you seem unaware that over 60% (150M) of the US uses tiktok and around 70% of that (100M) are 18-30. it's unclear on the < 18 numbers but likely a significant number.

i don't think it's unreasonable, particularly when she qualifies gen-z, to conflate tiktok and society.

it's really out of hand. the brain rot, beyond just the psych labeling she touches on, is crazy.

What do you mean by "brain rot"?

Generally it means “deterioration of creative or critical thought capabilities into facile but engaging substitutes for thought” - usually it means something like “taking the algorithm home with you; letting yourself become one with the endless torrent of memes that infinite scroll platforms hand pick and deliver into your brain”

70% of 100M is 70M. There are not 70m 18-30yr olds in the USA.

there's 28% gen z in the US. that's roughly 94M and 70M are on tiktok

You are pulling numbers out of thin air. First you claim 100m 18-30 year olds (the number is closer to 55m) and now you inflate gen Z numbers too (my count is less than 70M, and there is just no way that 100% of them are tiktok users). Here are some real sources https://media.market.us/gen-z-statistics/ https://www.neilsberg.com/insights/united-states-population-...

that's fair. i went off the AI generated answer. here's some links, i was off but the number is still significant.

50% users under 30 (gen z). only counts 18-30, estimate as you will for those under 18 (to be fair she only referenced gen z): https://explodingtopics.com/blog/tiktok-demographics

total users in US is 170M: https://backlinko.com/tiktok-users

your call on if 85M users 18-30 is "[gen z] society".

It exists outside of TikTok (and Tumblr before it). It may not be as noticeable or strong, but it’s there.

Especially with children and teenagers - which is why labeling them early can be so bad (or good, if used sparingly).

It has definitely slipped into real life, amongst us, persons who don't use TikTok. And I've recently heard therapy talk related to relationships/love coming from a close person who I know for certain that doesn't use TikTok, and she's also in her mid to late-30s (so no zoomer).

Tiktok seems to have between 1 and 2 billion users. It's not just something for the terminally online

I would argue that TikTok is what terminally online means now.