i have a love hate relationship with smartphones i miss having a separate device for things even if itās more inconvenient, itās more intentional and i feel iāll use my free will to decline the new and embrace the (g)old, project y2k if you will
idk who iām supposed to be, because on one hand i love music with every fiber of my being- but it doesnāt flow out of me the way it does for artists usually, iād say im more of a performer but thatās so difficult to get into?,, one another hand i love animals so much specifcally felines, domestic or wild and big or small, or frogs or penguins, and it would be amazing to go back to school and get a degree in zoology or something and become a wildlife conservationist and so something crazy smart and specific to one of my favorite but thatāsā¦ so daunting? and im starting from square one in education the only thing i have is a hs diploma, thatāll take minimum 4 years if im lucky and itāll take even longer to land the position id specifically want with a certain species,, on a completely secret third hand, ive always been fascinated by religious studies, growing up christian and then leaving the church and adopting a very spiritual approach to the world/universe, ive always enjoyed having conversations with people of other beliefs, learning about religions all around the world and now more than ever it feels like these studies need to be more well represented, and the history not be forgotten since the amount of overlap happening in the us between church and state.. i took an ap lit class in highschool -always loved writing too- and wrote an entire college entry essay on how i came to the conclusion god wasnāt real and the universe was, my teacher surprisingly enjoyed it and encouraged me and actually brought up the idea of theology to me, even explained its mostly a christian pipeline to becoming a priest but thatās necessarily what is actually was, thatās the first time i looked into it, never forgot about it,,, now i somehow have a fourth hand but itās really just an extra finger on my third hand- i think? as mentioned, writing,, itās the only thing ive actually always done, other than singing ofc. ive always enjoyed creative writing and ive honestly always been good at writing regular educational essays, argumentive or research like essays, though i canāt say it was enjoyable or maybe it just wasnāt the write topic, ive always had ideas for stories or songs or poems, ideas for shows and movies, im always writing something but i never finish writing,, but i guess instead of writing itās actually creating because film and photography have been in my life since i was a child, though started forcefully but a photo crazed mother, idk i enjoy expression? and proof of life? proof of existence in anyway i can see or feel,
right now im writing this, my purpose is to live and understand but im confused
i like so many things but iām good at ?? and im so many minorities that i feel an obligation to stay alive and do something with my life, and its not like im not aware i donāt HAVE to do anything. life is meaningless and status and money is made up, BUT i donāt feel good doing nothing i donāt feel good EVER!! and i just want to feel good
idk what iām doing and i know that everyone feels like they donāt know what theyāre doing, but i donāt know what iām doing so much more probably
Rant made by an autistic, history-loving, chronically online American tiktok cosplayer. Please let me know if I've gotten anything wrong and I will edit the post.
Reblog to spread awareness!
This is not just about Tiktok, and it's not about national security. The Tiktok ban is wrapped up in the "Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act" which has the ability to ban any foreign website or app that the United States government sees as a threat to their "democracy." Not only that, but if the gov't didn't want China to gather data, then they would ban things like Shein and Temu (the latter which they advertised during the Super Bowl), which collect similar data that Tiktok does. If they wanted to prevent our data being stolen in general, they would ban companies like Meta, which monetarily supports the Tiktok ban and had to change their name because "Facebook" was associated with the largest data leak in history.
The documentations of the Tiktok court interrogations prove how incompetent our government is. Repeatedly asking the TikTok CEO Mr. Chew if he's Chinese while he repeatedly assures them he's Singaporean. The officials being concerned that they can't find Singapore on a map. The officials then being confused why the app would be able to have access to their wifi because it needs wifi to load.
The possibility of the US buying Tiktok exposes a greater issue in America: monopolies. The Sherman Antitrust Act was passed in 1890 that restricted the activities of large companies known as monopolies, which started out as small companies and would either buy other companies or buy the factories which produced all their materials. This eliminated competition in the market and gave the monopolies almost full control of quality and prices of items, and it was considered very anti-American at the time. Since the US already has multiple major social medias, including Facebook (Meta), Instagram (Meta), Threads (Meta), X (formerly Twitter), Snapchat, and Reddit, adding Tiktok would mean that nobody could compete with the US in the social media market. This makes them a monopoly, and it's incredibly dangerous.
Banning Tiktok breaks several American trademarks. A) the Republicans banning Tiktok are very concerned about their second amendment right to own guns, but they seem to not care about the first amendment right to freedom of speech and press, which Tiktok delivers. Of course there are app guidelines, but for the most part you have fairly uncensored political and ethical commentary like no other social media. B) the only other countries that have banned Tiktok are either heavily demonized by America or are direct targets for American propaganda (ex. China), which really doesn't make the ban look good. C) banning a social media for the purpose of censorship is a trademark of communism, which Americans are INCREDIBLY wary of.
Your country may follow in suit. Because of America's influence as a global superpower and an ally to many other major powers, America banning Tiktok would likely lead to a domino effect in other countries.
The rich get richer. There is a concept called social darwinism, in which it is the rich's beliefs that the poor must fend for themselves without the help of the government in order to make a living - "survival of the fittest." Tiktok contributed around $14.7 billion USD in 2023 and $24.2 billion in 2024, and it supports around 224,000 jobs [source]. The actual Tiktok website says in 2023, they contributed $15 billion USD in revenue and supported 7 million US businesses [source]. Without these jobs, there could be in increase in homelessness, debt, and sickness due to withdrawals (if you're incredibly addicted to Tiktok) and lack of quick dopamine hits (due to the rapidfire nature of the algorithm).
Remember that the president is not your friend !! Many of the political figures rallying to support Tiktok right now, such as President Biden, initially voted for the ban. President Biden is likely supporting now so that Trump won't get credit for it, and future President Trump is likely doing it for brownie points among younger generations.
The Xiaohongshu migration exposed the American government and its lies. The stories from American 'Tiktok refugees' about the questions from native Chinese on the Xiaohongshu / Rednote / Redbook app (considered the Chinese mixed of Pinterest, Instagram, and Facebook) posed a lot of conspiracies and realizations about the American government. The Chinese actually own their homes, they have lower food prices than we do, and they have a slim homelessness rate. Whether this is true or not, it has greatly influenced how we see ourselves in the grand scheme of the American oligarchy, and that is not something that can be suppressed with an app being banned.
Tiktok is not totally Chinese! The CEO is Singaporean, as I've already stated, and there are multiple headquarters in the US, with the main one being in Los Angeles.
In conclusion...
Whether Tiktok is banned or not, whether permanently or not, no matter who saves it or rallies against it, remember that it is harder to scare and control someone when they are in a group. And if you think this was interesting, I'd love it if you could reblog to show some support and inform your friends as well. <3
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