Like it or not, when we look back on the 2020s TikTok is going to be one of the things that defines the decade (or at least its first half). It is a big part of the reason that people are more comfortable oversharing on the internet than ever, that being an influencer is seen …
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Satisfying ASMR ‘restock’ videos are overconsumption propaganda on steroids
Acrylic nails dance across the head of a $200 microphone with an ear-scraping drumbeat of clicks and clacks. A muffled outward breath clouds around the sharper staccato sound of finger-nail percussion like a soothing blanket of white noise. A soft whisper soon follows, flowing deep within your consciousness like a waking dream, hinting at a …
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The Most Entertaining Takes From TikTok This Week (February 4, 2025)
Even if TikTok wound up disappearing tomorrow, even its biggest naysayers can’t deny that it has changed the landscape of internet culture forever. Never before have the general public been so emboldened to share their most intimate interests and thoughts with the public in the name of online clout, and never before have they all …
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The Most Entertaining Takes From TikTok This Week (January 28, 2025)
So, another day dawns on TikTok as a video-based social media platform that influences the cultural landscape of the USA and indeed most of the rest of the world. What would the internet of today be like if we didn’t have the likes of TikTokers sharing funny thoughts, crazy schemes, and relatable vignettes? A much …
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The 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!’
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 …
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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!’
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 …
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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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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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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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The Most Entertaining Takes From TikTok This Week (December 31, 2024)
As another year of the clock app being a cultural tour de force comes to an end, the silly memes, ramblings, and random occurrences that it throws up show no sign of slowing down. No matter what 2025 may have in store for TikTok, it has shored up enough videos and image carousels that would …
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