has it become popular to be a complete social inept? i've never seen so many kids that can't handle basic human interaction as i have in the last 5 years. WTF?

[–] Crozekiel@lemmy.zip 12 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Why are you seeing so many kids for the last 5 years? Do you have a representative sample size?

I feel like getting a feel for how people in society actually act from memes is a dangerous game. I think the point of them is to push passed hyperbole so that people laugh at it, and then share it with friends.

Also, inept isn't a noun.

[–] ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net 15 points 2 months ago

OP screaming at the top of their lungs: "Why are you kids so socially inept?!"

(Kids awkwardly backing away from this crazy person)

[–] roscoe@startrek.website 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

If we can verb nouns, we can noun adjectives!

[–] UnrepententProcrastinator@lemmy.ca 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The terminally online are 90% of Lemmy's content machine.

I get curated stuff for free so I'm happy those people exist but yeah don't take their worldview as the norm.

[–] desktop_user@lemmy.blahaj.zone -1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Nah, most of these nerds are just unhealthy online

[–] UnrepententProcrastinator@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The way you interface with strangers on the web is also something that could use a modicum of effort.

Be what you want the web to look like.

[–] desktop_user@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 2 months ago

user generated toxicity, nerdy shit, and thigh pics are all good parts of the internet.

[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

No, it's just over sampling on the Internet.

[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago

I think that people are more willing to talk about it now, because mental illness is less stigmatized than it used to be.