It's so stupid. Like all the actors involved are like... on the spectrum. You know exactly who these people were in high school.
And the rest of these dumb-dumbs who followed along with it have spent way too many time watching sci-fi and super hero movies. They think the real world functions like the fucking Avengers.

And I can't be the only person who noticed... Ron Watkins clearly thinks of himself as being L from Death Note. Right down to his hair styling and use of a single-letter pseudonym.