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I've been keeping it off my face as much as I can on video, but I'm livid about the TikTok ban.

I have about 100,000 followers on that app. I joined during the pandemic. I was lucky to find a community full of incredible people, many of whom I now consider lifelong friends. Because of the community I found on that app, I found space to experiment with my gender presentation. I was able to come out as nonbinary (to feel SAFE ENOUGH to come out as nonbinary) because of that app.

I've seen a few Tumblr posts in which people gloat they never got into TikTok. Good for you. You won't suffer emotionally, and that makes you feel superior. But if you have no concept of what that app has meant for more than 170,000,000 Americans (that's half of all Americans!), many of whom do not have access to community in physical spaces, kindly sit down.

The ban constitutes the largest mass layoff in American history. We will lose billions of dollars in our domestic economy. Over 7 million small businesses are shuttering because of the ban. You will feel the effect of that whether or not you were on the app. If you can't grasp the significance of that, again: kindly sit down.

The language of the TikTok ban has set a dangerous precedent for the American government to shutter any tech platforms they deem "dangerous" for arbitrary, undisclosed, nebulous reasons. This will affect Americans' ability to organize, spread information, and protest. They have effectively banned our right to assembly in digital spaces. This is the greatest infringement of free speech that has ever occurred in the United States. If you can't grasp the significance of that, either: kindly sit down.

This is bigger than "never falling for the TikTok craze." This is an enormous governmental overreach sanctioned by our own Supreme Court. It's bigger than teens doing silly dances you can sneer at from your smug high horse.

And if you can't grasp that: Kindly. Sit. Down.

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ever since i was a little girl i’ve been awkward and embarrassing

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“there’s no need to call me ‘sir’, professor”

HES SO CUNTY IN THE BOOKS I LOVE IT

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Before and after sunset

Germany

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concept: nudes that capture evidence of paranormal phenomenon in the background by accident

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it’s so evil when you have a beverage and you drink it and then there’s no beverage anymore

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Hate how lighting a candle does wonders to my mood. Like wowwww. Grug like fire? Grug not sad anymore because Fire in Cave? Wow. Real predictable of Grug.

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saturday book mail, struggling to decide which i’m going to read first, send help 😭

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oh to be a husky playing in the snow, mika has been loving every second of the snow we’re getting in esmd

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antique books in Paris, July 2023

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apparently everyone is sick of my shit and they’re going to kill me tomorrow. idk it’s just what I heard

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Sex is bad ass if you like hanging around someone enough you can get them to put a bunch of ooze in you. Or other such things

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I want to [remembers that suicide jokes only further damage my mental health] fuck you like an animal

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(forgot the word cunty) girl you look vaginal

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"am I being annoying" are you aware that my heart is trying to crawl out of my chest to get to you