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   Elizabeth Tai | 戴秀铃 🇲🇾 (liztai@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 15-Apr-2024 12:20:58 JST Elizabeth Tai | 戴秀铃 🇲🇾

   I blame TikTok, Facebook reels and any kind of stupid short form reels for the noise pollution in cafe's and trains.

   Both my parents seem hopelessly addicted to them and during my Penang vacay it took all my strength not to grab their phones and throw them out of the window because both liked to watch them with phone speakers on - at the same time!!! - while I am just trying to chill in the living room.

   #smartphones #socialmedia

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     Elizabeth Tai | 戴秀铃 🇲🇾 (liztai@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 15-Apr-2024 14:36:20 JST Elizabeth Tai | 戴秀铃 🇲🇾

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     • Bas (Tools on Tech) :verified:

     @toolsontech yea I don't have a TikTok account for that reason. I always feel wrung out when I go down the YouTube rabbit hole, so I can't imagine TikTok 😵

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     Bas (Tools on Tech) :verified: (toolsontech@pkm.social)'s status on Monday, 15-Apr-2024 14:36:22 JST Bas (Tools on Tech) :verified:

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     @liztai I would go insane. And the main reason why I treat shorts like drugs, something to be very carefull with

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     Sean Bala (seanbala@mas.to)'s status on Tuesday, 16-Apr-2024 02:56:30 JST Sean Bala

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     • Bas (Tools on Tech) :verified:

     @liztai @toolsontech During the pandemic, Saturday Night Live did two parody Tik Tok reels. It was so horrifying I never even contemplated signing up for it. It also made me so glad that I never got into Instagram or anything similar.

     The videos were taken down on YouTube due to copyrights on the songs but both were brilliant. Here is a short clip from one that partially captures the chaos:

     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lq5dkopTvs