>>306646>It's unreal how hypersocial most people are today as in, the entirety of their worldview and actions rests on what's posted >gen AI feel this. I used to have some online connections, some online spaces I took part in when I was younger. Niche MMOs,irc, teamspeak servers, forums, but those are long gone.
I could never make the move to discord, never could embrace social media. I just couldn't make the jump. Couldn't accept such permanence to everything I'd post.
Most importantly, I couldn't accept giving people so much access to me(?) if that makes any sense.
I hated mobile phones after I got them to the point it was known within family that they'd never call me directly but would call my mom instead since I'd never pick it up.
I just can't be "connected" and "available" 24/7. I don't have the bandwidth.
I mention discord specifically because I do feel like the youth that started with it as their "online connection tool of choice" are a different breed entirely.
Then again, I'm sure for many older people here my teamspeak mention gives rise to similar feelings. I didn't use it much either, but it was still noteworthy.
>Speaking of and to not make a thread just for this, I wonder what the future is like for the older wizards who have fully checked out, including online.This is the only place I post on anymore aside from telegram with my one friend who is far away, but is a connection from IRL.
>Digital IDs I'm worried about it too for many reasons, but realistically I'm too old to care. I realize I'm not that old, but old enough to know that this life isn't going to go on forever. It wouldn't affect my life too much if all I ever posted here had my name attached. Would yours be?
Perhaps there will be things I will no longer share on sites like this. Perhaps sites like this wont exist and I wont be sharing anything.
I'm not going to lie. I feel extremely disconnected from the world and I do desire some form of companionship. That is why I post here.
I don't know if you are the one I initially replied to, but if so, then you probably already feel like posting here doesn't exactly fulfill this vestigial need anyways.
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