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David Perlmutter's avatar

I cancelled the account I had with them. They only want videos for content, not static stuff, and I couldn't make what they wanted.

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Sam Colt's avatar

Never got an account and have zero temptation to. I used to passively watch it because my gf had an account and she would make me watch videos with her. TikTok is legit heroin.

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David Perlmutter's avatar

The weird thing is that people have built entire careers around that platform without thinking of expanding anywhere else. They are the ones who are the most freaked out about the ban.

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Sam Colt's avatar

People should’ve learned with the fickleness of YouTube and Meta platforms that putting all your faith in one will never pan out well.

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David Perlmutter's avatar

Exactly- don't put all your eggs in one basket.

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Caz Hart's avatar

Americans flocking to RedBook is pretty funny.

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Sam Colt's avatar

I legitimately don't understand it

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Caz Hart's avatar

Some younger Americans suddenly understanding irony? And the fun of learning Mandarin?

I dunno. 😂

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Brendan's avatar

For a second I was like leave Mango Mussolini out of this, he heroically stood up to the health insurance company, but then I chastised myself for thinking all Italians sound alike 🤌

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Tina Stolberg's avatar

"in a country where it is easier to buy a handgun than insulin"

"Instagram shares a lot of commonalities with Chinese TikTok—except for some reason, Instagram has Red Dye 3."

Gems.

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Sam Z's avatar

Lol he does have a small face.

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Sam Colt's avatar

I've seen so many memes of him that when he comes up in a video, I can no longer believe what the actual size of his face is. It's very jarring.

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Sam Z's avatar

As in, looks like he just came out of a jar

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Amran Gowani's avatar

There's only one certainty: This TikTok ordeal will get dumber.

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Sam Colt's avatar

Everything will get dumber.

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Ohio Barbarian's avatar

TikTok's not banned, and you just said you refused to look at the reason why, which is RedBook. Our oligarchy found it far more dangerous for Americans to see ordinary Chinese people living better lives than they, so they opted to restore livestreamed genocide because that is less of a threat to them.

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Sam Colt's avatar

My post is more making fun of the whole situation. This is not meant to be taken as serious political analysis.

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Ohio Barbarian's avatar

Acknowledged! Lol, this is karma. I make replies similar to yours several times a week.

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