'm like, "Whatever."
You get old and your tastes just change,
so sometimes things can just seem a little juvenile,
a little more like, "Eh, that's cool for younger kids,
but not so much for me."
- (Finebros) So finally, do you think this challenge
is a positive or a negative for body image?
- I think it's positive.
- I would say a negative thing.
- Probably negative at this point.
- I would say it's negative 'cause of the contradiction.
- I think it's become negative.
- I think it's kind of a negative.
- I find it kind of offensive.
I don't think it promotes a realistic body type.
- I think it's positive.
It's innocent fun and that's fine with me.
- I think, in the big picture, I'd say it's more negative
only because it's impacting the people
it should be impacting positively negatively.
- Negative.
I'll be the feminist killjoy. I don't care!
There's people at home watching it, and they might feel bad.
They're like, "Oh, I look like the before,
and there's no wiping it off."
- I would lean a little bit towards a positive.
- (Finebros) So you'd be okay if your kids did this?
- For my kids, no, but I'm fine with seeing it with others.
(laughs)
- (Finebros) That's so hypocritical! - I know, but it is what it is.
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- Bye!
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