I feel like not having social media is ruining my social life. It's not that extreme, but I couldn't find a better way to phrase it. You try to become acquainted with someone and it's inevitably going to come up eventually: "what's your social media?" As much as I hate to admit it, having a social media is necessary. Is it really seen as not normal to not have any social media? I had social media, but I don't see the point in being on sites filled with *******s and morons. I state one minor opinion - and no, it wasn't a controversial opinion. It was a sports opinion. Someone disagreed with it and personally attacked me, calling me a homophobic slur. You disagree with someone and look through their profile to find things to personally attack them on. That laughing emoji gets used to laugh at someone's misfortunes. You can't ask a simple question without being laughed at. I refuse to be on a site that mentally drains me. It feels like there's only one choice:
-be on a site that emotionally drains me and brings me depression just to be seen as normal and have a platform to give people that want to keep in touch
-be happy and content with my life but not be able to make any long term friends because once we become close enough I have no accounts to give them
There's no medium. Nobody really keeps in contact with phone numbers. Social media is the thing now and I have to accept that. I wonder if I'm the problem being offended by a homophobic slur... being offended by someone laughing at a question I have... being offended at anything other than someone being nice. Is being nice so hard to ****ing do?
Can I still make friends without having social media, or should I just accept that it's not normal and make one?
-be on a site that emotionally drains me and brings me depression just to be seen as normal and have a platform to give people that want to keep in touch
-be happy and content with my life but not be able to make any long term friends because once we become close enough I have no accounts to give them
There's no medium. Nobody really keeps in contact with phone numbers. Social media is the thing now and I have to accept that. I wonder if I'm the problem being offended by a homophobic slur... being offended by someone laughing at a question I have... being offended at anything other than someone being nice. Is being nice so hard to ****ing do?
Can I still make friends without having social media, or should I just accept that it's not normal and make one?