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Along the way, the aesthetic and style of these videos started to change. The early viral renovation videos from Designer Bob were silly but could sometimes be mistaken for genuine design content. Newer videos were more ludicrous, the renovations more fantastical, their action narrated by a droning AI voice. That’s just the way TikTok’s remix culture works, says Alex Turvy, who studies digital culture.“We’re going to see trends like this become more and more absurd until they burn out,” he says.There’s even a spin-off meme specifically about “galvanized square steel,” to the point where some users have questioned whether the…