Hey, I'm Candace Lim, and you're listening to I see why am I?

In case you missed it, Slate's podcast about internet culture. And today is going to be a great show because we have two faves joining me on the pod. First step, we have Slate culture writer Nadira Gophe entering the Octagon. Hello, Nadira. Hi, Candice. Also joining us is Teen Vogue, Associate Editor Ayanna Ishmael. Hello, Ayanna. Hi, thank you for having me.

Thank you for being here because today we are talking fashion, the internet, and body positivity.

At first, I need to get your takes on this crazy TikTok I saw this weekend.

So a user on TikTok named Ashpea Natasha posted a video supposedly showing her driving on a three-lane stretch of the Belt Parkway in New York.

We're watching her dash cam footage, you know, those little cameras you put on the front and back of your car, very cop vibes.

And we are hearing her on the phone

with her partner when all of a sudden, a silver Honda cuts her off, slams on the brakes, then reverses and hits her car.

Oh my God, what is he doing? Babe. Babe, what happened?

Oh, shit. I don't know. Hey. I got into an accident.

I got into an accident. Oh, my God. Oh, my God. Where are you? I'm on the bell parkway. This guy just reversed into me. What the hell is going on? Okay, Nadeira, can you describe what happens next? So right after the accident, the car stops. but there's some shaking going on inside the silver Honda, like perhaps, maybe the driver and passenger are switching seats.

You can't tell because there's a sort of tarp covering the rear window.

And then, seemingly, three people exit the car and they're acting injured, they're holding their heads, they're distraught.

Like, OMG, I can't believe this happened.

And pretty quickly they start taking out their phones and they're taking photos of both cars.

And though it's somewhat obvious that this was planned, we all know it was planned when one of the guys looks straight into Ashpia's dash cam. And all of a sudden,

we have a deer in headlights because he turns to the alleged driver. He says something,

even though they still proceed with talking to Ashpea, you know, they're exchanging insurance

information. They're still taking photos. She knows something is up. So she calls the police.

They tell her that because you're willing to

exchange insurance information, the police will not be responding. And instead, you can go online,

file an instant claim, whatever. But let me pause. By now, did you guys know something was wrong?

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