Anyone who’s been on TikTok in the past four years knows that it’s a deep dark place. I joined the app in the fall of 2019 and could feel it affecting my brain chemistry at an astronomical rate. It felt like one of the few uncensored social media sites back then. What rattled me the most was how cruel and insane TikTok comments were. People, primarily kids, were saying horrible things to people on an unprecedented scale. Since then, TikTok has only grown bigger. 

The worst and best part about TikTok is that your feed never ends. It’s terrible for the kids whose minds are getting fried by this stuff, and it’s beneficial for the businessmen making millions of dollars from the scrolling teens. If there’s one thing TikTok is the best at, it’s showing you a graphic personal story about a stranger. TikTok is the sentiment «we should know less about each other» personified.