I used to hang out and stream video games with my friends three nights a week. Now they don't even talk to me. They bought into the propaganda. There is only so much reaching out I can do. They don't respond to my texts, respond to any of my social media posts, or even tune in when I stream alone.
Tough they've never said it, is obvious they were using the lockdowns as an excuse to avoid me. Even when my father died a few months ago, they barely reached out. I'll never be silent or censor myself for fear of how others will react... But still, it does hurt. Literally having no IRL friends is lonely.
The only remaining friends I have are rare acquaintances and people online I've never even met before. The ones with whom we share memes, and the one or two dedicated stream fans, who still ask me where the rest of my crew are.
Same here. Friends I’ve known since elementary and kept with all my life have ghosted me. I haven’t changed an ounce of my character, we all grew up in church, private schools all went to college but they look at me like some indoctrinated fool who never experienced the real world. They changed, I stayed grounded in my roots. It’s disheartening to say the least. Then the church closed. I had to pull my kids out of Branch Covidian schools. I deleted all my social media because of big tech. It’s just me now... I’m lucky to have family close by, but it still hurts. Everything gone in a single year.