I grew up without many friends, I struggle to make friends as an adult, I found comfort on the internet because being alone was a major factor in my depression, I got shunned off Facebook by people who pretended to like me and now with lockdowns I’m more lonely than ever... (wall of text incoming) - The Donald

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I grew up without many friends, I struggle to make friends as an adult, I found comfort on the internet because being alone was a major factor in my depression, I got shunned off Facebook by people who pretended to like me and now with lockdowns I’m more lonely than ever... (wall of text incoming)

posted 95 days ago by Oh_mate 95 days ago by Oh_mate +115 / -1

So I finally found places like thedonald and parler and other .win sites where I still don’t have friends but I feel slightly more included, I get upvotes, I don’t get hated on like I have all my life just because I have a differing opinion on life and society to others on social media.

That’s all I seem to do wrong is have a “bad opinion” and that gets me hated. I feel so alone right now and I’m guessing so do millions of others and now I’m seeing the last few places I felt accepted being removed.

Am I a bad person? I’ve not hurt anyone, I may have said/wrote things people don’t agree with but I never attack someone, I never try to cancel someone, I love discussion and going back and forth with others to find out the differences in opinion we all have in this wonderful diverse world. I love people, race and religion doesn’t even cross my mind, I don’t want to see harm brought to anyone. I just want somewhere to go where I don’t feel like an outcast anymore.

I’m very lucky I’m not suicidal because this world we are being dragged into is going to kill so many others like myself, I feel so sad and worried of what is coming. I just wish these big tech companies could show a little compassion towards those like me who just want to fit in, want to find friends, want to feel accepted.

We have all learned that this world is a very diverse place and we have all learned to accept that’s how it is but now those exact same things we have learned are being used to attack a single group of people. People like myself. This goes against “accepting others” and “hate crimes” because I feel so hated and unaccepted right now that I’m scared to even talk and now I’m even being gagged from talking.

A wise man once told me “opinions are like arseholes, we’ve all got one”. Is their arsehole worth more than mine?

tldr; I’m depressed and lonely and big tech are adding to that loneliness and I thank sites like this for helping me feel not so lonely in a very desperate time.

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– Oh_mate [S] 6 points 95 days ago +6 / -0

I’ve worked non stop throughout this whole fiasco, I go for walks as often as I can, i eat healthy, I appreciate nature and love visiting my local beaches, I enjoy flying my drone and editing videos, I do all the things I get told that will make me feel better but no matter what happens, I’ve always got this phone in my pocket which is apparently a communication device, now it’s just turned into a device to drag me down into despair in my spare time and makes me feel a million times worse. Leaving it behind doesn’t even seem like an option and all I want is to converse with others.

I say I don’t agree with masks when I used to post on Reddit, then I get “I hope you and all your family catch Covid and die a slow death”. That seems to be ok, they get tonnes of upvotes, I get hated and inboxed and banned, just because I disagreed. This is why I enjoyed parler so much, I would get tonnes of upvotes and it feels great, I felt accepted.