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> Digital drugs on the other hand are something that nearly everyone uses and thus you have to use them if you want to effectively fit in and participate in society. Not consuming these drugs just makes you an outcast especially in a ruthless environment such as school.

Perhaps this idea is the problem then? Having some mental requirement to fit in I would qualify as a mental illness. What did the parents, or others in their life, do to them to require confirmation from others to the point it literally defines their life?

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Nextgrid4y ago

> Having some mental requirement to fit in I would qualify as a mental illness.

I strongly disagree - humans are social animals.

tekknikOP4y ago

Now that’s not entirely true either. You need some companionship to maintain mental health, but you certainly don’t need more than a few, and you certainly don’t need the admiration of even a small fraction of the people on social media. So I maintain, this persisten desire to be liked or accepted by many should be addressed as a mental illness.

Nextgrid4y ago

I didn't mean that people go to social media to be liked/accepted by many. I said that social media made huge efforts (and succeeded) at becoming humanity's primary communications tool so that you are forced to use it (and thus be exposed to its dark patterns and toxicity) even if you originally had no desire to use it for vanity purposes.

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Nextgrid4y ago

> Having some mental requirement to fit in I would qualify as a mental illness.

I strongly disagree - humans are social animals.

tekknikOP4y ago

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