In the wild world of viral embarrassments, two scandals are duking it out for ultimate facepalm supremacy: the TikTok-fueled freakout over "embarrassing" boyfriends—as we discussed before—and the Houston hustler's brick-flinging hoax that's left a trail of bad checks and worse excuses. One's a soft-launch social media sigh; the other's a hard-knock scam straight out of a true-crime TikTok. But who's really got the deeper shade? Let's unpack the chaos.

First, rewind to September 2023: Enter Roda Osman, the self-proclaimed "Brick Lady" of Houston, who went mega-viral after tearfully claiming an Uber driver hurled a brick at her face for rejecting his creepy advances. Hospital selfies, swollen-lump close-ups, and a GoFundMe raking in $42,000 for her "recovery" had the internet in a rage-fueled frenzy—until surveillance footage dropped the mic. Turns out, *she* was the aggressor, whacking the guy first (with who-knows-what), and he clapped back with... a plastic water bottle. Her story flip-flopped like a bad Tinder bio, and by January 2024, she was slapped with theft-by-deception charges for blowing donor cash on Jamaica jaunts, NYC splurges, and spa days. Fast-forward to October 2024: Guilty as charged, with a 90-day jail stint, 10 years' probation (GPS anklet included), a full $42K payback order, and a decade-long social media ban to boot. The kicker? Jurors had to tell her to chill out post-verdict, and her victim, Olan Douglas, called her a manipulative nightmare who turned his life into "living hell." Embarrassing? This is next-level: From sympathy queen to scam artist in 4K.

Cut to 2025's hotter mess: the boyfriend blackout sweeping TikTok, where straight women are whispering that coupling up is now "culturally loser-ish" and straight-up uncool. It kicked off with a British *Vogue* bombshell by Chante Joseph—"Is Having a Boyfriend Embarrassing Now?"—positing that in our post-heteronormative doom-scroll era, flaunting a man feels like admitting defeat. Think: muting feeds that start with "my boyf—," cropping dudes out of pics, or "soft-launching" with a blurry hand on a steering wheel to snag partnership perks without the ick. Why the shade? Superstition (jinxing it with the "evil eye"), privacy paranoia (what if it tanks and you're left archiving a digital ex-shrine?), and clout calculus—influencers like Stephanie Yeboah tanked followers after "hard-launching" their guys, with comments roasting trips as "beige" or boyfriends as "lame Republicans." TikTok's flooded with "period vogue" vibes: women joking about blurring faces or celebrating singledom as the real flex, amid a vibe where heterosexuality feels like a sinking ship and solo life screams empowerment. Even coupled gals nod along, admitting it dials down their "aura."

But hold up—not everyone's buying the boycott. *Evie Magazine* fires back: This ain't embarrassment; it's clout-chasing cynicism, where women dodge vulnerability to stay "feminist" and feed the algorithm, romanticizing isolation over intimacy. Psychologist Dr. Ana Yudin calls it out as Gen Z's selfish twenties trap—delaying real growth for superficial single flexes that leave you emotionally marooned by 30. And *The Guardian*'s Emma Beddington? She laughs it off: "No affectionate, non-abusive relationship is uncool," unless you're dating a DiCaprio-type age-gap disaster. Bottom line: Boyfriends aren't the problem; performative detachment and "heterofatalism" are, turning love into a PR nightmare.

So, verdict in the embarrassment Olympics? Brick Lady wins gold for felony-level fraud and a lifetime L, but boyfriends snag silver for turning everyday romance into a viral villain arc. Either way, in 2025's scroll-or-perish society, the real loser is anyone still trusting a GoFundMe—or their own thirst trap judgment. Who's your pick for peak embarrassment?### Boyfriends or Brick Lady: Which Embarrassment Takes the Crown?

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