(TikTok screencap)
The gates are open and I'm dragging you inside.
this post was submitted on 20 Aug 2025
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Literally I’m like this.
New book I read and enjoyed? You’re going to know about it.
I installed Linux? You’re gonna know.
I like the buttons from airplane pilots cabin? You’re gonna know
I'm confused about why "(TikTok screencap)" is necessary.
My posts tend to elicit “No AI images!” responses, so I’ve taken to providing the source.
I included the video link on occasion (you can watch TikTok videos without being logged in or having the app), but then I’ll get lambasted for trying to recruit users, so 🤷🏻♂️
Because now you can just steal an old funny tweet, Tumblr post, or reddit showerthought and turn it into an addictive short form video^^^TM by taking a video selfie and putting the content of the tweet in the frame with you. However, there are a few rules to this game:
Rules 1 and 2 are the same as with everything (with the exception of fight club).
Rule 3 is that you must never EVER credit the original poster. It is your funny now! You made this. You've never even been on twitter, what is that?
Rule 4 is that you must always be in a car. I don't know why, but there are severe penalties for breaking this one, with a few exceptions including cooking, washing dishes, or if you have boobs and you show either a portion of them or their outline then you can be wherever you want.
or if you have boobs and you show either a portion of them or their outline then you can be wherever you want.
There's a fine line between fine and a community violation. Be careful out there.
Where is that line exactly, do you know? Because I have seen things on Instagram and Tiktok that would make pornstars blush.
No idea. The moderators won't tell me.
Get yourself the right kind of broken partner and you don't even need to do this. They'll straight-up mirror your interests, behaviors, etc...
Kindly enlighten me sir
https://www.simplypsychology.org/narcissistic-mirroring.html
In practice, she seems like the ideal partner. Forget girls who don't like your hobbies, she's into the same hobbies (now)! Maybe you go over one day and you realize all of the music playing is stuff that you've been listening to on Spotify. She checked.
It's beyond flattering into, "okay, slow down" territory. One of the ugly sides being that she would do that with others, too, she acknowledged she didn't know what her own personality was anymore. She struggled with her sense of self-identity. It's hard to capture how it could feel really creepy and, ironically, isolating.
GET CULTURED MOTHERFUCKER