So, uh, I haven't... I haven't tried TikTok yet.

So, uh, I haven't... I haven't tried TikTok yet. I know, it's weird, I'm a grown-ass adult, and yet here we are.

I just spent like 30 minutes browsing TikTok and honestly it explains so much about why... well, everything is just LIKE this, now.

it's... just wall-to-wall political misinformation, loud noises, boobs, kittens, AI slop, teenagers echoing white supremacist talking points, stunts, ads, get-rich-quick-schemes, it's like pure liquid USA

I think people blame COVID for why people seem dumber and meaner as of late but I don't think it was COVID you guys

like, I was partially judging my ideas about what TikTok might be like by the bar of "YouTube Shorts" which I figured was close enough that I'd get TikTok's vibe from it, but NO I had no idea how much Google was sanding the rough edges off of that white-hot payload of algorithmic rage-bait

I'm disgusted and angry that this exists at all.

admittedly, commenting "this is racist misinformation" under videos just incentivizes The Algorithm to show me more of those videos and I have no way to control that with something as simple as a dislike button

if you're wondering why the new head of BC's Conservative is further right and crazier than anything we've seen before, it could be because the dominant form of media is filled with teenagers telling everyone in #canada that they're paying 75% income tax to usher 1 million new immigrants a year into the country as part of a Liberal plot to pay them a wage of $90K a year to stay here and take jobs away from Honest Hard-working Canadians

i'm going to run for office on the promise that I'm going to make every single person in this country touch grass and read one single physical book

I don't care which book it just has to produce any train of thought that lasts longer than 38 seconds

(yes I understand the irony of posting this as a toot)

okays, basically every "old person discovers new media" experience is like this, right? "this is terrible, the kids these days are disrespectful young gits, they should appreciate art and literature not this loud noise and trash"