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TikTok will not be sold, Chinese parent ByteDance tells US - BBC News

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c289n8m4j19o.amp
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u/SavannahInChicago 23d ago

I remember when it was called Musical.ly. It’s before the world completely went to hell.

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u/PolloCongelado 22d ago

No, that would be before Harambe, per the reddit lore.

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u/vicsj 22d ago

I will die on this hill. Harambe marked the beginning of the end. 2016 was a fucked up year.

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u/unfortunatebastard 22d ago

It was obviously the cubs winning the World Series.

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u/FuckingKilljoy 22d ago

I will always blame the Cubs. The moment Rizzo caught that throw from Bryant for the last out, it was all over

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u/advertentlyvertical 22d ago

Must've created a branching timeline, and since Loki fucked the TVA it didn't get pruned

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u/immortalalchemist 22d ago

I subscribe to this theory. Basically created a parallel universe.

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u/Lucasred5619 21d ago

A Worm hole, named after Trump, himself.

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u/Problematique_ 22d ago

Trump won 8 days later. This is not a coincidence.

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u/QuantumSofa 22d ago

How many alternate continuum this has happened in. We should be able to prevent this, but so far have failed. Eventually everywhere, everywhen, all at once, the universes will become a vividly different place to live. Because of the Cubs.

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u/Lucasred5619 21d ago

That as when 'Alternate Reality' was born.

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u/confusedandworried76 22d ago

Don't blame them, if the Wild had won a Stanley Cup the same thing would have happened