Teens Are Trying to Get 'Instagram Famous' by Pretending to Be Dead

People are hungry for fame, and Instagram is the place to turn famous these days. But in order to 'go viral' you need something that makes you unique or sets you apart. For many teenagers these days, that means pretending to be dead. Yes, this is happening for real. Even among bizarre trends, this one has got to be the most absurd one we have seen.

The idea is simple: Pretend you are dead, invite other users to leave a RIP comment on your photos. 15-year old Instagrammer Ahmed Simrin tried this trick to become 'Instagram famous'. "Hey guys, can u guys comment RIP in my most recent pic because i want my gf to think i'm dead, my family and i recently moved and she wants to keep that relationship, i really want to move on, it was a toxic one," he commented on rapper Travis Scott's Instagram page with 12 million followers. He got a lot of attention.

He only has two pictures on his profile and one of them has 22,000 comments and over 4,000 likes at the time of writing. While speaking to Engadget, he said he wanted to entertain himself by doing something different. His profile was discovered by 250,000 other users and was visited 316,000 times since he started playing dead. Someone, kill me now.