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ssjevot
03/13/24 10:22:46 PM
#401:


thronedfire2 posted...
lmao, who told you that was happening?

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/03/06/business/starbucks-middle-east-layoffs/index.html

Even US media is covering it, so not sure why you are acting so indignant.

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Mecha_Sonic
03/13/24 10:24:58 PM
#402:


Fenriswolf posted...
So how do you know that Tiktok is the sole cause of the ignorance and not a combination of poor education and media literacy that's spreading in the USA? Hell, I've seen far more ignorance on Elon Musk's Twitter than Tiktok.

i never said tiktok is the sole cause of ignorance

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uwnim
03/13/24 10:25:50 PM
#403:


Oh damn, this topic has over 400 posts already? Guessing this is something CE finds very controversial so there's been a bunch of arguments.

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Aloc
03/13/24 10:26:09 PM
#404:


ssjevot posted...
Is there pro-Israeli social media (I guess that Trump Truth thing, never looked at it)? The only major country it the world that even has a positive opinion of Israel now is the US, and even then it's at a historic low.

Tiktok is absolutely the most pro-palestine of all the social media apps. And targets young folks the most. Really the concern is young people are TOO pro Palestine.

It's a desperation ploy for sure.

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jumi
03/13/24 10:27:39 PM
#405:


Will never get by a filibuster in the Senate.

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GiftedACIII
03/13/24 10:30:41 PM
#406:


ssjevot posted...
We really need to shift the discourse here. It isn't being banned. That's not what is happening. It's being forcibly sold to an American company. So you guys keep arguing over whether or not social media should be banned when the entire point of this is to give a US company, and therefore the government, that data instead of a Chinese company, and therefore the Chinese government. If you live in a country that doesn't ban social media that is neither America nor China then the whole thing looks extra ridiculous because all your data always goes to other countries.

That is how I've been looking at it. About the land of the free deciding someone shouldn't be able to create a platform because of the country they're from and whether the data that goes to whichever company is actually dangerous. Although personally from what I've seen, Musk's twitter seems to be in a poorer condition than whatever TikTok is in right now so it would probably be better for the site to completely disappear than be owned by another Musk.

ssjevot posted...
https://edition.cnn.com/2024/03/06/business/starbucks-middle-east-layoffs/index.html

Even US media is covering it, so not sure why you are acting so indignant.

tbf that doesn't say anything about TikTok being the cause of it.

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ssjevot
03/13/24 10:35:36 PM
#407:


GiftedACIII posted...
tbf that doesn't say anything about TikTok being the cause of it.

Yeah I don't know anything about what role if any TikTok played, but I was under the impression you were unaware of the boycott.

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thronedfire2
03/13/24 10:37:57 PM
#408:


ssjevot posted...
Yeah I don't know anything about what role if any TikTok played, but I was under the impression you were unaware of the boycott.

I was, because it's not in the US so no one here has bothered to report it

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ssjevot
03/13/24 10:38:11 PM
#409:


GiftedACIII posted...
Musk's twitter seems to be in a poorer condition than whatever TikTok is in right now so it would probably be better for the site to completely disappear than be owned by another Musk.

Musk is also pro-Putin and cultivates anti-US messaging on his platform. Yet the US is apparently okay with that. Though the GOP is also largely pro-Putin so it is unlikely a bill targeting Twitter could pass. Both parties have found it easy to drum up anti-China rhetoric.

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ssjevot
03/13/24 10:39:03 PM
#410:


thronedfire2 posted...
I was, because it's not in the US so no one here has bothered to report it

But I linked to a US news site...



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jumi
03/13/24 10:40:02 PM
#411:


Brilliant of Biden to attack a youth-oriented platform after already pissing off pro-Palestinian leftists, though. He really must be tired of being president and rooting for Trump.

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Mecha_Sonic
03/13/24 10:41:54 PM
#412:


GiftedACIII posted...
tbf that doesn't say anything about TikTok being the cause of it.

a few months ago, every girl i know randomly decided to ask me how often i think about the Roman Empire, all on the same day. doesn't take a genius to figure out the cause was tiktok.

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GiftedACIII
03/13/24 10:45:54 PM
#413:


ssjevot posted...
Yeah I don't know anything about what role if any TikTok played, but I was under the impression you were unaware of the boycott.

ftr that's not me.

ssjevot posted...
Musk is also pro-Putin and cultivates anti-US messaging on his platform. Yet the US is apparently okay with that. Though the GOP is also largely pro-Putin so it is unlikely a bill targeting Twitter could pass. Both parties have found it easy to drum up anti-China rhetoric.

Exactly. Not to mention all the dedicated far right sites too. I think the people here thinking it's a social media problem are completely lacking in perspective. This a natural occurrence of the internet becoming mainstream. Back before social media really took off there were tons of news of places like that lifting site, reddit and 4chan having extreme criminals and toxic trends come from them. There were even some murderers and people that pushed people to suicide from here. If social media was taken down all those people will just migrate to these older styled forums, cause here to become the new mainstream and cause a bunch of news to happen from here as well and then get the politicians to call for crackdowns here.

Mecha_Sonic posted...
a few months ago, every girl i know randomly decided to ask me how often i think about the Roman Empire, all on the same day. doesn't take a genius to figure out the cause was tiktok.

lol you've confirmed yourself as troll. Nothing you say is serious.

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thronedfire2
03/13/24 10:49:09 PM
#414:


ssjevot posted...
But I linked to a US news site...

no one reads those, they get news from Twitter and TikTok highlights

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Mecha_Sonic
03/13/24 10:50:17 PM
#415:


GiftedACIII posted...
lol you've confirmed yourself as troll. Nothing you say is serious.

why

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Aloc
03/13/24 10:54:42 PM
#416:


Mecha_Sonic posted...
why
This happens every topic.

Mecha_Sonic posts his borderline Bush era opinion politics. Everyone disagrees and calls him a troll while he claims to be a left wing Democrat.

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Mecha_Sonic
03/13/24 10:58:16 PM
#417:


one reason i know i'm right about tiktok is because no one ever engages with my argument -- "it's bad for algorithms to match people to bite-sized videos from anonymous sources that confirm every one of their biases and prejudices." they just make up shit i never said.

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GiftedACIII
03/13/24 11:00:54 PM
#418:


Mecha_Sonic posted...
why

Every priest I know just came by and randomly told me they had a divine revelation saying you were full of shit. Doesn't take a genius to get what they were saying.

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ooger
03/13/24 11:02:18 PM
#419:


GiftedACIII posted...
Every priest I know just came by and randomly told me they had a divine revelation saying you were full of shit. Doesn't take a genius to get what they were saying.

I heard about the priest tiktok trend.

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Mecha_Sonic
03/13/24 11:04:58 PM
#420:


y'all are some pretty toxic people, huh

except you ooger you're chill

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GiftedACIII
03/13/24 11:11:00 PM
#421:


ooger posted...
I heard about the priest tiktok trend.

lol

Mecha_Sonic posted...
y'all are some pretty toxic people, huh

except you ooger you're chill

No self-awareness and you're definitely in your 40s-50s acting this way. If you're any example, this site should be closed for being one of the worst for brainrot. Perhaps all of the internet was a mistake. Or maybe you're just a miserable old man projecting your own bitterness.

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Mecha_Sonic
03/13/24 11:12:33 PM
#422:


what have i had no self-awareness about

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GiftedACIII
03/13/24 11:15:01 PM
#423:


Mecha_Sonic posted...
what have i had no self-awareness about
Being toxic. You've been spitting cartoon level hysteria at numerous users here left and right.

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Mecha_Sonic
03/13/24 11:17:23 PM
#424:


lol ok

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ooger
03/13/24 11:19:23 PM
#425:


GiftedACIII posted...
No self-awareness and you're definitely in your 40s-50s acting this way. If you're any example, this site should be closed for being one of the worst for brainrot. Perhaps all of the internet was a mistake. Or maybe you're just a miserable old man projecting your own bitterness.
Naw, Mecha's pretty chill.

You could use some chill though.

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GiftedACIII
03/13/24 11:20:08 PM
#426:


Mecha_Sonic posted...
lol ok


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W_S_C_M
03/13/24 11:48:18 PM
#427:


No more tide pod kids then?

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Toonstrack
03/14/24 12:25:53 AM
#428:


Didn't expect this to do 500

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RetuenOfDevsman
03/14/24 12:56:44 AM
#429:


Mecha_Sonic posted...
tiktok is to the USA what opium was to the Qing Dynasty
It might be worse, actually. At least opium was about meditation.
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Gojira123
03/14/24 1:41:54 AM
#431:


jumi posted...
Brilliant of Biden to attack a youth-oriented platform after already pissing off pro-Palestinian leftists, though. He really must be tired of being president and rooting for Trump.

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1337toothbrush
03/14/24 1:46:31 AM
#432:


Democrats have perfected the art of snatching defeat from the jaws of victory and blaming everyone but themselves for losing.

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Bat178
03/14/24 1:57:52 AM
#433:


To the two people above me, again, the majority of people who voted yes on this were Republicans.

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ColdOne666
03/14/24 2:16:31 AM
#434:


OudeGeuze posted...
You want to ban tiktok because you hate China
I want to ban tiktok because I think it would be funny
We are not the same


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NhojAnec
03/14/24 2:20:10 AM
#435:


TikTok is one of the worst things ever created.

Also, anyone who uses it is just getting spied on by the Chinese government. The reason this is bad is because the Chinese government is getting a bunch of info from US citizens to prepare for a war against the west.

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_____Cait
03/14/24 2:24:58 AM
#436:


NhojAnec posted...
TikTok is one of the worst things ever created.

Also, anyone who uses it is just getting spied on by the Chinese government. The reason this is bad is because the Chinese government is getting a bunch of info from US citizens to prepare for a war against the west.

Yeah China sure is learning a lot that people who shake their butts in Ohio really like shopping at KFC.

Facebook has done worse and yet it thrives.

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Dark_Arbron
03/14/24 2:27:17 AM
#437:


_____Cait posted...
Yeah China sure is learning a lot that people who shake their butts in Ohio really like shopping at KFC.

Thats extremely useful military intel though.


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Zikten
03/14/24 2:28:42 AM
#438:


I have never even been on tiktok but I always thought it was just teenagers making memes
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_____Cait
03/14/24 2:29:17 AM
#439:


W_S_C_M posted...
No more tide pod kids then?

Werent those adults

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NhojAnec
03/14/24 2:29:40 AM
#440:


_____Cait posted...
Yeah China sure is learning a lot that people who shake their butts in Ohio really like shopping at KFC.

Facebook has done worse and yet it thrives.

Facebook is an American company though.

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Gurifisu
03/14/24 2:31:27 AM
#441:


Dark_Arbron posted...
Thats extremely useful military intel though.
Is it?

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BigB0ss13
03/14/24 2:34:31 AM
#442:


Zikten posted...
I have never even been on tiktok but I always thought it was just teenagers making memes


That's like saying youtube is only about music videos and nothing else. Sure there are content on Tiktok that are fucking dumb and punch worthy to the face of the uploader but that's a very small part of Tiktok and people who never used the app repeat the same mouth vomit garbage of people who are anti Tiktok for the same reason, never used the app and saw one or two stories of extreme cases of stupidness of something that was uploaded on Tiktok on the news.
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NhojAnec
03/14/24 2:35:13 AM
#443:


Cynrascal posted...
Republicans want Tiktok gone because it is an avenue for young people to learn and vote blue. Let's not mince words.

mercurydude posted...
Yep. A lot of this push for "ban TikTok!" came in the aftermath of it being used to troll and embarrass Trump at his Tulsa rally.

@Cynrascal @mercurydude Umm you do know both republicans and democrats voted unanimously for the ban right?

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BigB0ss13
03/14/24 2:38:49 AM
#444:


NhojAnec posted...
@Cynrascal Umm you do know both republicans and democrats voted unanimously for the ban right?


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Dark_Arbron
03/14/24 2:40:51 AM
#445:


Gurifisu posted...
Is it?

Shouldve added the /s

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jumi
03/14/24 5:40:36 AM
#446:


Bat178 posted...
To the two people above me, the majority of people who voted yes on this are Republicans.

Biden heavily supports this and has promised to sign it.

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jumi
03/14/24 5:42:26 AM
#447:


BigB0ss13 posted...
When Marjorie Taylor Greene and AOC agreed on something and voted no on it you know something is truly wrong about the ban

It seems oldies are in favor of the bill and younger people are not, and unfortunately the oldies are more numerous and in charge.

Not sure why Johnson supports it, though.

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Dark_Arbron
03/14/24 6:06:16 AM
#448:


jumi posted...
It seems oldies are in favor of the bill and younger people are not, and unfortunately the oldies are more numerous and in charge.

Politics summarized in a single sentence. Not bad.

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_____Cait
03/14/24 7:29:15 AM
#450:


NhojAnec posted...
Facebook is an American company though.

Yeah they sell that data . Wonder who it goes to.

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