Gains for you, losses for others : memes

[-] JshKlsn@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 years ago

I know TikTok is a punching bag, but this is quite literally every social media platform. People have died from YouTube trends, Facebook trends, Reddit trends, Twitter trends, Instagram trends, etc.

If Lemmy pops off, I am sure people will be posting stupid Lemmy trends, too. It's just an internet issue.

[-] purahna@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 2 years ago

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/03/30/facebook-tiktok-targeted-victory/

[-] medgremlin@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 years ago

I plan on working in emergency medicine after med school, and I feel like I'm going to have to get a dummy/burner phone to put TikTok (or its future equivalent) on to keep up with what trends and memes will be coming through the ER.

[+] interolivary@beehaw.org -7 points 2 years ago

Anybody who dies repeating something idiotic they saw on social media really isn't much of a loss

[-] RobertPetersen@lemmy.world 25 points 2 years ago

The problem is some TikTok trends result in people causing others to die.

Example: Kia boyz car thieving joy riders have caused crashes that resulted in fatalities of people who were minding their own damn business.

[-] burndown@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 years ago

I feel like this requires an age qualifier

[-] medgremlin@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 2 years ago

Yeah, I worked in pediatric emergency medicine for a while and it's really not the fault of literal children that they get hurt by these kinds of things.

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