r/Zoomies • u/TurnOffYourPC • Aug 23 '26

TIL the zoomies has a technical behavioral name. They’re FRAPs. Frenetic Random Activity Periods!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frenetic_random_activity_periods
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u/micseydel Aug 24 '26

This article contains references that appear to be spam. (July 2026)

Never seen that before, wow.

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u/LightningWarpAway Aug 24 '26

Huh, yeah I'm honestly more curious about this than the TIL. There's only two citations dated July 2026 in the references, but they're to two different places, so I'm curious if one of them is suspected or it's an older one? I guess they likely detect it based off mass article editing rather than just one article having repeated ones. 

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u/One_Clown_Short Aug 23 '26

I don't think "My cat kept me awake because he was FRAPpin' like crazy all night!" is gonna catch on.

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u/Anglofsffrng Aug 24 '26

IDK. This is the internet.

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u/KazumaKat Aug 24 '26

☝️...✊

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u/ardotschgi Aug 24 '26

Two frappucino, and I be the one frapping.

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u/hujassman Aug 24 '26 edited Aug 25 '26

Soooo... the frap ray from Calvin and Hobbes is actually a zoomie gun?