Remember distinctly back in 2005-2010's, everyone was happy, well adjusted, had REAL social lives, hanged out with everyone, were really chill and there were less sociopathic/psychopathic behaviors. Then the 2012's came and you see this shit: >suddenly everyone is “taking selfies” >constantly doing faggot shit with their phone >”what is this psychotic, self-documenting behavior” >refuse to be a part of it >”what’s your facebook user”? >”oh.....you don’t have one? Oh... I’m” >”what’s your insta”? >“Oh...you...don’t have one”? >start to see the most hyper social faggots getting all the irl attention and social status because they can manipulate social media to make their life look cool >the reality is they’re just sitting around with other phone staring faggots taking pictures
Instead of say hanging out, just skating or playing basketball and other team-oriented sports, being with groups playing on our PC in LAN parties or just having fun with every chick we see and catcalling them as a joke amongst ourselves, everyone is now glued on their phones all day pretending they have a life. Truth is most people now just stare at their phones all day then pretend they're the coolest shit with their bants and pics.
Friends slowly pulled away while I slowly isolated myself because of this unwillingness to get on board. This world is so fucking gay. It’s only gotten worse because of COVID. Before, I would have conversations with 15-50 people DAILY. Now, it's been reduced to around 5 people per day. I literally will be shitposting on Any Forums on my phone going for a walk because the second I put my phone down, I see nothing but horror. Nobody actually lives their life they just stare at their fucking phone all day every day, bully and harass others that they don't like to the point of suicide while in real life, pretend they like you or are your friends but will expose themselves what they really think once they post their toxicity on social media platforms.
While social media sites like Friendster and Myspace existed before, people weren't plugged in 24/7 since you needed a PC for that. With the advent of the iPhone and the smartphones that followed with it, everything suddenly changed. What went wrong with this world and where are the sane individuals who has formed communities other than the Amish who outright reject every form of technology after the 1800s?
If I could opt out in this world and join a community where social media shit and smartphones are banned, where acting and socializing like a NORMAL human being while not outright totally neglecting technology but only removing the toxic aspects of it, I would in a heartbeat.
I remember. However it started with the release of the iPhone, so your timeline is off. 2007 was the start. The same phenomena also got normies into the Internet so they ruined that as well
Benjamin Parker
>However it started with the release of the iPhone Yeah, but America isn't the world. This shit really took off with the proliferation of cheap Android phones, which was around 2012 and above. Now, even the poorest poorfag in the provinces has a Facebook account in my country. Kids and schoolteachers (Yes, you heard that right. Fucking schoolteachers) are now actually doing Tiktok dances for everyone to see. If you actually saw in person how they do it, you would cringe.
I remember, I was one of the first people with a Smartphone. People at work were making fun of me and asking me why I always stare into the phone and I was seen as the weird one. funny how that changed.
Yeah I was hitting it off with this girl and she asked if I had instagram, it's pretty fucking lame.
Jace Campbell
>People at work were making fun of me and asking me why I always stare into the phone and I was seen as the weird one. funny how that changed. People used to also make fun of faggots who were posting pics of the food they ate and constantly taking selfies. Now it's perfectly acceptable behavior to be a narcissist and you would be questioned if you didn't participate in this behavior. I just want things to go back to what they once were bros. People have become more anti-social and ruder as well.
Ironically, once cheap Android phones proliferated, it was the death of the internet. I see this shit happening now as OP is describing it. Before, we got our dopamine hits from playing team sports, going out and hanging out with friends, at malls, at the beaches, talking with girls and playing the relationship game with them. We also had fun living in the moment and not thinking of anything else. Now there's THAT one faggot who has to take pics and selfies every time we eat out or hang out and pretend they are having fun. In reality, all they did was just scroll through their phone, take selfies, upload it on Facebook/Instagram so they can show the appearance they had fun INSTEAD of actually having fun so they get all their dopamine hits on getting likes and hearts, and then proceed to play Mobile Legends while not really participating/interacting with anyone else. Sad fact is almost everyone nowadays does the latter. I'd give it all back bros. Everything is so fake nowadays. We've got people engaging in narcissistic behavior and rewarding them for it.
I remember when I was 13-14 my older brother was having a party at our house and someone was asking where 'Liam' was. Someone mentioned he was on the computer checking his Myspace, and everyone within earshot ran to the room and all started mocking him for being an anti social loser.
Oooooh how things change.
Wyatt Davis
I have seen this cancer I honestly would rather go back to the annoying Facebook era Rather than the Tim Tok era we live in today Ever been minding your business when your fucking cousin walks in and says can you move we are shooting a video Like wtf is wrong with these people especially when I a here first
Landon Murphy
Funny thing is you had to be on a computer to access Myspace and Friendster back in those days, so you only had 2-3 hours at most then logged off and back into the real world. Not everyone was glued to their cell phones 24/7 when this shit first came out. You still had a life, you still weren't glued to your device. You still had to talk to people, hang out, chill and engage in fun activities whenever you want to socialize. Now everyone can access social media 24/7 and that's where they get their socialization from. There's no more get togethers. Even the covered courts I see today are empty, save for the one or group of faggots doing Tiktok dances. It's amazing how anti-social everyone became in just a span of even LESS than a generation. Take me off this wild ride bros.
This is the very reason I got a pay-per-use subscription for my phone.
Now I can only use the bare minimum of data without facing financial ruin. It's a self imposed restriction to avoid becoming a phonescreen NPC when in public.
It works.
Bentley Lopez
the rest of the world got a few extra years of relief before the brainwashing behemoth smart tech reached them. In 2007 to 2009 the Iphone was strictly North America, Europe and maybe Sydney Australia just barely. Look at the Facebook user map timelines, pre 2010 strictly western countries, by 2015 you have just as many people in China and India using it as the US. Also remember Netflix was in the USA only 8 years ago, now it is a global passtime, it's fucking disgusting seeing nations, institutions all eat this corporate shit up. Now the UN sees smart hand held tech like it's a fucking human right. we've had enough, but our war cry isn't enough.
Bentley Howard
It was pretty great to browse Any Forums and the internet on the go and not being tied to my computer at home. my friends got smartphones too and we suddenly were able to chat from everywhere with each other outside of SMS, ICQ and teamspeak.
Kevin Turner
>It was pretty great to browse Any Forums and the internet on the go and not being tied to my computer at home. And with it, the rise of anti-social human beings you see today. Everyone's so glued to their cell phones nowadays that they'd rather engage in the virtual than on the real. While the internet definitely has allowed for more freer forms of knowledge proliferation, it definitely has done more harm than good.
its the other way around, it done more good than harm.
Lincoln Howard
get your hands on some philosophy, read something useful for extended periods of time. if all you read is everyones lies and projections of what they fantasize themselves to be, you're going to end up fooled and confused.
you gotta' be able to sniff out the lazy liberal grifter, the effeminate passive aggressive man, the unhinged female, and you gotta be able to see that within yourself.
anons gotta' read. gotta' try and get sharp. its all we can do.
Jeremiah Myers
Just keep calling them faggots and move on user
Lucas Rodriguez
jews are actually givign them the money from computers set up to look liek fans. the money simply printed and it helps destroy thefamily and the economy with inflation . deny it.
Cameron Jenkins
Lol fuck, I relate.
I finished highschool in 2007 and started going out when I was 18. Was ok at first but got bored of it quick. Got this weird vibe like we were all doing it just to "be seen" and to show off on social media that we aren't losers .
It dawned on me then I just started getting more and more self conscious being out with everyone having cameras and recording everything that I withdrew, including social media.
I feel its probably a lot worse now with vloggers and tiktokers doing random shit in the street. I know I'm being irrational but I get so paranoid of socially slipping up and someone recording it to go viral
Nolan Diaz
>Got this weird vibe like we were all doing it just to "be seen" and to show off on social media that we aren't losers Yes. They just do things to post about it, not for the novilty of doing something with their friends. I remember I went with a few friends to a lake to just hang out on a saturday, the hottest day in that year, and they wanted to go home at 3pm. Like, now they have pretended they have a life and instantly want to go back to their screens. I don't have friends anymore and am much more happy and true to myself.
Eli Bell
how many times have you made this thread? I know you're probably a bot but you can stop.
