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 I would 100% pay for ad-free TikTok. Iā€™d pay more than I pay for YouTube Premium or Netflix or ... 
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 @53de482a 
Generally, I think people's issue with TikTok isn't the content so much as the fact that the app itself is a massive privacy violation. 
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Not sure what you are sayi... 
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 @ce0206c9
No, I'm agreeing with you and commenting on the mentality of people who demand that others stay in toxic situations. 
 The "stay and fight" and "only losers leave" mentality, when it comes to living in a fascist stat... 
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 @ce0206c9
Demanding people to sign a figurative suicide pact like that is toxic, abusive, manipulative bullshit. 
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 @b7802b02
Excuse me, I'm going to need to see their Koala-fications. 
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 @429bb265
When saving lives is against the law, then the law is immoral and must be broken. 
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 I would rather catch my partner cheating than walk in on them laughing at a Bill Maher monologue 
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 @1f1f0e3b
"Honey, I swear, it's not what it looks like! I was laughing AT Bill Maher, not WITH him!" 
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 @58606072
It's such a self-own when they use that analogy. Yes, jackasses, a few bad apples spoils the bunch. In other words: #ACAB 
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 @b17a3b4f @58606072 
I doubt it's intentional, but it does perpetuate an existing societal norm.

Your inverse example feels a bit tenuous. We call these things "assistants" for a reason, they're digital gofers, not sources of expertise.