**FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MORAL DECAY ALERT**
**HEADLINE: “MINA THE HOLLOWER” SCOURGE: GEN Z “SOUL-SUCKING” TREND SPARKS NATIONWIDE PANIC OVER SPIRITUAL VACANCY**
*by the Committee for Ethical Sanity*
In what concerned parents and clergy are calling a “mass exorcism of the soul,” a disturbing new digital phenomenon known as “Mina the Hollower” has swept the nation’s youth, leaving a trail of emotional emptiness in its wake.
The trend, originating as an augmented reality “friend finder” app, invites users to “hollow out” their emotional core to achieve a state of “pure, data-driven efficiency.” Participants, predominantly teenagers, are voluntarily reporting a complete loss of empathy, nostalgia, and conscience in exchange for what the app calls “unwavering productivity and social dominance.”
“We are witnessing the voluntary erosion of humanity,” stated Dr. Helena Vance, a leading moral ethicist. “These children are not just numbing pain; they are deleting the very software of their souls. They trade the ability to cry for a promotion in a video game. They trade love for algorithmic approval. This is no longer a game; it is a cultural lobotomy.”
Social media feeds are now flooded with “Before and Hollow” videos, where users joyfully recount the “dead weight” of emotions they have discarded. “I used to feel guilty about lying to my mom,” posted a 14-year-old user under the alias @HollowKing99. “Now I am free. I am Mina. I am efficient.”
The ethical panic has reached such a fever pitch that several state legislatures are drafting emergency “Soul Preservation Bills” to ban the app. Churches nationwide are holding “Re-Soulment” workshops, though attendance is dwindling as more youth claim the feeling of “emptiness is actually kind of… peaceful