Students Respond To 'Devious Lick' Controversy With 'Angelic Yields' Trend

Published September 22, 2021

While questionable trends on TikTok are nothing new, the past few weeks have seen certain users cook up some particularly annoying ones that are making life in their schools and neighborhoods worse.

Although it's hard to imagine anyone feeling too impressed after waking up to find piles of beans on their doorstep, it's clear that the more influential "devious licks" trend has had far more serious consequences.

For those unfamiliar with the term, a "devious lick" is a theft with a supposedly high reward and in the case of American schools, the trend has caused soap dispensers, toilet paper dispensers, and even expensive items like projectors and SMART Boards to go missing.

But while both TikTok itself and school boards are cracking down on the trend, it's clear that the classmates and peers of its perpetrators are none too pleased with their actions either.

So in response, some of them have started a more positive trend that's picked up traction about as quickly.

On September 17, TikTok user Jeremy Uher posted a video in which he demonstrated what he referred to as an "angelic yield."

As we can see in his video, this meant that he went into a bathroom at his school and left a roll of toilet paper in one of the stalls.

Considering that school bathrooms were a common target for devious licks and the fact that he wrote, "No more devious licks around here," it's clear that he's standing against the more destructive trend.

It's unclear whether Uher's video was the first to coin the term "angelic yield," but it's a likely source for how the new trend was popularized.

Those participating in devious licks had more verbose descriptions for their as time went on, so those chasing the "angelic yields" trend have in turn described their actions as "virtuous," "gentle" and "generous" rather than "devious" and "diabolical."

And much like the devious lick trend before it, this one seems to have escalated beyond anonymous donations of toilet paper and soap.

In one particularly strange case, it seems that a user saw fit to decorate their school bathroom with a welcome mat, a side table, and wind chimes.

And apparently, they're also a big fan of the movie Boss Baby.

Other users are also leaving more big-ticket items such as coffee makers and TVs in their school's bathrooms.

Since the people doing devious licks got more adventurous about what they stole, it seems they think it's only fair to respond this way.

If some of these videos' descriptions are to be believed, the "angelic yields" trend also presents an opportunity for remorseful "lickers" to return their ill-gotten goods.

In this case, somebody claiming to have stolen this TV was apparently compelled to bring it back to their school, albeit by installing it in an unusual place.

And according to Insider, this trend is catching on about as quick as the devious licks did since the smooth jazz track commonly used in angelic yield videos has recently found its way into 4,700 TikToks. The #angelicyield hashtag has also been viewed 29.4 million times at the time of this writing.

Whether school administrators welcome this new trend or not, it's definitely easier to say that those who brought it to life had their hearts in the right place.

h/t: Insider

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