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It's just reddit-brain, IMO. You're right, it's not news worthy. I saw it happen to a few people from my high school. Above average IQ people spending too much
by joenot443 4y ago
It's just reddit-brain, IMO. You're right, it's not news worthy.
I saw it happen to a few people from my high school. Above average IQ people spending too much time reading reddit and ending up with some weirdly elitist but also juvenile opinions on social interactions. Stuff like "DAE think small talk is pointless?" or "I never realized how impossible it is to make friends in adulthood" is pretty common.
Subs like /r/relationships, /r/offmychest, /r/amitheasshole, etc. are the worst because while the topics are about offline, real-life encounters, it's mostly just very-online, neuroatypical folks sharing their thoughts. One ends up thinking they're getting a fair majority perspective, when really you're getting the perspective of what's otherwise a pretty marginal outgroup.
- johnny22 4y ago> "I never realized how impossible it is to make friends in adulthood" is pretty common. Articles about this topic have been on very respected news sites for awhile, so at least that one exists outside the bubble you're referring to.
- nicolas_t 4y agoI have plenty of non-online friends who are not on reddit who keep telling me that it's difficult to make friends in adulthood so, yes it's rather common outside of that bubble. Some people just never really learned to initiate new friendship and only relied on people inviting them, being in a university with events helping new friendships etc..