• AItoothbrushEnglish
    46•2 years ago

    Being on 4chan a wayyy bigger red flag than using a flip phone most of the time.

  • Naja Kaouthia
    19•2 years ago

    Lemmy is it for me. Oh and a discord server with my gaming buddies. The rest of it just feels pretty gross.

    • Kilgore Trout
      11•2 years ago

      Discord is gross. But it’s hard to convince everyone to follow you on better alternatives.

      • Maestro
        4•2 years ago

        What better alternatives? As shitty as Discord is for replacing forums, there is no better way to voice chat and stream.

        • @mod@sh.itjust.works
          2•2 years ago

          Mumble is best for voice cgat. It can suppress noise so hard you can’t hear the vacuum in the background while talking. No idea about alternatives to streaming though.

  • @dangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    31•2 years ago

    If you don’t like social media, why would you pretend to like social media to attract someone else who REALLY REALLY cares about social media? It’s bound to fail.

    • @Socsa@sh.itjust.works
      9•2 years ago

      It’s not that these people actively care about social media or anything, it’s just a regular part of life. I’m like OP here in the sense that I don’t have any active social media attached to my name but I have some token pseudonymous social media accounts for exactly this reason. Being this obstinate about it is legitimately a huge red flag, and imo indicates that you’ve given up even more control of your life to social media, rather than understanding how to use it as a tool for a set of narrowly defined tasks.

    • @Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world
      11•2 years ago

      It’s college. Every girl doesn’t need to be treated like a potential marriage.

      Life doesn’t need to be serious when you are young. That’s a huge mistake I made.

    • @lunarul@lemmy.world
      18•2 years ago

      You don’t need to also fake post what others post. Just have an account, you don’t need to ever post on it and if you do post you can keep it visible to friends only. I haven’t posted anything on Facebook for years, but that account is the only way some friends and relatives can reach me (I moved abroad, so phone is not an option).

    • @nycki@lemmy.worldEnglish
      15•2 years ago

      This, for real. I’m autistic but I’ve learned to mask it by showing normies what they expect to see and it makes things so much easier. Remember, reception matters more than intention.

    • PhobosAnomaly
      7•2 years ago

      In fairness, I’ve got a foldable flippy type phone and the number of conversations it starts is unreal. If I wasn’t happily attached (and had more banter than the average housebrick) I’m sure it’d lead to some good chats and encounters.

      As it stands though, it’s just a nice talking point.

      e: plus it’s satisfying as fuck ending a call by closing the phone.

    • @TheSanSabaSongbird@lemdro.idEnglish
      1•2 years ago

      Years ago I had one that was spring-loaded so you’d press a little button on the side and it would pop open in one move. I really liked that phone. Don’t remember what brand it was.

  • Stern
    23•2 years ago

    Folks wanna know what they’re getting into. Your social media feeds are an easy indicator. Your twitter all retweets of Andrew Tate? Facebook filled with pics of you dressed up like a leather dog? Truth social? Concerning for many women.

  • @Smeagol666@lemm.ee
    3•2 years ago

    She proably saved his life. If she said she’s 14, she’s probably 12. Girls always lie about their age at that age. My ex-wife was still pining for a dude she dated when she was 15; he was 24 at the time. When we met in HS she was 16 and I was 18. She said she was 17 (her birthday was 3 months away), but a lie is a lie.