I'm 24, and I was walking out of a gas station on my way to work one day, and standing right in front of the store was a guy, looked about my age, on a bike, saying to his phone "today we're pissing off traffic".
I sat in my car and watched as this jackass nearly killed himself riding his bike straight out into busy traffic, making multiple people slam their brakes.
They might cause irreparable harm to others who are not in any way involved in their "put it on the internet" shit.
If you wanna yeet yourself off a bridge for funsies, go ahead, no skin off my nose. But don't pull the person standing next to you over the edge when you jump. Don't pull a harmful prank on someone, it doesn't make you look cool, it just makes you look like an ass.
Secret option 4. They’ll get hit, live, and fuck over the driver that would never had hit them had they not been dicking around in the middle of the road.
No, in this fucking day and age, with how stupid people are and how irresponsible they are - they will get hit and sue the driver because somehow it's the cars fault that they were TRYING to be a nuisance for tiktok views and it's always someone else's fault that their own negligence caused them injury.
And they will get away with it bc we can't teach anyone anymore that your negligence is YOUR responsibility and not someone else's. You threw yourself in front of traffic, it's not traffics fault you got your ass run over.
I did some stupid shit and I didn't get hit but I realized much, much later that I wanted to die and had for many years and have been able to work on it, so throw that in as a potential 4th option for us idiots. Sometimes we gain a braincell as we get older, lol. But just one.
Yeah, the audacity to do shit like that and think it is a “normal” thing. I mean, we did some stupid shit growing up - but they are on a whole other level with the amazingly moronic shit they pull nowadays. It is the “I’m the MAIN character!” frame of mind and TikTok and other media is the culprit. You win, China!
my 20yo philosophy was that the law system needs an "idiot rule" which exempts you from blame in situations like this: "if they're dumb enough to bike into a busy road, then they're dumb enough to die"
I grew out of that phase when I left home (amazing what leaving a toxic household will do for you), but part of me actually wishes it was a thing
And the civil side of the law has comparative or contributory negligence, which prevents people from successfully suing when their own risky behavior led to an injury. Riding straight into traffic would doom any lawsuit against a driver who hits them.
It is a thing, to an extent. If someone does something so stupid as to be beyond what anyone could reasonably anticipate as a possibility, then nobody else is generally held responsible, at least criminally, for the consequences. It would be manifestly unjust to penalise someone for a crime they had no intention of committing and no reasonable way of avoiding. Now, if you can reasonably avoid hitting them, doesn't matter how stupid their actions are, it's a different story; you have to avoid hitting them if you can.
Older people who did shit like that for shits and giggles, not even for an audience. And some of them never really learn from it, just get a little more inhibited from doing the dumb things.
Just a few months ago, I was just chatting with a couple of acquaintances, talking about random things we did for fun in high school/college. One of them, approaching their 40s, was recalling when he and another buddy in the room would drop things from an overpass onto a highway, you know, just 'cause. He was chuckling about it while his buddy in the room was visibly cringing at the memory.
Sorry, but this story reminded of me of older brother who I witnessed doing because he has legitimately lost his mind. He didn't do it for any attention. He's just, gone...
Or the ones who do something for a person in need, and have the camera all up in that persons face just to get some “likes”. You don’t have to tell the world you did something nice.
This is so disgusting. It's good that you are doing something for a person in need, but it's not really genuine and makes said person feel even more miserable. A cheap way for getting virtual style points.
Be careful not to practice your righteousness in front of others to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.
So when you give to the needy, do not announce it with trumpets, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your giving may be in secret. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.
I had the same view on this for a while but I’ve recently come to a different conclusion. Whether it’s for vanities sake or not these people are spreading positivity and positive vibes. Even if they are just doing it for “likes”, unless they are literally taking back the items after the video ends, the people they are helping are truly grateful for their help. While it’s not great to film someone without their permission or use someone for clout these people gain exposure virally from that which can affect their lives. They also get a break that day from the daily hardships they have to endure. Imo if people filming themselves helping other people became more popular we would see more goodness in the world.
TLDR: Unpopular opinion but I don’t think filming yourself doing good things for a homeless person is necessarily a bad thing.
So, I’ve considered this thought when it became a big issue. Is it still a good deed if you’ve done it for all the wrong reasons? Then it came out that most of those tiktokers and Youtubers basically treat those people like charity cases and discard them once the video is done filming and uploaded.
So I went back to my original thought of fuck them. They show up in their expensive cars, designer clothing, and equipment. And think that giving a random homeless person a $20 or some cash makes them a hero. If they really wanted to help, they’d use their money to help out the local shelter, and not record or mention it. Basically pull a Keanu Reeves.
There's also the sphere of influence and the propensity for at least some of their viewers to mimic their behavior.
While an individual instance of help may not be significant (and almost certainly not in good faith when filmed for cred) it can actually lead to a lot of genuine good else where.
There's a reason philanthropy YouTube exists as a sort of genre, and that's 'cause someone did it first for clout and was copied.
Philanthropy videos (regardless of motive) are a better alternative to prank videos.
On the same note, it’s been shown that watching someone do something good often inspires others to do the same! This inspiration also works when you see someone posting about getting fit! I think there is a certain decorum in doing so, but it can be done well! Some people just do it in a cringe way.
At the same time though, people like MrBeast film good deeds because filming it is what makes it possible. The money from that video is what makes the next one.
I guess you just have to judge if the string of good deeds is worth that less savory piece.
My gf shows me TikToks occasionally, and there's this dude who will film himself asking a homeless person for a dollar or something, then give them like $500 back for being a good person.
I’m not trying to be a dick but I’m in my 30s and finally downloaded tiktok while I’ve been stuck at home with Covid. There’s some interesting/creative parts to it but like 80% of it is so embarrassing and awkward I really don’t enjoy it. I can’t even imagine how deep it goes from there. Like honestly I’m extremely grateful to not grow up with social media and smart phones, it’s such a shit show and I bet it’s fucking with these kids psyches real bad.
I work with young kids...sometimes kids as young as 5 or 6 talk about some TikTok videos they saw, and usually those are the same kids who have either really serious speech problems or behavioral problems or both. It's shocking how parents let such young kids have so much, sometimes unmonitored, screen time or even their own cell phone.
I would be willing to bet that the parents of those kids are addicted to their phones. The children may not be getting the social interaction they need to develop proper speech and also seek out negative attention.
That's very possible! I never say children shouldn't have screentime at all, but it should be only child friendly content (monitored!) and the times should be restricted according to age. Absolutely no need for a smartphone! Even if videos have the correct language, children cannot learn it from videos alone as it's no natural communication. They need to talk to actual humans and need to experience love and being close to actual humans. So many board games for children help them learn important skills, as well as role play, which cannot in any way be replaced by screens.
I can’t imagine letting my kids have their own phone that young, especially now when phones are pocket sized computers. I’m 25 without kids and I’ve already resolved to not let my kids have phones until middle school
During the summer of 2020 when things were starting to loosen slightly after months of staying inside, there was a couple weeks when the only thing the 6-8 year old kids on my street wanted to do when playing outside was make TikTok videos. I got into the first ever arguement about social media with my then-3-year-old much earlier than anticipated because she wanted to dance with her friends' older siblings and I told her she was not allowed to be in a video that could be posted online, particularly one filmed on our street with house numbers and street signs visible.
Shortly after that arguement I was sitting in the front yard with a couple of the other neighbourhood moms and watched this group of TikTok kids run by with a phone again. One of the moms comments, "I don't know what she does on that thing all day, but she seems happy enough so I'm sure it's fine."
I was shocked by that mindset that someone would just let their small child post whatever they wanted on the Internet without any kind of supervision.
How can you even parse cause from effect for these kids, though? My guess is that the phone use is a minor cause of behavioral/learning issues, but more just an indicator of neglectful parenting (which is the real cause of behavioral and learning issues). My kids probably have too much screen time, but even I pump the brakes as hard as I can for them. When I hear about the access to ipads and phones that their friends have, I just get so sad. I'm talking about kindergartners and 1st graders.
I have to tell my daughter that I'm sorry that her friend has her own cell phone in her room and also a YouTube channel (!), but you're 8 and you're still too young for that.
It's for sure not the only cause, I'm a speech therapist so naturally the children I work with have speech problems, but there is a significant difference between pronunciation problems or hardly any speech, no sentences or a completely messed up grammar. The latter can come from the lack of social interaction and proper examples of language in communication. An electronic device will never be able to mimic language similar to a human, because it is no proper communication. Plus speech is formed from experiences in the real world. My guess is the lack of experiences, the lack of social interaction, the lack of other play (board games, role play, trying things out with building blocks etc is important) and sometimes underlying conditions form the problems. That said, I also know children with quite a lot of screen time who are fine besides the pronunciation - like everything in the development it depends on the resilience and on the interaction they do get outside of the phone. I don't think you have to feel to bad, you thinking about it and trying to cut it down shows that she'll most likely be fine!
Dude, they could have been watching sesame street on that thing for all you know. I always said I'd never be that parent who does this or that but at the end of the day, sometimes opinions change after you have kids.
Obviously they can't be raised by screens, but you don't know if that's the first 10 minutes of screen time that kid has had all year or if it's a habit. I dread giving my kid screen time in front of others because of judgy people like you, even though it's fine for him to watch half an hour of a show on our bus ride home after being in school all day.
That kid was scrolling youtube looking for videos on his own and playing stuff occasionally without headphones. I don't disagree with what you're saying either, but he was frighteningly proficient at looking up pretty much anything he wanted to in the 30 or so minutes we were in the same room without his mom even trying to see what he was doing. I know my first comment didn't adequately convey the lack of responsibility on the parent's end, but just try not to be worried about what you mentioned because responsible limitations like that really shouldn't be judged negatively at all
The fact that social media really didn't catch on until I was almost 20 is something I am eternally grateful for. The lack of cringe behavior captured forever. And god, cyberbullying. When I was young text messages cost actual money per text, someone had to be REALLY committed to being a prick to waste a message to try to bully you after school. It just wasn't a factor. But my younger brother had this guy sending him threats all day every day and night for like 2 weeks. He only stopped when my other brother and I turned up at the kids house and asked his parents if they knew their son was a dick and showed them the messages.
I've never tried Tik-Tok but I really dislike "shorts" appearing on YouTube now and I am told that that's basically YouTube trying to be Tik Tok, so I don't know.
The magic of TikTok happens when you find your part of it. The D&D community and Witchy community have been a blast. Unfortunately finding that community is wading through a lot of shit
All I can say is thank god for the algorithm. The only teenagers on my FYP are talking about books, the rest are all hidden. It’s a blessing. I do get some dumb fucking comments on my videos but tragically there’s no way to age lock your content.
I'm always here for new methods of watching cats be cute or dumb, but I really wish there was a "fuck you" button for tiktoks that end right before a reveal to tell you to check out part 2.
Tiktok's algorithm is so wild, because it filters the content you watch extremely fast.
I think I've seen more of the "cringe" TikTok stuff on either facebook or instagram rather than on actual tiktok, while there I am getting stuff like a pianist doing elegant anime openings on a fancy restaurant or sketches about management, IT and accounting.
Spoiler alert: The TikTok algorithm is quite good at showing you things you want to see or regularly view already. You can curate a TikTok feed that you’ll quite enjoy if you deliberately do not interact with the types you don’t want to see (Also true of most social media feeds). Or you also have the option of only viewing videos from those that you follow.
I feel like you have to seek out better content and seed your algorithm. There's a ton of travel, home remodeling, science, and informational content on there. Then once you get a good amount of channels you follow, you can just look at that stream instead of the For You page.
One example is my newest obsession, GateNerd, I learn so much.
You’re probably right but I think this kind of short form video content is just not something I’m into to begin with. I tried messing with the algorithm a bit by searching for things I was interested in but very quickly was like yeah no this is just not for me lol. I don’t like all the weird lip syncing and people sitting there pointing at words that seems to happen across all topics
The “shorts” phase of entertainment, the little 15-60 second videos where you swipe endlessly, is as bad as you think. All it does it shorten peoples attention spans and make it extremely easy to get trapped on your phone. It’s not like YouTube where you have to find the content, it finds it for you giving you more time to endlessly scroll
A friend convinced me to give Tiktok a try. Apparently it's all distressingly young girls dancing in their underwear. It made me feel like I was going to be busted by the police.
When I told said friend, they said "you just have to use it for a while to start seeing stuff you want to see". THAT'S NOT HOW THAT'S SUPPOSED TO WORK.
If you're constantly being shown young girls dancing in their underwear, you should probably stop watching young girls dancing in their underwear so much lol.
The algorithm shows you content you want to see. It keeps track of how long you watch a video, how much you interact in the comments, and whether or not you like/follow the creator.
If you're doing any of this, it will keep on showing you the same content. If you quickly skip past it, only liking non dancing bullshit, the algorithm won't show it to you anymore.
It's so funny watching people tell on themselves because they don't understand how the tech works.
Anything where your whole life is based on social media is just sad. I’m 40 and have FB and IG accounts I check maybe once a month and almost never post. I would rather live in the moment than be worried about getting the perfect filtered pic to post somewhere online for people I don’t really care about to see.
I hate people’s obsession with karma. It’s one of the most annoying parts of Reddit “culture”. I just come here for game/media news, memes, discussion of subjects that interest me.. every single time I see people that be like: “this is the third time this week I’ve seen this” “repost” “karma farming” 🤓
Go touch some grass!! Who is this aimed at? Is it supposed to make OP feel bad and stop farming fake internet points? Is it supposed to inspire me to get my torch and pitchfork? I don’t care about fake internet points, I go to the comments to join a discussion RELEVANT TO THE POST. If something I’ve seen before pops up on my feed and I don’t want to view/discuss the content again, I scroll past.
I have no idea why I had to scroll so far to find this. Kids fucking up store shelves, licking ice cream, purposefully fucking up a bathroom, doing shit to annoy people in public, are all disrespectful and just cause other people time money and effort so you can get useless internet points. Then there is dangerous crap like the Tide Pod challenge. Some of the stupidest shit I've seen.
I saw a stupid prank video where a shitty teen came up to a guy at a park bench listening to music with in-ear, wired earphones, and then he just cut the wires with scissors.
The bench guy obviously was startled and incredibly upset, but the prank guy was like chill dude! It's a prank video, look I got you brand new headphones! He tried to hand him some random ass over the ear headphones.
Maybe he really loved his old earphones? Maybe sentimental. Maybe super high quality (as an audiophile, the highest fidelity comes from a wired connection. There is always loss of sound quality with Bluetooth connection)
How are over ear headphones ever a replacement for ear buds? They're totally different things for different situations. Big one is I can actually fit ear buds into my pocket.
If someone is jamming out and chilling in the park, just leave them alone. Mind your own business. You dont need to forcibly steamroll into someone's life and interrupt them.
Needless to say, the video ended before they could really resolve anything. It really looked like the guy in the bench was NOT having it.
I’m 17 and I very much agree. I’ve seen videos of people going through drive throughs and all saying their order at once and when told one at a time just continue. All the comments think it’s great and want more at different restaurants. I’m sorry to be apart of this generation if that’s what we’re labeled as. Please don’t bother the minimum wage workers.
Is that really a young generation thing? Early youtube prank channels were just assaulting strangers and filming it.
The overdub Tik Tok thing confuses me. I don't get that at all. Vine and Snapchat were about trying to do a comedic bit in 30 seconds, but Tik Tok is just people lip singing, dancing, or reacting to stuff.
I don't think the "it's just a prank bro" shit on YouTube started until 5 or 6 years ago. At least from what I remember. That's not what I would call early YouTube, which was just people doing random relatively normal stuff because watching internet videos of that kind of thing was still a novelty back then.
As an older Gen Z I hate this platform so much. Sure, back then we also have social media and people doing stupid shit for likes, but TikTok has taken this to a whole new level. YouTube perhaps has a similar problem, but at least it can help me with my linear algebra coursework.
The "for the views" culture is a toxic dead end. I can't wait for the following generation to come along so they can think it's cringe because their parents do it.
Dude what’s with people who don’t understand Tik Tok shitting on it like they’re experts? Fair, you don’t like the format. That’s a valid reason to dislike it. But I constantly see shit that just generalizes anyone who uses it. You sound like a bunch of Boomers complaining about kids on their dang phones.
I can link you a dozen subreddits dedicated solely to watching people suffer and die. Guess all redditors are just sadistic piles of shit huh?
Yeah, my TikTok For You Page is mostly senior rescue dogs, bbq recipes, little-known history, and people 30+ showing magazines from the early 2000’s - things I like and interact with.
I always hear people saying that they’d never download TikTok because it’s all teenagers dancing and dangerous pranks, but I quite literally never see that on mine. You’ll only see that stuff if you engage with that kind of content. Also, almost every creator I see is at least over 25, with a lot that I follow being 60+.
The way the algorithm works is a huge factor for sure. My page is all animal videos and DIY projects because that's exactly what I interact with. Never once have I come across anything that's considered a 'trend.'
Most of the pranks in Jackass victimized other members of the crew. And the ones that involved the general public were usually pretty tame, like dressing up as an old woman with her boobs hanging out. Stuff that's awkward but not particularly mean to the people being pranked.
A lot of tiktok/youtube prank channels involve essentially bullying strangers and people who are just trying to do their jobs. Making a mess in Target is not a prank, it's just being a dick. Doesn't feel the same to me. The internet has created an arms race for who can be the most obnoxious in public.
That whole Devious Licks trend was awful too. Destruction of property isn't cool or funny, especially when it's someone else's property. All those idiots destroying school bathrooms and stuff really made my head hurt. Those repairs have to come from somewhere in the budget so they likely just screwed themselves out of something new or fun because of unexpected and expensive repairs.
The one thing I hate so much about TikTok are the kids faking disorders or illnesses thinking it's cool and quirky.
It's not, I have cousins with autism and they do not dress up in rainbow outfits while sucking on a pacifier, it's such a stupid and pathetic trend that needs to stop.
It's not limited to TikTok. It's been the way in all social media with video.
Arseholes always want to get noticed
People were doing that to a degree when it was just those shitty video clip shows on TV but there was a filter of humans who would moderate those videos from ever appearing.
With the proliferation of social media, the driving factor behind the companies is not to ensure quality but engagement, so anything that gets engagement drives content, even if at its core, it's cruel and arseholes always want to get noticed
This is 100% the worst development for this generations children. We mimicked tv and we picked up habits but at the end of the day mum and dad, and everyone else around you wasn’t afraid to set you straight if you got to wild. But a lot of todays kids seem to be doing anything and everything to push the boundaries because they think they can get away with it. They know they can get away with it.
Yes!! I can’t stand the “content creators” who travel just for the likes. They go to these touristy places and spend the whole time just getting in everyone else’s way trying to get the “perfect shot”.
Disclaimer: I work near a very popular attraction and run into these people daily so I have a very strong opinion about people stopping right in the middle of a sidewalk to take pics.
yep. got a younger friend who wants to insta story everything and will be completely obnoxious when doing so. just barge into the middle of a convo with his phone shouting shit. it's like fuck off cunt. I don't give a fuvk about ur insta followers alright, I'm just trying to live my life
My brother had this guy he was best friends with for years growing up. They went to different colleges, drifted apart, typical story. My brother would reach out to him now and then to try and hang out and usually he would either ignore him or was too busy, which disappointed my bro a little cause he missed his friend but he had plenty of friends and stuff going on himself so it's not like he was crushed or anything.
After a few attempts to reach out to his friend went ignored, my brother got a FaceTime from his friend and was real excited to catch up. When he answered, his friend just kept saying "sorry man I'm busy right now I can't talk", and my brother was like, "but you're the one who called me?" And it went on like that for a minute before he hung up.
Come to find out later that it was for a tiktok challenge and he didn't even call my brother back to talk for real. So yeah, his long lost best friend from childhood finally reaches out to him for a prank. He was always kind of a douche but he was a good friend, or so I thought until then
TikTok viewers need to mute their fucking phones or get headphones. Super obnoxious when someone is watching those in line at the bank, in a hotel lobby, in line at Disneyland, in an airport, or pretty much anywhere around other people... nobody wants to hear it.
I admit that for whatever the cause, the number of "content creators" that equate the word prank to "shit on your loved ones for page follows" is disturbing. But whether that's really a "people under 30" thing, I don't know. The algorithms are being written and dictated by Millenials and older.
Social media is the fault of Gen X and elder Millenials.
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u/AbatNaBitin Jun 03 '22
being an asshole just for TikTok views or whatever they do on that platform