the modern internet is hideuos | #1

Hello my precious dweebs, I actually knew of this site's existence for some time, but I wasn't devoted enough to fixing my phone addiction until now. 

The current state of internet "community" is horrendous. To get any jokes you really would have to scroll at least few hours a day - and everyday - since trends expire so quickly. It's just too much to take, but everyone's doing it, so trying to stop makes me feel isolated and alone. Once I turn off my phone, I suddenly feel like just a lone human on a rock, and it's scary. In my case there's no one to go to and pay a visit, because every one of my friends lives far away, and I don't have any community meetups in my area cuz I'm from a small town where most residents are elderly. There's so little opportunities to connect in real life. 

I quit tiktok in 2024, that's where it was too much for me. Now I couldn't join even if i wanted - every time my friends show me their feed I feel like there's acid being poured onto my brain. Brainroot is literally a disease but everyone brushes it off with jokes. I imagine millions of people who are trapped in a doomscrolling loop, not ever questioning it. And those are all the people that were supposed to be out there somewhere, literally just experiencing life. World sometimes feels like a big ghost town.

I have more to rant but maybe it shouldn't all go into one post. Rn I just want to test this app out

peace