2 Old 4 TikTok

They’re still thinking about the Roman Empire! Dena and Catalina start off the pod this week with a burning question about how well TikTok knows them, and featuring videos by @chargers and @jfam.ily responding to the Roman Empire trend. Next up is what’s on their algorithm, with Catalina being served NYC Fashion week drama masterfully explained by @griffinmaxwellbrooks and @shopsyro. She also discusses @lex.delarosa and encourages everyone to read work on the #tradwife trend by Anne Helen Petersen, linked here. Dena’s algorithm this week is all about the Italian grandma angry about a prosciutto lawsuit (@gbh). The ladies return to a recent stitch trend, featuring a wild story by @dasiadoseit, and discuss one of the internet’s best sounds appearing in a video by @forsmiles. The content creator of the week is @margaret_mcelroy and the featured food creator is @brittanyhmiller. To close, Catalina and Dena wax poetic on car safety after learning about what happens to cars when they crash in a video by @xnderr.

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September is in full swing and TikTok is as busy as ever. Dena and Catalina open discussing the concerts they recently attended, including a recap video by friend of the pod @ashleyrosayy of the Death Cab For Cutie and Postal Service reunion – Catalina’s personal eras tour, and Dena’s experience at the Aerosmith concert. Dena also has an important update. Lots to chat about in terms of algorithms this week. Catalina starts off with a story about a bride overcharging her bridesmaids for dresses featured by @aitapod before diving into Army wife drama and @jesstheprequeldoesmiami’s reaction video. Dena also shares her side of TikTok this week including @thelexisout claiming to be the Delta Airlines pooper and MLM reaction videos like the masterful work of @canadiankels2.0 and @mallorysthoughts. A recent audio/filter trend is set to an Ashanti song with creators like @crazyauntchronicles, @idk.its.jess and @olanprenatt_is.sexy joining in. Next up, they highlight featured content creator of the week @Boobieklapper before moving on to the latest celebrity drama covered on the platform by @bekahdayyy. The food and drink section is as unhinged as usual, with Dena mostly featuring videos about Portugal (@theatrewithselena, @kris10peterson) and a debate about reselling pastries from Costco. To wrap up, Catalina discusses what she learned about bees thanks to @mr.mrs.beerescue and the ladies chat about how often they think about the Roman Empire (@theyaresam_).

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This week on TikTok it’s all about Burning Man: from its negative qualities (@acesculptrix) and traffic (@thedestinations), to burner archetypes (@stopitparis) and muddy showers (@angiepeacockmsw), and the thousands of festival-goers who got stuck in the mud (@shoddylynn, @laylamolayem, @user919818233). After a long discussion about all things trench foot the girls turn to the other latest videos on their algorithms. For Catalina it’s Spanish creator @elcromass, and for Dena it’s @dani_lyle talking about doing a film project instead of writing an essay. As usual, their algorithms synced in some ways, with both ladies coming across another video about school projects by @teachersoffdutypodcast. After touching upon Gwyneth Paltrow’s unhinged video for @seed they move on to the food and drink realm of TikTok, including @trainwithshay’s hacks for Starbucks drinks and @hauskris’s discussion of the perfect Diet Coke break. @roxyfacer brings some BIG news in the world of learning on TikTok and the ladies close with a convo about the pickle sweatshirt, featuring a video by @jonthrifts. Sadly, for the second week in a row, they do not have time to discuss how @matthewjones898 ate a chicken from Costco.

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Summer is slowly coming to an end, and with Labor Day upon us Dena and Catalina open up with @astoldbyginger’s discussion of ending the summer “FTB.” In the algorithm segment Catalina realizes she is fully on the hair side of the app, discussing videos by @styledbychanning and @chandlertate1109 and the girls chat about creator @leahbarzz’s attempt to get a discussion going via stitches about “Saturday Scaries.” Dena shares a video she was served about taking a helicopter to the airport @kevindroniak, and the transportation theme continues with creator @msbrijanai’s account of her experience taking the driver-less Waymo car to work. The girls also discuss (and firmly disagree) with @yevit’s supposition that there’s no better feeling than being a freshman at NYU, and Dena recaps some more New York content including unfortunate coverage of a water main break (@stopitparis) and the day in the life of a US Open Ball Girl (@schrodingersbrat). Stitches are on trend, from @meolah’s request to know what girls in Wisconsin are up to (answered by @ms.newb00ty and @autumnacord, and @lblikes’s discussion of unfortunate graphic design decisions, with an amazing response by @lisarachnid. Their content creator of the week is @amandamccants, Dena speculates that Jay-Z will join TikTok, and Catalina reflects on a tomato cocktail featured on one of her favorite food creator accounts, @babytamago. Learning on TikTok includes an unexpected way to rid oneself of gas (@fumptruck and @sheabuttermother) and they close the episode with a conversation about what Dena wears to work, inspired by a video by @seenbyluna.

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Big news in the 2 Old 4 TikTok world! At the top of the episode Dena and Catalina discuss how they will now be releasing WEEKLY episodes. That’s right, they’re finally bringing you all the latest trends and commentary at the pace the algorithm demands (or something more like it). For topics first up is Rushtok, which just wrapped up, including videos by @bamarushtok1 and some of this “season’s” most well-known characters; @on_thedaily_with_morgan and @bellagracegates. Catalina’s algorithm knows she refuses to learn the NATO phonetic alphabet, like @nicollevieira04, and Dena discusses the one-day-that-changed-your-life-forever trend. The content creator of the week is @amandashultz_ and the ladies also highlight @robhomecook for a very accurate ranking of tinned fish options. Lots of learning on TikTok this week: Catalina shares @somm_vivant’s discussion of universal wine glasses and Dena discusses The Happy Urbanist’s explanation of guardrails and the ensuing parody by @ethangarz. To close, the girls discuss the concept of going to the club in the morning as introduced by @marthagraeff, wife of a DJ.

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