Americans don't recognise a lot of (their own) politicians & celebrities

[therearewords]

How readers did on Upshot's facial recognition quiz, and what we can learn from their mistakes. https://t.co/MdyCjT1keR
- The Upshot (@UpshotNYT) January 3, 2020

- Are you good at putting a name to a face? Depending on your age and media-intake, you might not be;

- NYT offered a quiz in which you had to put a name to 52 faces

Comments

[frenchmoodle]

With the Internet, it doesn't seem like we have big name stars anymore. Growing up, everyone seemed to know the A-list stars like Julia Roberts, Will Smith, Robin Williams, etc.

[piratesswoop]

based on this survey, i think the only current A-list star right now is the rock lmao. the only ones more known than him are the two most recent presidents and somehow even boomers mostly know who he is

[frenchmoodle]

yeah, most of my middle schoolers only talk about Tik Tok and don't understand any of my pop culture references.

[schmankerl]

I don't understand (the point of) Tik Tok at all, tbh. Maybe I'm just too old for that.

[frenchmoodle]

We had a school dance, and tons of kids were hiding in the bathroom stalls watching Tik Tok. I had to go in there and tell them to get out of the bathroom and socialize. It was weird.

[likeiused2]

hahahaha

[rubie_dubidoux]

omg this is the most Gen Z thing I've ever heard

[musicnkisses]

I love TikTok lmao. But I was thirty for something to fill the void Vine left so.

[schmankerl]

But wasn't Vine all about making your own original content? Because I thought TikTok is just about lip synching to already existing songs/movies etc?

[musicnkisses]

The app that TikTok replaced, Musical.ly, was like that, but TikTok is much more similar to Vine.

[jeff_koons]

It’s basically vine. It can be really good when people get creative. One time I saw a girl silently lip syncing in her headphones while doing weird moves for a TikTok at a KFC food court and it was so cringeworthy I almost laughed at her

[piratesswoop]

lmao watching people do tiktok videos in public is hilarious

[schmankerl]

I didn't realize you could actually make original and creative content, I thought it's just about lip synching to songs/movies and I just don't get what the appeal about that is.

[jeff_koons]

People do a lot of creative shit with editing and re dubbing different media. That’s my fave sub genre tbh

[schmankerl]

Ah ok, thank you for explaining! That sounds like it could be a lot of fun actually.

[problematic]

Nothing makes me feel more like a boomer than tiktok. I enjoy vine compilations on youtube but I just can't be bothered with tiktok.