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> New and often controversial lifestyles are proliferating on platforms like TikTok, such as “bimbo culture” and “stay-at-home girlfriends.” The hashtag “#Bimbofication” has garnered over 275 million views on TikTok. Meanwhile “sugar daddy dating” reportedly spiked 74% on the platform SeekingArrangement during the pandemic.

Is the article seriously, unironically talking about view counts on fetish hashtags as a sort of evidence point?

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I think this small section of the article is what resonated with me the least, but then they could use the "delusional" headline.

Almost everything else in the article either matches my own outlook or at least makes a lot of sense to me. And I'm not gen Z, I'm just a frustrated guy in my 30s.

I am also very tired with parsing of social media trends to prove a point. These are a subset of a subset of the population and don't mean much when we account for curious viewers, casual viewers, ironic viewers. Also, the subset of the population perusing social media is low. Even lower when we divide this subset by social media platform. The trends and fleeting passions of the ultra young do not reflect 100% of the population at all.

While I agree it's not some irrefutable data point, I think it does at least give some indication as to the current zeitgeist.

That fact that it un-ironically uses the term “late stage capitalism” should tell you all you need to know about the author, article and publication.

What does it tell you?

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