Ear destroyer and ear rape clips became a staple of online pranking in the 2010s, when users on forums, YouTube and Discord began boosting ordinary sounds far beyond normal levels just to shock anyone wearing headphones. This moaning troll version follows the same format as a bass boost discord call, relying on extreme loudness rather than the sound itself for the joke. Clips like this still circulate on soundboards and in group chats because the reaction is instant, universal and easy to trigger with a single play.