I Seem to be Entering My Own Planet · 8:52pm May 17th, 2021
Like I said a few months in another blog, Fimfic is the only website where I have an active account. I have no Insta, Twitter, Facebook, Tinder/Hinge or Snapchat, and have seemed to enter my own reality as a result haha.
Obviously, I know about these sites/apps since all my friends use them, but since I'm not on them, I get to view these things as an outsider. And the observations are... interesting.
Positives of No Online Presence:
- No Insta or Snapchat means I get to fully immerse myself in an experience instead of taking pics for others
- No Twitter, Insta or Facebook means I'm not endlessly bombarded with the negative news of the world. I'm 100% in charge of my social circle, versus online where the entire world is your circle, which can be super draining for most.
- No online hookup/meetup apps means I'm forced to meet new people the old fashioned way... by striking up a conversation in person.
- Not being endlessly blasted by others' opinions online means I'm forced to use my own intuition more. Learn to use your gut, folks.
These 4 things may seem minor, but I often seem to be the only one among my age group who's experiencing these. For most of my friends/peers, their lives seem to be trending toward:
- Capturing experiences for others instead of losing themselves in them
- Plugging into the negative news of the world and getting more neurotic by the year
- Being more afraid to meet new people in person by the year
- Relying more on what popular opinion is versus your own intuition
And this seems to be even worse with Gen Z (my lil bro's generation). This all said, I still maintain that the internet is the greatest tool in human history *when used correctly.* Otherwise, it really does seem to melt most people's minds over the long term haha. Which is partly sad, but it can also be very funny to watch 
Also, since I love saying things to piss people off... cyberbullying isn't real. The tweet below, even if it's fake, is basically how I feel 
(spoilered for cursing)
I'd argue that, for both cases, it really does seem that way until you know the person IRL, then it's just straight-up sad.
I've had many family members that were radically changed by the internet/politics, and I gotta tell ya, it ain't fun.
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I'd argue that if the internet can mold your personality that much, then you didn't have much of a personality to begin with. Which makes sense, considering most people are just products of their enivornment.
Only difference is that environment has changed. 100 years ago, it was your community and place of worship telling you what to think. Now it's the internet. Same shit, different day.
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True enough, though I'd argue that some media is more deceptive than others, you don't have to have a weak personality to be fooled, all it takes is to trust something or someone for a second, and BAM, donezo, you're either a nazi or a socialist!
But, I suppose if it wasn't the internet it'd be something else, but I'd much rather it be something positive, than something so hateful ya know?
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While I agree that most media is purposely deceptive, I disagree with this sentence. In fact, I'd go *much* further and argue that most people purposely go to their outside environment (such as their online community or deceptive media) because they deep down want to be told what to think. Because being forced to form your own opinions on every single topic by yourself is draining
I'd argue relying on any outside source to mold your personality is bad, even if it's a positive source. It's why I have much more respect for someone who genuinely disagrees with me on everything, versus who agrees with me but only because they follow the crowd.
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I guess I can agree with that, It's a comfort thing, it's easy to just, go along with the opinions you already agree with, it's disrespectful to yourself to take the safe options of only accepting others versions of reality because your not good enough to have your own opinion.
I wish people thought more about their own opinion, people lack the confidence to form an opinion, apparently you have to have one million followers on Instagram to say stupid stuff of your on volition.
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Haha. That's certainly option 1. Or you can go with option 2: Live by your own terms and people will inevitably start following you as you succeed.
That said, despite me being Mr. Genuine, becoming a vain, fake Insta influencer seems super fun, and I'm nearly deadset on doing it in the future
At least for a bit haha.
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Well, make sure to name drop, XxCaptainh3ckinRadical69xX when you're at the top, that be my Instagram username, for when I become a clout hunter!
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Haha. But if I'm a fake Insta influencer, I'm obligated to forget all the people who helped me along the way
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It brings a tear to my eye, you've given up all of your humanity already, it's beautiful!
How to stop bullying right in its tracks: ignore the existence of all others except oneself. Become a Solipsist.
How can bullying be real if our eyes aren't real?
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If the kind of mass information exposure and abundance of activities and opportunities available through the internet don't change a person, I'd argue they're pretty darn stubborn.
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I'm always open to changing my mind based on new information. What I'm talking about here is how people absolutely lose their minds online, become more neurotic, succumb to mass peer pressure, and seem to live more for their online life than their real life. This goes for both sides politically, of course. Pyro's comment was talking about people radically changing due to online politics.
Haha, I wouldn't say that. Cyberbullying only works if you care about the opinions of others. If you *genuinely* don't care about the opinions of random strangers, then it doesn't work.