Althouse: Meanwhile, on TikTok...

February 8, 2025

Meanwhile, on TikTok...

... I'm seeing things like this:

@dancefusion26
♬ Dance Fusion DF - DF

18 comments:

Lem Vibe Bandit said...: If True that Trump saved TikTok, I’m not expecting anything but praise for Trump from over there.; 2/8/25, 8:09 AM
chickelit said...: It's a giant poke at all the miserable single women obsessed with hating Trump!; 2/8/25, 8:10 AM
Lem Vibe Bandit said...: Then there is the vibe that Trump is dancing to Musk’s tune.; 2/8/25, 8:11 AM
pacwest said...: Trump's cool. I had no idea he was such a good dancer.; 2/8/25, 8:15 AM
Wince said...: Did Trump have breast in that first vignette?; 2/8/25, 8:16 AM
Ann Althouse said...: "Then there is the vibe that Trump is dancing to Musk’s tune."

Yes, and there's one where he dances to Netanyahu's tune: https://www.tiktok.com/@dancefusion26/video/7468077347829255457

And here are Kim Jong Un, Putin, and Trump dancing to Musk's tune: https://www.tiktok.com/@dancefusion26/video/7467324658858134816

And here's one with Melania and Trump dancing to Biden's tune: https://www.tiktok.com/@dancefusion26/video/7466600631051029792

And Putin and Zelensky dancing to Trump's tune: https://www.tiktok.com/@dancefusion26/video/7466215565183552800; 2/8/25, 8:18 AM
Ann Althouse said...: "Did Trump have breast in that first vignette?"

We had a short "moobs or pecs?" debate at Meadhouse. I took the pecs side of the debate but soon conceded.; 2/8/25, 8:19 AM
Lem Vibe Bandit said...: From the internet : "Hang the DJ" is a lyric from The Smiths' song "Panic," and it essentially means a rejection of the mainstream music being played by a DJ, signifying a desire to rebel against the status quo and listen to music that aligns with one's own taste, often interpreted as a protest against corporate-driven music selection…”

The DJ is hung. 😉; 2/8/25, 8:20 AM
Michael Fitzgerald said...: America's youth should love Trump because he is saving their economic future. Thanks to DJT and Elonn, the children of today won't have to pay down 36 Trillion dollars of debt.; 2/8/25, 8:45 AM
Lem Vibe Bandit said...: Turning a pejorative metaphor into a positive: Sticks and stones may break my bones, but metaphors (dancing to someone’s tune) can no longer hurt me.

AI threatens to retire old tired metaphors.; 2/8/25, 8:48 AM
Leland said...: I’m going with moobs, but then that makes sense for someone of Trump’s age. So was that AI, because it looked like the face was grafted on?
Definitely feels like it is cool to be on team Trump right now. Nobody is getting excited about Cuck Schumer and Maxine Waters.; 2/8/25, 8:57 AM
BarrySanders20 said...: If it was a real male dancer then pecs. They are among the most fit people.; 2/8/25, 9:13 AM
Ice Nine said...: I gather from this that really wide-flared bell bottoms are fashionable again. I surely wouldn't know, but I certainly remember, long ago and far away, really loving those things.; 2/8/25, 9:29 AM
Howard said...: Lame. Content creator is a pejorative, FYI; 2/8/25, 9:41 AM
Howard said...: Ice Nine: I can confirm that a large percentage of the female GenZ coworkers are toadaly into the latte 60's early 70's esthetics, including bell bottoms. Typically kids identify with the Grandparents generation. The boomers were into the WWI and flapper generation while Millennials, the Greatest Generation.; 2/8/25, 9:46 AM
Lem Vibe Bandit said...: “Content creator is a pejorative, FYI”

Discarding votes was Kamala’s best talent, FYI; 2/8/25, 11:29 AM
JAORE said...: I suspect young people see this and just enjoy it. Looking for deeper meanings is not in their wheel house.
Overall I'd say Trump comes off as fun loving and someone they could relate to.
It contrasts pretty well with the democrats stupid no-one-under-25 is worthwhile.

Can't rent a car, can't vote. Heh.; 2/8/25, 12:49 PM
Jupiter said...: This is nothing new. When Washington crossed the Delaware, the internet was flooded with TikToks of him and his soldiers waterskiing in the tropics, with Hessians falling off their jet-skis.; 2/8/25, 12:52 PM