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Illinois police say 11 teens brutally beat men they targeted using a gay dating app (www.advocate.com)
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[–] Fandangalo 8 points 3 days ago (2 children)

This was noted as a TikTok trend the other week in Australia. Really awful behavior to target anyone like this.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Australia might not be a powerhouse in culture, or wealth, or democracy, or productivity, or technological innovation, or diplomacy, but it does two things really well:

It's big and it's at the vanguard of stupid or bigoted trends.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago (2 children)

wtf kind of Tiktok trend is this? this is insane

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

At a higher level / more generally speaking, if it’s a TikTok trend it’s probably best not to do it. In fact, simply not using TikTok is probably the best solution.