TikTok is basically a time killer, short shots of dopamine. Such users aren’t thinking about it that hard, so it would stand to reason they aren’t considering the impact of the noise either.
I’d also posit it’s an “addiction,” akin to smokers who need to smoke somewhere they know they probably shouldn’t. Maybe they don’t have earbuds on them immediately, but they feel the pull of TikTok, so they pull their phone out and turn the audio on, anyway.
What’s more, it’s not recognized as an “addiction” by the public, so the noise doesn’t have the stigma of secondhand smoke, either.
…Apathy?
TikTok is basically a time killer, short shots of dopamine. Such users aren’t thinking about it that hard, so it would stand to reason they aren’t considering the impact of the noise either.
I’d also posit it’s an “addiction,” akin to smokers who need to smoke somewhere they know they probably shouldn’t. Maybe they don’t have earbuds on them immediately, but they feel the pull of TikTok, so they pull their phone out and turn the audio on, anyway.
What’s more, it’s not recognized as an “addiction” by the public, so the noise doesn’t have the stigma of secondhand smoke, either.
Hadn’t thought of the addiction angle, makes a lot of sense