[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":160},["ShallowReactive",2],{"page-tiktok-goes-your-clock":3,"navigation":70},{"id":4,"title":5,"body":6,"date":57,"description":58,"draft":59,"extension":60,"hideYear":59,"meta":61,"navigation":65,"path":66,"readingTime":55,"seo":67,"stem":68,"__hash__":69},"articles/articles/tiktok-goes-your-clock.md","TikTok goes your clock",{"type":7,"value":8,"toc":53},"minimark",[9,13,16,24,27,30,40,43,46],[10,11,12],"p",{},"I used to browse TikTok most evenings until I decided to delete it around a year ago. I used to consume a whole lot of transient, tantalising garbage.",[10,14,15],{},"I would thow out facts I'd seen on TikTok into conversations, or opinions I hadn't delved further than thirty seconds on. It's a recipie for knowing sh*t.",[10,17,18,19,23],{},"Looking back, I had learned nothing of value, and I realised so much time had been wasted. 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