Devious licks
You might remember it as devious lick, diabolical lick
“A month into school… devious lick”
A school-vandalism trend that TikTok removed and schools were still cleaning up after.
At a glanceThe facts
- Remembered as
- devious lick
- Spread in
- 2021
- Format
- Phenomenon
- Where it started
- TikTok
- The song
- A sped-up version of Ski Ski BasedGod by Lil B
- What it said
- “A month into school… devious lick”
- Origin
- No single original
- Available
- Not held by ViralWorld
What this wasThe story
A September 2021 TikTok trend of stealing or destroying school property and posting the result. The platform blocked the hashtag within weeks; the trend is held here as a documented case of a platform trend with real institutional cost.
Why it matteredWhat changed
In a fortnight a caption on one video about a box of masks turned into school pupils filming themselves removing soap dispensers and sinks, and then into arrests.
TimelineIn order
- Posted
The first video is posted, showing a box of disposable masks said to have been taken from a school.1
- Taken down
TikTok removes that video.1
- Taken down
TikTok bans the trend. The hashtag has been viewed more than 235 million times.1
What people misrememberSet straight
Commonly remembered asEvery video showed a real theft.
ActuallyA journalist found that at least three were staged, including a microscope that belonged to the pupil showing it.1
What it createdWhat came out of it
- A counter-trend called “angelic yields” followed, in which people left soap, toilet paper and sometimes money at schools.1
Why it is here: something the internet still knows by name · it got out of its own corner of the internet fast · still being watched and quoted years later
Where it came fromWhat we know
This spread through many posts rather than one identifiable original. No copy is held here — what it was, when it spread and what people called it is what this page can tell you.
Nothing here is claimed to be the first version of this. It spread through many posts rather than from one identifiable original.
Not established. This index only names a creator where the evidence supports it.
SourcesWhat was read
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