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nobody9999 4 hours ago

>And YouTube also had those stupid challenges with everyone doing the same stupid shit before TikTok even existed.

And before the transistor, we had flagpole sitters[0] and dance marathons[1] and dozens of other memes, just in the 20th century.

This kind of thing is nothing new, and has been going on for as long we've been us. Now this is accessible to a larger and more varied audience, not just those who are nearby.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pole_sitting

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dance_marathon