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I don't think I will ever have kids but if I did I would want to make sure they don't miss out on stuff the way I did. I was so weird and awkward and sheltered
I inadvertently pushed away many people bc I was so awkward I just stayed alone, even when people actually liked me. Now many of my friends and family are gone. I wouldn't want that to happen to anyone else
I wouldn't want anyone else to miss out on events just bc they were afraid to try anything new, living a totally sheltered life
The few times I did things I was told not to bc parents or teachers who didn't really understand told me not to, my life was changed forever for the better...
In this way I made probably my longest lasting friends, talking to strangers on the internet, which I had always been warned against. Visiting imageboards and other sites which I would have been warned against as a kid...
However I missed out on more of this bc I was so overly cautious. I met some of my earliest online friends at 6 years old but I eventually lost contact with all of them bc I was afraid to reach out to them further.
I was aware of and loved many memes from oldschool forums and imageboards but I never looked into them further bc I thought my parents wouldn't have been ok with me doing that...
Maybe things are different now, maybe there are more groomers and actual dangerous people online and in the real world now, but looking back at the few people I can remember from the very old days, they were legit, not 50 year olds posing as kids to talk to 6 year olds like me
I would hope the future generations don't have to be afraid. I would definitely want them to experience more irl, as I missed out on a lot of experiences as a kid again bc I was weird and awkward, this could be easily solved and I would try if I had kids for sure
As for internet business, looking at the state of sites like Discord, Reddit, and here, I don't know what to think. My experience was great and could have been better, but now as an adult looking at how many strange people there are...
and also, looking at how centralized and diluted internet culture has become, I feel like something has been lost. The great experiences I had, and so many others had, may be gone...
I'm not really sure what to think anymore. I feel like something, some sort of innocence has been lost with the death of forums and imageboards and the transition to stuff like snapchat, tiktok, reddit, discord, whatever...
These are probably just the ramblings of some retard posing as a boomer. I'm only 18 after all. Maybe it'll help you think something of your own experiences or how you'll raise your kids in the future. idk. It was just nice to reminisce for a moment...
and to try to think about how I can improve looking at the mistakes I made in the past. Even if I don't end up succeeding I would at least like to fight so that maybe, others can
