The Brief: "But I'm shy" and #ShyBaby TikTok videos act out a meme about shy people touching their pointer fingers together and walking their feet pointed inward.

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“But I’m shy” TikTok memes are a video version of the “I’m shy” two fingers pointed together memes. As pointing one’s fingers or feet together has come to connote shyness via this meme, TikTokers are creating videos that show them in a variety of scenarios, doing “shy” versions of ordinary things. These videos usually show people moving with their bodies and limbs facing inward, as an exaggerated form of this representation of shyness. In addition to referencing an anime trope where shy characters twiddle their fingers, these motions convey an air of awkwardness as if someone is too shy to walk forward directly and doesn’t know what to do with their hands. 

#ShyKids: But I’m Shy TikToks

At the time of writing, videos associated with the hashtag #ShyKids have been viewed over 1.1 billion times on TikTok. These videos are often set to 
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