my unpopular opinion is that i hate tiktok because now people just publicly watch loud ass videos in public spaces with no regard for anyone else. 100% it was not this bad with youtube, it’s such a different thing with tiktok. put on headphones. you are grown.
Girl……
This is it! This is what social media/smart tech have done! They’ve rotted away any distinction between private and public.
Yes, we do have the right to make demands on public behavior. Of course we do. Have you never heard of laws and etiquette? I’m not allowed to grocery shop naked. You can’t rummage through my purse. I can’t have a work meeting in the middle of a movie theatre.
I remember when it was taboo simply to answer your cell phone in public. The person answering would apologize and try to go to a more private area. Then public calls were normalized. Then putting people on speaker. Then listening to music without headphones. Do you know how many times I have hiked up a mountain or driven to the beach, only to be met with someone blaring shitty top 40 music from their portable speaker, because Heaven forbid you go one hour without noise?
Old woman yells at cloud and all that, but I can’t believe someone is not only admitting this behavior, but saying it’s a good thing! No one likes you! You’re a menace!
BEING INCONSIDERATE OF OTHERS IS STILL BAD.
It was obnoxious when it was youtube.
It was obnoxious when it was music.
It was obnoxious when it was the radio.
It was obnoxious when it was dudes wanting to talk to you instead of letting you just read your freaking book.
Do you want to be this guy? Because being obnoxious in shared spaces is how you become this guy.
Wear your damn headphones like an adult participant in the social contract.
She’s reaching for her hatpin.
(From The Cleveland Plain Dealer, March 3, 1907)
I’ve seen people walk through stores blasting their own music or talking to someone on speaker. I don’t understand it. WHY CANT THEY WEAR HEADPHONES??
It isn’t just being considerate. Lots of people have “invisible” conditions. Sound can physically hurt. And those of us who have migraines, are on spectrum, etc often WILL have headphones on all the time in public specifically because of ableist people who don’t get that public noise isn’t just a “you should be glad I am happy/what is the big deal” issue. Be kind please and understand that other people experience the world in different ways than you and some of those ways need less input in order to function.
All I could think of is the fact that people literally read the news paper because they didn’t want any interactions with strangers out in public. Like do you want strangers to have conversations with you? If not wear your headphones. If you don’t, well… get ready for conversations and that’s just going to be awkward as hell as someone jumps in on your private phone conversations or follows you down the street while dancing to your music or singing along horribly.
fxvixen