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About
Milking is a video fad in which participants record themselves dumping containers of milk directly over their heads. Similar to cone-ing, the videos are often filmed in public places to include bewildered onlookers.
Origin
On November 21st, 2012, the MilkingNewcastle YouTube channel uploaded a video titled “Milking Newcastle,” in which several young men are shown dumping entire containers of milk over their heads in a variety of odd locations (shown below). Over the next five days, the video accumulated over 92,000 views and 520 comments.
Spread
On November 26th, YouTuber frampoid uploaded a video titled “Milking Lancaster: Jack Schofield 2012,” which featured several Lancaster University students dumping milk on their while urging students to vote for Jack Schofield for County College Social Secretary (shown below).
External References
[1]The Sun – It’s Udder Madness
[2]The Daily Mail – Is milking the most pointless internet craze yet
[3]The Telegraph – Milking the new student inspired internet craze
[4]Softpedia – Milking the Meme That Is Taking the Internet by Storm
[5]NineMSN – Milking becomes the new viral planking
[6]Raw Story – New Bizarre Youth Trend
[7]MSN– New Internet Milking Craze
[8]Guardian – Milking an udderly bizarre student trend