TikTok "challenges" just get stupider, dumber, and even more dangerous

[Deleted member 608654]

Not gonna lie, TikTok is problematic to say the least.

I do feel like this is more of a "knee-jerk reaction to a viral trend" type of video that media loves to post though.

I'm sure the threatened kid was likely scared shitless, and that will be an important lesson, but this is just another "tide pods" thing to where the actual issue is blown up to extreme proportions. It reminds me of the "faith hilling" episode of south park. People are getting hurt yes, but it's significantly blown out of proportion by common media and fear mongering.

Talk to you kids, make sure they're not stupid enough to fall for a dangerous trend.

It's worse than problematic:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...t-asked-tiktok-for-stealth-propaganda-account


It's actively degenerating society for Chinese takeover.

 

[City]

Imagine being a shitpost eater for decades, letting your brain rot to deepfried "memes" and other low effort trash, then look at kids watching the same shitposts on a different platform and suddenly "TikTok is destroying a generation". Ok.

Some of you can't hold a normal conversation in real life without throwing around shitposts like it's the fucking internet's trashcan. People shouting MY NAME'S JEFF, or I'M GAY, or t-posing, I've seen it all.

And now the same people are bitching that TikTok is destroying a generation. Right.

This generation is as fucked as the previous one.

 

[KingVamp]

It dangerous and they shouldn't be doing this, but someone instantly shooting someone before even figuring out if it just someone you know messing around or any other explanation, seems a bit drastic.

 

[mituzora]

It's worse than problematic:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...t-asked-tiktok-for-stealth-propaganda-account


It's actively degenerating society for Chinese takeover.

Oh, I'm aware it's worst than problematic, hence the "problematic to say the least" statement.

I personally do not have a tiktok, nor will I get one. However, I will argue that TikTok is no more dangerous to all of the other things that "warped generations' brains" that have come out.

Imagine being a shitpost eater for decades, letting your brain rot to deepfried "memes" and other low effort trash, then look at kids watching the same shitposts on a different platform and suddenly "TikTok is destroying a generation". Ok.

Some of you can't hold a normal conversation in real life without throwing around shitposts like it's the fucking internet's trashcan. People shouting MY NAME'S JEFF, or I'M GAY, or t-posing, I've seen it all.

And now the same people are bitching that TikTok is destroying a generation. Right.

This generation is as fucked as the previous one.

100 percent lol. was going to respond, but you beat me to it, and you essentially covered all the points I was going to.

I'm not gonna argue that tiktok has it's issues, because it absolutely does, but it's no worse than whatever other "mind warping" platform has come out of the wood works. I do take issue with it's supposed data mining though. I have problems with that with every social media platform though

Need I remind some of you how pokemon was initially portrayed as a mind-warping thing killing generations from Japan?

I personally will not make a TikTok, but not because of fear mongering; I just don't want to waste my time watching clips of videos all day more than I already do with Youtube.

 

[mituzora]

It dangerous and they shouldn't be doing this, but someone instantly shooting someone before even figuring out if it just someone you know messing around or any other explanation, seems a bit drastic.

It really is drastic, but that's what fear mongering gets. without trying to go too far into "the media ruins everything" argument, when you have "news" segments only reporting on the crime and bad in your area, you tend to get super paranoid.

I know someone close to me who couldn't stop watching the news so much that now, they are borderline agoraphobic because of all the "evil" they hear about on the news. It started with "oh be careful out there" and went to full on locking their screen door, their main door, hunkered down in a room without windows listening to the police scanner. I'm sure there are other reasons why this person went off the rails like this, but I believe that a large catalyst was the amount of fear mongering there is in our regularly consumed "news" programs

edit in attempt to chain my point to this thread: Someone like this person is someone who I would see arming themselves with a weapon and threatening to shoot people over knocking on a door. it's a slippery slope of constantly being told that you're in peril by mass media

 

[Taleweaver]

Ugh... I just now watched the entire clip. So really...

It's an april fool's joke, right? Like... You can't parody this shit.

Well... Apparently some members here can, but the network? They're just taking the piss of over anxious parents for some reason. Nothing's even happened, but ey... No need for reality to kick in. No need to hear both sides(unless you count 0.5 seconds of a kid's hands apologizing). Not even questioning the impact on anyone over anything. Just a random mom that's afraid someone's going to shoot a gun straight through his/her front door and into their kids (no, I'm NOT kidding).

Jesus Christ. Can someone please tell that poor women she needs better coping skills for her anxiety? Her neighbors aren't murderous psychopaths

A camera crew portraying a stupid app as the culprit isn't helping.

 

[JuanMena]

They can't act surprised if home owners defend themselves regardless that "It'S jUsT a JoKe, BrO."

TikTok is just a health hazard at this point.

At this point it's called Natural Selection.

Blaming an app for people's stupidity?
I'm laughing.

 

[LainaGabranth]

Gonna be honest, I cannot look at this thread in any other way than the OP going "oh god please let kids get shot." It's in almost every reply.

YouTube pranksters deserved the punishment that some of them got and even still, it wasn't enough:



This is what TikTok pranksters can expect.

Banging on the door hard doesn't sound like it's anyone friendly or with good intentions and there have been home invasions so it makes this stupid "challenge" even worse.

If TikTokers want to play moronic games, then they can't complain what comes to them.

Okay.

But they're playing stupid games so they're bound to win stupid prizes.

Like, bro??? Are you okay???

 

[Marc_LFD]

Blaming an app for people's stupidity?

The app didn't make them dumber admittedly, it just expose them for what they are.

Like, bro??? Are you okay???

I sure am. If people like to play dangerous games, there are dangerous prizes.

 

[SylverReZ]

Its honestly a shame how society doesn't have the proper cognitive functions to properly understand what is right and what is wrong and how consequences can inflict on others.

 

[Jayro]

TikTok is a huge downfall on humanity's shoulders. It's embarrassing.

 

[SylverReZ]

TikTok is a huge downfall on humanity's shoulders. It's embarrassing.

It so is embarrasing.

 

[Deleted member 194275]

TikTok is a huge downfall on humanity's shoulders. It's embarrassing.

Facebook, twitter, YouTube, Instagram, twitch any of those is any better?

 

[Jayro]

Facebook, twitter, YouTube, Instagram, twitch any of those is any better?

Not really, considering a lot of TikTok trash has bled into all of those platforms as well. I can't go on ANY social media site now without seeing TikTok videos, it's super annoying.

 

[Galios_Elvensong]

Facebook, twitter, YouTube, Instagram, twitch any of those is any better?

All of them are better.

 

[Dark_Ansem]

The problem is not that the challenges are stupider, it's that these people do them.

 

[sombrerosonic]

and this is why im barely on social media.

 

[SylverReZ]

Now we're getting more dumber idiots getting arrested for challenges that should be considered illegal by all means.

 

[sombrerosonic]

Now we're getting more dumber idiots getting arrested for challenges that should be considered illegal by all means.

I mean, at least they're learning not to be stupid
Reminds me of this phrase:

If everyone jumped off a cliff, would you?​