Nietzsche was prescient about the interwebs: "... if you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss also gazes into you."
Detim to vide fit, fit vide to oso. (while you watch the feed, the feed watches you.)
I have mostly seen extremely stupid videos on TikTok and get amazed how people make this stuff.
There’s jokes about there being different TikToks based on this. Like “gay TikTok”, “farmer TikTok”, etc. As a point of reference, TikTok for the occasional time I use it will be a mixture of:
- farming / horses / archery
- construction workers and mechanics either doing really sketchy stuff or providing really useful stuff
- two strippers who tell funny/cringey stories from work (I don’t follow them, they just keep showing up and telling ridiculous stories, which I listen to, which reinforces The Algorithm)
Bonus Scyth: https://d30womf5coomej.cloudfront.net/c/d4/0cb93d1b-dc27-43d... (The bow carrier is a thing because stringing a 25 lb bow from the saddle works, but stringing a recurve is not so trivial. She doesn't have a thumb ring, but I don't know if the artist knows any better than I do by whom and when those were used on the steppe.)
If you make a new profile on tiktok (or just download the app) you will see a few women in borderline pornographic videos. That's all it took for me to remove the app, which means I did not give the app much time to learn about my tastes.
1. bun in a watermelon swing.
2. dogs in headscarves listening to something bollywood-like
3. a train (with unusual horn, or maybe that's just a train-horn sounding soundtrack)
4. someone playing with a horizontally wiping sampler
5. someone pretending to demonstrate internet connectivity in different countries. (if true, albania is worse than turkey?)
of which the only indecency I can think of is "representational art" and I guess people who care about that surf with lynx.
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At a stretch, the best I can do is view #1 and think "My anaconda don't want none / Unless you've got buns, hun." and even that fails due to the singular, not plural, bun.
Incidentally, was it from HN that I learned about the very small-audience potential nightclub use of the International Code of Signals?
Foxtrot: I am disabled; communicate with me. (aka The Sorority Mating Call, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24737386 )
Quebec: My vessel is healthy
Tango: I am engaged in pair trawling
One might even imagine conversations, along the lines of Wuthering Heights by semaphore:
beginning of the evening
A) Yankee, Zulu, Kilo: I am dragging my anchor. I require a tug. I wish to communicate with you.
B) November, Xray: Negative. Stop carrying out your intentions and watch for my signals.
end of the evening
B) Papa: All hands report on board. Putting out to sea.
A) Charlie: Affirmative.
at B's apartment
B) Mike Alfa Bravo: I request you to make rendezvous in position indicated.
A) Alfa: Diver down.
B) Golf: I require a pilot.
A) Charlie: Affirmative.
B) Hotel, Sierra: I have a pilot on board. I am operating astern propulsion.
after the walk of shame
A) India Tango, Alfa November: I am on fire. I need a doctor.
Bonus wooden ships: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24301933