I hate the injection of personality into technological instances or common hiccups in modern Internet culture. My heart monitor watch shows me a smiley face while booting up, Github buttons spam "Buy me a coffee!", Reddit says shit like, "Don't panic" when a webpage doesn't load. Shut the fuck up and leave me alone. I am so tired of being surrounded by these pale imitations of reality, like I need to be pacified with pseudo-emotions or meme culture every step of my day.

  • mine [she/her,comrade/them]
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    4 years ago

    I don't like that people don't know how to be alone, and that includes not responding to a text or notification immediately. The expectations people have for availability are unreal and exhausting.

    • john_browns_beard [he/him, comrade/them]
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      4 years ago

      I feel like a fucking weirdo for feeling this way. I was born and raised in the NYC metro area and after I hit 30 I just want to be left alone for the most part. I still like to see my friends and family a lot, but fuck texting. It's like I'm reverting to a time before cell phones. I'd much rather someone come over for dinner and drinks once a month than mindless bullshit every day.

      • mine [she/her,comrade/them]
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        4 years ago

        Same! When I moved for a job I realized how different a lot of my friends back home and I were, since we weren't really on social media or big texters. I never had a need for a smartphone till I had a job that required one. I love my friends in my new city, but they really don't understand why I need time to myself - sometimes for a week or longer, especially if shit's stressful. They're getting used to it now so fortunately I don't think they take it personally anymore, but honestly I think Covid taught them more about that than actually listening to anything I said.