I mean Reddit did have an actual block button that truly blocked the person from interacting or seeing my posts/comments. Problem was I hit the limit cause it was like 1k or something.

I don’t block on here cause it’s just a mute button. If blocking actually did what it does elsewhere, I’d have no hesitation on blocking MANY people instantly just for being annoying.

I didn’t feel valued before AI and I certainly don’t feel that way after.

“I’m here”

People don’t talk to me much.

I’ve been doing volunteer usher work lately so last one I saw was Blithe Spirit done at the local community college.

Give me all the nap times and I’m yours.

Neighbors parked in front of my house where I usually park.

I sleep better with a YouTube video playing as I fall asleep (specifically something from Vinny Vinesauce’s Fullsauce channel).

I tend to rarely see new communities all that often. I feel like whenever I go on All it’s a the same few that I find interesting enough to keep around, but not enough to join/sub to.

Only communities I block are the ones I’ll never have interest in when browsing All. I just checked and I have no users or instances blocked.

I’ve been going to therapy. That’s about it.

Closest I get to “admiring” something about sports is with films or documentaries about them. I like knowing the people who do this stuff way more than the actual thing itself (I often tune out when these things get back to the actual sport and tune back in when it gets back to how this is affecting their personal lives).

The thing that really helped me with therapy was actually taking in what my therapist told me and acting on it. The first couple months was spent just getting my insane levels of anxiety under control. Then he started helping me figure out how to deal my social anxiety but by bit by encouraging me to get into volunteer work or seek small group things. I could have just shrugged it all off and not done anything he wanted me to do, but then what was the point of going to therapy and wanting to get better? I’m in a significantly better place now than I was a year ago when I started cause I put in the work and none of it was easy for me. Many times I wanted to give up, stop showing up, and just go back to hiding away from the world, but I actively decided to do what I could to not do that.

I’m ready for all the crap flinging from people who insist everyone must support the corrupt bastards who don’t care about us instead of using violence to get shit done.

I was just gonna bring this up when I saw the post. That community is a lot of fun!

Tbf it was pretty shit in high school also.

Yo it’s the thing from Oppenheimer!!!

I guess it depends with me. There’s things I have a hardline stance against like AI and bigotry and do everything I can to not support either, but I’m also too lazy to do research into if anyone involved is part of that. Like if I know a game or movie was made by a bigot like Rowling or used GenAI then yeah I won’t support it, but there’s often been times I didn’t know till after cause I didn’t care to look more into something.

I didn’t leave Reddit for principles though. I was forced off.

In 2016 I was a nervous wreck working a minimum wage job at a grocery store living with my parents.

In 2026 I’m now a nervous wreck in therapy working a $24/hr job at a slaughterhouse living with my dad (Mom passed away in January).