The 12 hours without TikTok in America

For a brief moment, America experienced a national crisis unlike any other: a TikTok ban. A tad dramatic, but judging by the way people reacted, you would think the nation had lost electricity, water and indoor plumbing all at once. While the rest of the world carried on as usual, we were all left staring at our phones, mindlessly clicking the app icon as if sheer will would make it work the 100th time, wondering how to fill the void without our endless scrolling.
Most people…