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Kent Jones's avatar

Of course you’re right about art history and the resistance to new forms. But is that what TikTok videos are? There’s nothing new about them in terms of their ingredients (moving images, editing, sound, etc.), apart from their length. Aren’t they just a new genre?

Picpants's avatar

Good article! Social media has become a problem, but the paternalistic moralizing from many with power and influence is so nauseating

lin's avatar

My brain is fundamentally incapable of processing short-form video and I will never understand this particular art form, but upvoting anyway because social-media-and-screentime-scoldery delenda est.

GuyInPlace's avatar

"Is heroin cuisine? In defense of hard drugs."

Picpants's avatar

Obviously ridiculous comparison

Milan Singh's avatar

Clearly, short form video is more similar to weed /s

GuyInPlace's avatar

This is pure cope for the braindead.