Remember back in the heady days of the mid-2010s when some people thought that internet humor couldn’t get any weirder? We had Dat Boi, the craziness of Vine, and deep-fried memes! Surely it couldn’t get any more postmodern! Well, everyone who thought that was wrong. TikTok came along and put our irony-poisoned brains in a …
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‘How you set up the camera and start crying’: Swiftie performatively sobs outside Taylor Swift concert, her friends try not to laugh while comforting her
I am no stranger to crying at live or even recorded performances. This weekend, I saw the re-release of Tom Hooper’s Les Misérables in IMAX, and I was wiping away tears the entire time. There’s something about beautiful music that can make anybody emotional…even curmudgeons who mask their vulnerabilities in front of most people. While …
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‘I can’t figure out if there’s 365 birthdays or 8 billion birthdays’: The most entertaining takes from TikTok this week (February 27, 2024)
Rumor has it if you say ‘TikTok’ into the mirror three times on a full moon, Reesa Teesa appears and gives you an exclusive epilogue to Who TF Did I Marry?. OK, so maybe that isn’t true, but I wouldn’t put it past some clout-hungry user of the clock app to make an overdramatic video …
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‘That 80-year-old woman’s door was opened by a 6’3 man’: Former delivery driver shares scary stories of male customers pretending to be women
I find it funny that we rarely contemplate the strangeness of apps like Uber or Doordash. We pay strangers to drive to our houses and drop off our persons or food directly at our doors. It might be old hat to say that when we were kids, our parents told us never to get in …
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‘What if rocks are soft but tense up when we touch them?’: The most entertaining takes from TikTok this week (February 20, 2024)
In some ways, TikTok was never as much of a revolution as it was made out to be. People had been doing ridiculous, embarrassing, and overly candid things on the internet for years at this point. The main difference is that it made all of this seem a lot more accessible, and normal. Even more …
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The Most Entertaining Takes From TikTok This Week (February 13, 2024)
It’s TikTok’s world and we’re just living in it on the internet these days. Any social media platform that hasn’t explicitly created its own short-form video feature is nonetheless flooded with reposted TikToks and many of the biggest trends and controversies that grab mainstream attention originate from the bowels of the clock app. As a …
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The Most Entertaining Takes From TikTok This Week (February 6, 2024)
In the more than half a decade it has been gracing the screens of our phones, TikTok has developed a real reputation. It’s the place where something mega viral begins, and you’re inclined to sigh and say «what now?». While all the other forms of social media also hold their own in this department, there …
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The Most Entertaining Takes From TikTok This Week (January 23, 2024)
One of the reasons for the mega success of TikTok is that it has created a new frontier of relatability for social media. If we thought people were oversharing online in the before times, we’re playing a whole different and overly candid game now. Gen Z has made a name for themselves in being unafraid …
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The Most Entertaining Takes From TikTok This Week (January 16, 2024)
Like all iconic social media platforms, TikTok is one of those places that takes you by surprise just when you think that you’ve seen it all. Say what you like about TikTokers, some of them can be mighty creative and they love nothing more than sharing that with the world. While I am sometimes horrified …
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The Most Entertaining Takes From TikTok This Week (January 9, 2024)
Welcome back or just plain welcome to TikTok’s enthusiasts, detractors, and those who continue to be bewildered by the way it affects the youth and general population today. As someone who has watched the rise of TikTok for years now, I find myself in all of these roles at different times. I exist as a …
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