I do believe that some people blur internet culture with reality. Take for example at how many "alt" people you see online, but the second you step into a local Walmart, they’re nowhere to be found. Or how left-wing ideologies may be heavily pushed across your feed, yet Trump still won the election. It’s all a massive optical illusion, but people’s brains are too fried by algorithms to notice.
Social media doesn’t care about reality; it cares about engagement. It consolidates niche subcultures and loud political echo chambers into one space, making them seem dominant when they’re actually just a hyper-vocal minority. Meanwhile, the actual majority of everyday people are just living their lives offline. They aren't participating in digital culture wars or trying to fit into predictable online archetypes; they're voting and living based on real-world geography, not whatever is trending on TikTok.
This can also be said to those people that basically live online. Instead of dealing with the physical world, people would rather spend days on end locked inside VR Chat, buried in Discord servers, and letting an algorithm dictate their entire personality. They treat digital spaces like a substitute for real life, completely frying their social skills and losing any grip on how normal people actually think, talk, and behave outside of a screen.
But looking at how the internet distorts our perception takes actual critical thinking and real-world awareness. Instead, people just swallow whatever their feed feeds them, completely forgetting that the internet is a curated, magnified highlight reel. It turns out the quiet, offline majority doesn't care about your online trends, no matter how much the internet tries to pretend otherwise.
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eizen_8
yeah, its true. people say crime is on the rise, and the world is dangerous. but in reality crime is on the rise because population is on the rise. realistically, crime rate is the same since the 80s if you account for the population differences. another thing people distorted from the Internet into reality. I blame it on the news.
GORGELLA
I do notice the effect the internet has on my perception of the world, it sucks that this partially applies to me. I always try to balance both, I'm very present online but I'm aware that reality and the internet are two different worlds that don't overlap as much as social media makes you think and try to act as such as much as possible. I ask questions, try and be critical of facts presented to me, and always stay empathetic.
I like this blog, made me reflect loll
G0z
Yep yep and they way “Looks maxing” or wtv its called, is so popular on social media but ive yet to find anyone irl who agrees with this or knows what that is. I’d also think someone who participates in bp is probably miserable and hyper fixated on their appearance instead of happy
I mean, yeah looks matter but people forget that personality also matters too.
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