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A nuke goes off in Oklahoma or something. I would not know unless my friend is texting me. Like for sure. Like it's not like I'm checking AOL news anymore. I don't get like news pings to my phone. I wouldn't know other than if I literally heard it from another human being. Like, for those 14 hours, I was literally like, nothing exists anymore. Like, really, I haven't felt a feeling like that since it— I mean, now that TikTok is like a part of my life, it's like so ingrained in everything. Like, TikTok is— and you realize how important it is. It's like, it decides culture. Like, it decides like, like, like everything about culture, like fashion, what songs to listen to, every singer that's blown up in the last 3 years. Years is all TikTok. You decide what movies to watch because of TikTok. You decide where to eat because of TikTok. What, like, Yelp isn't even a thing anymore. You go on TikTok to see what the best place is to, to, to stay at, and for like different hotels in different countries, for clubs to visit, like everything.

January 22, 202542:46David
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Isa42:23
Yeah, TikTok was so funny during that period.
David42:24
Yeah, TikTok was really funny. It also felt like the world went dark. Like, for me, as— this is gonna— this may make me sound like the biggest idiot of all time, but like, to me, it I was literally like, where am I gonna get any information from? Like anythin…
Natalie42:44
I would love to see your TikTok algorithm.
David42:46
A nuke goes off in Oklahoma or something. I would not know unless my friend is texting me. Like for sure. Like it's not like I'm checking AOL news anymore. I don't get like news pings to my phone. I wouldn't know other than if I literally heard it from another human being. Like, for those 14 hours, I was literally like, nothing exists anymore. Like, really, I haven't felt a feeling like that sinc…
Natalie43:43
And that's why they wanted to take it down.
David43:45
Yeah, yeah, right. I, I mean, I completely get it, but it literally felt like an EMP grenade went off and like all communications were lost and the world went dark and all I had was like text messages. I felt like my iPhone turned into like a Razr flip phone.…
Jason44:03
I'm not as avid of a TikTok user as you are.