On TikTok, life really is a simulation. Look no further than the NPC trend going viral on TikTok Live. TikTok creators have been taking to the app's Live feature to mimic NPCs or "non-playable ...
In general, calling someone an “NPC” is a way to tell a person that they lack original thinking skills, or more simply, that their opinion doesn't matter to you—but the term didn't start out that way.