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Ghosting prevalency

I hate how prevalent ghosting is. No matter where you try to talk to people to connect, they ghost. I used to think it's because I was the problem and because I would scare them off but in reality, I realized it's just been normalized to ghost now
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Oneiric · 26-30
My rudimentary hypothesis is information saturation. Think about it, we have so much at the tips of our fingers. We can talk to people all over the world. We can easily slip into escapist scrolling or videos or audiobooks or podcasts. It's easy. It's comfortable. Many people get drawn into it. That isn't a failing on anyones part entirely. We live in a system where attention is commoditized. Your time is worth money. more so than ever before.

Anyway, not to get rambling about it but for me, I can't blame the people. It happens so often. There are so many things that are economically incentivized to make our dopamine fire on our phones and computers and TVs. You don't have to worry about what the person on the show you're watching thinks about your. You don't worry about the character in a game. When its over is when you set your device down. No worries. No strings attached.

It's easy to take it to heart. But I think it's less about you and more about the world. You have to cater to peoples individual intrests. Or make a spectacle. Or a wide variety of other mechanisms that get the dopamine and such flowing. It's the new normal. That's why I had to accept it, personally. If I keep overthinking the reasons in the moment, maybe I'll detach.

We live in a society. It is what we do with it. That's the only thing we've got. The ability to choose how we interact with the trials and tribulation and pain and love.
Movingthegoalpost · 26-30, M
@Oneiric I agree with your take on the landscape, however I still personally do not give a free pass on people who ghost and tell myself it's fine when it's not. It's not that I take it personal, I just see ghosting as a cowardice act, whether people are more dopamine driven or not. It's all about personal agency and accountability, which nobody has anymore. I do agree this is the new "normal", and I accept reality for what it is, but accepting doesn't mean I have to be okay with it or agree with morally, because I don't and I never will
Oneiric · 26-30
@Movingthegoalpost That is our eternal struggle. In a system that constrains relational value, where do we draw the line? For all that I said up there, it has drawn me into withdrawal and apathy. I don't think there are any answers to it. We just have to choose the way we interact with what we have been given. That is about the only power of agency I can identify when it gets granular. I know 'given' is doing some heavy lifting there. By that I mean that we have a certain latitude under constraint systems. We can break it. We also might not be who we are on the other side. Kill part of yourself or work with what you have. It isn't that we can always achieve more, it's the cost. Aw hell, I'm looking at myself right now, not you. I'll leave this for posterity. Never take advice from someone who has already chosen the easy path.
unregisteredhypercam4 · 22-25, M
Been ghosted several times myself. My personal issue with it is that, although yes, I was putting off some red flags, but that's because I didn't know any better (possible aspergers), and I definitely would have appreciated some constructive criticism so it wouldn't happen again. I get that there are a lot of unreasonable guys out there, but what am I supposed to do when I'm ghosted? What did I do wrong? One lesson I've learned is that if they really want you, they won't play games and will forgive little mistakes as long as they know you mean well and are willing to grow. I have zero desire to try online dating again; waiting for another opportunity irl.
Movingthegoalpost · 26-30, M
@unregisteredhypercam4 Yup, it's a cycle because you can't learn from it, since they ghosted you and didn't tell you why. So the next time you talk to a person, you start over thinking every response and overthinking every response of theirs. Tbh, even when you've said or done nothing wrong, people still ghost, so it has nothing to do with what we said. They'll ghost you just to prioritize someone else. Yeah the games people play these days is unacceptable but it happens. Yup quit OLD a long time ago (online dating)
supersnipe · 61-69, M
I accept that it its going to happen, but it is not a good reflection on the person who does it!
RebelRaven · 51-55, F
Ghosting is just a new word for something that has been around for decades, but ya it’s on steroids now.
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When people do bad things to me I can only hope they'll ghost me! Otherwise I'm t
Going to Pay!
VampireQueen · 26-30, F
The person you can trust is yourself.
Movingthegoalpost · 26-30, M
@VampireQueen Yup exactly
SW-User
People who ghost are quite simply cowards. Communication is an option and a choice .
Movingthegoalpost · 26-30, M
@SW-User Honestly it's just best to trust their actions, not words. I've been ghosted by plenty of people who have told me they hate when people ghost because it's happened to them
SW-User
@Movingthegoalpost absolutely! I don't trust words . I go by actions and patterns. I observe carefully.
Movingthegoalpost · 26-30, M
@SW-User Bingo!

 
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