Many people do not live up to this level of maturity that you seem to expect of them. And many others can’t beat the dopamine and quick gratification that tiktok provides. As such, tiktok attracts people of all ages and associating it with kids is, and has been for a while, an outdated view, only held by people who don’t actually engage with the platform.

Outdated views and disconnection from present reality is represented by the old man screaming at clouds meme.