Quenlin Blackwell, a 21-year-old TikToker with 7.9 million followers, posted a video saying she "accidentally" bought a couch for $100,000. She is sobbing in the video and asking her followers to send her money to pay for it.
Predictably, it looks like the new conservative dating app, "The Right Stuff," is getting it all wrong.
"So far, the reviews are terrible, but they're also hilarious," says college freshman Harry Sisson on TikTok, who then begins to cite complaints from some of the app's one-star reviews:
On Tuesday, August 16,2022, seventy Tik Tok creators with a following of more than 51 million users, launched the pro-Union campaign, People Over Prime, to support the demands of the Amazon Labor Union. Organized by Gen Z for Change, the press release said: "Amazon's widespread mistreatment of their workers and blatant use of union-busting tactics will no longer be tolerated by the TikTok Community or TikTok Creators. — Read the rest
Twitter user Nilo (evil hag) recently tweeted a TikTok made by Plastic surgery nurse practitioner Miranda Wilson that's caused a lot of controversy. When Nilo posted it, they said, "I could never be a celebrity because if someone made a video like this about me I would get violent." — Read the rest
Meet Dr. Tatiana Erukhimova, a professor of Physics at Texas A&M University who is also quickly becoming a TikTok star—her latest TikTok has 1.9 million views already! According to her Texas A&M University bio, she received a Ph.D. in Physics from the Russian Academy of Sciences in 1999, and joined the faculty at Texas A&M in 2001. — Read the rest
Unreal_margot is a TikTok account with deepfake videos of actor Margot Robbie. To my eye, it is Margot Robbie. A lot of TikToker viewers are wondering if it really is Robbie trolling people:
State Sen. Kelli Stargel (R–FL), a "family values" politician who just announced she is running for Congress, is being publicly outed by her daughter Hannah Stargel in a series of posts on TikTok. "I felt like I just couldn't sit on the sidelines anymore and just watch this happen," Hannah, a 28-year-old bisexual woman, explained in a recent post. — Read the rest
Judging from the TikTok comments half the people are in on the joke, but the other half are outraged that Chef Scubes gets every international dish he makes wrong.
Libs of TikTok is a popular Twitter account that posts clips of liberal, lefty and LGBTQ people saying outrageous things, right-wing memes, and so on. It's got half a million followers, is indifferent to the truth, and even boasts about getting teachers fired. — Read the rest
A demented "Christian" TikToker posted a video (below), titled "Snipe, Hunting, Doing the Lord's Work," that showed him trying to round up "all the non-binaries" to throw into the back of his truck and take to the hospital.
He starts at a Motel 6, threatening a man, perhaps an employee, who looks utterly confused. — Read the rest
After seeing majestic snow-capped mountains in a TikTok video labeled "Gastonia, North Carolina," a Florida woman convinced her family to take a detour on their NC road trip, driving an hour out of their way to see the splendor for themselves. — Read the rest
When I was in high school I worked at a Kmart and often heard things like "You just lost yourself a customer," "I'm telling all my friends not to shop here," "I know the sale ended last week but can I still get a discount?" — Read the rest
The Covid era has supercharged MLMs. As people find themselves with more free time, a need for income, and a desperate desire for belonging, multi-level marketing companies have provided the guise of opportunity. The barely-legal business model, which continues due to intense lobbying, hinges on its sellers recruiting people who will recruit people who will recruit people. — Read the rest
My first exposure to the Mountain Goats was actually through a cover song; I had worked on a cabaret production for the infamous drag duo Kiki & Herb, and this particularly show included their rendition of the song "No Children." — Read the rest
Biggie Clean has a TikTok channel devote to cleaning extremely filthy and cluttered houses of people with hoarding disorder. He says the work is extremely satisfying, and I believe him. The before and after shots are incredible.
Anna Sacks, known as @thetrashwalker, has gained a following by rifling through the trash. She documents her "garbage walks" on Instagram and Tiktok, showing the perfectly good products that NYC retailers throw away.
When she got her hands on slashed Coach bags, she hatched a plan to bring them to the store's own repair program. — Read the rest