because it seems like nowdays everyone isolates and pretends their discord relationships are real, and then complains when an actual human being calls them. there’s already no connection between people, no communal spaces, no in-person relationships. it’s so hard to see anyone anymore. and now you all want to shit all over one way to connect more directly?

and how almost every commenter in this space has the same mentality. it’s horrifying. are you all shut-ins? it reveals something dark about the kind of people that post on this site and really undermines other communities.

and seeing people moralizing mental disorders instead of taking responsibility for them. that does real harm to others. anxiety is manageable and treatable. retreating into these closed systems only exacerbates it, and encouraging others to do the same only exacerbates theirs.

oh no you might be uncomfortable!!! that’s so sad. whoever calls you is totally responsible.

anxiety sucks but stop blaming others for it. it’s not their fault you choose to avoid the phone. maybe seek help for learning how to do a very basic human function instead of blaming others for it? or encouraging others to become defunct in a basic human function?

here we go, socially awkward redditors moralizing their awkwardness around phones again

It’s called a human conversation, try it some time assholes. I’m sooooo sorry someone speaking to you is inconvenient.

have you considered returning to monke? nah then you’d just whine about fecal baseball being awkward

I know Threads sucks, but where would it fall on this? Another Networking one?

i dont get it either. i hate the horror genre. i wish i could understand but i guess thats what makes humans interesting, how differently we can see things

wow you figured it out! you even figured it out before you got to the part where i directly call them a stupid-head too

I was actually speaking about the biological classification “sex”, not the act! I hadn’t thought about the act as a social construct, but I guess it obviously is. I’m reminded of the old lesbian conundrum: “Was what we just did ‘sex’ or…?”

Maybe this is why people are freaking out. “If food is a social construct, then I’ll start eating mold!” Yeah, and I’m the one who’s stupid and crazy. I’m actually really astounded by how much people are reading their own bullshit into this.

Do you genuinely think that it is stupid to be wondering about this? That’s a really sad way to live. Anyway, I hope you have a good day today, despite how mean you’ve been to me. Maybe it made you feel better to be mean to me, but I know from experience that you’re usually mean when things aren’t going well. Good luck.

Excellent! So what’s underneath all this, then? Can something be both real and a social construct? What things aren’t social constructs?

explain better? I don’t wanna lecture. I wanna talk. we figure it out together. that’s what we do together, as a community, instead of telling people off, like here! definitely got some easy new names for my block list though.

Imagine being trans though, holy shit, I don’t envy having to do this regularly…

Go on.

you must really hate yourself to treat others like this

how does it feel to take everything so seriously

what would you do if you did what you if you do? huh?

I got you now

I’ve been fairly polite in this thread but I’m tempted to call you stupid. I won’t, because I get you, but you’re missing the point.

Is [insert word] not what it is defined to mean??

That is NOT what I am saying, you stupid-head. Is that what you think social construct means? Read my other replies and get back to me. Explain to me why your comment is wrong and a gross misinterpretation of what I’m saying.

“carrying and birthing my child was not a social construct” vibes

sure but calling it a certain name based on those qualities is…

I knew the Driveby

Haiku would understand. Nice.

Thank you for responding.

But then how can I torment a teenager who says “We don’t have any food in the house!” by reminding them that food is a social construct? They’re never gonna end up saying “We don’t have any cuisines in the house!”

Our naming and classification of things is all socially constructed. So yes, our categorization of edible things as food is a social construct, but our physical need to fuel our bodies with something digestible is not.

i love you

But also, using it that way makes existence a social construct, so it depends on how rigid you want to be.

Explain. (warning lemmings may get mad)

ruh roh what if sex is also a social construct

nah not going down that rabbit hole

(wonder why we chose to group biological factors XYZ to determine those classes instead of classes based on ABC tho…)

that’s a beautiful thing! so… mind or culture?