Golfer and moshe have done a perfect job to prove the OP right. Also, they are doing a good job in promoting many negative stereotypes about Litvaks…
The article with the video was perfectly respectful. YWN probably realized that such a video was going around, and Rabbi Hoffman wrote an article reminding everything that it’s a legitimate minhag.
I hadn’t heard of it, and I found it interesting and well-written. I like to believe that it was posted for people to view as interesting, not to view it hatefully.