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TikTok, the brusk-form video app your local teens are obsessed with, can feel like an enigma to outsiders and/or people over age 24. With a somewhat insular culture that continuously recombines pop sounds and visual gags into new monstrosities, there'due south a lot to proceed up with just to feel like you're truly "in" on the joke.
Luckily, TikTok isn't actually all that difficult to go into thanks to the power of recommendation algorithms; the app's endless For You page initially seems similar an overwhelming well of content, but all you accept to practise is gyre and like the videos that make you laugh, smile, or feel any emotion you desire to replicate over and over. Eventually, TikTok will get a pretty good grasp on the kinds of videos that you're all but guaranteed to similar, simply by that point, you'll probably already be spending endless hours on the app.
If you're not convinced, yet, we've compiled a list of 15 TikTok videos to endeavour and go you hooked on the app's bonkers brand of sense of humor. This is by no means a comprehensive or tiptop list -- think of information technology more than every bit a primer to the kind of hilarious content that TikTok has to offer.
The screaming true cat
Like literally every other social media platform, TikTok is a haven for cat-related posts, including challenges based around putting cut-out slices of bread on cats' heads and a notable viral video that's just a true cat flying around in the air to "Mr. Sandman." This video, however, is a cat yelling its lungs out and throwing a fit when information technology doesn't get to lap at a candy bar. Past that, I don't think I need to explain why true cat videos are pop. It's a universally accepted truth of the internet.
Toilet newspaper. Boy, this stuff is good.
While TikTok is basically Gen Z's online playground, the platform hasn't totally ignored the past. This TikTok, which features a toilet paper roll determinedly rolling its manner from the grocery store to the bathroom, mocks an infamous Chef Boyardee advert in which a can follows a Chef-obsessed fiddling girl home to, uh, be her dinner. Even if the Chef Boyardee reference goes over your caput, the video works on its own as a devastating tale of a toilet newspaper curlicue that arrives in the bathroom empty, having rolled too far to the sounds of an piano accordion and gently crooning French man.
A furb in the pool, a furb at the spa
Long Furbies are kind of all the rage right now. Blending nostalgia with a pretty serious WTF gene, they're both a joy and horror to look at. @LongBoyeFurb capitalizes on the fact that it'south near incommunicable to tear your eyes away from a good Long Furb, and this video is 1 of the account'due south most popular. The sound (from user @theplushieshow_) perfectly complements the visual mood with a grating rendition of Loftier School Musical 2 classic, "Fabulous."
Ouiiiiiiiii
This post plays into 2 previous trends on TikTok: eating your own fingers, and matching a mustache to a "Oui." Originally, the finger-eating trend was tied to a Kidz Bop encompass of "Bring Me To Life" by Evanescence, while the mustache gag is typically prepare to the tune of "Fire" by Ellie Goulding, and then it's helpful to have some knowledge of TikTok to understand what's happening here. In the broader pic though, it's merely plain funny for the aforementioned reasons as its predecessors. Look, a finger asset! Look, a French mustache joke!
Howdy, hello, barbecue sauce on my...
TikTok is frequently compared to its ostensible short-form video predecessor, Vine. While nostalgic millennials notwithstanding cling to the memory of Vine, TikTok is for the near part populated by Gen Z teens who likely consumed Vine after its death at the terminate of 2016. As a result, occasional Vine references popular upwards on TikTok, necessitating a kind of intergenerational, metatextual knowledge to really grasp what's going on -- bet you never thought yous'd read that sentence about a social media app. This video uses sound byte culled from an AJR vocal to parody the infamous "barbecue sauce on my titties" Vine. Also, @noah.hass spelled it "titees," which is just considerately funny.
Who are you?
Yeah, sometimes adults are on TikTok. In this case, news anchor @conflenti turned his workplace into a vehicle for TikTok stardom by managing to lip sync to Jufu'southward "Who R U" not only in real time, but besides with a pre-recorded clip that looks like it's from a circulate segment. This kind of situational leveraging is a huge asset in TikTok videos, and, yes -- sometimes it'due south funny to accept a feed overrun by teenagers broken upwardly past the odd millennial.
When Gen Z-ers go parents
This Gen Z parenthood series from user @directly.cheese is all about today's teens hypothetically being unable to let become of their favorite slang (and upfront attitude) well into adulthood. You may prefer some of the others in this long (for TikTok) series, but this line alone is skillful enough to justify the higher up selection: "Jimmy, if yous wear the Sketchers, people will gas yous upwardly, I swear to --"
I'm the Puff Guy
Billie Eilish's "bad guy" is a mainstay of TikTok civilisation. From unproblematic lip sync and dance videos to a squeaky door sound parody to a Spongebob remix, the vocal is so widespread that whatsoever snippet of information technology is instantly recognizable on the app. @maxboonch's original sound splices together bits of "bad guy" into a conversation betwixt male parent (or rather, "Puff Guy") and son. Does it make sense? Not necessarily, but that'south what makes it an essential TikTok antiquity.
VSCO daughter makes y'all feel welcome on your start 24-hour interval
This listing would exist incomplete without a shoutout to the video that arguably launched the "VSCO daughter" discourse into the stratosphere. The term itself is somewhat new and indexes a item blazon of teen girl marked past certain material signifiers like an oversized tee, copious scrunchies, friendship bracelets, a Puka beat out necklace, and, of course, a Hydro Flask. With a liberal use of both "sksksksks" and "and I oop-" the video is substantially every VSCO girl stereotype crammed into an enthralling performance.
Requite me some Skittles
Modulated audio clips are a authentication of TikTok culture, and standouts like "mom did you take my JUUL" take walked so "give me some Skittles" could run. This video features depression-lift, click-and-drag animation that no one would fault for super-polished work, and that's exactly what makes it appealing.
It'southward the vert ramp
One of TikTok'south ascendant modes is all the same (unlike, say, Twitter) genuineness; for every ridiculous goof on TikTok, there's another person on the app showing off something absurd they've fabricated or an incredible physical feat. That'due south why this video, which features user @bigdaddyankee talking about the vert ramp plays so well with the more earnest corners of the app. Simply as @bigdaddyankee prepares to accept the plunge, the action grinds to a halt. Peppa, what are you doing in the vert ramp? Afterwards Peppa Pig's recent explosion in internet popularity, figures of the drawing character began cropping upwards in the almost unexpected places on TikTok videos. It's a pretty simple bait-and-switch meme, simply @bigdaddyankee sells information technology hard.
I only took a Deoxyribonucleic acid examination
It'south been the summertime of Lizzo on TikTok. Her single "Truth Hurts" sparked a challenge that provokes users to reveal facts about themselves or their heritage. This video from @mxmtoon takes a few wild turns from Lizzo'southward voice to an ancestry report to a brusk clip of "K.A.A.D. City" by Kendrick Lamar mashed upwardly with the Super Smash Bros. Brawl theme. It'southward a feat of editing that packs a comedic punch.
Respect the drip, Karen
Original audio is what makes TikTok feel like a creator-driven community, ane where someone'south quippy soundbite tin can find longevity on the app, maybe 1 day achieving the same kind of cultural currency as Vine references agree today. "Respect the drip, Karen," originally created by user @drewbreeeeze, has a simple, congenital-in punchline -- all y'all have to practise is bring your camera up to the mirror to reveal your outfit. The more ridiculous, the meliorate, and this inflatable snowman costume takes the cake with approximately i and a half million likes.
Hey, can I use your bath?
TikTok's longer format gives information technology space for something Vine was never able to regularly achieve: painfully bad-mannered, fatigued-out comedic timing. Between the just slightly-too-long pauses in the opening chat to the stare-down between human and dog to set to the tune of the Hereditary soundtrack, at that place'southward a lot happening here. The camera angles! The commitment! The cryptic little smile at the terminate! This is a 45-2d cinematic masterpiece.
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