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by faeriechangling 1223 days ago
Modern medical care, sanitation, and fantastic dietary options seem pretty great, sure would suck a lot to miss out on those.

Stuff like the internet is what I would call a mixed bag. I think we really underestimate how incredible it is to be able to look up how to do anything, fix anything, learn anything pretty much in a few clicks. Yet the para-social stuff is the new cigarettes. Pro-Ana and Incel communities being rather extreme examples of this where men and women are getting severely depressed over 5 pounds or a few millimeters of chin where they proceed to talk eachother into starving to death or getting limb lengthening surgery and well if they’re doing it you have to do it too if you want to keep up…