as of late, ive been taking a break from twitter, my main social media. ive barely checked tumblr, either, and ive only been active on discord and neocities. its honestly done wonders for my mental health. i dont want to come across as one of those boomers who hates the modern internet and all it stands for, but my god, it can be toxic.

the culture on there is to dogpile or be dogpiled. im not immune to this culture, either- ive caught myself dogpiling on people and then going, wait a second, this person really doesnt deserve this. if you have a slightly out of the ordinary, completely harmless opinion, FUCK YOU, youre worthless and need to krill your shelf. i have seen this so much in the pokemon fandom. dont like a pokemon? fuck you, go to hell. like this pokemon? well fuck you too, still go to hell.

there are some cases in which i think dogpiling is justified, namely, if a person has done something horrible to someone else that needs to be known, like abuse or severe bullying. but i have seen callouts for the dumbest shit. i saw someone completely unironically post a callout on a bunch of 14 year olds for exposing them to an enstars character they dont like. its okay. youll survive having to look at the ugly anime boy. hes not real, he cant hurt you.

there are people who i genuinely think are horrible people, but i dont think that they should be dogpiled. not because i feel bad for them, but because you are exposing others to the content. if someone posts something genuinely horrific, people will quote retweet them with "le epic dunk!" and not understand that they are just exposing others to things they dont want to see. no, you are not funny with your "ratio" tweet, you are just being an asshole to anyone following you.

its an extremely, extremely toxic culture- and most of the people in it have been numbed to it so much that they cant see that. i was that person until recently- i thought that it was normal to be constantly upset over inconsequential things online. but as i went to college and didnt have enough time to use twitter, i realized, wait a second- twitter stinks! im leaving!

what people need to realize is that you can just ignore things. this doesnt mean to numb yourself to real world issues to the point where you dont care, i just mean that you dont need to qrt that random bigot with "ratio," because nobody wants to see that. you dont need to be so upset you are brought to tears by someone not liking your favorite scrimblo, you dont need to get into a debate with every proshipper you see online, you can just chill out and talk with your friends, signal boosting important things about the real world when necessary.

thats my twitter rant. peace out!