society

Anyone else kind of feel like the last 4-5 years or so, society has shifted to romanticizing mental illness/disorders? I feel like it goes hand in hand with the romanticizing of victim culture, like it's trendy to be a victim of something, and it seems like the romanticizing of mental illnesses...

So I've never been super big on microblogging, mainly because it's hard to get any engagement. You basically have to be extremely terminally online and build a cult of personality around yourself for people to listen to you, and I don't like that shit, it's not like a forum where you can just...

If you remember in the late 2000s and early 2010s, the terms "blue pill" and "red pill" began spreading around. Of course, these all began becuase of the 1999 movie, The Matrix. The term red pill became associated with incels, MGTOW, and men's right activist. It provided a "harsh truth" about...

For at least the last decade, people have noticed a sort of trend in certain films- these sorts of films haven't come out in a while, but they all share a common plot structure and general sentiment, and therefore I and many others would argue that they can be categorized into a genre unto...

As humans settled in fixed communities and developed agriculture and more advanced societies, they underwent significant physiological changes, which accelerated with successive industrial revolutions. As access to food and healthcare improved and natural dangers diminished, fertility and...

I originally wrote this back in 2020, but my wife reminded me of it when she found this bullshit from Bloomberg Opinion in her RSS feeds: "Young Men Are Gaming More. Are They Working Less?" If this be a schizopost, make the most of it. This rant is going to meander a bit. Either go with it...

https://www.abc.net.au/everyday/embracing-glimmers-in-daily-life-for-mental-health/102705638 Just read this and loled. Enjoy B)

Ever notice how prevalent psuedo-incest content is on porn websites? Doesn't anyone else think that its weird that one of the most taboo sexual fantasies(?) is also one of the most popular genres of pornography? Here are some theories: People actually enjoy incest, perhaps because it is taboo...

I just finished reading a book called 'Stolen Focus' by Johann Hari, about the various ways modern life makes it difficult for us to focus. Apart from social media manipulation, poor diet, and poor sleep, he identifies the way children have been raised since the 1990s as something that increases...

In modern degenerate society a number of worrying trends have emerged. One of these trends is the rise of the adult child. Among people under the age of 35 roughly half still live with their parents. Toy consumption by adults has gone through the roof, romantic relationships through the floor...

The Amazing Fart Police, is a story which has probably touched us all in some way, whether we choose to admit it or not. This work truly gets down to the bowels of Gregory Heffley's magnificent genius, which he humbly displays within his work, which is really a commentary on industrialisation...

Hello. As I'm sure many of you are aware communities like this are heavily associated with Autism Spectrum disorder. I'm starting this thread for research purposes and hope that it does not turn into a commiseration thread. You may also use this thread to talk about the topic and your own...

This might only be a local thing, but I am curious to hear what are you guys opinions of this. A few days ago, I went shopping with my friends and I made a strange observation. I noticed that nowadays, must people end up being dressed in plain black, usually following this idea: Their...

Following is a conversation with ChatGPT. Edited to remove repeated information, user questions in bold. sorry for the long read. Explain the use of memetics in marketing Memetics is a theoretical framework that seeks to explain the spread of ideas and cultural phenomena through societies by...

So, recently I went to my uni to meet up with someone, but I forgot to bring my phone with me. It seems that clocks don't exist anymore outside of computers, as I had to use a fucking ATM to get the time. It's crazy how smartphones have become so essential to everyday life that when you aren't...

They say that knowledge is power. But what can you do when the knowledge show you only despair? It's been nearly one year since I have started to search for a job. I complained to a friend about how little job opportunity there was in the local area. He told me "Don't despair, I am sure I am...

Hi, I thought it would be fun to share strange local taboos we have encountered and seems unique to the places we lives in. I'll start: Where I live there still a stigma against entering credit card info online to pay for stuff. Most people I know go out of their way to avoid it and if they...

So the 2020's..... It's kinda... Awful?? In general, I think the start of the 2020s has been very disappointing and scary even. It feels like the start of major collapses across our society. It's getting harder and harder to latch onto hope and not become a doomer about it all. Heck, it's even...

User Moon-Watcher777 posted a thread with a video from a YouTube channel named Ptolemy a couple months ago "Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost." In this video Ptolemy borrows from dead internet theory arguing that most discourse is manufactured and the world is becoming more sterile and...

This thread is based on a post I made about the recent massacres in the United States. A sort of sequel to my meme critique thread which got a surprising amount of attention. Over the past decade I have found a lot of my social interactions to feel strange and stilted. Like the other person...