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So, I have a weird thought.

Why do we use social media? We say we use it most of the time to escape reality right? We tell ourselves that it's to escape the pain of the real world and to ignore reality... But is it just me or does this fake place seem to become more and more like our reality everyday? Real life things are always happening here, heartbreak, sadness, anger, frustration, stress. All these issues we try to escape are seeping their way into this blissful place of ignorance we call the internet and everyday we get to see more and more of the stress come in. When I used to come on the internet, I could say that it was to relieve stress... ...But now I tell people, hey I need to get off the internet to de-stress. Kind of funny how that whole thing switched around isn't it? That the one thing we used to escape stressful life is now more stressful than the life we tried to ignore for a few hours at a time. That's just my thoughts...
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🤷🏻 I've always used it to try and compensate for the social interaction I wasn't getting offline. The plan was to eventually build up my confidence enough to take my chances with people in the real world, but here I am. I think it has effectively stunted the growth of my social skills.
@SW-User That about sums up the internet I think.
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@ThatOneMan Thanks for BA. *-*
@SW-User You're welcome 💙

Lostpoet · M
Good thoughts. Life is everywhere I guess there is no escaping it.
@Lostpoet Exactly, except to go back to the reality in which we first tried to leave.
Lostpoet · M
@ThatOneMan I guess the new fear and hunger is cured with glossy screen.
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Nothing is “switched”, it just depends on how you use it
@SW-User Can you say thought that you can go on the internet without encountering some stress though or some bit of reality that you wanted to get away from?
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@SW-User ...Like, can I just stay with you on your part of the internet then?
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Reality may be catching up with you. It's been this way since at least 2009
@SW-User Unfortunately that may be the case.
Deadcutie · 18-21, F
The irony is here, I can be my true self.. out there is the me acting
@Deadcutie And there it is, reality outside of real life and not being yourself in real life
Deadcutie · 18-21, F
@ThatOneMan because of necessity....
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well you maybe right. I'm here to have sexy fun. Do here what we want to do with our female workers but not dare

 
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