Zoey, a 19-year-old TikTok enthusiast, stared at her phone, jaw clenched. The new dance challenge—”The Boomerang Bop”—had 10 million views, and she’d missed the window. “I’m gonna die in obscurity,” she moaned, pacing her room littered with neon fidget spinners and expired energy drinks. Her dad, Kevin, ambled in wearing a fanny pack and a shirt that read “I Survived the 90s.” “What’s the emergency?” he asked, eyeing her meltdown. “This dance is everything!” Zoey hissed, mimicking the viral moves—hips swiveling, feet stamping. Kevin blinked. “Is this a protest?” He attempted the move, twisting his torso like a wind-up toy. Zoey gasped. “No! That’s not how you do it!” But it was too late. Kevin’s clunky routine, captured on video, spiraled into a meme. #BoomerangBop became a trending hashtag. Zoey’s followers tripled. “You’re a legend,” her bestie texted. Kevin, now a TikTok icon, replied to a comment: “Ask me how I survived the ‘90s.” The next day, Zoey found him in a yoga class, trying to “master the boomerang.” She sighed, then filmed it. Some trends, she realized, weren’t about perfection—they were about chaos.”,
