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It’s really hard to build an individual identity. I’d argue it’s impossible without spending significant time alone, through significant adversity; two things that are really hard to embrace no matter who you are or where you come from.
And if you don’t know who you are or what’s important to you, how can you build an adequate support system?
Hence the social media addictions, the false narratives and friendships, the accrual of “followers” and other shallow dopamine hits to the ego. It’s poisonous on so many levels.
Not an original thought by any means, I just wonder why people still seem to want this dystopian hellscape we’re living in 🙃
Comment by rationalunicornhunt at 26/01/2025 at 20:43 UTC
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Same....not really sure...I guess life is stressful for a lot of people, so they take whatever cheap and easy source of dopamine hits they can find, especially if a person is in survival mode....but then I was in survival mode and getting off social media for the most part helped me improve my living situation a lot...so it's still a choice in the end, I think, at least for some of us?
I try not to judge, but I do think it's counter-productive to collect "friends" both online and offline...and it kind of waters down the meaning of friendship to me...me and my 3 friends are all introverts so I don't know....maybe extreme extroverts find it less stressful to maintain many loose bonds with others?