To think the words gone mad or am I just boring?

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There’s a man who owns a jacket potato van in Tamworth town centre called Spudman. Recently gone viral on TikTok- and his jacket potatoes are now selling over a 1000/2000 a day! Obvs pleased for him making money while business lasts- but people have been queuing up for a jacket potato cheese and beans for hours every day.

Anyway, friend messaged this morning and she’s taken her nephew to his van. They left at 5am, the jacket potato van doesn’t open til 9/10- and when they got there there was already 30 people in the queue. She’s just messaged to say there’s now over 500 people in the queue? For a jacket potato?

The world I think has just gone mad. I know it’s a TikTok trend but it’s beyond belief. She said the queue is over 4 hours long now that’s longer than a ride at Alton Towers!

People are strange. Lots of people seem to be sheep like with tic toc trends. Posting themselves pretending to seem in snorkel gear, paying over the odds for Prime, queing for hours for a jacket pocket. Some feel it makes them 'in' with the latest whatever. It's harmless, they may look a bit stupid to some, many have to post something on social media, it's their lifeblood

There's been so many comments on my local baked potato van about them copying spudman, not as good (they make everything from scratch) etc

They've been in the town centre since 1955 so I'm pretty sure they're not copying him

It's just TikTok hype potatoes are
Pre-cooked and wrapped in foil and kept warm not crispy and luke warm when consumed overrated and not value for money.

🤣it’s because Kalani Ghost Hunter gave him a rave review and I think maybe a mini interview too. He’s an American with an appreciation for British food and history and has a HUGE British following

He sees himself as a modern day Robin hood 🙄 buskers without permits are stationing themselves near him and then when they get told to move on he berates the council for people "trying to do there best". He thinks he's a very important person in Tamworth. I prefer Jason's Jackets myself.

Well this thread is now over a year old. I wonder how it's doing for Spudman now. Has the craze passed?

What annoys me now is the Tiktok generation are now telling the world they've invented hiking, so the countryside is crammed with them in their calf length white sports socks and fake eyelashes, posing for selfies every five minutes.

And it's not harmless fun because they're parking dangerously and leaving litter all over the place while making their sunrise videos.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cly3387z43ro