via Viralyft Once again, we’ve reached that time in a social media’s lifespan where some of its users start to look for an alternative. Many American TikTokers have waved goodbye to the app in recent days in protest of the US entity that has taken ownership of the platform. Looking to circumvent the proposed federal …
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The Most Entertaining Takes From TikTok This Week
One day, we will be living in an era when TikTok is not the cultural monolith that we know in the present. It is likely that, as with many other places that have influenced internet culture, its time in the sun will fade, and it will be relegated to history. Whether it gets taken down …
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‘Japanese Cheesecake’ is Proof We’ll Eat Anything That Seems Like a Lifehack
The sweet treat is a cultural tour de force, and this recipe trend proves it. Our boring old sugar cravings have turned into a mini status symbol, synonymous with aesthetically pleasing coffee shops and indulgent baked goods. It was only a matter of time before it got co-opted into advertising. That appears to be what …
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The Most Entertaining Takes From TikTok This Week
TikTok is not the only reason that the internet is like this, but it is a part of it. Let’s be real, short-form video, an addictive infinite scroll, and people using social media to be dumb and sensationalist were not exactly new and exciting concepts when the clock app first hit our screens, but it …
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The Most Entertaining Takes From TikTok This Week
There are more people using the internet today than at any point that has come before, and this has greatly increased the number of individuals attempting to make their mark in the nebulous business of ‘content’. Although the term itself has only become something that we attach to the internet in the past decade or …
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Seeing the Internet Through ‘Fandom-Colored Glasses’ Will Cure Your Mindless Doomscrooling
I was 13 years old when I first learned what it meant to be a part of a fandom. It was right after I finished reading the last Harry Potter book, and I desperately needed to find people who were as excited about this magical series as I was. This led me to the best …
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The Most Entertaining Takes From TikTok This Week
It is a big year for the clock app, purely because 2026 marks the 10-year anniversary of when it was first unleashed on the world. In many ways, the internet of 2016 was a different universe from what we are used to now; Vine still existed, artificial intelligence had not taken over, and for nearly …
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The Most Entertaining Takes From TikTok This Week
So ends another year where a large chunk of the cultural conversation has been dominated by this thing that some like to call the clock app. The sheer variety that can be found on the platform means that it can be difficult to do a roundup of TikTok highlights for this period of time, as …
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The Most Entertaining Takes From TikTok This Week
As a nice, smooth chaser to the rocky ride of 2025, researchers confirmed a couple of months back that the science says yes, brainrot is real, and the studies that have been done on the psychological effects of short-form video consumption confirm that it makes us dumber and more miserable. It probably shouldn’t take official …
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The Most Entertaining Takes From TikTok This Week (December 16, 2025)
It is indisputable that on the mainstream internet today, short-form video is the king of all content formats, and a big part of the reason for that is TikTok. The sheer range of amusing tidbits that have made the clock app such an addictive pastime has been adopted by almost all the different mainstream social …
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