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[โ€“] TheDoozer@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Your entire rant should be required reading for kids entering high school in the age of social media.

[โ€“] ameancow@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

I appreciate that at least someone read it. I feel bad for people trying to do right and just find some decent, non-hateful place to socialize online, but we all gotta remember there's no such thing as a safe space online. It's all going to alter your brain in some way. It's like how there's no such thing as a "healthy" amount of alcohol, even nice, decent spaces online are not necessarily good for you if you're not limited your time and not maintaining healthy distance from other people's thoughts.

It's hard because we all want to connect, but our brains aren't wired to absorb the thoughts of so many other people... especially how we read them in our own voices inside our head. It confuses the many, many sub-layers of your consciousness. (Neurology is a bitch to learn about because you realize all at once how complex we are, but also how vulnerable.)