A new romance won’t cure your depression. If you’re in therapy because you can barely get out of bed, a boyfriend can’t be the only thing you’re excited about. And depression isn’t cute. It isn’t staying curled up in bed with hot tea.
Starting a relationship with your roommate? Terrible idea. Doing that after being disowned by your family for coming out? Even worse. Again, the story is pushing the idea of one person being this magical answer.
The pizza delivery one was cute, as was the dog-walking story and the Chinese take-out story.
Across the board, there were too many unnecessary brand drops. I understand the need to make the story relatable, but it felt forced, like having your mom thrust your Vans in your face so that you put your Vans on and then go for a walk wearing your Vans.
I feel like there’s a misunderstanding of how TikTok works. It’s all about the algorithm. Did the author do their research? After even just 10 minutes on the app, it picks up on what content you’re looking for. The character wouldn’t see content from the “millennials ruining TikTok” if the character didn’t like that content.