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As of 2025, there are 1.12 billion monthly active users on TikTok. And around the world, users spend an average of 95 minutes per day scrolling through the app. While the platform might be a great place to find recipe inspiration, learn fun facts about history or find out cleaning hacks that will change your life, it can also be a wonderful place to lose braincells.
Bored Panda has compiled a list of screenshots of the most idiotic things people have ever said and done on TikTok, so you’ll find all of these facepalm-worthy moments below. We’ll warn you right now, pandas, that this article might make you feel stupider as you scroll through. But it may also be a great push to finally get off social media and go spend some time outside instead!
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Oh God, This Thread Goes On For 600 More Replies
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Capital Of Scandinavia
#3
Having Different Colored Eyes Is Called Heterochromia
Social media was once an innovative way for us to stay connected with old friends, find new people in our area and share updates about our lives with the internet. Today, however, it seems to have permeated every single aspect of life (and not in a good way).
Soax reports that the average social media user spends about 143 minutes per day on these apps, and YouTube is the site that sucks up the most of our time, with users watching for about 7 minutes and 25 seconds each time they log on. TikTok isn’t far behind though, as it’s in second place, with users tending to spend around 6 minutes scrolling every time they open the app.
#4
The Emojis Is The Cherry On Top
#5
He’s Been Around Enough Women In His Life To Know About Tampons
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Smartest Tiktoker
So what are the impacts of spending so much of our time on social media? Well, you’ve probably noticed your own attention span shortening over the years, and maybe your short term memory isn’t what it used to be. And apparently, “TikTok brain” is a real thing.
Psychiatrist and professor of child health and behavior at King’s College London, Stephen Scott, CBE, told The Sun that the way social media overstimulates our minds can be harmful, particularly for young children.
“The bit of the brain that wants a reward quickly and immediate gratification gets more stimulated by this stronger use of screens and social media like TikTok, and their ability to sustain concentration is reduced,” Scott noted. “We haven't got the studies yet, but many of the changes are those that are seen by people with Alzheimer's disease."
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Just Seen That An American In London Posted This Last Week
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Absence Of Humour Detected
troufaki13 2 months ago
Sometimes it's really hard to tell if someone is being sarcastic or is just plain ignorant.
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To Insult An Androgynous Person On TikTok
While you can certainly use social media as an educational t**l or as a place to stay up to date with current events, it really depends on how you’re engaging with it. And unfortunately, according to Psyche, many teens are intentionally seeking out “brain rot” content online.
Brain rot is the kind of stupid, silly content that might make you laugh or entertain you for a moment but isn’t teaching you anything or really adding any value to your life. And while this type of content might make you feel like you’re getting dumber as you consume it, it can also be a comforting oasis away from posts about war, politics and global tragedies.
#10
Tiktoker Claims She Got Plastic Surgery So Her Kids Would Inherit Her New Nose… And Everyone’s Saying The Same Thing
LillieMean 2 months ago
The same goes for hair and eye color. You just have to dye your hair the color you want and wear colored contact lenses throughout the planning, implementation, and pregnancy until delivery. Some people are confusingly dense, even for me.
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The Gazebo Effect
Psyche also explains that brain rot content often helps teens destress. If they’re worried about exams, the state of the world, their futures and more, it can feel nice to just shut their brains off for a bit and laugh at a stupid Skibidi Toilet or Tralalero Tralala meme. After all, the World Health Organization reports that one in seven people between the ages of 10 and 19 struggles with a mental disorder, so if some stupid memes help them cope, who are we to stop them?
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Found On TikTok
#14
I Know Not Everyone In The World Considers Antarctica A Continent, But A Country?
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Never Take Diet Tips From TikTok
It is a commonly held belief that social media is making us stupider. And in certain ways, this may be true. Nowadays, the internet is full of fake news and rage-bait content that’s intended to be divisive and rile people up. It has increasingly become more and more challenging to distinguish which content has been created by AI and what’s been posted satirically. In this chaotic landscape, it’s easy for people to become overwhelmed and turn off their critical thinking skills altogether.
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Fella On TikTok Doesn’t Know . On A Video Showing The Ice (Intercity-Express) Train Which Is A German Train Built By Siemens-Bombardier
Child of the Stars 2 months ago
Good grief. Even the right-wing here acknowledges that our infrastructure is crumbling.
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Uncle Bill Cord
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On The Miracle Of Birth
If you’re worried about social media making you stupider but you aren’t willing to permanently log off, you might want to learn how to engage with it in a way that won’t make you lose braincells. The algorithm will feed you the same type of content that you have a history of engaging with, but you can use that to your advantage. Seek out educational accounts, and unfollow any pages that don’t teach you something new.
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TikTok Be Like
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Inspiration Date
Daniel Atkins 2 months ago
Is the inspiration date where they decided to eat a whole bag of chips?
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People On TikTok Don’t Know What Cotton Looks Like
Marcellus II 2 months ago
Germans looking smug here... because cotton is literally 'tree wool' in German.
It’s also wise to find social media accounts that will teach you about topics you know nothing about. Seeking out this kind of content opens you up to new perspectives that you may have never considered and guarantees that you’ll learn something new every time you log on. And it will likely push you to be even more curious about a wider range of topics!
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"No You Are Wrong"
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Highway To H**l
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The Ending Was Like A Comedy Skit
Are you enjoying this hilarious list of facepalm-worthy moments from TikTok, pandas? Keep upvoting the ones that make you want to eliminate the app from your phone, and let us know in the comments below if you think social media is making you less intelligent. Then, if you’d like to check out another Bored Panda article featuring similar photos, look no further than right here!
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TikTok User Discovers Parental Love And Emotions
#26
Bmw Is European
Zig Zag Wanderer 2 months ago
It's obviously impossible that the Bavarian Motor Car company could be both German and European, I suppose....
#27
The Earth Looks Pretty Flat To Me
Stephanie Did It 2 months ago
There's Kalefornia, and Cornegon, and Wheat Virginia, and Carroticut!
#28
Fossil Videos On TikTok Are A Gold Mine For Christians That Believe The Earth Is Only 6-2k Years Old I Am Indeed Concerned About The American Education System
Pferdchen 2 months ago
I feel sorry for those who can't fully appreciate the true awesomeness of Earth and the universe, and what a miracle (yes, I said it) it is that we're all here, which I don't think you can do if you believe it was created in one week, six thousand years ago. It really is sad.
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Watch Out For Seals, They Are Deadly Carnivals
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There Are 6479 Likes On The Post
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Only The Strong Don’t Bleed
Fellfromthemoon 2 months ago
Yeah, getting period is dependent on body fat/lean body mass ratio. So, gaining muscle weight AND decreasing energy intake below energy expenditure leads to oligo/amenorrhea. And loss of bone mass. Really unhealthy, but, unfortunately, many female ballet dancers and athletes follow this recipe.
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Tiktoker Licks "Jellyfish", Doesn't Know It Is A Portuguese Man 'O War, One Of The Most Venomous Animals Known
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Omg I Really Hate People In TikTok
#34
More Of People Not Understanding They/Them Pronouns, But On TikTok
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The Whole Audience Ovulated, So Wholesome
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Salmon Vanilla
#37
This Is How You Get Ants
#38
This Pos Telling Children On TikTok It's Okay To Put Bleach In Their Eyes, Claiming It Changes Eye Color
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These Gems Were On A TikTok Talking About Birth Control
Glen Ellyn 2 months ago
I see... I think you mean no women want to pass on your "genetics." 🙄🤣
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The Irish Flag
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On A TikTok Of A Mexican Lady Making The Dish Mexican Rice
Lila Allen 2 months ago
Bless his dim little heart. He's probably from the Midwest. They think ranch with hot sauce is Mexican
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Memorise
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Eye Saucerless
#44
Urgent Care Workers Fired Over Viral TikTok Of Staff Mocking Patients
TikTok shows several former employees at Clinic in Santa posing with bodily fluid left by patients who were seated on the paper covering of the exam tables.
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A Comment I Saw On A TikTok Where A Woman Asked If Her Armpit Hair Bothered Them
Child of the Stars 2 months ago
I stopped removing all my body hair years ago when I became a parent. It wasn't a statement or anything, it just wasn't a priority. Your discomfort with it is a you-problem, not a me-problem.
#46
Everyday I Get Closer To Leaving TikTok Forever
#47
Saw These Comments On TikTok Under A Vid Of A Barista Removing A Pigeon From A Cafe, I Have No Words
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TikTok Comment Section
#49
Time To Take A Lies D******r Test
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Center Blocks
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Nurse Mocks A Patient Experiencing Pain, Goes Viral And Gets Flamed
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Found On TikTok And Literally Have No Words
Beak Hookage 2 months ago
Someone set this jerk up on a blind date with an old lady. She'll talk some sense into him.
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Do Not Steal From Target
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I Don't Even Know What To Say
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Gore May
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Ducks Are Not Birds
Zig Zag Wanderer 2 months ago (edited)
Nobody calls a duck a bird to their face and gets away with it. Peace was never an option!
#58
While You're Going About Your Day-To-Day Life, There's Someone Who Uses TikTok To Reveal That They Think Vampires Are Actually Real
#59
Can You Imagine Being The 10th Person And Just Staring At The World Like "Wait, I Gotta Figure This All Out?"
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Guy On TikTok Putting Super Glue In A Lotion Bottle At A Store
#61
“So Yeah I Don’t Care About Woman Outside Of Bed Stuff”
azubi 2 months ago
I once read in some punk fanzine that there are people who find everything boring, and people who see something interesting in everything because they think about it. Whether you find something boring is therefore more a question of intelligence. This post certainly does not refute that theory.
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Silly Person On TikTok Comments Thought Gold Wasn’t A Metal
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Tugger War
Stephanie A Mutti 2 months ago
To be fair,,, if you didn't know what it was called,, "tugger war" makes sense
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What
Doug Moyer 2 months ago
This is actually amusing, not stupid. Put some thought into before criticizing...
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Tiktoker Shames Kid For Being On Device At The Table, While She Records Random Strangers From Her Table To Post Online. Also, Bottom Left Of The Photo. What's That? And At The Dinner Table
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Laughing And Making The Uber Driver Wait For Her To Go Out "Aesthetically"
Claire Holman 2 months ago
And we can safely presume that she didn't pay him for the 10 minutes she kept him waiting whilst she found the opportunity to walk out aesthetically.
#67
How Dare A 600 Years Old Italian Town Not Be Car Centered, I Had To Walk 100 Steps
If you plan your trip by looking at what influencers say on Tiktok, it's your fault. Amalfi is a medieval town, it was built around pedestrians when cars did not exist.
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Influencer At A Wine Bar In Paris That Precisely States No Tiktoks On Their Storefront. This Wine Bar Had Become Famous On TikTok A Few Weeks Prior
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On A TikTok About Evolution
Doug Moyer 2 months ago (edited)
If my family is descended from Germans, how are there still Germans around? Huh? Can't answer that, can you?
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On A TikTok Edit Of A Movie, Apparently Teenagers Cant Define Teen
Beak Hookage 2 months ago
I wonder if they're talking about The Virgin Su1cides? Really good movie.
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Just A Normal Day On TikTok
#72
TikTok Kids Are Dumb
Lukas (he/him, it/its) 2 months ago
This is a reference, not stupidity: "Denial is a river in Egypt, your husband is gay!"
#73
Hygiene Is Overrated
#74
This Is Unacceptable. I’m Shocked In Today’s Day And Age We Still Have Nurses Posting Stupid Things Like This On TikTok And Have Terrible Nurses
#75
Guess I’m Not White Then
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TikTok Is So Dumb
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TikTok Is Dumb
Beak Hookage 2 months ago
He loved her so much he stole her stuff, stalked her, mvrdered her friend, then imprisoned and mvrdered her as well. *sighs* Why don't I have a love like that in my life? It's so unfair.
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Courter Pounder On TikTok
#81
Deformation Of Character
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TikTok Horror Fan Don't Watch Horror
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I've Been Binging This Sub For An Hour, Hopped Onto TikTok For 3 Seconds And This Is The First Comment Section I Find
Nils Skirnir 2 months ago
In many non-Euro centric countries, the continents are taught as: Africa Antarctica Australia Asia (Eurasia) North America South America
#84
It Amazes Me How Many People Struggle With When Leap Years Are
#86
TikTok People Really Don’t Understand Jokes
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Woman On TikTok Wasting Product And Breathing In Chemical Mixtures. She Refers To Everyone Who Calls Her Out As “Trolls”.
She also has kids in her house too which is a bit alarming to say the least.
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TikTok Users Genuinely Believe The United Kingdom Isn’t A Country
Zig Zag Wanderer 2 months ago (edited)
It is a bit weird. They're 4 countries in one. Don't ask me, it's like the holy trinity or some such bollox.
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This Is So Funny
cecilia kilian 2 months ago
It is not the "waiting for their birthday", it is that in many parts of the world, December birthdays are often neglected in the rush of end-of-the-year celebrations.
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Ace 2 months ago
This seems to confirm my assumption that the average age of a TikTok user is about 15,
Marnie 2 months ago
Read that Trump decided he didn't want to ban TikTok because he likes it. That's what he's basing decisions on, not that it should surprise me. Security threats to the US are now being decided based on Trump hearing rumors, reading nothing, not listening to advisors, and just going based on whether he likes something or not.
SchadenFreudian Psychology 2 months ago
Fvck Trump, and fvck everybody who enables him.
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ChipsAndDip 1 month ago
the worst thing ive seen until thjis is someone call a catarac a catattack
Ace 2 months ago
This seems to confirm my assumption that the average age of a TikTok user is about 15,
Marnie 2 months ago
Read that Trump decided he didn't want to ban TikTok because he likes it. That's what he's basing decisions on, not that it should surprise me. Security threats to the US are now being decided based on Trump hearing rumors, reading nothing, not listening to advisors, and just going based on whether he likes something or not.
SchadenFreudian Psychology 2 months ago
Fvck Trump, and fvck everybody who enables him.
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the worst thing ive seen until thjis is someone call a catarac a catattack
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