• RecluseRamble@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      30 days ago

      People call stuff like Lemmy, 4chan or Reddit social media too but to me it’s always these Facebook or Instagram style self-presentation platforms. All of them suck ass.

      • spread@programming.dev
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        29 days ago

        I’d categorize these as forums rather than social media. I mean there isnt that much socializing happening around here

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      30 days ago

      Envy has existed far longer than social media, none of these things would go away if social media doesn’t exist. Social media just amplifies it.

      Comparison has always been the thief of joy.

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        20 days ago

        Yep, “keeping up with the Jones’s” was a phrase I heard growing up in the 1980s

        Also, attachment leads to suffering