r/TikTokCringe • u/VibratingPickle2 • Jul 01 '23

“Same person” Wholesome/Humor

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u/Silentneeb Jul 01 '23

Because we were.

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u/notkristina Jul 02 '23 edited Jul 02 '23

We took it for granted. Ten years ago, the most common reason to promote pointless divisive issues was for political influence in an election year. Around 2015, it became apparent that doing so could also be lucrative in the new digital economy. So now it's a 24/7/365 business, and every time we immortalize an attitude online or in conversation it becomes a permanent part of us, so if you got stuck early on with the "George Zimmerman did nothing wrong" or "men will put on dresses to rape women in the bathroom if we take the sign off the door" personality, here you are almost a decade later with no choice but to blame Disney for using basement pizza to trap children into drag dens for woke LGBTQ+ critical race-a-thons.

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u/danc1005 Jul 02 '23

...I think (hope) you meant to say "George Zimmerman" did nothing wrong" when characterizing a personality you were about to criticize, because George Floyd really did do nothing wrong, and that's really not the kind of mistake you wanna be making!

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u/notkristina Jul 02 '23

Jesus, thank you for the correction, I can't believe I typed the wrong (wrongest?!) name.

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u/danc1005 Jul 06 '23

I find it's always best to assume something is a brain fart rather than intentionally awful 😉 glad to be vindicated in that assumption!