That's actually a very insightful point that I've been having to actively remind myself of. I strongly agree.
I have this bizarre habit of expecting too much out of people on social media. As if it was this uniquely intellectual discussion forum and not just all kinds of people saying whatever shit comes to mind with little consideration.
I grew up surrounded constantly by people whom I didn't like, and the internet, in a way, has always been an escape from those people. And when browsing social media in my native language (not English), I do actually correctly expect a lot of stupid, offensive shit to be posted, since it's obvious to me those are just the same kinds of people. Somehow that does not at all register with me when people post in English, since that is not the language that the people I grew up around used when they were mistreating me. I think I have that bias where a foreign language sounds more impressive to me by default since it's something I've had to learn.
To a certain extent people, broadly speaking, for sure have become somewhat more accepting and slightly better informed, which perhaps contributed to the issue by giving me a false, vastly exaggerated impression of progress in society.
I also got less elitist about not liking social media. I'm a computer nerd, I used too look down on anybody that used social media at all. That was the normie use of the tech in my eyes. it was this obvious thing to me where all the cool kids that I hated were on Facebook, so I wasn't touching it with a ten foot pole, and I used to think less of anybody that had anything more involved than a begrudgingly created fictional profile with no photos and under 100 "friends" on there. With time I've gotten much more open minded and much less judgemental about shit like that and I've found that there are aspects of social media that I enjoy myself too.
Well, turns out that that came with a truly problematic side effect!
It's really annoying how my mind continues being so stubborn on this one, insisting that the combination of medium and language makes a difference when it really doesn't. Many more people use social media nowadays too. Most people on social media functionally aren't a group that different from most people in general.
And "most people in general" I absolutely would not get along with and I'd never expect to.
So in the name of combating that habit I'm actually going to post this random vent where I mostly talk about myself, because I felt like it, and I'm not gonna shame myself into deleting it. And I don't give a fuck if it's obnoxious or it turns out nobody cares or finds it useful.
But if it does resonate with you, for sure make sure to let me know specifically - after all I'm a narcissist who loves compliments and when people agree with me.
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