#TikTok economy

[spiderpanic]

I know a lot of people who are not on TikTok like to look down at the app and pretend that its a stupid, useless thing. But the truth is that Tiktok has millions of users. Tiktok feed

[onlytiktoks]

[catchymemes]

[agentoffangirling]

As the Supreme Court is now hearing arguments on the TikTok ban, I feel like this is an excellent time to remind everyone that getting rid of TikTok is NOT a good thing

And the reason I bring it up specifically on here is bc I have seen far too many people claim that the ban is for the better, that they're so glad it's gone, that people spend way too much time on it (side note, that's social media in general, it's not just TikTok babes. You're spending 15 hours on Tumblr alone, I'll bet). Even if you don't use TikTok and you absolutely hate its guts, trust me when I say you'll want it to stay

Firstly, there's been very little evidence that TikTok's Chinese owner, Bytedance, has been data mining Americans on order of China. Majority of the evidence has not been released to the public and the stuff that has has been censored. Of course the risk that it could exists-- but you cannot simply assume it's doing this all the time, 24/7, when no current evidence has been presented

TikTok has been taking massive steps to insure that American data is protected, primarily with Project Texas. All American data is stored in the United States and controlled by Americans. Again, American data is with AMERICANS

It is also one of the very few apps that is not dominated by American companies. Does no one find it odd that the only foreign-owned application is being singled out, when companies like Meta and Google have arguably done worse damage? Is no one pointing that out?

Due to this, it allows for less mainstream news to flourish on the app. Palestinians have been able to raise their voices and call to attention what is happening in the region, and activists have pushed the crises of Congo and Sudan to the forefront. No other major social media app and news organization has done this, in fact, Meta censored pro-Palestinian content and immediately toggled on a feature for all users that limited political content

And TikTok is just the start. If it gets banned, do you really think everything else is safe? You think you're safe here on Tumblr? On Ao3? On Instagram? NO

At some point they are going to start going after other apps. They'll celebrate and pat themselves on the back that they "protected democracy" but really they limited free speech. They limited alternative voices. It is not an "if" but "when" they begin going after apps that do not conform to their every single standard

If TikTok goes down, they all do

[fairuzfan]

I don't understand why people are so against boycotting Starbucks honestly. Ok separate from Palestine, don't you want to help take down a megacorp? Isn't this what you all were saying with "eat the rich"? Well. We're eating them!

[valtsv]

my favourite thing in temeraire is when temeraire asks a question like okay but why do we even NEED people in charge why can't we all just make our own decisions and agree to be really cool about it and laurence has to be like that's a nice thought my dear but you have got to stop talking like that in public or the government is going to have me Killed

[thashining]

"if our family dies and leaves us money that they've already paid taxes on, we then have to pay taxes on what they left us, we pay taxes on our retirement, etc. We are taxed to death!"

"hold on hold on; in the US, even if you've PAID OFF YOUR MORTGAGE & OWN THE DEEDS, you still have to pay an annual tax to continue living in the house that you own outright? this is madness!"

"China Government owns strategic companies, those companies put back profits into the Chinese Treasury and money is put back to serve people. In US & SA 🇿🇦 Billionaires own companies and buy yachts"

Men 60 Women 55

[stephofromcabin12]

Little PJO tv things I noticed upon my rewatches of it

But can't fit into my script of the PJO tv video™

When Sally and Percy talk in the cabin in Montauk, Percy is in front of mostly yellow/golden colors with bunk beds behind him, while Sally is mostly surrounded by blue tones. Hmm something something she symbolizes the familiarity of the mortal world (blue), and Percy is already belonging to a mythological world, separate from hers (gold).

In the same scene, the light of the fire (from the literal hearth they're sitting at, mind you), gets more agitated as they get more emotional. It starts off pretty stable then flickers more and more until Grover knocks on the door. Something something threatening family safety and peace.

Gabe says 'I don't know where your mom is I'm not Nostradamus!" Which is funny, because Nostradamus was a seer and Gabe is the voice of the Oracle at camp when Percy gets his quest.

Mr D's sunglasses have purple tinted glasses in them. I was wrong about it. They did, in fact, tint them purple/they were already purple tinted beforehand. However it's very subtle and I think if they could highlight the purple in the glasses, they could add an overlay to the actor's eyes. But it's not that big of a deal.

Sally and Poseidon both hold onto Percy's neck/shoulder when they directly acknowledge that he's theirs. Yeah that one made me sick when I realized they parallel each other. Also funny how Sally is bathed in golden light, and Poseidon is in cooler, bluer light. Hmmmmm. Also they're literally framed opposite each other oh my god this show is so fucking good I hate y'all for trying to convince me it wasn't good. Like:

Anyway, speaking of them, not only is there a gold window/wallpaper thingie behind Poseidon in the "I want him to know who he is" flashback scene in episode 7, which is obscured partly by the time it reaches Sally. When we see Poseidon glance at Percy, Percy is separated from him by a blue glass wall. Oooh and people thought this show was too obvious with its writing. Also the whole café looks like a ship. It's so ship coded. Ship pilled café.

Gabe and Poseidon are so eerily similar in little ways. Like not in a 'oh its because Poseidon is bad actually' way but it is interesting that show!Gabe gives 'We have Poseidon at home' vibes. (Same shirt, similar hair color and haircut although P looks far better than Gabe on purpose, loose pants however Poseidon has those Scandi-summer pants and Gabe has grey sweats, sandals--though technically we don't know that P is wearing sandals I argue, your honor, look at that man and tell me he isn't wearing sandals)

Oh, and they also both wear necklaces.

This one I did include in my script because I spent so long having to look at beer cans until I could find a clear shot of the ones Gabe drinks. But they made up a whole beer for him. Just for him. It doesn't exist. It's called Shotz. I don't know enough about America or beer to know if that's some kind of joke. It's also a malt lager. So. beer confirmed, however fake beer.

Hades is the god that blinks the most and I can't tell if that was direction or if its just a coincidence, either way, it's really weird that he's the only god that seems intimidated. What's that about? I can't wait to find out (hopefully)

Grover and Percy both receive affirmations and kindness from mother figures while father figures consistently offer tough love, and discouragement. Hmmm something something patriarchy matriarchy something something

Some of the cabins look to have second floors, yet cabin 11 has just one.

While the casino scene got a lot of heat for being 'least faithful' to the books, the VR games are actually in TLT...So there's that.

The reason Alecto's fight scene feels weird is because she's not aiming to kill Percy like she is in the book. She was asked to bring him in quick and quiet, not kill him. Percy, much like in the book, accidentally kills her. Whoops.

Lin Manuel Miranda's acting in episode 6 actually brings the immersive experience of being stabbed 87 times with a dull, rusty knife and people had the audacity to dislike his casting. That was rude.

In episode 2, Chiron's hand in Pinochle amounts to 10 points (2x 9's = 0, Jacks = 0 and a 10 = 10) So no wonder he's unhappy lmao.

This one might be super obvious and I'm just stupid/inattentive, but Luke's first full dialogue with Percy is: "I heard what happened on the hill. I know what you're going through, really." And yeah. Hah. :(

There is no way in Hades that Mr Brunner is pronounced like that. Why is it spelled like that then. I refuse to believe that. Grammatically, Rick, it makes no sense. Whatever.

I can't prove it, but I'm like 90% convinced the waterbeds at Crusty's are modeled after the gods? I might be stupid here as well.

I know I've talked about this before but what fucking protest at Olympus? What are we talking about. HUH???

There are others probably but I must go and think about something not PJO or I'll die. And keep in mind these are the ones I found while writing and went:

So you can imagine how deeply invested I am in the show by now lmao

[l0vescented]

so what now..?

its over. the app's banned. ive heard rumors that one of the main billionaire dickheads might buy the app, but honestly id rather it be gone than have it be owned by elon musk or fucking mark zuckerberg.

for now, i think tiktok was the only app that got banned. but it won't end there. the goal isn't just to ban an app, it's to silence people who are speaking out against the government, because we as americans, whether we recognize it or not, are living in a fascist nation.

fascist nations ban apps to stop people from communication with other nations.

fascist nations portray other nations, and even other people in the nation, as the enemy, so that the people living in that fascist nation are too busy fighting each other to recognize the issue.

all the things that have happened after this past election have made me realize that, despite what some may think, politics have never been about left vs. right. it's about up vs. down. those who are high up have made it so that those all the way down here are so busy shooting ourselves that we never think to aim upwards.

AIM UPWARDS.

[caffeinesam]

FFS I THOUGHT IT WAS OVERWHELMING THE MUNICIPAL WATER PUMPS BUT NO THEY'RE DROPPING THE MOTHERFUCKING WATER TABLE AND CAUSING THE MOTHERFUCKING GROUND TO COLLAPSE

[thoughtportal]

What's happening to the federal treasury system

[spiderpanic]

A lot of people make their entire livelyhoods off of tiktok. I know a lot of people look down on the app for being a "silly dance app" but its so much more than that. It has been a powerful tool in uniting people that would otherwise never have even bothered to learn about the world around them. I have never seen any other social media site do somthing like this.

[onlytiktoks]

[catchymemes]

She's just a toddler.

[maryjanecrunch]

Every romantasy book trying to beat me down I pick up Robin hobb and I love fantasy again

[torchickentacos]

at the point in my life where my stance towards birthdays is just 'look, I'm really busy this month, can we reschedule this and all of the emotional baggage attached with it as well for a couple months down the line please'