By skyforbes 
I am tired of spoilers.
As any young person, and yes, I still consider myself as a young person, I am not even 24 yet, I spend most of my time on TikTok.
If it healthy? No. But we are not here to discuss that.
It’s probably my most used app. And is the place where I get informed (not the best place for that) and also the place where I get recommendations for books, movies, tv shows and music.
And before I say anything bad, I have to play the devil lawyer here and say that sometimes I find great things there, especially with music. 4 of the 5 most listened artists on my spotify come from tiktok.
Now the bad things.
I can’t watch anything anymore.
If a tv show launches one day, on the next tiktok is full of spoilers, same thing with movies.
I have been having nightmares just thinking when the last season of stranger things comes out. I am gonna have to spend a month without looking at the app.
I can’t not count the many times I was spoiled by tiktok.
I get, you like the movie, you loved the tv show, you favorited the book, but you don’t need to give spoilers about the whole thing, let the people discover for themselves.
I know that it’s not everybody, but it is most of the people. And I know that I can block all the hashtags that I don’t wanna see, but if I do that, I am gonna end up with nothing to watch.
And the second thing, and I know that is totally my fault is that I have been forming my taste according to others.
I can’t remember the last time where I decided to watch a movie because I like the sinopses, or a tv show, or read a book because I liked the cover or the history.
My Amazon wishlist it’s full of books that others liked and recommended. Same thing with my Letterboxd.
Don’t get me wrong, I really think that I want to watch those things or read those books. But sometimes I keep thinking if I am really this person, or if I am forming my personality based on what I see on social media.
Like, I have to be this girl, I have to like these things.
Who I really am?
And more important
What do I really like?
But maybe, this is my fault. I am always looking for edits about the movies and tv shows I watched or books that I read. Maybe I set up my own trap.
How about you? When was the last time you watched or read something that you really wanted and not because someone recommended?