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iā€™ve mostly had negative friendship experiences sadly so far and the ones who hurt the most were friends who werenā€™t there for me when i was at my worst. i was shocked when i received more support from online friends (strangers on the internet) rather than from them. it takes nothing to be kind, even if you canā€™t understand what the other person is going through. i feel like struggling with my anxiety only made me kinder towards others.
Jan 28, 2025

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Thats sad that happened to you, I hope youā€™ve found some better friends. Itā€™s nice of you to come out of it with kindness though, being bullied in my late teens also made me more kind as it made me think I donā€™t want anyone to feel as terrible as I felt. And I was effectively saved by the lockdown at that time, as I got to spend time online with people who cared about me instead of pricks at school.
Jan 28, 2025
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sniffle iā€™m sorry that happened to you but itā€™s comforting knowing someone can relate. online friends are the best :ā€™)
Jan 28, 2025
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st4teofgrace thank you :) and yeah, Iā€™ve known some for about a decade. And now so many of my irl friends are mainly online friends, so I know that we stuck together for personality not looks or anything else temporary
Jan 28, 2025
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sniffle aw thatā€™s so nice, iā€™m glad you have people like that in your life. i met an online friend a few months ago and it was honestly so nice to spend time irl with someone who has known you well and for so long
Jan 28, 2025
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st4teofgrace thank you :) thatā€™s a lovely experience that you got to meet an online friend irl, after presumably talking to them for possibly hundreds of hours! I love to hear about those stories of people meeting their online friends
Jan 28, 2025

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a light story but i was in a car accident yesterday and i needed to cross the highway to talk to someone who witnessed what happened. this was kinda a hard feat, but specifically i remember one lady in her car just putting her hand out and slowing down to make sure that i could cross safely. while there are parts of life that make it seem like no one cares about you or certain people far away, with war and domestic/international issues happening to marginalized people, there are still pockets of hope i see with small actions like this. i think at times itā€™s wise to not dwell so much in the negative that happens, and just work on being satisfied with what you have going on now and the progress thatā€™s been made with others kindness. if you canā€™t support your own happiness then you will do shyte trying to support othersā€™ and just to add, i went to catholic school for half of my education, and now i am agnostic. i like to think back at that time that my learning from school influenced me nonetheless to be kind to others unconditionally (unless they turn on me šŸ˜‚), and even that i feel like becoming agnostic has made me more understanding. i think some congregations and households reinforce this idea of excluding certain groups from salvation, when in reality youā€™re reading from a book that was manipulated through language translations, political greed, etc.
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u never know whatā€™s going on in other peopleā€™s lives. maybe they need this
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sometimes people have hidden troubles and they can come off rude, and sometimes theyā€™re just a snot. either way the cliche ā€œkill them with kindnessā€ applies here and even if they donā€™t brighten up, it feels good to know you were the nice person in the interaction. just ranting after my serving shift lol
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