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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. 
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 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.