Why do Chileans post cooking recipes on celebrity social media?

What do former Republican President Donald Trump, Maroon 5’s Adam Levine, the British Museum in London and the Oscar Academy have in common? Well, everyone has been faced with particular activities that many Chilean users carry out in the social networks .

To this list have also been added names like Bad Bunny and footballer Antoine Griezmann among others.

For those who are not familiar with this term, at a general level it is organize events with public visibility to reproach an attitude or action which is attributed to a person, group or institution.

In this direction, The specific mechanism of funar that Chileans have noticed around the world is characterized by its irony, mocking tone and references to popular culture topics. from the country

In this way, the acts are recriminated without it being necessary to explicitly mention them .

The most common guideline is include recipes for traditional preparations of Chilean gastronomy .

Pine empanadas, corn pancakes and casserole These are just a few of the ones that appear the most in the comments sections of profiles. who were involved.

Other methods refer to very memorable moments in Chile.

“If we put all the funas together, it would be the largest funa in the world, according to Talca” wrote more than one user in the different accounts, making a nod to the famous episode of suits.

There are also comments that refer to more everyday situations, such as ask when schoolchildren wear street clothes, when national soccer teams play, or how strong an earthquake is from several regions of the country.

Furthermore, song lyrics of famous Chilean artists, legends and history of small towns are shared located in the regions.

All this, in a mixture with a strong dose of irony, humor, mockery and, of course, criticism towards the owner of the account provided with this information.

However, Over the years, Internet users around the world have already begun to understand at least part of this phenomenon. .

Actually, A study released in early 2023 revealed what Americans ask most about other countries in the Google search engine.

Concerning Chile, the consultation was: “Why does Chile hate Maroon 5?” » .

This doubt arose following an intense controversy that singer Adam Levine was involved in at the 2020 Viña Festival when they made a presentation that did not satisfy the audience at Quinta Vergara.

However, the biggest controversy came later, when They got off stage and he unleashed his insults against the Garden City, in addition to accusing that “it’s a television show (…) not a concert”. .

These words were recorded in a video that went viral and gave him a lot of pleasure of this type which has continued to this day even though he apologized.

Although he usually disables comments on his Instagram profile, whenever he allows them It is filled with Chilean cuisine recipes . And his group is no slouch either.

Recently, The famous Spanish content creator Auronplay made reference to this phenomenon and described generally what it is.

Along with this, he openly asked: “In my next photo, please, I hope a Chilean will give me a cooking recipe.” .

And in fact, It came to fruition: thousands of his followers went to his Instagram profile to leave comments. . And not just in one of his photographs.

Even like this, His case is rather an exception and the others that have developed are closer to the one Adam Levine continues to face. .

The first massive episode of these features This happened in 2019, with the presentation of comedian Felipe Avello at the Viña del Mar Festival. .

During his routine, the actor He said he wrote to then-U.S. President Donald Trump daily to say, “Hello, dickhead.” .

Such words not only triggered laughter from the “monster” of Quinta Vergara, but also They encouraged hundreds of users to write this sentence that same evening and the following days on the presidential networks. republican.

Amid a scenario in which netizens from other countries were asking what was happening and what the message meant, some started with the custom now of leaving recipes for typical preparations .

This same week, of the Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) explained what the term “pichí head” consists of .

One year later, At the same Garden City event, it was Adam Levine’s turn, but with a duration that spans four years .

Among the people who saw their networks flooded by these comments was also the Puerto Rican singer Bad Bunny, who was criticized in 2023 for expressing opposition to Chilean artist FlowGPT making a song with artificial intelligence that simulated his voice .

And as for organizations, In January 2024, the Instagram account of the British Museum in London began to fill with these notes, under the demand to “return the moai” from Easter Island. which they exhibit in their installations.

Shortly after, In March, the image of the Academy that organizes the Oscars was the next to be affected, as the nominated Chilean films did not win the awards. in their categories.

The films were Count (2023) by Pablo Larraín and Infinite memory (2023) by Maité Alberdi .

Then it was Auronplay’s turn for the reasons mentioned above and to French footballer Antoine Griezmann, who shouted “cagón” at Alexis Sánchez after missing a penalty as part of the match between Atlético de Madrid and Inter Milan for the Champions League.

On certain occasions, Several Internet users from other countries respond with laughter to these comments with recipes and elements of Chilean culture.

Even, Some say: “I only came to read the comments of the Chileans. » .

However, There are also users who accuse this attitude of being hateful and typical of the trolls from the Internet .

Despite these differences of point of view, This phenomenon is increasingly known internationally. and over the years it has remained valid. Even in profiles like that of Adam Levine after the Viña 2020 controversy.