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Yeah, I was doing just fine on my own!
Ferreal, tho. It's like she's implying those aren't simple, elementary facts of modern life, and judging those that don't agree with her whinge-as-wisdom, FFS. π€πΌ
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Iβm sorry to inform you that this is not a given and most people do not feel this way. You see more people like this because you spend a lot of time on the internet. You know who else spends a lot of time on the internet? People like me who feel just as shitty as you do. We are not normal. Normal people do not visit lemmy, or know what a Linux operating system is.
I'm sorry that you feel so comfy with those little lies and acerbic fallacies, genuinely. Currently, isolation is a very real concern for many, if not most modern communities and humanity in general. The causes are legion, and the effects are often globally felt. For example, the entire country of Japan has been suffering from it for so long, they have a fucking word for the "lifestyle", FFS.
Also, fuck "normal". That's just a word unimaginative mouthbreathers use to neg people with βand there are too many of them in the world already. No need to do it to yourself (or others). ππ½
Sometimes when I think "why can't I just be normal???...", I like to remind myself that there is no such think as "normal" :)
Dearest, you are coping by telling yourself that the way you feel is a fact of life. That everyone feels that way. They donβt, and you can feel better.
More negging? Ew. π€πΌ
Just giving obvious advice.
We're done here. Get better, citizen.
Any blurb that sounds like sound psychological advice people on the Internet can use to self-diagnose will do
You ok over there, 00s kid?
I'm actually from 93. Also no not really.
Yes, I inferred that. π€ FYI, being born within a particular decade doesn't make you a "child of" that same period unless you were school age in it as well. Ergo, "00s kid". π€π½