discussion Man nearly dies, gets mocked on TikTok for not being 'man enough' to face death

[MoonGoodandHappy]

Viral TikTok video has exposed one of society's most dangerous double standards: a man, while driving, notices a car speeding dangerously towards him in his rearview mirror.  His natural and completely valid fear response to this life-threatening situation was caught on camera, ending with the approaching vehicle crashing into him.  Instead of showing concern for his safety or acknowledging the trauma of such an experience, TikTok users flooded the comments mocking him for "acting like a girl" - as if survival instincts had a gender. This disturbing reaction perfectly illustrates how deeply rooted toxic masculinity is in our society, where we'd rather see men risk death than show a normal human response to danger. The thousands of likes on these hateful comments prove we're teaching younger generations that their natural survival instincts are something to be ashamed of if they're male - a mindset that isn't just problematic, it's potentially deadly. 

 

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZNeKSBGEB/

 

Theres also this video in longer version on YouTube but the comments are softer.

 

 

What are your thoughts on this? Have you noticed how prevalent this kind of dangerous thinking has become in social media? 

Edited 13 hours ago by MoonGoodandHappy

[tost1]

Delete tiktok

[Hephaestus]

I'm genuinely deeply concerned for the years to come. Between the right-wing shift pretty much all over the world, ignorance, hate speech and misinformation spreading like wildfire and social media frying people's brain, the future is looking quite bleak.

[Gesamtkunstwerk]

Being chronologically on social media has literally poisoned human relations, like I can't take it, the amount of losers that validate each other online is just

[XAMJ]

tiktok is currently turning into Twitter 2.0. the MAGA KKKLan and racists are taking over and its pissing me off. 

 

their lack of empathy, and lack of education is infuriating to watch 

[Breathe On Moi]

I know y'all might die from simply the thought of this but: stop using TikTok, maybe? 

[NoOneDiesFromLove]

TikTok has always been an app built to dumb down people, so naturally,  ignorant people like the ones in the comments have found it to be a place of shelter. Hopefully it gets banned in more countries in the future. 

[Radical Pessimism]

6 minutes ago, Breathe On Moi said:

I know y'all might die from simply the thought of this but: stop using TikTok, maybe? 

This! I never used TikTok but I had an account on X and IG but since I deleted all my social media back in Nov, it felt so good not seeing the alt-right noise.

[EtherealCat]

stop using social media, just use atrl much better for your brain

[Bussea]

maybe tik tok does need to be banned 

 

[UnusualBoy]

People are getting stupider by the day

[Lagerfeld]

Socially we have gone back to the '90s.

[Princess Aurora]

This is why ATRL is better

[Princess Aurora]

10 minutes ago, Lagerfeld said:

Socially we have gone back to the '90s.

It's a shame the music and movies aren't as good as they were in the 90s....

[SlimyGhoul]

tiktok is an app for braindead idiots btw

[Digitalism]

Some of you are acting as if people weren't this dumb before social media. 

 

[Mocha]

Tiktok genuinely has one of the worst comment sections of all time and makes Youtube commenters look like MENSA members. When it's not some low quality meme slop where users repeat the same incomprehensible lame inside joke throughout the comment section, it's some racist/homophobic/xenophobic ragebait.

[Trent W]

1 hour ago, NoOneDiesFromLove said:

TikTok has always been an app built to dumb down people, so naturally,  ignorant people like the ones in the comments have found it to be a place of shelter. Hopefully it gets banned in more countries in the future. 

I think any comment section of social media is just dumb unintelligent people

[commander]

It's not only TikTok, that YouTube video is full of disgusting comments too. The way these straight men lash out at any situation is just pathetic. It's giving childhood trauma and daddy unresolved issues.

[Pheromosa]

nothing surprises me anymore

[Venice B]

I really hope one day I can get a very remote job that doesn't require me to use social media at all so I can delete all of my socials.

[Stardom]

Some of the most heinous comments I've ever seen come from tiktok. You can't even blame edgy kids either. A lot of them are full grown adults saying the nastiest, most hateful things they can think of 

[Erotic]

Ban it, your honor! 
 

Also gen z are misogynistic sociopaths, let's face it 

[Europe]

2 hours ago, Trent W said:

I think any comment section of social media is just dumb unintelligent people

 

2 hours ago, SlimyGhoul said:

tiktok is an app for braindead idiots btw

Isn't it possible many of the comments are from bots?

[Trent W]

3 minutes ago, Europe said:

 

Isn't it possible many of the comments are from bots?

Partly yes

 

But one of the reasons why social media has declined so much the last few years is that people lower education or intellectually challenged have overpopulated the comment sections, its a cesspool.

 

People with more critical thinking are starting to get together in more private spaces, like chats or smaller forums

 

For example I don't agree with everyone here but the quality of posts is 100x higher than with a dumbass on twitter or tik tok