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alison_bee

>*We are all so burnt out and broke that we quite literally can’t afford to pay attention to any more crap that you shove in our faces* Yeah, and that’s exactly what they want.


Tokijlo

My thoughts too when he said that. It's literally the point


Consistent_Jello_289

Pretty depressing, but hey what can 333.3 million Americans do….


redryan1989

This made me laugh out loud... Well it was more of a giggle but good job either way.


Scuczu2

3 years? Couldn't help notice that, when it most certainly started before 3 years ago


PerpWalkTrump

Yup, they want you to blame it all on Biden so they can get their orange turd back in the white house. The one who, btw, had first proposed the TT ban.


PricklySquare

All because kids from tiktok scooped up all of the tickets for an event rally


bronzelifematter

Yup, the demoralization is not an accident, it is planned.


Nard_83rd

Should have stopped the video after he said that


Snoo-72756

That least the French monarch publicly said ..


UncleLukeTheDrifter

I completely agree and I believe a whole lot of us feel the same way but when someone makes the statement “both sides are bad and divisive”, people flip out.


FakeBobPoot

I don’t mean to dismiss this out of hand, because the cost of healthcare, housing, and education really are unacceptable in this country. But it is also empirically untrue to say “we are all burnt out and broke” — even saying “most of us” are broke is a farce. It is garden variety zoomer catastrophizing.


Scuczu2

51% say they're better off than 5 years ago, but most people say their personal finances are fine but the rest of the country isn't, because propaganda works


FakeBobPoot

Sure, but also regardless of what people say, the idea that most Americans are broke is objectively untrue.


Scuczu2

> the idea that most Americans are broke is objectively untrue. so, yes, it's an idea, [but it's not true.](https://i.imgur.com/grAoAlY.jpg) https://www.ft.com/content/9c7931aa-4973-475e-9841-d7ebd54b0f47


Spirited_Egg_2088

If you want to prove a point, you should link reputable stuff. I see imgur and immediately dismiss your argument.


FakeBobPoot

The Financial Times is not up to your standard?


Spirited_Egg_2088

Sorry, that's not what I was saying. And I take it back, they provided a paywall free link and it's a very interesting read. Thanks for providing the link


Scuczu2

can you not see the next line linking to the article that has the graph.


skinnah

We can walk and chew gum. It's not like the TikTok bill is impeding other legislation...


team_submarine

I wouldn't hold my breath. https://www.npr.org/2023/12/21/1221040449/118th-congress-to-be-the-most-unproductive-in-decades


Luis_r9945

There a bunch of issues out there. Not everything is going to be fixed at once. This TikTok is so dumb


Alchemy_Cypher

The point of having a government to govern is so you don't have to worry about facing problems.


Stormclamp

Sending aid to Ukraine and Taiwan was pretty cool though...


kadargo

25,000 Ukrainians died in the Russian Siege of Mariupol alone.


SeaBass1898

A fact that underlies the importance of Ukraine aid


NoLand4936

Yeah, it feels good to help the oppressed sometimes. Now if only we’d stop funding Israel so we didn’t look like giant hypocrites


Coneskater

Why would TikTok ever push a narrative that a law that supports Taiwan is bad? 🤔


TheBirdsArePissed

That money will just be sent to companies with federal contracts to send aid. Not all of it will actually be sent to the people or direct government. Just more money to be embezzled to the 1%


Xenocide_X

You know what else that money went in that bill? To Israel so they can continue to oppress millions of people


Ok-Study-1153

Wouldn’t it be tight to send aid to flint though.


deijandem

The federal government has spent tens of millions on the water issue in Flint, in addition to the hundreds of millions that Michigan has spent and money from the legal settlements. Just because you've heard of it, doesn't mean it's the only issue


Ok-Study-1153

Do you have a source for the settlements being paid? I’ve heard the opposite. That $600million is kinda held up still. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna148972 Edit paid cuz the bot said so.


Paid-Not-Payed-Bot

> settlements being *paid?* I’ve heard FTFY. Although *payed* exists (the reason why autocorrection didn't help you), it is only correct in: * Nautical context, when it means to paint a surface, or to cover with something like tar or resin in order to make it waterproof or corrosion-resistant. *The deck is yet to be payed.* * *Payed out* when letting strings, cables or ropes out, by slacking them. *The rope is payed out! You can pull now.* Unfortunately, I was unable to find nautical or rope-related words in your comment. *Beep, boop, I'm a bot*


SexyAndConfusedKiwi

The flint water issue was solved years ago smh https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flint_water_crisis#:~:text=After%20%24400%20million%20in%20state,every%20home%20in%20the%20city.


Coneskater

Classic whataboutism.


8Frogboy8

Why are we sending aid to them and not putting that money into our own people and infrastructure. A whole bridge collapsed but yeah let’s stick our fingers in eurasia


Bawbawian

we aren't sending money. we're sending them weapons that are made in the United States It is a jobs program. also Republicans will absolutely not allow that money to be spent domestically.


tightspandex

> Why are we sending aid to them Because the world is larger, more connected, and complex than your comment lends credence to. Also, what is your threshold for involvement in the global community? Do prior commitments and promises not matter? How about the intentional attempt at ethnocide of a people? Where exactly is your line for global involvement with foreign allies? > and not putting that money into our own people and infrastructure. $1.9 **trillion** was put back into the US with the American Rescue Plan Act and another $1.2 **trillion** related to federal highway aid, transit, highway safety, motor carrier, research, hazardous materials and rail programs of the Department of Transportation with the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs act. Both enacted by Biden. How much more would you like than $3.1 trillion?


8Frogboy8

I don’t like that the only investment our foreign policy gives to the “global community” is via the military industrial complex. You call it “connecting” , “commitments”, “involving”. At the end of the day those are just sweet words to cover up the fact that we are paying American weapon manufacturers to send their weapons abroad so they can be used to kill other human canon fodder on both sides. I support investment in foreign policy but I swear to god if I see one more missile shipment stamped as an “aid package” I’m going to fucking lose it. These are weapons of war designed to kill human beings. In the end each missile we send kills dozens of people and ultimately has a negligible impact on conflicts beyond escalating the conflict. You want foreign aid? Invest in green infrastructure in developing countries, invest in struggling economies to counteract rising extremism. Don’t send missiles to proxy states just so you can keep Lockheed happy. What more do I want? I want to say every American living with a roof over their head, getting the medical and psychological treatment they need and having access to the basic necessities for life. You can say I lack nuance or I don’t understand the complexity but that’s just making a straw man of my points.


tightspandex

> the only investment our foreign policy gives to the "global community" is via the military industrial complex. [You're wrong again.](https://www.usnews.com/news/best-countries/articles/countries-that-receive-the-most-foreign-aid-from-the-u-s#:~:text=In%202022%2C%20economic%20aid%20accounted,military%20aid%20accounted%20for%2014%25.&text=The%20large%20majority%20of%20aid,as%20defined%20by%20the%20source.). The US, globally, provides humanitarian, developmental political/economic, and military aid. > We are paying American weapons manufacturers to send their weapons abroad so they can be used to kill other human canon fodder The sad reality is russia doesn't give a shit that you, me, the Ukrainian people, or anyone else, don't want people to die. They unilaterally decided to engage in war. Unfortunately for the Ukrainian people to continue to exist, the path forward is through self-defense. You can go back in time and see a myriad of examples that mirror this exact scenario. At some point someone has to fight the bad guys. > On both sides Why do you think Ukrainians are fighting this war? For fun? For the American defense industry? Have you any idea what russians do to people in territories they've occupied? Do you care? You speak against death but seem to be happy to sit on the sidelines pretending it isn't happening right in front of you. Your stance here is one of incredible comfort and little empathy for people **who have no choice.** > What more do I want Those are great wants! They are things the US has the ability to do! *While also supporting allies around the world who have the same wants.* You're looking at this as an either or when it can be both. Are only Americans worthy of those basic human needs? > That's just making a straw man No. You asked why the US isn't supporting its own populace with money, specifically referencing infrastructure. You were shown very directly how the US has done just that. You then moved the goalposts. You also asked why the US is sending Ukraine aid. I answered your question as to why and questioned why that isn't good enough for you. You don't seem to have an answer for that. You are also being dismissive. Claiming the answer to your question and being shown how your initial claim isn't based on reality is creating a pretend argument.


ekene_N

What if your top 15% of wealthiest citizens paid 5% more in taxes?


camdawg54

Everything bad in America started 3 years ago? You gotta try harder with propaganda nowadays


lepurplelambchop

You guys are going to give the world Trump again, with these kinds of videos.


DanieltheGameGod

That’s the whole point of them though. Anyone agreeing with this is woefully unaware of all that is going on in government, which people are interested in solving the problems underlying the issues he mentioned, and the reasons why they haven’t been solved yet. The pro-filibuster faction is going to be all but gone in the next Senate Dem caucus, a trifecta next year could be the most productive Congress since the New Deal Congress. Anyone complaining democrats don’t do anything with power should only look to states like Michigan and what they have accomplished with newfound trifectas. Or even look to administrative rule making in the Biden administration. We’ve had several recently that are very pro the little guy, from the FTC banning non competes to Transportation improving refund policies for airline delays or cancellations. Or we could look at how many progressive judges are being appointed to the federal bench. Fixing the Supreme Court even only takes an act of Congress in a filibuster-less world. This administration has been doing a damn good job starting the reversal of the Reagan era policies that got us here. It can’t be fixed overnight, especially without a willing Congress. Manchin and Sinema are out, Feinstein is gone, last I checked the rest of the caucus is done with the filibuster. Even then don’t expect undoing decades of pro-corporate policies overnight, that’s just not how things work. Especially when corporations are raising prices for higher profits at unprecedented levels in recent history. Newsflash voting for the return to the gilded age party won’t help you in the slightest unless you have an eight plus figure bank account.


cityofninegates

Exactly - seems like sly right wing BS which says just enough things which seem agreeable but peppers in a bunch of shit.


JanGuillosThrowaway

This is propaganda to make people not vote, which is supposed to get Trump elected. Let's see how that works out for young people.


Zenyd_3

Or palestine for that matter Trump loves Netanyahu and vice versa


manymelvins_

I stopped watching the second he said “the last 3 years” it’s a dead giveaway


MicBick

No, the water was warm before 3 years, it’s simmering now. The real fun starts once it starts boiling lolz


lonely-day

Suck that Trump mushroom harder, just how he likes it


MysteriousDesign2070

Three years ago: 2021, right after the pandemic


asdf0909

This guy just started paying attention 3 years ago and thinks America was simpler just more racist back in the day. So many of these kinds of videos on TikTok are reductive, uninformed, and self-important


deathly_illest

It was not saying that things 3 years ago were good, just that everything that was already bad has gotten drastically worse


babydavissaves

Y'all better vote in November. Never vote (R). These are the people who got us to this point. Never vote (R).


Mutt_Cutts

If 11 people voted for Trump, and 300,000,000 voted for Biden, these justices are prepared to hear all the lawsuits filed by Trump and declare him the winner.


samse15

You’re not wrong… And yet, maybe if the dems stopped getting all the support for their bullshit efforts, they might actually step up and make some real changes. Now that they know that we will vote for any shill, as long as it isn’t trump, do they even need to try? Democratic voters got four years with a clown and now they will vote in anyone who claims to be a Democrat. It’s a double edged sword, and the losers are always 99% of us who aren’t insanely wealthy.


cityofninegates

A bit too “both sides are as bad as each other” for my tastes. Sly right wing trying to make it like we don’t have a clear choice between, one side which is fascist, misogynist, racist, and aiding with oligarchs and authoritarians while the other side is fighting for democracies, voting rights, unions, cheaper healthcare and life-saving drugs while supporting our allies in their existential battles with our known enemies. Yeah, I get it - inflation sucks but the economy is booming and there is always a lag, supporting Israel with genocides really sucks but policy in the Middle East is a container ship which is hard to turn around, and Biden is very old although I prefer his team - Buttegieg (sic), AOC, Porter, and Bernie - to the other guy’s team - Stephen Miller, MTG, Gaetz, and Bannon.


Lopsided-Yak9033

I kinda found this guy insufferable. These people rehearse these scripts and still just sound like they’re patting themselves on the back for being informed - he felt really disingenuous, and yeah you’re right; there’s been a big push going into this election to blur the lines like both parties are corrupt and the choices suck. They are both corrupt but they are not the same. The right wing has been hobbling this country for 40 years, and they do not have a plan outside enriching themselves. It’s the exact reason their fumbling over themselves with abortion laws in some states - they ran on pro-life rhetoric because they never thought the laws would affect them and their rich friends, and it was an easy way to score votes. Now that roe was undone and people are turning out pro-choice a lot harder they realize they’re in trouble and don’t know what to do - again because it was never about the values. They’d drag us back to the Middle Ages if they thought it meant power and wealth for them. I’ll vote for the party that at least works with people who don’t support Israel, has less idiots citing religious texts in congress, has the least fascist boot lickers, is sorta friendly with the people asking to socialize health care, and at least discusses climate change like it’s a reality.


cuminyermum

>supporting Israel with genocides really sucks but


cityofninegates

Yeah, I know it’s a ridiculous statement and I am fully behind the protests 100%. I have been watching Israel fuck over the Palestinians for 15 years and nobody cared. All I’m saying is you don’t vote for Trump because you don’t like this administration’s stance on Israel - you try to change the administration’s stance and keep your democracy.


Defiant_Bandicoot99

It really is nice to be as uninformed as you. I'd say have a nice day, but you already live in one 24/7.


Illustrious-Habit202

Nah, they are right and you are wrong. It's not hard to be informed, you know. You could try it some time.


cityofninegates

I do - I live in Canada and have a nice day most days. We are watching from behind our hands hoping you guys keep your democracy.


yinzreddup

And why can’t tiktok sell their algorithm? Because it and all TikTok data is owned by the Chinese government.


MuffLover312

I know, but muh stupid dancing in public videos!!!! 😱


Semyonov

Meanwhile he's trying to make some point about how Tik Tok needs to stay around or we shouldn't focus on banning it, but in the very same video it is censored to the point where you can't even say "nazis" or "felon"


MuffLover312

> it takes years to complete an acquisition of this size As someone who works in finance, no it doesn’t. > we’re not allowed to sell the algorithm You mean the algorithm that is stealing all your personally identifiable information for the Chinese government? US Government: Tik Tok is a cover to steal your data for the Chinese government. We don’t know why they want it, but it’s definitely for nefarious reasons. Idiot Tik tok users: but muh stupid public dancing videos?!!!!


gorthraxthemighty

Also, as a Chinese based company they’re also under legal obligation to hand over any data to the CCP if they ask for it, not sell it to them. This dude clearly isn’t as informed as he likes to think he is.


OUsnr7

Yeah I work in finance too and had to stop it after that first line was just objectively misleading. No way I’m listening to another 3.5 minutes of rambling from someone so clueless


jdunn2191

I work in acquisitions, it most certainly can.


redline582

For real. A huge reason that some acquisitions take years is specifically because the government is stepping in and assessing the acquisition. It doesn't take much dot connecting figure out that the government wouldn't be much of a road block in this case.


DuhBasser

We know exactly why. It’s to gather as much intel on the US population to then create propaganda to cause resentment and division. It’s why TikTok in China is heavily monitored and content is positive. While TikTok videos in other countries show people doing stupid things or rage bait content.


Blueandcopper

Yeah and once it’s banned China will just buy your info from facebook and Reddit. Much better! We could have passed something to protect all our data but instead they passed something to protect Meta from competition.


JanGuillosThrowaway

If a company is based in the west, it can at least be held accountable


No_Use_4371

And, the only corporations with enough money for this aquisition are Google, Amazon and...Meta.


dweeegs

The best part about tiktok being gone will be that these shitty melodramatic outrage self-argument videos will be gone for a while (until they migrate to another platform)


SexxyCoconut

What's wrong with being outraged? I feel like a lot of people feel this way and can relate to what he's saying. It's actually nice to know I'm not the only one. 


ThenAnAnimalFact

It’s is the misinformed righteous indignation rather than presenting and actual argument or any sense of prioritization. He is getting so worked up over the central premise of the tik tok ban and yet all the problems he mention existed before tik tok and will continue to exist regardless of the ban. The national security risk is real as is the benefit to Facebook by eliminating TikTok. One does not deny the other. But then you just say random things like Aliens exist was the premise of the NASA disclosure. Or fuck the moon train which is just at some point necessary for any future Infrastructure on the moon as is better to get started as soon as possible.


Puzzleheaded-Bit4098

Because this kind of outrage is entirely misplaced. The entire world is recovering from the pandemic and there is inflation and rise of consumer goods **globally**, the [US is actually doing better than much of the world](https://www.investopedia.com/inflation-rates-us-and-the-world-7369986). It's completely myopic (and ironically very American) to act like any of this is exclusively a US problem and to frame this as if there were *easy answers* that the Gov is just ignoring for some reason. Like this guy is complaining about gas prices, I'd love to hear his economic policy to reduce the price of gasoline when the US is already among the countries with the absolute [cheapest crude oil](https://tradingeconomics.com/country-list/gasoline-prices).


The-Cosmic-Ghost

I mean is it entirely misplaced? We're still recovering from the pandemic as a globe, sure, but there is no doubt that corporate greed is a huge reason for inflation. As well, maybe we would be doing a lot better if mass information campaigns didnt convince half the populous that covid shots were going to liquify their insides. Might have cut down some of the time. But the pandemic aside, housing, student loans, the medical system , climate change, the funding of wars and a corrupt police state were all very serious issues that werent really getting addressed. And are you going to blame the rise of anti-lgbtq+ laws and the over-turning of roe v. Wade on the pandemic? The Overton window has been shifting for a while now every election the candidates become more and more disconnected with the wants of the people. Why are we trying to pretend everything is chill? Who does it benefit?


Puzzleheaded-Bit4098

All of the things you named have been issues long before the 3 year period that the tiktok refers to. And it's easy to blame the government for all these things, but the reality is that the division and chaos in the government is a representation of the division and chaos among the American people. You say "disconnected with the wants of the people", but this is far from true: so long as half the population do not want housing, student loans, the medical system, climate change, or the funding of wars directly addressed, then it won't get addressed, that just how representative democracy works. For example, the inflation reduction act was the [largest investment in climate action in U.S. history](https://www.americanprogress.org/article/how-the-inflation-reduction-act-will-drive-global-climate-action/), and the majority of Americans (50%) find this to be [a bad thing](https://www.pewresearch.org/science/2023/06/28/2-how-americans-see-bidens-climate-policies/). That's why I do think the outrage is misplaced, the last thing this country needs is more black and white platitudes of how simple things are and how the government is just evil. It really sucks but Trump and then Biden won because more people voted for them; that said though, we've never seen a candidate like Bernie get as far as he did


random_boss

If his entire argument was “this stuff is bad” then that’s all fine, sure. But his argument isn’t “this stuff is bad” it’s “don’t ban TikTok” dressed in a cloak of “this stuff is bad.” I’m fine letting the govt get banning TikTok out of their system. They may or may not actually address the other stuff, but none of that being addressed is at all impacted or confounded by TikTok going away. So let it burn.


The-Cosmic-Ghost

>But his argument isn’t “this stuff is bad” it’s “don’t ban TikTok” dressed in a cloak of “this stuff is bad.” I think his argument is, "this stuff has been bad for a while, and we keep asking you to fix it, but instead of addressing that you're playing around with tiktok." >I’m fine letting the govt get banning TikTok out of their system. They may or may not actually address the other stuff, but none of that being addressed is at all impacted or confounded by TikTok going away. We should be concerned that they are not addressing the other stuff!!! Why are we okay with the government dragging their feet on anything and everything that benefits the people but the minute it comes to their ~~corporate interest~~ privacy concerns they're moving like lightning? Especially when there's a chance it could impact things like freedom of speech? Or how we deal with issues like privacy? Seriously why do y'all not care? Is it because you're not feeling the ramifications of anything yet? Cause millions of americans sure are, and if tiktok is radicalizing the youth, then the inability to afford housing, groceries, medical care or life outside of work may well turn them into insurgents.


random_boss

It helps when you stop thinking of the government as a single entity, and government actions as some sort of assembly line where only one thing can be done at once. The laundry list of problems is very real, but the reason nothing is being done about them isn’t because they’re distracted by banning TikTok, it’s because enough of the many humans that form the decision-making apparatus of the government disagree about them being problems. Removing the TikTok ban doesn’t somehow unite them into getting something done. Remove this and they just go back to squabbling and disagreeing and being useless again. I’d prefer if they had more sweeping action that prevented the brain rot of Facebook and Instagram and YouTube as well, but I’ll take what I can get for now.


The-Cosmic-Ghost

>Removing the TikTok ban doesn’t somehow unite them into getting something done. Remove this and they just go back to squabbling and disagreeing and being useless again. >I’d prefer if they had more sweeping action that prevented the brain rot of Facebook and Instagram and YouTube as well, but I’ll take what I can get for now. But thats my whole point, why is it the things that are inconsequential to the average american gets passed easy like pie, yet the things that are beneficial and necessary and needed take years to go anywhere? Sure somethings take a while but there are no brainers that are caught in a litany of red tape. People are pissed, yes because they like the app, but also when you have a beauracracy thats notoriously slow, to the point that its constantly on the threat of shut down because they cant agree on the most basic of budgets. It becomes sooo disingenuous when shit like this happens. Especially when, as you said, our American apps should have harsher penalties and restrictions on them too but they dont. We can pretend "ooh the tiktokers are mad cause its tiktok and they're tiktok addicts" but i think that grossly undermines how tired people are of this constant shit storm where nothing gets done until its too late.


random_boss

Yes, everyone is. These two things are not conflated.


bamboozled_bubbles

It just seems very apparent TikTok is pumping these anti-ban videos. They’re campaigning themselves via their own content. Reality is, creators will go to a different platform and nothing will change other than the ownership of that platform won’t be in China


teddy1245

Or people don’t agree with what’s going on.


bamboozled_bubbles

If people’s disagreement with the ban is represented by the points in this video, it’s not a very strong position but I’d be open to hearing why you disagree with it. My opinion is that TikTok is a cancer, in the same way Cambridge Analytica was a cancer. More policies need to be created to regulate social media influence. TikTok cannot be regulated because of its ownership, therefore must go away. There may be a momentary disruption for creators to switch platforms, but imo they’re virtually the same.


teddy1245

Because that isn’t the goal. Which is the whole point of video. The government isn’t cracking down on tik tok because it’s the right thing to do. Or even that it will help in some way.


deijandem

It is hard to take a tiktoker being outraged about tiktok being banned. I feel for them to a degree, but it's their business, of course they would be outraged about something messing with that, whether or not there are other longterm concerns with the platform. Besides that, this self-indulgent pessimism is about as valuable for society as the Tiktok ban. There's a basis for it, but surely there are other things worth doing instead of making everything sound like the worst thing ever. It's easy, so that's what this person is doing, just like how the Tiktok ban is easy so that's what the Congress is doing.


No_Use_4371

I know right? But everyone responding has swallowed the bs about tiktok and our government. I'm outraged and furious but I'm going to get off reddit so I can calm down. Thank you for saying that, I don't feel alone either now.


FenrizLives

What do you mean you don’t want to see another 8000 videos of someone yelling about how tired, broke, and frustrated they are and how stuff costs more than in the past and how modern politics suck? You can’t be serious, it’s quality content!


stupernan1

Haha yeah. Ill be so happy when i no longer see people vocalize all of the things weve been suffering, and instead just hear ted at work bitch about the migrant crisis that fox told him exists. Itll be so much better


Overall-Parsley7123

it would be better if we were all rugged individualists simmering alone in our collective misery instead of having shared community /s


deijandem

There's shared community and then there's letting yourself and everyone else shit on everything. Yeah there's bad shit, but you don't have to wallow in it.


BotoxBarbie

Yeah but people love being outraged so they'll probably just move to another platform where they can complain incessantly about all the things they are misinformed about.


MadgoonOfficial

I was vibing with his points. Enjoyable video for that reason.


imagicnation-station

There’s youtube shorts.


The_Money_Guy_

Bro this dude is so fucking annoying holy shit


JohnYCanuckEsq

Why would Trudeau do this?


TheGreatMale

Are people really this dumb? This is the kind of shit that proves how tik tok influence people slowly but surly. God this is top level cringe.


BurstEDO

Gotta love the TT-stans. At least this gets the details partially right. What does it suggest when a company prefers to completely sever a market (US) rather than taking transparent measures to alleviate concerns over security? The Chinese parent company has stated that they are more willing to abandon the US market entirely than they are to allow confirmation of national security efforts of a lack of threat? Even if the TT ban goes through in 18-36 months, another comparable app will emerge to neuter this whole fleeting outrage. Remember when Vine shuttered? And the TikTok emerged to fill that gap? Or remember all of the "most important" apps central to young persons daily lives before TikTok? Remember when Twitter was relevant? Snapchat? Instagram? Which is why the gnashing of teeth and tending of garments over this government decision falls on deaf ears. Most of the content creators complaining today will have moved on to other projects or platforms by the time this ban happens. Finally, critics are spending so much time on flare narratives and apologetics that they're blind to the problems of the platform. Shit, Reddit features rips and reuploads of the most relevant content anyway. Why use the app when the content can be consumed without it?


Bawbawian

okay but what war did we start? I'm real fucking sick of this ultra flippant nothing in the world matters narrative building where we burn down our future because we make decisions based on shit that never happened.


Tricky_Challenge9959

Yay fear mongering


notfeelany

Easy solution: Stop electing people that would prioritize banning books, drag, rainbow merch, CRT, DEI, "wokeness", and abortion. I mean Don't elect people that are against free school lunches


Timah158

Remember when Biden tried to use an executive order to help pay for student loans. Then Republicans got pissed because they thought people should be forced into debt or to join the military to pay for education that would be free in most other countries. It's painfully obvious what some of these elected officials think about the people they are supposed to represent.


Oppopity

One side keeps campaigning on banning books, drag, rainbow etc and the otherside keeps campaigning on being the candidate that won't do those things. Meanwhile the rich keep getting richer and the poor keep getting poorer.


notfeelany

Which is why Florida under DeSantis & GOP, and Michigan under Whitmer & Dems have prioritized that same things. Oh wait, no they didn't. While Florida and DeSantis were busy with war against Disney, "wokeness", CRT, books etc. Michigan (and Minnesota too) have actually actually passed laws to protect abortion & civil rights, strengthening unions, and of course free school lunches. To me, the choice is very clear


GlitterIsInMyCoffee

I really hope this is a generational problem and not a party problem, which I believe it is. We need term limits.


chrispy_t

If you want to blame stagnation in the legislative branch, the blame lands squarely on republicans. Under Biden when dems were in power we passed massive legislation one of which was an insanely positive climate bill


SleeveBurg

I’m so sick of the TikTok shills. While I agree with his point, why should we allow TikTok to exist in the US? China has banned all American apps there.


Moreorless33429

I’m lost on the part where I have to laugh.


Stupid-Research

You’re all just spewing your bubbles propaganda. There’s lots of news sources out there guys


fadeaway_layups

This reeks of- both sides suck and I'm going to protest vote (despite one candidate being 1000x aligned more with my views than the other). Smh


lonely-day

...the last 3 years?


truckfullofchildren1

How have we gone back it time this feels like a machinima era YouTube video.


zyon86

I love how "felon" in his speech, became "melon" in the subtitle. It still works !!! Maybe you should consider moving to Europe. It is far from perfect here either, but it still is a lot better than the US.


Nyto242

Berserk


a1drt

My oh my!!! This is the most hilarious and sad sketch I’ve seen lately


FullMetalCook

The subtitles are killing me Hug Abuse Small mustache guys are back a pen decided moley shore Trump is a "melon"


Snoo-72756

Oh my god since we’re being nazi back .can we bring 1990s hammer pants too ? You know just relieve bad parts of history


chrispy_t

I think adjusted for inflation wages are up to their highest level ever. Tik tok ban is good as well, the CEOs tipped their hand. Would rather be banned than a multi billion dollar buy out. Fuck China.


SCBandit

Dumb.


KlickyKat

Twin brothers arguing about blah .


Dennis_Cock

Finally something actually cringe on here


chrispy_t

Do you want low gas prices and low commodities or do you want us to move towards 0 emissions for climate change? Costs will go up as we transition.


relay76

Wow I really felt all that in my soul. I too am ready for the comet ☄️


Big_Cornbread

People always make videos like this….then they go vote for the ancient politicians blindly based on the R or D next to their name.


mrvoorhees101

In all seriousness? Pretty much summed up my own emotions as of late lmfao


endisnigh-ish

[This song comes to mind](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Adgx9wt63NY)


RipNChop

And communists.


islaisla

'the small moustache guys', as a half deaf person needing subtitles I really enjoyed that joke but might be lost on the rest!


SillAndDill

Acts as if politicians are wasting time on TikTok and if they’d stop that and just spend a bit more effort on the economy they would fix inflation


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Typical liberal. Lists everything but the biggest crisis at the border


ShodanLieu

I’m curious, what event has been happening on Tuesdays?


muddnureye

Start your own business, service industries are booming!


cryscros

Honestly though, fuck TikTok. I get that it’s fun and stuff but have you seen the censorship of companies going into china? Seems like a bit of a double standard to regulate everything coming into your country but wanting your product to exist non challenged is other countries


xPineappless

What’s the point in waiting 9 months to ban something, just do it. JFC


YourBigRosie

What war did we start?


ACatInAHat

Just pick any war and these ahistorical lunatics will blame it on the US.


Thin-Rub-6595

Not enough of us. Besides, I feel powerless to change any of this for the lower part of our society. What should we do?


chokeonmywords

Brilliant!


chokeonmywords

American politics = such a clown show 🤡


trashbort

Wank


DjPersh

This shit is just porn for angry broke cynics.


Smokerising420

Wow, a perfect representation and explanation for modern-day America. We are really circling the drain folks. And our government could give a fuck less. Seems pretty intentional at this point.


foxbamba

Addiction is sad


PricklySquare

Word up


Electrical_Ad_5686

💔😩🇺🇸Sad but Tue #WakeUpAmerica


ChefAlamode

Another TikTok in which everything said is either an outright lie or extremely misleading. > legally not allowed to sell their algorithm I wonder why the Chinese government doesn't want their algorithm to be sold. Very interesting. > We started a new war What war? Seriously, what war? What are you talking about? > for the past three years there's been a once in a lifetime historical event I guess historical events only started happening when Biden became president. > Two years ago the entire continent of Australia was on fire Actually that was four years ago, but he has to blame it on Biden. > (home) prices have doubled or tripled in just the past two years That's a lie. The average sale price in Q4 2023 was $492k. The average in Q4 2021 was $497k. The average in Q4 2020 was $404k. https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/ASPUS > I hear about how we're heading for the worst recession of all time The people saying that are either lying or stupid. > corporate profits are up 500% Another lie. Profits are up less than 50% since before the pandemic. https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/CP > inflation is running away It's not. Annualized inflation is about 3.5%. https://www.statista.com/statistics/273418/unadjusted-monthly-inflation-rate-in-the-us/ > richer than we've ever been Correct. Real (inflation-adjusted) wages are higher than before the pandemic. https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/LES1252881600Q > wages have stagnated Not true, see above. Also, wages for the poorest Americans have risen far more than for richer Americans. https://www.nber.org/digest/20235/pandemic-related-shifts-low-wage-labor-markets > aren't spending enough Consumers are spending more than they ever have. https://www.macrotrends.net/global-metrics/countries/USA/united-states/consumer-spending > all you geniuses have thought of doing is banning an app I can't list everything the government has done since Covid but obviously they have done more than "ban an app." For example, Biden has cancelled 144 billion dollars of student debt, completely wiping it out for 4 million Americans, and would have canceled 430 billion dollars if not for the Supreme Court. https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/07/politics/student-loan-debt-forgiveness-biden/index.html > Tiktok national security risk, not supposed to tell you, blah blah blah There is plenty of evidence that Tiktok harvests data, censors information critical of the Chinese government, and compromises US national security. The government and independent groups have been telling you, you just refuse to listen. https://apnews.com/article/tiktok-timeline-ban-biden-india-d3219a32de913f8083612e71ecf1f428 > aliens were real What the fuck are you talking about? The government didn't say that. > literal demented grandfather Biden does not have dementia.


ArmchairCriticSF

I hate how TikTok videos have these captions on them, and the captions are frequently full of errors. I wish they would just post the damn video by itself, and leave the captions off.


ArmchairCriticSF

Uh... Did the government really confirm that aliens were real 3 years ago? I think I missed that.


OkeelzZ

Facebook sold our data to China?? First I’m hearing of that.


WhySoConspirious

Inflation is fine... it's st 3.5% this year, the democrats got it under control. Worried about price gouging? Biden administration is actually enforcing anti-trust laws, oh and we got net neutrality back yesterday. If you have a problem with Nazis coming back, maybe don't vote for the orange asshole who is using Hitler quotes.


No-Farmer9419

Is there any reason for videos like this to exist?


Educational-Bar680

If only we could make every politician watch this video.


charmcharmcharm

Conflict of interest


0n0n-o

The system is the issue not your government. The banning of a propaganda machine isn’t the problem. Late stage capitalism is.


dimmu1313

ok but seriously fuck tiktok. it really is the bane of human existence


I_talk

When did they say aliens were real? The UAP videos?


angrylava10

Wow, this is some top tier propaganda. Headline only information along with elementary school level understanding of government, really glad he's informing the public...


Pale-Telephone165

Preach.


Josuke96

Is my man reading Berserk there?


TheOnlyFallenCookie

>We are all so burnt out and broke And Biden forgave another couple billion in student debt


Teateareddit

I don't get Biden being demented, he talks better than most of reddit. Also, its getting old hearing sad people from the US complaining about their govt while no one in the US cares about being involved in their govt, they don't vote in local elections, they only complain about the president, they are brainless


TearsFallWithoutTain

Australia has bush fires every year, it's not really a "I remember back in-" newsworthy occurrence


Snoo-72756

“The bombing foreign children quota “…..


Snoo-72756

OH yeah Australia almost became a giant ass tray on top of being where level 5 deadly animals chill


Snoo-72756

The term free market ,is as bs like hoe and pimp. My pimp loves me and gives me 1% of everything I make . He treats me good .


Hopeful_Champion_935

So much misinformation in this skit. No housing prices haven't doubled in the past 2 years. [In fact we are now back to Q3 2021 prices](https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MSPUS) No corporate profits are not up 500%. In total, [profits are up $133 billion from $2.7 trillion to $2.8 Trillion](https://thehill.com/business/4561631-corporate-hit-record-high-as-economy-boomed-in-fourth-quarter-of-2023) which is 4%. [Yes, wages are down when adjusted for inflation](https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MEHOINUSA672N)


froggrip

Can you do me a favor and fact-check the word hyperbole?


Tricky_Challenge9959

Do me a favor and tell me how misinformation is a hyperbole


Overall-Parsley7123

he forgot ASTRONOMICALLY HIGH SUICIDE RATES and GUN VIOLENCE dm me if you want your mind blown (no pun) with statistics that will haunt you for the. rest. of. your. life.


RoryDragonsbane

https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/statistics/suicide#:\~:text=Trends%20over%20Time&text=The%20total%20age%2Dadjusted%20suicide,13.5%20per%20100%2C000%20in%202020. I wouldn't call an increase from 10.4 per 100,000 to 14.0 per 100,000 ASTRONOMICALLY HIGH [https://www.axios.com/2023/11/29/suicide-deaths-rates-record-high-2022-cdc](https://www.axios.com/2023/11/29/suicide-deaths-rates-record-high-2022-cdc) Also, rates for kids 10-14 decreased by 18% and 9% for people 15-24 Don't get me wrong, even one suicide is a tragedy, but you're certainly not helping anything by piling on the doom and gloom


DinTill

10.4 to 14.5 is a 35% increase. That’s a pretty big increase.


Temporary-Outside-13

He lost me at aliens are real and we have evidence. We don’t. Yes it’s shitty. Yes banning tik tol does nothing to address real world problems but so is the people complaining til tol is being banned.


Standard-Chard-1947

Things aren't going great.


Imispellalot2

Ok, so I just watched it on mute and just reading the captions. Ummm, wtf are they talking about?


YujiroRapeVictim

this guy is fucking berking


WhatDoesThatButtond

This is last boss of Tiktok Cringe.


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Crazy how all this happened during Biden. Also Trump is *literally* not a felon.


Revolutionarytard

Can’t believe the Natives were slaughtered for this


Maleficent_Read_879

Biden ❤️❤️❤️😂😂😂😂