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[-] Th4tGuyII@kbin.social 367 points 2 years ago

As it turns out, the majority of folks are just people trying to get by, and if you're nice enough to them, they'll be nice enough to you.

The problem with most terminally online people is that their social lives ended when they left school, which is when the population of arseholes is at its highest. Everybody is trying to impress everybody else, even at the cost of others.

But a lot of those same people tend to chill off as they mature into adults and become less self-centred. There are still absolutely arsehole adults, but nowhere near as many as the terminally online expect there to be.

[-] sounddrill@lemmy.antemeridiem.xyz 45 points 2 years ago

I've observed this after I got into a college!

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[-] NateNate60@lemmy.ml 159 points 2 years ago

When real life does not match up with the description given by social rejects on a site notorious for infidelity

[-] lars@lemmy.world 40 points 2 years ago

notorious for infidelity

What does this part mean?

[-] Armand1@lemmy.world 75 points 2 years ago

I think they mean "inaccuracy to reality" rather than "cheating on their partners"

[-] tuff_wizard@aussie.zone 29 points 2 years ago

Yeah i was going to say, you’ve gotta have a girlfriend to cheat on a girlfriend.

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[-] Moc@lemmy.world 143 points 2 years ago

⛺️🔥 Rest here traveller. Reading the comments in this thread can get tiring.

[-] drislands@lemmy.world 37 points 2 years ago

It's mostly fine. There's one guy who's got a real rough view of the world and taking it out on anyone that engages with him, but if you block him it's a lot better.

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[-] orca@orcas.enjoying.yachts 129 points 2 years ago

Using high school as a marker for what to expect for the rest of life is such a terrible idea. Just throw that in the rubbish and go experience people for yourself. Wade through the assholes and you’ll find tons of nice folks just trying to live.

[-] saruwatarikooji@lemmy.world 41 points 2 years ago

While that is true... There is still a ton of high school bullshit going on, especially in workplaces.

All the same drama and gossip... I'm so glad I don't work in an office anymore.

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[-] drislands@lemmy.world 29 points 2 years ago

It's true. I think the amount of attention highschool gets, from people saying it was the best years of their lives, to adults coming down hard on you to do the best thing for your future, to your peers seemingly having an amazing time while you're not, winds up making teens feel like it is indicative of how life will be in general.

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[-] Root@discuss.tchncs.de 21 points 2 years ago

It just goes to show the average age of anons. Too sad if they plateau around that.

  • "X raped my childhood!"
  • "Jeez, Michael, you're in your 20's."
[-] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 107 points 2 years ago

That’s so sad. Like I get it, I’ve been the internet shut in and it’s just brutal on your mental health. The blunt reality is that most people are fine and plenty are great. Talk to strangers, you might make friends

[-] xxxSexMan69xxx 100 points 2 years ago

They also don't complain about wokeness and people complaining about wokeness

[-] Kit 25 points 2 years ago

I actually hear people complain about wokeness often irl. At the most random places and times.

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[-] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago

Eh, I'm a school bus driver and that shit is like the main topic of discussion in the break room. It's usually that, dog-whistle euphemisms for racism, or outright use of the n-word.

[-] poeticstuff@lemm.ee 72 points 2 years ago

Most people like being around other people who are chill and respectful. There's no magic trickery about it. Get outside and talk to people.

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[-] _number8_@lemmy.world 69 points 2 years ago

god that's really depressing

[-] moonsnotreal 37 points 2 years ago

And this is one of the few posts on 4chan that doesn't contain the n-word or f slur!

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[-] nIi7WJVZwktT4Ze@fost.hu 60 points 2 years ago

The consequences of being terminally online.

[-] assassinatedbyCIA@lemmy.world 31 points 2 years ago

Hopefully this guy is in remission

[-] onichama@feddit.de 45 points 2 years ago

congrats anon 💜

[-] darthsid@lemmy.world 45 points 2 years ago

This is what rehabilitation feels like

[-] Franzia 42 points 2 years ago

I tried community college first online and then in person at 19/20. Felt so anxious about everything. Mom drove me there and back and was really mean about having to do it. Classes of normies were uber-social, like everybody introduce yourselves and talk aboit the topic. Felt fuck me eyes coming from everyone, which I was probanly returning, but it was a LOT of attention for my loner self. I stopped going and Mom resented me because it cost thousands for like nothing but she didnt want to do it my way either so it was sort of her fault as well. Anyway it was probanly trans dysphoria too. Of course my every waking moment I was like I wonder if they can tell Im feminine please tell me this will help me be more openly queer. Lol.

[-] StinkyDave@lemmy.world 36 points 2 years ago

It's obviously some kind of trap. Run!

[-] OurTragicUniverse@kbin.social 32 points 2 years ago

Wtf does the tilt of your eyes (canthal tilt) have to do with anything? Do incels not like eyes now or something?

[-] squiblet@kbin.social 71 points 2 years ago

Incels think of lots of complicated theories about society and appearances to explain why they think women are not attracted to them

[-] pthaloblue@sh.itjust.works 44 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

That's interesting, they're pretty much the same techniques used by racists from the 17-1900s to determine "racial superiority". It's like it never went away, just crawled into 4chan

[-] squiblet@kbin.social 23 points 2 years ago

Racist phrenology is alive and well among the racists who hang out on 4chan, and definitely, they also apply it to incel theory, mixed with misogyny and a feeling that genetics and society dealt them an unfair and poor hand which can’t be rectified.

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[-] EatMyPixelDust 28 points 2 years ago

It's 4chan, of course it's full of lies...

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[-] bane_killgrind@lemmy.ml 25 points 2 years ago

When nobody is a normie... everyone is.

[-] mmagod@lemmy.world 24 points 2 years ago

there are still bubbles out there..

a lot of people are shitty self centered POS's.. i think they just happened to be in the right place at the right time

[-] Bearlydave@lemmy.world 41 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

The self centered POS's are sitting in their mom's basement on 4chan.

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