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purplesurveys · 3 years

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survey by zqrwrgnani

What do you typically have for breakfast? I skip breakfast Monday to Friday. On weekends either of my parents will usually make fried rice served with 3–4 of the following: eggs, hotdogs, corned beef, dried fish, ham, longganisa, and luncheon meat.

Where do you purchase most of your clothes? There’s a tiangge at the local mall where they will change up the collection of clothes being sold every couple of weeks. They have trendy choices at really low prices so that’s where I liked getting clothes back when I went out more.

Do you have any opinions on Anna Delvey? Literally have never heard of her. Should I know who this is...?

What are you currently streaming? I have an episode of (surprise!) 2D1N turned on, but it’s paused.

What do you typically order when you go for coffee? Iced caramel macchiato. I actually switched it up today and went for a basic iced mocha, though. Just wanted to try something new, I guess.

Anything you’re looking out for at the thrift? No, and I don’t usually make trips to thrift stores either.

Who are your favorite YouTubers? Louise Pentland is a recent favorite. There’s also Good Mythical Morning, Grace Helbig, and The Try Guys. I also like a ton of BuzzFeed people but I don’t think they count as YouTubers. I like a good number of local vloggers as well but they’re no one you would recognize.

Describe your skincare routine. I just splash some water onto my face first thing in the morning, every day.

What’s your typical morning routine look like? Work has conditioned me to automatically wake up at 6:30, and by then I have the choice to either go back to sleep or try to properly wake up by watching YouTube videos. Either way, I have to be up by 8 so I can start working. And like I said, I briefly wash my face, then I immediately head to my laptop. That’s it, really; it’s super uneventful and I'm sorry I can’t make it any more interesting lol.

Are you still playing Animal Crossing? I never bought the game, actually. I asked Nina if I should buy it and she said it probably won’t be suitable for me since the game requires a lot of creativity, which as y’all know by now I lack entirely hahaha. I have my eyes set on other games.

How has the pandemic specifically affected you? It kept me from having a memorable final year in university, and it kept me from having a graduation ceremony. We also had to sell one of our cars, which I really loved driving when we still had it, so that bummed me out. I believe the pandemic had also been a slight factor in the crumbling of my former relationship as well.

Where’s your favorite place to go for brunch? I never go out for brunch.

What’s on your nightstand? Right now there is a bunch of books on it and a paper envelope from work.

What do you think about before falling asleep? Anything except my already pending deliverables work for the following day.

What is your main source of anxiety? Continued from the previous evening. I don’t know if there’s a main catalyst...a lot of things have the ability to make me feel anxious.

Any bands or artists you’ve recently discovered? I’m going further down the K-pop rabbit hole as I know it, lmao. It’s starting, you guys. This week I discovered GOT7; I’ve only heard one song so far but I’m extremely hooked. Ravi’s also very talented and has catchy songs.

What are your goals for today? Have a great rest of the evening and enjoy the start of my weekend.

What kind of games do you play on your phone? I haven’t been playing a lot of games on it, actually. I mainly use it to keep track of my Viber notifications (because my laptop sometimes won’t, and I end up replying to some work threads late) and to watch on Viu. But the last game I downloaded was a logo quiz game for old times’ sake.

Are there any packages you’re waiting to come in through the mail? Nah, haven’t ordered anything recently. I think I’m over my online shopping phase hahaha. I was just really excited about it when I got my first couple of paychecks, but now that the initial thrill has passed, I mainly look forward to spending on food – exactly like how I predicted it would be for me.

Describe your favorite t-shirt? I’d neverrrrr throw out my CM Punk Best in the World shirt for the world, no matter how more tattered and stained it gets. It’s one of my prized possessions and it reminds me of a really happy and carefree time in my life.

Do you have a specific aesthetic? I don’t know if I fit into a certain one; I certainly don’t consciously try to. You’d have to ask my friends if I do have a specific kind.

Skinny jeans or mom jeans? Mom jeans, a thousand times over. I dread wearing skinny jeans.

What’s your favorite 90s cartoon? The Wild Thornberrys.

Describe the moment you realized you were falling in love with someone. I felt scared more than anything else. I’ve never felt such a heavy sensation before, so I didn’t know what was going on. I also felt the need to be around them as much as I can, as I was starting to love and enjoy their presence, and be the one to attend to their needs.

Have you tried the feta and tomato recipe? No but sounds delicious.

What’s your favorite sparkling water brand/flavor? I don’t drink that. Sounds nasty.

What’s your favorite makeup brand/brands? Don’t wear makeup, either.

What’s your all time favorite movie? Two for the Road.

What are some female names you would name a baby? Olivia, Mia, and Amelia are some of my favorites.

What about male? Erm, probably names like Mason, Elliott, Matteo, Liam...I don’t want a son, so I don’t think about boy names too often lmao.

Do you have any subscription boxes? No. I’ve always wanted to subscribe to one with a quirky concept, like a Korean-themed one, or international snacks or condiments, or curated alcoholic drinks, etc. but at the end I feel it’s a luxury I could do without.

What did you purchase the last time you bought groceries? The last time I got groceries was for work, and for that instance I got several of the following: coffee packs, soju, various canned goods, spaghetti set, Nutella, and toiletries.

What fictional creature would you like as a pet? Wouldn’t keep him as a pet but I feel like Maximus from Tangled would be such a fun dude to be around.

Describe your favorite piece of jewelry. I don’t have one. I love borrwing my mom’s Tiffany’s jewelry, though.

Have any local businesses closed that you’re sad about? So fucking many of them, especially the ones I frequented back in college. I went back to Katip last week and the place felt like a damn ghost town.

How do you feel about the BLM movement? I support it, of course. And I feel infuriated by those who try to counter by saying aLl LiVeS mAtTeR or worse, bLuE lIvEs MaTtEr.

What’s the worst advice you’ve ever taken? I don’t think I ever took an advice I knew was bad or would be useless or irrelevant to me. But this reminds me of my mom’s favorite piece of advice for every bad situation, which is to pray lmao.

How do you feel about your neighbors? I feel like I answer this a lot on this surveys, but I don’t think anything of them. We mostly keep to our own business.

What kind of dwelling do you live in? A house.

Have you been watching this season of The Bachelor? I’ve never tried watching it and have no desire to.

What’s typically kept in your purse/wallet? Paper bills, receipts I have the tendency to stuff and keep there even though I’ll never have to use them again, my Paramore ticket, TIN ID, copies of 1x1 and 2x2 photos of myself just in case I have to whip one out, driver’s license, my debit cards, and my vape.

How do you feel about TikTok? I gravitate towards the tutorials and unique prompts (like people showing their parents of different nationalities, the then-vs-now of their pets, etc) more so than the dance-y/meme-y ones. I’ve never felt the need to get the actual app, though. I get my TikTok fix on Facebook, which makes me feel old saying so LOL

What’s the hardest thing you’ve done/been through? Dealing through a breakup was surprisingly harder and more excruciating than deaths I’ve had to go through.

Did you/do you still have a Neopets account? I never had an account but I did have a Neopets game on my flip phone.

What do you look like on a day where you don’t leave the house? Haggard.

Do you have any opinions on Amberlynn Reid? Have literally never heard of that name.

Any current trends you dislike? Most streetwear.

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facelessoldgargoyle · 4 years

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The FYP: Sides, Trends, & You

Ok so I started out describing transition videos and realized I needed to start farther back. In order to talk about what defines genres and subgenres, I need to talk about sides and trends. I did this a little in the original Willy Wonka post, but I need to elaborate a.

What Side Are You On?

This question implies the appropriate amount of antagonism between the different sides of tiktok. Much like tumblr, your experience on tiktok varies greatly based on who you follow and what content you see. Unlike tumblr, you have 2 tabs you can access: the feed from people you follow, and the feed that’s the For You Page. This is governed by The Algorithm. The algorithm is spookily good at predicting what content you want to see, and the fact that it’s not directly curated by you (only indirectly) gives it sort of a mystical reputation. People will make videos saying “There are no hashtags on this video, so this is a sign meant for you: get your nipples pierced.”

Ahem. For example.

This means that instead of the side of tiktok you’re on being a choice you have deliberately made, it’s treated a more like an astrology sign. It predicts something about you as a person. The fact that the side of tiktok you’re on is only partially determined by what you like, comment, and follow and partially determined by what the audience of your videos watches gives it an extra “out of control fate” feeling. Sometimes you see videos from people saying, “Help, straight tiktok found my last video and now I’m only seeing their videos, if you’re lgbt, alt, goth, etc. please interact and get me back to Alt Tiktok.”

There’s some animosity between sides, mostly because Hipsters and Fandom Blogs Don’t Get Along, but also because gay people love making fun of straight people. One of the most famous users (the fame making him definitionally on straight tiktok) tweeted:

Lmao.

I would be interested in seeing a cloud of how different content is related on Tiktok. No one person could make it though, because everyone’s FYP is so personal. Here’s how I’ve seen it generally described, though, in the order of when each side starts appearing on your FYP if you’re queer: Straight -> Alt -> Lesbian -> More Gay Content -> Punk or Goth -> Trans -> Nonbinary -> Frog -> Synth Rat -> more and more niche content.

Trends

A trend is an action paired with an audio. A trend is showing off your side profile using a particular Avril Lavigne profile. A trend is doing a dance making fun of tiktok dances to a Phoebe Bridgers song. A trend is the equivalent of a meme, and it’s what makes tiktok fun, because trends give you a template for making videos. You try to do your own twist on the trend, because people will see several videos for one audio, and it sucks to see the same thing over and over again, so if yours is interesting and different, yours will get popular.

The combination of trends and sides are what define genre and subgenre.

Genre and Subgenre

Okay, so if you’re a tall white boy with floppy brown hair and abs, you can make a career off of doing thirst trap videos. If you’re a tall white girl with long straight hair and a big smile, you can make a career off of 15-second dance videos that are easy to copy. These are tiktok’s verified users, and these are the people who make enough money to rent houses so these 16-20 year olds can live together and make content together. Hype House is the most famous of these. This is Straight Tiktok.

If you’re a Onceler cosplayer, where the whole joke is about how horny people are for this weird cursed character, you do a video using the same audio that the professional fuckboys do as a joke. Instead of trying to sincerely attract people, you make fun of the fuckboys for doing what they do. Enough people have made videos mocking fuckboys that it’s its own thing. Eventually, you get a fuckboy making cursed thirsttraps sincerely. Not to be a philosophy fuckboi, but look! It’s thesis, antithesis, synthesis.

I’ll elaborate on the difference between genre and subgenre in the post about transition videos, but this is the foundation I need.

#cataloguetok #long post

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