Post 9kozJiF6Jer3EncsiW by qwazix@mastodon.social
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 (DIR) Post #9konD8pvqJRIEyxCJE by leip4Ier@niu.moe
       2019-07-13T20:03:33Z
       
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       i have a loving girlfriend i'm so happy with. but the society for some weird nonsensical reason expects me to socialize with other people irl. i understand that it isn't what i need, what i want myself, but it's so hard to just stop thinking in a way society wants you to think. fuck stereotypes. people spending all their time at home can be happy too.
       
 (DIR) Post #9konD946zamWwxaWPY by leip4Ier@niu.moe
       2019-07-13T20:08:46Z
       
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       i like communicating with people, i need it, but i prefer to do it online, this way it doesn't make me anxious. i live in the middle of nowhere, here it's almost impossible to find someone who'd understand me and with whom i'd have common interests to talk about. but there's internet, is communication over text in any way worse than talking? i don't think so.
       
 (DIR) Post #9konD9P1jpVnzpNE0m by Wolf480pl@niu.moe
       2019-07-13T20:36:01Z
       
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       @leip4Ier IMO communicating over text is definitely different than talking. Not better, not worse, but has some pros and cons.As you've already said, it doesn't make you anxious, which is one advantage. Another is that people are not expected to reply immediately, and have an option to think twice before sending a message.OTOH, text doesn't convey non-verbal information. And while some people (probably me) fail to notice a lot of non-verbal information even when talking face to face, most of the time it's at least possible to tell if the person is joking or angry.A few years ago, I remember using a lot of emoticons with very specific meaning to convey some of that information, and it worked really well, but it looks like it kinda faded these days...Until 4 years ago I too lived in the middle of nowhere. I met my best friends on the internet. Because, it's indeed hard to find someone with common interests nearby.
       
 (DIR) Post #9kozHxBRnKAMzu4vOC by qwazix@mastodon.social
       2019-07-13T22:51:23Z
       
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       @Wolf480pl @leip4Ier I live in the middle of a 4m residents city and it's hard to find people with common interests (and, most importantly, ethics).And yeah, cool internet friends and textual communication :-D :-D
       
 (DIR) Post #9kozJiF6Jer3EncsiW by qwazix@mastodon.social
       2019-07-13T22:51:42Z
       
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       @Wolf480pl @leip4Ier I live in the middle of a 4m residents city and it's still hard to find people with common interests (and, most importantly, ethics).And yeah, cool internet friends and textual communication :-D :-D