It was a cold winter morning in January of 2017. The gray overcast skies reflected the reality of social media as we knew it: Vine is gone. What was once a hub for six-second momentary ha-ha’s was now a graveyard for all of our favorite comedians. The last remnants of Vine would be stuck in …
Seguir leyendo The tease of a potential TikTok ban is bringing people all over the world together as people reminisce on the downfall of MySpace, Tumblr, and Vine: ‘I’ve played these games before!’
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The Most Entertaining Takes From TikTok This Week (January 21, 2025)
It has been perhaps the biggest anticlimax of 2025 so far; after all the drama, handwringing, and numerous memes, TikTok’s availability was reinstated in the US after being shut down for just 12 hours. While this doesn’t necessarily mean that it’s going to stay that way, all those lamenting the loss of their beloved FYP …
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Daughter finds out father is remarried through a TikTok video following a messy divorce with her bio mom, cuts him off to send a message: ‘I was floored’
Divorce, even if the split is amicable, might have lasting effects on those who parted ways and their children, if any. I suppose anyone with a brain could tell you that, but some folks might not understand just how difficult navigating a new life can be until they’re thrust in it with little preparation. Then …
Seguir leyendo Daughter finds out father is remarried through a TikTok video following a messy divorce with her bio mom, cuts him off to send a message: ‘I was floored’
The Funniest TikTok Ban Memes from the Shortest-Lived Hysteria in Internet History
The last two days for TikTok users (and all over social media, actually) have been a crazy ride. We went from accepting the ban we have been dreading for weeks, to saying tearful goodbyes, to a weird 12-hour silence, to a new kind of chaos once the ban was lifted. Right before the ban, TikTok …
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Entitled customer provokes discourse pleading to be able to choose the gender of her Instacart shopper: ‘Go shop for yourself’
What is the price that we should pay for not having to do basic chores ourselves? If the army of apps on many phones is anything to go by, this should only be monetary. In countries like the USA, we live in an age of ultimate convenience so long as we have the cash for …
Seguir leyendo Entitled customer provokes discourse pleading to be able to choose the gender of her Instacart shopper: ‘Go shop for yourself’
Entitled customer provokes discourse by pleading to be able to choose the gender of her Instacart shopper: ‘Go shop for yourself’
What is the price that we should pay for not having to do basic chores ourselves? If the army of apps on many phones is anything to go by, this should only be monetary. In countries like the USA, we live in an age of ultimate convenience so long as we have the cash for …
Seguir leyendo Entitled customer provokes discourse by pleading to be able to choose the gender of her Instacart shopper: ‘Go shop for yourself’
The Most Entertaining Takes From TikTok This Week (January 14, 2025)
So, is this it? After the seemingly endless back and forth between the US government and Bytedance, it looks like the United States might finally be banning TikTok by the end of this week. It will be a sad day for the many content creators who make a living or simply express themselves on the …
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Wife recoils at behavior of husband’s overbearing boy mom at their wedding: ‘She told everyone she didn’t want to be at the wedding, but had to be’
It’s no crime for parents to love their kids but it is well-documented that sometimes, the ways in which this is done way oversteps the mark of acceptability. There are many families that have weird dynamics because parents can’t accept that their children have increasing levels of independence when they grow up, and a life …
Seguir leyendo Wife recoils at behavior of husband’s overbearing boy mom at their wedding: ‘She told everyone she didn’t want to be at the wedding, but had to be’
The Most Entertaining Takes From TikTok This Week (January 7, 2025)
Just like many of the social media platforms that came before it, TikTok often acts as a public space for people to express themselves, figure things out, and maybe even grapple with concepts that up until now, they hadn’t really thought about. The only difference is that in comparison to what came before, it is …
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Dad causes uproar after wife calls out how he puts their newborn baby in a car seat: ‘I would never let that man alone in a car with my baby ever again’
There are numerous responsibilities that come with being a parent, many of which people like to argue about. However, one that is pretty much indisputable is that you are responsible for your child’s safety, especially when they are very young. Babies are both fragile and helpless, and it is easy for a lot to go …
Seguir leyendo Dad causes uproar after wife calls out how he puts their newborn baby in a car seat: ‘I would never let that man alone in a car with my baby ever again’