I Don’t Like TikTok, But We Really Need It
I would consider myself to be anti-TikTok. As a Zoomer, I am definitely in the minority among my age range. It’s not because I hate silly internet content— in fact, it’s quite the opposite. My adolescence coincided with the lifespan of Vine, TikTok’s spiritual precursor, and I can’t tell you how many hours I spent rotting my brain on that godforsaken app–– lying facedown on my bed, scrolling through 6-second videos and repeating its viral memes like “Road work ahead?” to my friends at school ad