Comment by echelon

4 days ago

> Jesus, this is like a line out of a William Gibson novel. I hope you wrote that aware of the irony inherent in it.

There's a spectrum between Vaudeville and sharing family recipes. YouTube's MrBeast is on one end of that spectrum.

This is the kind of stuff that happens on TikTok: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdXhx-yECOc

This is what was meant.

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wqaatwt  3 days ago

> This is the kind of stuff that happens on TikTok: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdXhx-yECOc

still confused. Is this supposed to be an example of “bad” or “good” content?

Because I can’t (perhaps due to lack of empathy.. idk) imagine why anyone would want to waste their time watching stuff like that.

  • jerojero  3 days ago

    It's pretty creative and funny stuff, imo. If you consider that to be "good" or "bad" that's up to you I guess.

    The way people choose to spend their lives is largely up to them, I'm not sure it's good to be labeling things as a "waste of time" when they're deriving something from it that you simply do not understand. Particularly when they do it in a way that is pretty harmless.

    I don't know if you have pets, but if you spend time observing them you'll see most of what they do is simply letting time pass and for them, that's enough. Believe it or not, for many people the same is the case. Finding meaning in the acts we do is a personal endeavour so I think rather than telling people they're wasting their time instead try to understand what they're seeing in such things that you don't see.

    I think a lot of people find creative acts very rewarding, there's an element of surprise that comes from it. The unexpected can be enjoyable. I think one of the reasons why the TikTok algorithm is so powerful is that it really succeeds in giving people the feeling of constant surprise.

    Personally, I've found really inspiring art on Tiktok, as well as new music and also a lot of simple but engaging content in german (which I'm trying to learn).

motorest  3 days ago

> This is what was meant.

I think you inadvertently made an entirely different point: it's all fake, but you just swallow some content acritically believing it's something personal that speaks to you.

In the end, you're just complaining that some sirens are fake but others really do love you.