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How can people so mean?
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Are you trying to have non school related convos? People are nice if you do that but they generally dont want to do that, im ngl ive called some ppl out for that, like do not blow up our phones and make us uncomfortable, if you think someone enjoys talking to you, text them seperately. (this could not pertain to you, more like ppl asking where the parties are at and what everyones doing, we're not in a group out of choice we are not about to share where we live)
I have muted workgroups for sending "good morning" and "happy birthday" messages. Then given them the reason, when they asked why I am slower to respond on WhatsApp than on e-mail.
If I join a work related group, I expect work related chat. I don't enter social groups.
Reading down, I see OP was in a social group.
In that case, that's just their (the sophomores') way of social interaction.
Don't expect them to be better face-to-face. Remember TV programs depicting bullying? That happens IRL with the same (and sometimes much higher) intensity. We are much luckier now, that we can just avoid them on the internet.
Let's just say you now know one more person you don't want to contact much. There is no lack of potential friends in the world.
It was a general chat where some people were already sending memes and so on, theres a separate group chat dedicated to studies, and its pretty dead most of the time, after some hours since I stopped talking there and no one is writing anything, so I don't really get it why exactly I receive that, he was probably being pranky or something