Hey, that whole newspaper thing will be tough for me. Being out in Rural America and with the entire world being online now, I will have to go out and find a paper. The local towns are so small none of them have new paper producers any longer.
So, would you accept wildlife or farm work pics? I will be awkward as possible, just not standing on my head or nothing like that, okay?
I’ve actually been accused of being the same person as another well known user here. I know it’s the internet and well, this is sw. It’s supposed to be whatever but I'd be lying if I said it didn’t sting.
@RosaMarie Knock on what evers made outta wood near ya-
Only a few here that seep hate in to others . It wont be the pain of that particular knife in your back if it happens.....it'll be the hand that held it.
Part of the audition or vetting process to become a pen pal (for lack of better term)? A better thing might be like, “please send a picture of your right hand holding up three fingers and tell me your real first name.” Text that in a DM as a test. Please. You won’t be sorry.
Social media trains us to become suspicious of everything...photos, stories, emotions, even kindness for god sake. Eventually you don’t just question the fake things....hell no.. You start questioning the real ones too. And that might be the actual tragedy of the internet.
This is so spot on. I see a lot of paranoia and accusations towards others and have experienced it. It's a bit tragic.
this is so great. OMG the amount of times ive been catfished is unreal. lol I met my husband online, when we first met we both demanded a video chat just to make sure each other was who they said they were. I like the news paper idea and doing something oddly specific lmao. it does do that tho. I look at everything now like no way that's real or I search it and it will come back with some bullshit.
I feel like people can believe me or not, eff it. I don't appreciate the suspicions but what can I do if I'm being real? Argue? 😂 Nah I give my truth people can take it or leave it or talk to me about it, but accusations shut me down.
@Punxi Oh sorry I didn't mean to seem like I was coming at you 😔 I had read other comments of being accused of not being real and that's happened to me before and my brain ran with it lol
I have a recent photo I'd love to send you! I am the one in the foreground! 🤣🤣🤣
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And on a more personal note...it is hearts and minds that meet on the internet. We should ALL concentrate on the important stuff...like SPIRIT...SOUL...KINDNESS...and don't worry about the rest. It's no big deal.
That's well written and I know that kind of burnout that comes off paranoia. There are two ways you can handle it. 1. Detach from 'all life' on such a social media which takes too much time and effort to verify and enjoy interactions from neutral grounds. Then it pretty much doesn't matter who it is on the other end.
2. Interact knowing what is on the other side can be anything and anyone but you're just going to enjoy it in the moment and not get attached.
Otherwise, no matter how good a verification system you have, you might watch your energy drain even further with all the what ifs and whys as you sift through for one good out of many multiple shady agenda people.
@itsnotimportant That’s actually a very grounded way of looking at it.... The strange thing about social media is that the search for certainty often ends up destroying the very thing people came there for in the first place, a moment of human connection.
@Punxi Agree. Unfortunately, anonymity as an umbrella we all fall under on here allows the human trickster side to come out to play. Some people have very defined trickster sides and guess where they all will be attracted to.
Having said that, having a medium via which we now try to make human connections seems to lose in translation the more subtle and yet more important parts of it. It is indeed quite sad.
Questioning even what is real, that's the thing keeping me from laughing, and you are funny here!! I think a part of a solution is to keep aloof, but kind to those who aren't obviously off to our perception.
You sum it up perfectly for me. I have no idea what pleasure someone gets from being a catfish, it is really strange behaviour. I have no idea who is real or fake on this site and to be honest, I'm beyond caring. I can't take this site seriously anymore.
