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Whether or not you use it, TikTok is having an impact on your life. From which writers and artists are talked about to the way apps are designed, TikTok's non-aesthetic is everywhere. Jens Kalaene/dpaIf Franz Kafka were to reconceive "The Metamorphosis" for our era, he might decide to ditch the nove.
If Franz Kafka were to reconceive "The Metamorphosis" for our era, he might decide to ditch the novella in favor of a series of surreal TikToks â Gregor Samsa as eyes and mouth green-screened onto a picture of a roach jacked from the web. Kafka is long gone. But thankfully, we have Kendria Bland, a Mississippi comedian who does a semiregular bit on TikTok about the travails of a pack of .