Love this & I won’t be a dick by dropping a link to my article on quitting Twitter, but will just say that immersion in social media resulted only in a really sh*t version of me carrying on into real life. These illustrated pieces are ace btw.
Yes: your descriptions of the day by day, realizing you have TIME, realizing that you’ve been childishly greedy for attention, that tracks 100% with my experience.
But this is my favorite part: “ I started out believing that the ‘other side’ was almost always speaking and acting in bad faith while mine was upholding ‘right’, ‘facts’, actually rational argument, as opposed to feeling-led invective, and generally being the good guys. I was wrong. It took a while to realise it, but eventually I noticed that ‘my side’ was just another cheek of the same arse.”
Love this & I won’t be a dick by dropping a link to my article on quitting Twitter, but will just say that immersion in social media resulted only in a really sh*t version of me carrying on into real life. These illustrated pieces are ace btw.
Thanks! :) And I think I missed that one, so do drop the link — it will not in any way be taken as a dick move 👍🏼
Thanks 🤗 It’s a couple of years old but here it is https://mikehind.medium.com/sex-is-great-but-have-you-tried-quitting-twitter-6fcb33faa237
Omg I love your title! 😂
Yes: your descriptions of the day by day, realizing you have TIME, realizing that you’ve been childishly greedy for attention, that tracks 100% with my experience.
But this is my favorite part: “ I started out believing that the ‘other side’ was almost always speaking and acting in bad faith while mine was upholding ‘right’, ‘facts’, actually rational argument, as opposed to feeling-led invective, and generally being the good guys. I was wrong. It took a while to realise it, but eventually I noticed that ‘my side’ was just another cheek of the same arse.”
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This is *exactly* why I stepped away from social media too. Your last line really resonated 🥰
Love this! Thank you.