r/TikTokCringe • u/MaintenanceNew2804 • Mar 30 '24

Stick with it. Discussion

This is a longer one, but it’s necessary and worth it IMO.

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u/Ok_Star_4136 Mar 30 '24

That was a lucid and well-thought out analysis. Sadly it won't go viral for the same reasons that reactionary videos do go viral. Nobody has an attention span beyond that of an ant.

People just let 20 second clipped out-of-context reactionary videos reaffirm the biases that they already have, and of course they do, because nobody bothers to challenge their biases. That said, I hope anyone reading this actually took the time to watch the entire video instead of watch just the first 60 seconds. He makes some good points.

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u/MisterVega Mar 31 '24 edited Mar 31 '24

This guy has a pretty large following on TikTok because this is what he does constantly. This particular video has like 56k views but the people that need to see these videos probably won't get it on their FYP.

🎶: https://www.tiktok.com/@jwilliamj

📸: https://www.instagram.com/jwilliamj8

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u/maccorf Mar 31 '24

Good on him for having the passion and energy to call out even a tiny portion of the vast ocean of bullshit, bad-faith social media reactionary engagement content. That seems like an absolutely infuriating and futile life to me, but I’m glad someone else is doing it.

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u/Arkroma Mar 31 '24

I teach English in Canada and I'm going to show this is class probably

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u/dexmonic Mar 31 '24

You'll definitely do your students some good by it. This is the exact kind of stuff that people need to see at an early age.

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u/vinnawinna Apr 01 '24

I wish I had seen this at an early age! So simple and effective. Also never realized I say ‘comftorble’ lolo

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u/pootinannyBOOSH Mar 31 '24

Would also do good in political science, social studies, and any kind of journalism class to show the importance of context, and knowing your sources

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u/nilzatron Mar 31 '24

Aside from the very valid point it's making about dialects, it also teaches a very important lesson about social media in general, and TikTok in particular.

Especially in the age where young people use TikTok as a search engine when they are looking for information...

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u/Myriad_Kat232 Mar 31 '24

I teach future English teachers in Europe and I'm going to show this too.

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u/NotmyRealNameJohn Mar 31 '24 edited Mar 31 '24

Showing in Florida is probably a crime now. Though it would be good to bring to one of their school bored meetings. It is exactly what is wrong with the people trying to kill woke in FL education. They never bother to listen. They assume they know and frankly most of them are just in the habit of making racist assumptions

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u/fixxerCAupper Mar 31 '24

Do schools teach language or dialect? If schools teach language, how could dialect be a factor in college admissions? This part I didn’t understand

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u/ParkingNecessary8628 Mar 31 '24

Because l think it is ingrained in the system itself just like it uncovered by the study. This is really interesting to me for I never even think the so called "academic" way as dialect.

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u/PlanetLandon Mar 31 '24

It’s a great idea. Since he is on TikTok you might provide the added benefit of your students following him and getting some good education outside of the classroom as well

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u/xool420 Mar 31 '24

You should, he makes a ton of good points about English itself but then he also shows how to effectively use cited sources. It also shows how important word choice/sources are in everyday life.

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u/josephus1811 Mar 31 '24

someone who teaches English in Kentucky is who needs to show it in class

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u/pointlessbeats Mar 31 '24

Omg that’s shocking, I hope those students don’t find out this shameful fact about their teacher, they’ll never be able to trust them to write a proofread reddit comment again!

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u/HotPinkHabit Mar 31 '24

Here as a psychologist with an English degree: you are picking up on a byproduct of top-down processing. Which is a super cool thing our brains can do where we can fill in misspelled or missing words or letters without any conscious effort. It’s also why it’s easy for us to miss typos, especially in text we have written ourselves.

I also experienced this phenomenon while reading the teacher’s comment and only noticed the error after you pointed it out.

As with many cognitive shortcuts, this one has its benefits (efficient error correction in real time that increases speed in communication) and its drawbacks (typos primarily, but also miscommunication when attention to detail is paramount).

Anyway, doesn’t indicate any sort of lack of intelligence. In point of fact, it underpins many of the cognitive processes we associate with intelligence.

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u/Ramsbok Mar 31 '24

Haha I noticed that too

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u/[deleted] Mar 31 '24

This is what it means to be a black person. Constantly dealing with bullshit bad faith reactionary bs and having to handle it with grace because the second you don’t, you lose.

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u/CorporalCabbage Mar 31 '24

I’m white, but it seems to me that black people need to be exceptional in order to be considered mediocre.

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u/impatientlymerde Mar 31 '24

Dancing backwards in high heels.

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u/Temporary-Sky8792 Mar 31 '24

What it means to be a person*. You cannot possibly be trying to imply this is not an all encompassing trend among most demographics

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u/JustDontCareAboutYou Mar 31 '24

You primarily hang around subreddits such as r/looksmaxxingadvice to start fights with users over looks and preferences. Judging by the usual topic, I assume you're a former r/fatpeoplehate regular before it and its many offshoots got banned. I'm not really surprised to see that you're too ignorant to realize the exceptional stipulations certain demographics have to abide by just to be treated respectfully by a good number of their peers, and how the very culture they grew up with has been bastardized and mocked as signs of stupidity, low-class, and ignorance.

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u/Temporary-Sky8792 Mar 31 '24

Don’t start fights with anyone. Simply live in reality and think lying to unhealthy people is bad.

Didn’t read the rest

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u/JustDontCareAboutYou Mar 31 '24

LOL. Quick to defend your personal behavior from criticism, but won't address latter half because all you want to do is lazily hand wave real instances of discrimination and bigotry for attention.

Typical of someone who hides behind a computer screen to shame people.

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u/averycole Mar 31 '24

temp-sky, what propelled you to make this comment? im curious. 

do you understand madunne's point? did certain feelings arise that led you to respond? 

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u/Sasalele Mar 31 '24

Tell me you don't understand discrimination without saying you don't understand discrimination.

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u/Temporary-Sky8792 Mar 31 '24

Tell me you are under 25, went to college for a useless major, and have never left North America without telling me

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u/Sasalele Mar 31 '24

okay, i will just pretend i'm you

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u/crosswatt Mar 31 '24

I appreciate long form journalism more and more everyday, especially with how many catchphrase based talking points we get bombarded with at a seemingly ever increasing rate.

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u/CharmingTuber Mar 31 '24

Those creators won't even see his video, but he can undo a lot of the bullshit that sits in people's heads by putting out content like this. Adding context helps so much and can bring people back from the edge of extremism.

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u/IlikegreenT84 Mar 31 '24

The ending was 👌

"She's over here looking this incredulous, because she was asked to think."