"Facebook/Instagram/Snapchat/Tik Tok ‘friends’ in the world don’t substitute for having real-life friends".
Spot on, even if those friends are life-long buddies from uni days and who are still legitimate friends despite all having been sadly lost to the Covid Cult (I've been trying to plant seeds of doubt in their minds, without great success, which is where the Substack community of sane, sensible, intellectually-open screen-contacts comes into its own).
Ay, and there's the rub, as the Bard would say. I have 'met' so many wonderful people (including your good self) through Substack, and these tech-mediated relationships have enriched my life and helped me to hold onto my sanity. But there's no substitute for being in the physical presence of other human beings with whom you feel aligned and connected.
I was a very late adopter of social media. A friend persuaded me to get onto Facebook to make it easier for her to refer her friends to my practice. I remember her explaining to me what Facebook was all about it, and what people used it for, and thinking "Why would I want any part of that????" Once I joined, I was amazed how many people in my high school class, who had been completely awful to me, sent friend requests. That confirmed all my suspicions about what a complete farce the whole thing was.
"Facebook/Instagram/Snapchat/Tik Tok ‘friends’ in the world don’t substitute for having real-life friends".
Spot on, even if those friends are life-long buddies from uni days and who are still legitimate friends despite all having been sadly lost to the Covid Cult (I've been trying to plant seeds of doubt in their minds, without great success, which is where the Substack community of sane, sensible, intellectually-open screen-contacts comes into its own).
Ay, and there's the rub, as the Bard would say. I have 'met' so many wonderful people (including your good self) through Substack, and these tech-mediated relationships have enriched my life and helped me to hold onto my sanity. But there's no substitute for being in the physical presence of other human beings with whom you feel aligned and connected.
I was a very late adopter of social media. A friend persuaded me to get onto Facebook to make it easier for her to refer her friends to my practice. I remember her explaining to me what Facebook was all about it, and what people used it for, and thinking "Why would I want any part of that????" Once I joined, I was amazed how many people in my high school class, who had been completely awful to me, sent friend requests. That confirmed all my suspicions about what a complete farce the whole thing was.
Meeting new friends is absolutely the best! Here's to plenty more of it.