The Most Entertaining Takes From TikTok This Week (July 2, 2024)

I don’t think it’s an exaggeration to say that so far, the 2020s have panned out to be the TikTok decade. For all that people roll their eyes and critique the many goings on of the clock app, it can’t be denied that we feel its reverberations on culture everywhere. This is especially true on …
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Entitled Choosing Beggars That Want to Have Their Cake and Eat It

When it comes to receiving a favor or getting some help, it can often be true that you won’t get what you don’t ask for. At the same time, it is fully possible to take this particular logic too far. People can be surprisingly generous, but only when you don’t look like you’re trying to …
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The Most Entertaining Takes From TikTok This Week (June 25, 2024)

It’s no secret that the attention span of the average person these days is completely fried, and a big part of that is to do with social media. TikTok is probably one of the biggest culprits of the past half a decade, with the endless highlight reel of the FYP forever promising bigger and better …
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The Most Entertaining Takes From TikTok This Week (June 18, 2024)

Human beings have been finding unique and creative ways to express themselves ever since we first came into existence. We have created cave paintings, composed symphonies, and pushed the boundaries of the written word with experimental poetry. Then, we discovered the addictive properties of viral fame and began making memes, eventually even turning ourselves into …
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The Most Entertaining Takes From TikTok This Week (June 11, 2024)

Much of the success of TikTok can be owed to the same reason for the success of many other platforms: it’s a great place to tell stories. From the guy who converted his basement into an aquarium for eels to Reesa Teesa’s Who TF Did I Marry series, the place is not short on weird …
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The Most Entertaining Takes From TikTok This Week (June 4, 2024)

People like to say that eyes are the window to the soul. I would argue that the same can also be said about somebody’s TikTok For You Page. It’s a well-documented phenomenon that once you have spent a month or two guiding your algorithm to your preference, it can show you content that is tailored …
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The Most Entertaining Takes From TikTok This Week (May 28, 2024)

When we look back on the cultural moment that is Gen Z, one of the first things that will spring to mind is TikTok. It cannot be denied that one of the dubious delights of the clock app has been the ways in which it has both shaped and given an insight into the minds …
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Wildest Posts From the Depths of Facebook (May 25, 2024)

If you’re plugged into this kind of thing, you may have heard rumblings recently about another dubious accolade that Facebook has brought upon itself. According to some social media nerds, it is at the forefront of proving dead internet theory. This is the idea that most of the internet is now bot activity, encouraged by …
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The Most Entertaining Reddit Posts of the Week (May 24, 2024)

While it is true that every major social media platform has a grand variety of things to offer, it’s hard to get past the sheer randomness of things that we can find on Reddit. That place will advise, entertain, and bamboozle you all in one visit, and sometimes even give you something that makes you …
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The Most Entertaining Takes From TikTok This Week (21 May, 2024)

It’s time to face the fact that it has been a darned long time since TikTok was exclusively a young people app. On some For You pages, it can seem like the boomers are even more in love with the whole concept than their grandkids are. One of the most important points of TikTok’s ongoing …
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