#tiktok is hell

[grime-souls]

I just remembered when I got harassed so badly on tiktok I had to delete my first ever account

And it was because I jokingly called myself a femboy in a trans woman’s comments and she got mad at me because it’s “a slur against trans women”

So I said that I didn’t mean it to come across that way and that I was sorry

She kept being mad, saying I was stupid and accusing me of intentionally belittling her

So I politely mentioned that the word is used against me as a trans man constantly

And then all her friends came in the comments with me and got really fucking mad at me, saying I don’t experience the oppression trans women do, and saying I was a horrible person for “mansplaining”

And they started going in my DMs and comments telling me to die for hating women

I was 12

It said that in my bio

I’d been mutuals with this woman for about a year, she was an adult and knew I was a child

I didn’t know what transandrophobia was at the time, and didn’t have a word for it, but I’m glad I do now

[coastal-wolf]

(TW: Mention of Trauma)

I recently got backlash from making a mood board for all of my thereotypes and post it on TikTok as a sort of introduction to who I am. Why did I get the backlash you might ask?

1. "Alterhumanity is not an aesthetic!"

I know.

I know fully that alterhumanity is NOT an aesthetic, but making a mood board is not illegal! Newsflash! It's just for fun and I like making them

2. "The mood board you made for your doberman thereotype is harmful! You depicted the breed as aggressive!"

I interpreted the animal based on me.

Not on you, not on the breed, me. I am that animal. My brain protected me when I was going through traumatic events. It's a defense mechanism. It keeps me safe. It's all of my negative emotions summed up into a shape of a dog. It doesn't say anything about the breed itself. I know that dobermans are not an aggressive breed, it's just a stereotype.

I did not choose to go through traumatic events, I did not choose to identify as a doberman, I did not choose how I get to feel, I didn't choose anything about this. But I can interpret it any way I want and you don't get to say a thing about it.

My identity and my interpretation of it is none of your business. Yes, I did choose to post it online, yes, I did share it with the world, but still, I can speak about my experience online, I have the right to share it with others.

[mikehasfleas]

Life hack for people with short attention spans:

WATCH DUMB VIDEO ESSAYS!!

I am so goddamn serious. If you have a short attention span, the best thing I've found to help with that is video essays. Please bear with me on this post, or read the tldr:

My attention span was, and still is, totally fucked from my years on the internet and my adhd. I would spend hours on tiktok, instagram reels, yotube shorts, etc, and could barely sit through a TV show episode without opening pintrest to get even more mental stimulation.

But fast-forward to mid-fall last year, where I got really into video essays. Started out with 5 minute "storytime stickmen" videos, then 10 minute explanations of game lore bits, then 15 minute videos on punk subculture stuff, etc, and even though I was still using pintrest and reels relentlessly outside of that, after a little while, I realized that I had stopped pulling out my phone mid-video. The videos were actually grabbing and KEEPING my attention, even if I had little to no prior interest in the subject.

And by now, I've finished multiple 2.5 hour long videos on totally random stuff like the characterization of king candy, the making of a now lost-media tinkerbell movie, weird random stuff in fnaf security breach, etc. Now I actually SEEK OUT these longer videos, and even find myself getting involuntarily disappointed when a video essay I'm watching cuts out at 20 minutes! I actually enjoy sitting through long videos now!

And sure, I don't always watch them in one sitting, but if anything that's even better! I can come back to a video I was in the middle of and STILL keep my attention on it!

This is all to say, you can't just cold-turkey your way out of the instant-dopamine-rush of shortform content. It's just not gonna work. But if you do it gradually, you will likely find yourself getting actually INTERESTED in just the act of watching a longer video. And maybe by extension, you'll find yourself being more engaged in things like your classes because you're already GOOD at being engaged with lectures on random stuff, which will likely make you want to find MORE of that class content (the coursework) because you're used to the information being given for even longer periods of time than the classes are.

Now, this won't work for every type of content, and it obviously won't completely fix your attention span. Hell, I'm still addicted to plenty of online shortform content. But it is undeniably helpful to have even just one facet of your attention span be over an hour.

TLDR (since this IS a post directed at people with short attention spans); I used to have a detrimentally short-as-fuck attention span, but I basically exposure-therapy'd myself into enjoying long videos, and it did WONDERS for my attention span. I want to help you do the same.

So please, for the good of your brain,

WATCH DUMB VIDEO ESSAYS!!!

[whispersfrostfall]

comment upon seeing my 'i fuck with Vanserras and Vanserras only': lucien and eris fan🤢🤢🤢

me, hydrated, above such fuckery: fucking big bad Autumn himself too because unlike YOU I'm cool

[ifeelpissed]

Anyone else see those really weird and toxic dod fans of Pinterest and tt saying some cracked and delusional shit about forsaken?

This is obviously not directed to the die of death community as a whole, as it is more so about the Pinterest and tiktok communities. I have come across a post that called forsaken a dod ripoff. dod was inspired by forsaken and was made a little while after. Forsaken's alpha was released Dec 25, 2024 and then officially released on January 4, 2025. While Die of Death was released on March 7th of 2025.

There was also a post by some rando calling Yi Xi a pursuer ripoff. Which is like... what? both the song and the game came out at around the same time, and considering the fact that Yi Xi is unrelated to roblox outside of fanmade skins the entire claim was baseless and uninformed. So many people on the internet lack basic media literacy skills to such an ignorant degree that I am convinced they'll say anything to make their hate for something valid.

TikTok and Pinterest rlly need to stop pretending that one fanbase is better than another, they all are extremely toxic on those platforms. I know I glaze Tumblr a lot, but that's because this platform, although unhinged, is free from most of the toxicity other platforms post interactions. I have also yet to see any slander posts.

On another note, DOD fans, you guys are cool. Hell, from what I've seen I'd argue DOD is written significantly better than forsaken and I'm in the fandom. Keep being you, you're doin great.

[alwayzolam]

I’ll probably turn this page into an anti web 3.0 thing. i am tired. billionaires know time, attention and authenticity is money so they take advantage of us. i am really tired.

i wanna give tips on what to do and just update here every now and then thru my pc + add some links

while i don’t, consider getting offline too, either just getting on your pc instead of your smartphone or buying physical media instead of giving more money to billionaires.

we can make the internet a place again, just look it up on youtube and you’ll see how fast this movement is growing (THANK GOD).

[bucketofcursedbooks]

I don't get the therian hate cause like, man even if none of it is real and even if its all just a phase I'm just happy it's making the kids go outside and be active. I'm glad there's something out there that's still getting the kids outside and being active in the current day and age where everything is so perfectly crafted to parasite into their brains. Also just like... So what if it's a phase. Let them have fun. Dont bully kids for being cringe. Thats sort of essential to growing as a person and having fun I fear

[t33nag3dirtbaq]

USING MY PROMO PICS THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE FOR TIKTOK BUT ITS ACTING SO WEIRD!!!