to be completely honest i struggle a lot with rlly bad social anxiety and not feeling like i have anything worthy to say lol and i want to try to beat it all and i'm giving it a try by answering asks here n possibly engaging with people ( scary :0 ) and maybe genuinely saying something helpful once we'll see
and i like the anonymity! i don't think it's that widely-used of a website and it just feels safe unlike other social medias do for me haha
i'm a tumblr girlie and this reminds me of it in certain ways! cutesy and the people seem nice
as for why any of us are here at all... me personally, i was put on this earth to listen to music while riding the bus and drinking a smoothie... don't know bout the rest of y'all...
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i'm new!! hi!! stumbled on here after seeing someone on twitter mention this in passing!! this is a very lovely place. everything has been so cruel and hateful and mean lately. you'd think given how hard life already is, warm and kind spaces like this would be more common. oh well. it does make things feel more special :)
i'm very shy, and honestly, nothing cool goes on in my life so i doubt i'd be able to rec interesting things. after struggling with my younger years, i feel like i'm only now starting to find the things i like and catching up with everyone else :o especially in terms of art and books and film and games and... everything!! this is kind of embarrassing to admit (it's okay though because anonymity is awesome), but i am only now forming a personality!! it's nice to be here though. very good vibes. lurking here is just as great because it doesn't feel like "doomscrolling"
nice to meet you all!! hello!!
Jan 16, 2025
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What I like about this app is no one here knows me and I donāt know any of you. Posting and reading here feels like ye olde Xanga or early tumblr in the best way. No real world connections, just being real af š
Feb 16, 2024
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Not out of fear of lack of likes or engagement. I mean, Iāve just joined, but so far I think this app is pretty neat, in the sense that it doesnāt feel like a āoh, Iāve got to curate this thought or personal share until itās whittled down and not actually *me* anymore - so that itās more widely appealing or relatableā kinda thing yāknow? Doesnāt feel like itās about amassing followers, monetisation, or becoming an *influencer*.
Pretty certain that everyone has had angry, dark, bitter, jealous, painfully yearnful, embarrassing moments and feelings. And the kind of thoughts that are ānope, canāt say that. thatās overshare territory babeyā- or like thereās that feeling of āwould I want that being screenshotted?ā hanging over ya. I donāt feel disgust when Iāve read others share those things on social media or when my friends confide in me,
but I still feel shame for feeling them myself? How silly.
One thought that Iāve considered sharing on here, but yeeted into the void has been about my identity, erosion of sense of self, and self image. Existential dread, stential(?) dread. Which is, like, *yeah*, everyone (to scaled degrees, especially based on your race, gender, sexuality, class, ALL of the above) can probably relate to by virtue of existing in this shitty framework of a society where everyoneās physical, intellectual, and material image is always going to be scrutinised.
Which I know? But I still struggle with writing or articulating things like āhey, Iām *not* doing okay with this and I donāt know what to do about it. I donāt like where I am, but thinking about change scares me. Sometimes, maybe all the times, I donāt know who I am or what Iām doing outside of the perception of others and that really fucking terrifies me.ā
I donāt know, Iāve deleted most other of my social media accounts and only really yap to my close friends about deeply emotional and intimate *struggles*. But I still feel like flinging things out there sometimes to strangers (which I guess Iāve just done here lol). Itās a different kind of vent release, a type that you donāt have to worry about extremely concerned follow up questions from friends or family haha. Or like, the feeling that even though weāre strangers from all over the place, we all share in the relatable struggles and joys of the human condition - whether through personal shares or *memes and shitposts*
The candid pet pics are cool too tho
Jan 18, 2025
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i loveee early mornings, 5/6 AM, taking a shower starting your day early, too bad i'm the sleepiest person alive and never get to experience them :s
3/4 AM when you're sitting with your friend on the balcony sobering up, smoking cigarettes, drinking coffee, sharing stories and gossip and laughing your asses off over dumb jokes you won't remember later
6-9PM BUT ONLY in summertime when the sun has set and it's not hot anymore but it's still light outside and you're talking a walk and life is beautiful and worth living and ahh *chef's kiss*
10PM when the day is done and everyone's gone to sleep and you have no work to do so you can just do your thing in your room watch a movie snug as a bug y'know the drill :3
Apr 18, 2024
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loveee love this genre called "slowcore", it's a genre of indie rock that sounds really quiet and melancholic and just overall feels like lullaby, if that's what you're into :] never fails w me, i love feeling like i'm being sung to sleep lol, also focusing on all the sounds and lyrics can help with falling asleep for me!
bands like red house painters, duster, galaxie 500, eiafuawn, tram... i have many
also ambient music! i love the band grouper, there's this song "litte gray cat" and i think it did its job even when i wasn't feeling tired at all haha
Buut if you don't want music, you can watch interesting livestreams on twitch or letsplays, a true crime documentary(if not disturbing while trying to sleep haha), any other documentary or commentary video, whatever's long enough !
Apr 18, 2024