It actually did work, apparently:

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No, it wasn’t. This shit has been common in sci-fi for decades. He just gave it a fancy name and pretended he came up with it.

Such as having to withstand over 100 tons of air pressure per square meter

Moderation is not censorship. For all we know those videos could show beheadings or call for genocide. TikTok has every right to remove that. Moreover, I think it’s their obligation to remove it.