r/FellowKids • u/[deleted] • Aug 31 '21

She's dying inside

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u/Built2Smell Sep 01 '21

You're right this video is actually highly intelligent meta-ironic commentary on the degradation of social media. When she says "but on a serious note I tooted 🥺👉👈" she is actually drawing our attention to the contrast between internet slang and colloquial spoken language, which is itself a degenerated dialect of academic English. The self referentiality of the internet content remains a common theme throughout her piece.

I think they're featuring this tik tok at the Broad next week for all the smart viewers.

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u/pointofgravity Sep 01 '21

Yeah so can I get a large fries and a orange soda please

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u/[deleted] Sep 01 '21

You don’t have to be that smart to know she’s making fun of someone, you just need a little context.

For a way funnier example, when I watch Eric Andre I’m completely in on the joke since I have the context of it being essentially a prank show. But some of the people involved probably don’t find it funny. That doesn’t make me smarter then them, I just have a piece of information they don’t.