FSU Students Worried About the Wrong Tik Tok: Life After Graduation
TikTok is known for capitalizing off of self-diagnosed dancers and 16-year-old self-proclaimed comedians, but a large demographic for the app is socially starved college students. Over the weekend, many Florida State students graduated and now await a summer of nothingness and familial trauma. While they spend endless hours scrolling through paint mixing videos, these recent college graduates could be focusing on something that really matters, such as job hunting or folding their laundry.
“I was doing one of those little hip shake dance moves in the mirror when I started wondering how else I could be using my time,” began Kelly Connors, a recent and semi-proud graduate of Florida State. In between segments, she was reportedly seen inverting her face on the popular app while attempting to sing along to an Olivia Rodrigo song that she actually doesn’t really like. “My mom suggested I begin ‘looking for jobs’ as opposed to ‘looking for validation from strangers on the internet’, but she doesn’t really understand TikTok. I’m thinking of pranking her for a video soon, though.”
“Yes, I just graduated from college, but the most beneficial part thus far has been my college montage on TikTok. In just 3 days, I’ve garnered 345k views and 58 likes,” stated James Jensen, who is graduating after his 5th-year here at FSU. The cited TikTok didn’t have thousands of views, after all. “TikTok really helped me find myself. I realized I was really invested in storytimes and loved putting my nose in other people’s business, so making business my major really seemed like the right decision.”
Tik Tok may be a great space to compare oneself to others and watch edits for shows that genuinely no one has seen, but students should browse and create content carefully. Jumping into the Recess Club pool is never worth it, but it especially isn’t worth having an old fling comment “fyp” on your 17-second video. Instead of deleting and redownloading Tik Tok over and over again, consider worrying about the tick-tock from the hands of time. While social media is forever, college certainly isn’t.