Althouse: I've got 5 TikToks for you tonight. Some people love them.

September 10, 2022

I've got 5 TikToks for you tonight. Some people love them.

1. The frog and the dog.

2. Minimalist hygiene for backpackers.

3. Community guidelines.

4. Everybody in the South knows the best way to drink water.

5. Son talks to his mom through the doorbell camera.

20 comments:

James said...: Look on youtube for "screaming bullfrogs" and be prepared to hear some of the most bizarre noises you've ever heard from a living creature.; 9/10/22, 7:33 PM
Will Cate said...: #4.

Like the man says, "I shouldn't've have to told ya."; 9/10/22, 7:54 PM
Lilly, a dog said...: The doorbell camera Tok was great. A dopey mom and dopier son having a chat through technology that shouldn't exist.; 9/10/22, 8:10 PM
Mary Beth said...: I don't think mauve has the same vowel sound as Maude.

Drinking water guy is the best, but he ignores a couple of things: 1. There are some places in the South where I would buy bottled water instead of drinking the tap water because their water tastes horrible. Fortunately for me, Louisville has some of the best tasting water I've ever had. 2. Jars sweat. All that ice and all this humidity? It's going to be wet and slippery. I have started keeping my tasty tap water in a double-walled steel tumbler because I was tired of being drenched by the outside of my glass. My tumbler also has a lid, so I'm good to go.; 9/10/22, 8:37 PM
madAsHell said...: Some people love them.

Why do you keep trying to justify the videos?
It smells like guilt.; 9/10/22, 9:26 PM
Curious George said...: "Louisville has some of the best tasting water I've ever had."

Come taste Lake Michigan water. #1.; 9/10/22, 9:37 PM
Susan in Seattle said...: The drinking water guy was my favorite.; 9/11/22, 12:23 AM
Mary Beth said...: Why do you keep trying to justify the videos?

See TikTok #7 on September 1.; 9/11/22, 3:33 AM
Ann Althouse said...: "Why do you keep trying to justify the videos? It smells like guilt."

It's an inside joke. Some people love them.

It's too hard to locate the original reference, but let me see if even one person says they get it. I have this imaginary reader I'm writing it for, someone who laughs when they see it. Clearly not you!; 9/11/22, 4:08 AM
Ann Althouse said...: "See TikTok #7 on September 1."

Thank you!

I started thinking about reacting to madashell before you wrote your comment. Got my morning coffee and banana, etc. etc., before settling in to my riposte.

And now I see you are the "imaginary reader" I was writing it for. And you found the old post that I spent time looking for unsuccessfully.

Thanks!; 9/11/22, 4:28 AM
Ann Althouse said...: The water guy is Dedrick Flynn, a standup comedian.

Click into his page to watch some other videos (or maybe find him performing somewhere).

I like this "southern tradition" one a lot.; 9/11/22, 4:36 AM
Ann Althouse said...: Here's the Sept. 1 post Mary Beth found.; 9/11/22, 4:39 AM
Dan from Madison said...: Some people love it. Sort of like "with everything that's been going on"...; 9/11/22, 5:21 AM
Dear corrupt left, go F yourselves said...: the Frog learned from the cat.
He's red-aced over it.; 9/11/22, 9:01 AM
dbp said...: Whenever I backpacked, I would bring a fresh pair of socks, underwear and t shirt for each day I planned to be out. There is some kind of environment-safe liquid detergent you can get at outdoors stores, which works on your mess-kit as well as your body.

As long as there was plenty of water available, which was almost all the time, I would bathe before bed each night and sleep in fresh underwear. The next morning; fresh socks and a fresh t-shirt. I would bring a dish towel to dry things, including myself. It was compact and would dry-out either overnight or by being strapped to the exterior of my pack while hiking.

I was a backpacker, not a barbarian.; 9/11/22, 9:26 AM
Wince said...: That uncompromisin', enterprisin', anything but tranquilizin'

Right on Mauve!; 9/11/22, 9:30 AM
Dave said...: I actually am commenting here on the Some people love them! It reminds me of Trump.

"These TikToks are the very biggest TikToks. Some of the very best people have told me, and I am telling you, you are going to love these TikToks."

And it's funny to me because the commentariat is pro Trump while also being anti TikTok.

I can say for certain that some of the best people did choose these TikToks for me to watch. Before I click, I just take a deep breath and being to sing:

"Fight, fight, fight for Washington State Win the victory..."

Before diving in.; 9/11/22, 1:23 PM
Dave said...: I also write for imaginary readers. I imagine other people think of Tom Tuttle, and his attempt to avoid being brainwashed by the Chinese. The day I make my first TikTok will be like the day I start playing Riker's game. The day the put a slug on my back. The day I start taking the SOMA. This is all depressing. I need a beer.; 9/11/22, 1:35 PM
MadisonMan said...: If it ain't clinking, you ain't drinking.
That's musical.; 9/11/22, 4:13 PM
Mary Beth said...: You're welcome.

The September 1 TikToks don't have a TikTok tag.; 9/13/22, 5:39 AM