Your Cool Uncle ItzyI think the reason the hobbies TikTok has "ruined" are coloring and books is that those are done mostly by women and women can't do anything without being judged. "You don't need to buy 120 alcohol markers" god forbid a woman do anything.
"Oh, she spent $318 on coloring supplies" yeah? I bought a Steam Deck. Check the price. A PS5 is $500. I've never seen a video like this about video games, or basketball shoes, or hiking equipment.
The point isn't mindless consumption is good, my point is that these videos specifically target hobbies that are mostly done by women.
The backlash to the Analog Bag is also an example of women can't do anything right. Like I heard about it and thought, "oh that's such a good idea", grabbed my tote bag put a couple of coloring books, my pencil case, a book of crosswords, and whatever book I'm currently reading in it. Nice, everything I need to not be on my phone in one convenient and portable place. But god forbid a woman do anything, and now that trend is "dead". Special fuck you to the guy mocking knitting on the bus.
I gotta get off this cycle because I think YouTube knows I hate these videos and is just feeding them to me because rage feeds the algorithm.
Faith, Purple haired feminist 🧋 
@itzyg TikTok is so over... 🙄
esc key@itzyg I’m not one of the kids on the video platforms so this is the first I’m hearing of this. It’s a bag of analog entertainment you bring with you? That sounds like a cool idea.
@what Yup that's the whole idea. And sure, some people are trying to convince you that there is a perfect bag for this, but realistically any large tote would work. I've seen people put crochet, knitting, and/or cross stich in their analog bag. Or a camera that's not your phone and an mp3 player so you don't have to reach for your phone. It's really just, a bag big enough to hold stuff so you don't need to be on your phone.
Solanum, plantbot!
DĹşwiedziu@itzyg
Was about to ask if the deference is “she”, having seen the middle post first.
I will stop myself from going on a “fucking neoliberal mysoginists” rant.