Internet person: you need a check mark if you want to have a big following. That's how you get brand deals. One of my posts only got thirteen likes yesterday.
Guy in real life: my friends Gary and Kendra just had a baby and I'm bringing them a lasagna later so they don't have to cook
I think a lot of the "asymmetry" people are gonna get verified and then be mad that they're still not popular. You can't fake being a pleasant person and so they'll always be mad about not having Internet friends.
I can't explain it but throwing a snotty tantrum on social media about how nobody is signing up for more snotty tantrums is so cartoonishly pathetic and it makes me laugh so goddamn much.
I remember on forums when people used to get mad about cliques. There'd be people who were well-liked because they were thoughtful and who post often and are friends and people would be FURIOUS
Not everyone who complains about "cliques" raises red flags, but if you do it you're definitely on thin fucking ice. Is there a problematic ingroup poisoning the ecosystem? Or did you just see some friends and get big mad about it?
Yeeep. I usually think like, if it's people being assholes, the word clique is an inefficient way to criticize them on its own. I'm not typically mad that assholes hang out with other assholes, I'm mad that they're dicks!
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Guy in real life: my friends Gary and Kendra just had a baby and I'm bringing them a lasagna later so they don't have to cook