Yep. It’s even tempting to think of the internet as one big dustbin for collecting up societies miserable miscreants. But then, I think there’s something else at work beyond that. I’m perpetually unhappy with life too, but don’t want to go around interacting with people irl like some self-righteous angry mope, so it seems useful to redirect all that angst and dump it into the internet, leaving my real life personality kind, patient, sweet, daisy fresh. I remember before the internet, just bottling it up. Maybe that’s why everyone died of heart attacks in their 50s.
Although, lately I’ve started to notice by the pessimism in my posts when I’ve been spending too much time at work online and not enough time outside in the sunshine & exercising.
I wonder if any of this is healthy.
Thanks for your thoughtful and honest response. The 2-3 others directed my may amounted to a juvenile "I'm rubber, you're glue..."
What you suggested seems like a well-reasoned solution to keeping your real/physical life healthy and happy. With Internet forums providing a relief valve, of sorts. That makes a lot of sense. And I'm certain I've indulged in that, oblivious to understanding why.