• A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world
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    I remain utterly convinced that Tiktok is nothing but a chinese psyop experiment to see how far they can manipulate people into actions that would otherwise be prevented by our brains screaming in self preservation.

    Has there ever been a “good” trend on tiktok? Every week its just another destructive thing that gullible idiots are being tricked into doing.

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      Sees teenagers doing dumb shit, like they have since literally forever

      “Is this a plot by the despotic orientals?!”

      Fucking listen to yourself. I’m not on TikTok. I just don’t care for vertical short-form video as a concept. But even I can tell you that not every TikTok trend is teenagers being destructive idiots.

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      We skipped our 3310s down the road Infront of our school without tiktok brainrot. Kids today need chinese to tell them to be stupid. Back in our day, we were stupid on our own!

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        back in our day, our stupid wasnt malicious mass destruction or food tampering.

        It was actual stupid shit, like trying to jump over your friend as he raced towards you on his bike, or falling off a roof, Shit that only hurt yourself, if anyone. Wasnt breaking and entering and destroying shit so people in the next town over would think you were cool. We were stupid, but we werent that stupid.

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          Nah kids always do things that end up being malice since they don’t know it is maliceful. Kits are by definition retarded. Its expected of them to do dumb things.

          The fact you didn’t just means you were lucky.

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      People have just been doing dumb things for reputation since forever. We had the cinnamon challenge back in our day.

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        yeah, the cinnamon challenge was dumb… but it didnt involve mass destruction, psychotic behavor, or contaminating food\ in stores.

        So its hardly comparable.

        Also it wasnt Tiktok. Predates it, significantly.

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      Soon as Chump took office the moderation flipped. It was open and handled well. Now if you call a corrupt politician an asshole you get a violation.

      Talk about Palestine get a violation. Critical of the Chump regime get a violation.

      Chow somehow inserted himself fully up Chumps ass on like Jan 22. TT hasn’t been the same since.

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      Has there ever been a “good” trend on tiktok?

      The ice bucket challenge was making rounds again. But there’s basically infinite harmless trends that nobody thinks of. The 100 men versus 1 gorilla thing is a trend and unless somebody jumps in a gorilla pen for Harambe 2.0 it’s been harmless.

      Reminder that the ice bucket challenge is something that raises awareness and funds for ALS research.

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        My question was “was there ever a good trend from tiktok”

        Icebucket challenge was from before tiktok existed.

        So kinda proving my point.

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      I agree. I was exposed to a lot of leftist content on tiktok and it’s made me want to protest. Good thing you explained that it’s stupid.

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      It’s curated to cause problems, I wouldn’t believe anything otherwise. Douyin which is the Chinese version shows completely different content, including government narratives. Tiktok is straight brain rot, and I believe it’s curated to encourage poor behavior in users outside of China.