I know TikTok is a punching bag, but this is quite literally every social media platform. People have died from YouTube trends, Facebook trends, Reddit trends, Twitter trends, Instagram trends, etc.
If Lemmy pops off, I am sure people will be posting stupid Lemmy trends, too. It's just an internet issue.
I plan on working in emergency medicine after med school, and I feel like I'm going to have to get a dummy/burner phone to put TikTok (or its future equivalent) on to keep up with what trends and memes will be coming through the ER.
Yeah, I worked in pediatric emergency medicine for a while and it's really not the fault of literal children that they get hurt by these kinds of things.
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JshKlsn@lemmy.ml · 9 pts · 3y
I know TikTok is a punching bag, but this is quite literally every social media platform. People have died from YouTube trends, Facebook trends, Reddit trends, Twitter trends, Instagram trends, etc.
If Lemmy pops off, I am sure people will be posting stupid Lemmy trends, too. It's just an internet issue.
purahna@lemmygrad.ml · 2 pts · 3y
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/03/30/facebook-tiktok-targeted-victory/
medgremlin@lemmy.sdf.org · 1 pts · 3y
I plan on working in emergency medicine after med school, and I feel like I'm going to have to get a dummy/burner phone to put TikTok (or its future equivalent) on to keep up with what trends and memes will be coming through the ER.
interolivary@beehaw.org · -7 pts · 3y
Anybody who dies repeating something idiotic they saw on social media really isn't much of a loss
RobertPetersen@lemmy.world · 26 pts · 3y
The problem is some TikTok trends result in people causing others to die.
Example: Kia boyz car thieving joy riders have caused crashes that resulted in fatalities of people who were minding their own damn business.
burndown@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 3y
I feel like this requires an age qualifier
medgremlin@lemmy.sdf.org · 3 pts · 3y
Yeah, I worked in pediatric emergency medicine for a while and it's really not the fault of literal children that they get hurt by these kinds of things.
001100010010@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 3y
interolivary@beehaw.org · 2 pts · 3y
Chase that ivermectin down with a nice bleach martini
JshKlsn@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 3y
Sounds like an American trend, not limited to any social media.