TIKTOK is the surprise internet hit of coronavirus as people attempt to fill the endless empty hours of lockdown. Here are some great videos if your attention span is f**ked.
People miming to songs
Pretty pointless, like watching your local am dram group put on a production of Get Carter when you could just watch the actual film. Probably popular due to the ‘perv factor’, ie. TikTikkors will watch anything with a woman in a tight top, even if she’s explaining how to get rid of mildew.
Shit American cooks
Ever wondered if there’s a way to put maple syrup INSIDE a cheese and egg toasted sandwich before frying it? The many weirdly unambitious American cooks on TikTok will show you.
‘Oddly satisfying’ videos
Okay, these can be hypnotic. But it’s hard not to suspect that a video of ice creams being dipped in chocolate in a factory is some sort of capitalist brainwashing to prepare you for a life of standing at a soul-destroying production line.
Dancing
If you want to watch mildly competent dancers showing off horribly to crap R’n’B, TikTok is for you. And, unlike the one good dancer in your office showing off at the Christmas bash, you can turn it off. Also inexplicably popular are videos of dads joining in, as if it’s a modern-day miracle that a healthy 45-year-old man can do Gangnam Style badly.
Overambitious tutorials
Ever wanted to learn how to paint? Tiktok will show you in 15 seconds. Sadly they fail to mention that the people making the videos are GOOD AT IT IN THE FIRST PLACE. The same applies to cool skateboard tricks. The death toll from these videos is currently unknown.
Hunting humans
These real-life fights to the death in undisclosed locations in Eastern Europe are genuinely compelling. Unfortunately you’ll have to download ‘Dark TikTok’, run by the same people as the Dark Web, and once you’ve registered the Russian mafia will kidnap you for the next one.
