The Most Entertaining Takes From TikTok This Week (July 16, 2024)

Ally Perry • Writer and Editor

Jul 16, 2024 11:00 AM EDT

It's wild to think that prolific TikTokers live among us and, unless we have an ungodly-looking screentime report, we may not even realize it. At any given time, we could be behind someone in the line for the grocery store checkout and not have the faintest idea that they've garnered millions of views by lip-syncing to trending sounds in a way that the algorithm approves of. There is no getting away from the fact that these days, internet fame is increasingly normal and the clock app is a big part of the reason for that. While we could debate endlessly over the good and bad points of this phenomenon, there is no denying it has brought us plenty of entertaining moments. The genre of funny screenshots was forever elevated the day that TikTok burst onto the scene. It's not showing any signs of the hunger for this going away, either.