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thenewyorktimes OP t1_j9gi1xu wrote

The number of people riding outside trains — which can include riding on top of cars, in between them and hanging on the sides — has more than quadrupled in one year. In an era where social media is so central to status, teens are incentivized to post more daring and eye-catching content, experts said, and videos of teens surfing have gone viral on TikTok. Two recent deaths show the dangers of the trend.

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srfrosky t1_j9hmvcs wrote

Well the algorithm isn’t gonna choose wholesome productive inspiring stuff to show kids obviously

The boobtube was never the best nurse I reckon

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joyousRock t1_j9idbnm wrote

Also it’s Chinese owned manipulation and they’re prob happy to see Americans hurting themselves

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amapleson t1_j9ix72j wrote

There’s 1.4 billion people in China, they’re way too busy with their own dumbasses to be thinking about ours.

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joyousRock t1_jabe71u wrote

Are you kidding? you don’t think China is aware that our country has allowed them to infiltrate us via tik tok?

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amapleson t1_jabny7u wrote

Do you think the rest of the world feels like they’ve been “infiltrated” by the US due to Facebook, Instagram, Google, Apple, etc?

Super nonstory.

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joyousRock t1_jaew88h wrote

China doesn’t allow any American social media to operate in their country. their internet is essentially closed off to American companies.

Also, the US govt is not involved with American social media companies. the same cannot be said for the CCP in China, which is a dictatorship. not sure why you’re so vehement about defending tik Tok’s presence in the US

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squall571 t1_j9gy46x wrote

As long as they’re not hurting anyone else let nature do it’s thing 🤷🏻‍♂️

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leftcoastjimmy t1_j9gyslk wrote

Eh, I think it’s a couple things here …

  1. It encourages others to maybe try it
  2. We should do our best to preserve kids’ lives while they’re young, easily influenced, and lack critical thinking skills
  3. It’s someone’s job to clean these kids up off the tracks, it’s someone’s job to tell their parents, it’s someone’s job to coordinate funeral details, and that sucks for everyone mentioned
  4. It ruins transportation for thousands of people for several hours

I get what you’re saying but thought I’d drop some food for thought

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squall571 t1_j9gzf5s wrote

Fair point, I’m not cheering anyone’s death but it’s the parent’s responsibility to preserve their kids. Too many people are having kids when they don’t know how to be responsible parents or even adults for that matter.

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Necessary_Low939 t1_j9hhf5l wrote

They will delay the lines and it hurts everyone’s time. I get we are talking about lives here and I don’t wanna sound insensitive, but if they wanna die somewhere, do it with no people around or tryna get to places.

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bumboclawt t1_j9h5t5t wrote

Nah because I CBF’ed when train traffic is delayed ahead of me for 30+ mins because they gotta scoop someone off the tracks and conduct an investigation. My goal when riding public transportation is to be on public transportation for as little time as possible.

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