• AItoothbrush
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    462 years ago

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

  • Naja Kaouthia
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    192 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
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      112 years ago

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

      • Maestro
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        42 years ago

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

        • @[email protected]
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          22 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.

    • Droechai
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      22 years ago

      If someone mods that to put in a small form factor phone with a lcd and 3.5mm jack for call functionality Id buy that for 100 bucks

  • @[email protected]
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    312 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.

    • @[email protected]
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      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.

    • @[email protected]
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      112 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.

    • @[email protected]
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      182 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).

    • @[email protected]
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      152 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.

    • @[email protected]
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      emotionally well adjusted

      No shot anyone who posts “I’m practicing gratitude today” is well adjusted lul

      • @[email protected]
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        22 years ago

        I AM A NORMAL PERSON AND CAN BE TRUSTED WITH GUNS! I AM A NORMAL PERSON AND CAN BE TRUSTED WITH GUNS! I AM A NORMAL PERSON AND CAN BE TRUSTED WITH GUNS!

        lol

        • @[email protected]
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          142 years ago

          You might be right, but I’d still rather kill myself than play these weird games for a relationship. So far I’ve been doing ok without WhatsApp in the EU. If they can only talk to me via WA I’m just not talking to them. But then again, my circles are pretty “techy” so most people are OK with it.

    • PhobosAnomaly
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      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.

    • @[email protected]
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      12 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
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    232 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.

    • 2deck
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      142 years ago

      It can feel like you’re guilty until proven innocent.

  • @[email protected]
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    32 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.