this is like the classic 'just tell them' reply to relationship issues... what people forget is that people don't listen. and if you tell them, they don't listen, well then you're going no where. it also assumes people aren't trying to win, when often, they are. some folks regard communication, understanding, and compromise, as themselves losing.
it requires two parties standing on the same ground and working from the same place, which is rare to find.
i think that's true in large social media spaces, but not so much in smaller focused forums.
but since the latter doesn't really exist anymore, it is kind of irrelevant.
People mostly respond to your presentation and how it makes them feel, not the content of what you are saying. Hence why most people objecting to you won't even object to what you say, they will object to their interpretation of what you said and how it made them feel.
my nephews just built low-mid end gaming PCs and both their setups came up around $1500, no idea where you are getting this $700 figure for in 2025/26. Their low/mid CPU and GPU alone was well over $500.
Other people, would never do it if it not were the approval of others.
And many people are lying about doing it for themselves because they don't want to appear to be approval-seeking, especially if that is why they do it.
The easiest way to figure it out is to see how they behave around others vs not around others. Many folks, are two-faced in public vs private. And some folks, are not.
Can't tell you how many friends/girlfriends I have had who say one thing in public, and another to me in private, and they are polar opposite. Let, usually on political stuff mostly. Because they know going with the popular opinion will get them points and they don't want to cause social friction. Also why they celebrate rather than call out their friends shitty behaviors...
and frankly you can't really blame them. because if you do stand up for things you believe in and they are not part of the group consensus, you'll be ostracized. especially by the other folks who are posing who are desperately afraid of being 'exposed'.
group social cohesion requires going along with/approving of the group belief, even if it's wrong or stupid. hence why people get conned into believing crazy nonsense, their need for social approval overrrides everything else.
and some honest folks do admit, they only do shit for approval, or karma, or internet likes and they would not longer doing the thing they enjoy if they didn't score any points from it. like I've met people in my hobbies who straight up admit they wouldn't bother doing the hobby if they couldn't get anonymous internet people to like them for it, who also get very mad if their post doesn't get enough likes.
btw did you know i am the supreme being of all logical argument? sorry to inform you, but your existence is a logical fallacy, and mine is the one that holds all logical thought ever together. just like Loki in that tv show, the universe of all realities hinges on my internet comments.
the sad truth is for many people the social interactions the ai provides will be more positive than the real world ones.
you assume that real world interaction is positive, it often, is not.
like try being a gay kid in a conservative town... you will have zero positive social interactions, and the AI one will probably be the only one you have that doesn't hate you for existing.
Say what you will about big cities but no one gives a damn about you and its great. Someone rude to you? You can literally never see them again. It’s wonderful.
Lol what, i have lived in a big city my entire life and had plenty of nosy weird neighbors who got up in my shit because they were old and bored. and just random strangers come up to me and start trying to start a fight or whatever because they are just weird and miserable.
my life in a small town, was relatively free of any of that. i remember in my hometown nobody ever bothered us. it was glorious.
yeah, your such a big tough strong guy who is so smart.
so strong that you fantasizing about murdering people who upset you by saying things you don't like... so brave. so smart. so strong.