AddictedtoAna iHop Dance / We're All The Person At The Next Table

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AddictedtoAna iHop Dance, also known as We're All The Person At The Next Table, is a viral video of TikToker @addictedtoana dancing as she received a stack of iHop waffles. The video was shared to X by user @ericriveracooks, who pointed out an onlooker in the video briefly making a face at @addictedtoana's dance moves. The post sparked a debate between proponents of Let People Enjoy Things and people who thought expressing disdain for someone being cringe while performing for TikTok in public is a normal reaction. @addictedtoana also posted a TikTok story pointing out the onlooker girl "making fun of her."

Origin

@Addictedtoana is a TikToker with over 480,000 followers as of September 2023. Her Instagram^[8] handle is @diariodeanna, where she has gathered over 37,000 followers as of September 2023. Her Instagram bio indicates that she may have Brazilian heritage.

On September 11th, 2023, TikToker^[1] @addictedtoana posted a video captioned, "The best part of this video is the woman jugding me #humor." The video showed the TikToker doing an excited dance sitting at her table whole being served food at iHop. The video contained a text overlay that reads, "My hangryness leaving my body at the moment I have food."

The post gathered over 17 million plays and 1.6 million likes in a day (seen below, left). Also on September 11th, @addictedtoana posted another video^[2] zooming in on a girl in the background making a face at her, gathering over 3 million plays and 100,000 likes in a day (seen below, right).

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On September 11th, 2023, X^[3] user @ericriveracooks posted the original video with the caption, "we're all the person at the next table," gathering over 33 million views and 220,000 likes in a day (seen below).

The post sparked off debates on X, with people largely falling into two camps. Some internet users construed @addictedtoana's behavior as harmless fun, while others deemed it to be obnoxious performative behavior. The former group criticized the act of "hating" on someone for being happy about food, while the latter group supported the reaction or grimace expressed by the onlooker in the video.

On September 11th, 2023, X^[4] user @feydemon quoted the video to say, "one is happy and joyous and one is bitter and judgmental who do you think leads a better life," gathering over 17,000 likes in a day (seen below, left). Also on September 11th, X^[5] user @malcxlmflex quoted the post to say, "you know what, fuck this happy ass lady im tired of acting like id be the bigger person here. STOP BEING WEIRD. Stupid TikTok is ruining people's ability to be NORMAL in public. EVERYTHING has to be recorded, always putting on a face for strangers. just EAT your fucking food," gathering over 4,000 likes in a day (seen below, right).

Also on September 11th, X^[6] user @leoxeloo posted the video with the caption, "yall say that until someone asks you what the fuck you looking at," gathering over 90,000 likes in a day (seen below, left). On the same date, X^[7] user @beigepilled posted the video with the caption, "it’s crazy how many men experienced ‘the ick’ for the first time watching this video. A huge step in male/female relations," gathering over 4,000 likes in a day (seen below, right).