@LukeAlmighty @tomie nah that's not what it is at all. we're living lives outside of the internet, have jobs and IRL hobbies and talk to people. some people may sensationalize some character traits to lump you in those categories but they're fucking retarded so whatever. carry on, lad.

the kinds of people tomie's talking about are the people who either straight up sit on the internet all day and have no real life outside of it, or the normies who have let the internet completely override their normal rational thought and just go along with whatever the curated algorithm on the phone says. if i'm understanding correctly, at least.

there have always been people like that in society as well, but i do think the internet (rather, the post-smartphone internet) has greatly exacerbated that and exposed a lot of people who otherwise might have been totally fine without its existence to a straight up worse standard of living. you had your hermits and your trend chasers, but now it seems that those groups have gotten so monolithic that it is hard to escape them. it's the hardest thing to not simply give up and join one of them, but that's where the sincerity topic comes up. sincerity is a virtue, and virtues aren't directly advantageous to the physical/societal survival of a person. they are only helpful for your soul, which there seems to be quite a lack of these days... hence my original post.