CHINA — A new viral trend in China involves using everyday household items to look like people are flying in planes. <br />According to the Independent, the general idea is to create the illusion that one is cruising 30,000 feet in the air, so that people think you're on a fabulous vacay, when you're actually just at home.<br />The videos started popping up on short video app Douyin—aka Tik Tok—over Lunar New Years, when people normally head off for vacation. <br />The clips start out with what looks like people gazing out an airplane window at some crazy scenery below or the plane taking off. <br /><br />The videos then pull back to show that the window is actually just some random object like detergent bottle handles, plastic stools or toilet seats. <br />Emergency support animals are also getting in on the craze. <br />On Weibo, China's Twitter knockoff, the hashtag "how to pretend you're on a plane" has more than 27 million views. It has more than 24 million views on Douyin. <br />So if you're creative, have too much time on your hands, are a bit depressed and have a random toilet seat lying around, you need to immediately hop on this trend. <br /> <br />Honestly though, seems like a lot of work for something completely fake. Guess that also describes all of Instagram.
