I'd like to have a discussion, if you will, about 4chan in general.
Ive noticed myself becoming more and more cynical as i browse this site more and more. Don't get me wrong, there is a lot of good to be found on here, but it is dangerous.
4chan appears to be a double edged sword. The brutal honesty that attracts most people to this site also causes them to confuse cynical thoughts as truth. And I think the more time you spend on here, the more depressive you get as a person. Which creates some sort of cycle... Being sad about life and doing nothing to change it, and coming back to the site for advice from anons who are just as sad as you.
What if 4chan made you feel like you were alone, so that it could provide you with the feeling of connection? a cycle that kept you coming back, only to feel more and more alone each time.
You can leave anytime you want, but you won't. because we have what you want, and we make you feel like you can get it no where else.
If you get depressed by browsing this site, there is something wrong with you, not 4chan
>>24436556
I was pretty normal when I browsed just /co/ and /vg/ for WoW (normal for a socially awkward, depressed, self-hating, ugly guy). /r9k/ has made me feel anger and bleakness far worse then before I came here
>>24436556
>Ive noticed myself becoming more and more cynical
truth. This is what all 4chan browsers experience.
I've been here since I was 12 and no one in real life would be any wiser to my real self.
People need to learn how to hide their power level, otherwise they'll always be sad.
I have been browsing 4chan for 7 years.
I would be more or less mentally the same if 4chan didn't exist.
>>24436805
Would you say that you have a positive outlook on life?
Granted I used to be a pretty sad person but then one day I snapped and now became smug lord, ruler of life.
4chan is good because you find people who are more interesting than your average normie
also best memes,freedom of speech.. what else can you ask
>>24436842
This
I come to 4chan because normal people are FUCKING BORING.
And then they started invading 4chan and not assimilating, so now they've made 4chan FUCKING BORING.
Mostly this site just eats up my time, teasing me with novelties. It's good for a laugh and conversation unfiltered by any nod to social convention, but every now and then I realize I'm posting with a lot of dumb kids and it gets depressing. Overall though, it doesn't affect me too much. If I were younger it probably would.
I feel angry, uneasy, and alienated. I come here because the other people here seem the same way. I'd be a lot lonelier without /r9k/.
>>24436556
It certainly does.
I used to browse /pol/ a lot and that made me afraid of white people.
Stopped now and I've gone back to how I used to be, but I think /r9k/ just makes me hate life in general.
>>24436556
I progressed into the general mindset of a 60 year old man who has seen some shit before I was 21.
I realised things I would realise, just sooner.
Then I stopped really giving a shit and it feels fucking great
>>24436556
4chan enables my autism and has made me actually racist and embrace both
Sometimes I feel like the only sane people left on this earth are on imageboards
That being said I am way too old for this place
I really wish everyone under 25 would stop posting
>>24437696
I'm under 25 and I've probably been here longer than you9 years now
>>24436908
you are so cliche yawn
i think its about time to give mommy's laptop back soon
very negatively. the truth is not pretty
I think there's more to it than just content. This site provides a a great deal of stimulation, and that may have some sort of effect on us too.
>>24437875
Wow great fucking contribution
I'm so glad to have you as part of this board's community
Surprisingly, it's actually changed me for the better.
I'm a lot more tolerant of opposing views and a lot less adherent to my own opinions when presented with facts that beg I change my position on a particular subject matter.
However, this place has also fucked up my sense of humor. I laugh at seemingly juvenile shit, but I absolutely despise normie humor. I dread when a friend or coworker shows me funny "meme" or YouTube video that isn't funny in the slightest and I just have to stand there trying to muster up a pity laugh.
You guys are funny as shit, though a lot of the time it's unintentional.
I'm also 25
>>24437875
>all those quality years you contributed by being underage as fuck
2008 here, so I was never underage
>>24438024
Nice Bro!!!!! oringnal
>>24438056
thanks familae
I can't hide my powerlevel because of fucking normies.
>>24438008
This
I get that the vitriol is 9/10 times just incredibly black humor, and it's not so much you learn to take a joke, you just learn to laugh even when someone calls you out on your shit and vice versa. To be anonymous is to relieve the pressure of the whole "I have the upper hand in this conversation before it's over" vibe that makes everything horribly unfunny and unfufilling.
been browsing 4chan daily since like 2008ish
ask me anything
4chan is good for you if you come here for opinions.
4chan is bad for you if you come here for advice. (specially in the feels department)
The reson you dont have a qt-gf is not because you are ugly as a rock, but because you have non self confidance, and the robot circlejerk always makes sure to put you back in your place.
All my friends and I browse 4chan and our home board is /pol/. We're all a bunch of bitter, racist virgins.
I get ads and surest ions shoved in my face anywhere I turn.
If I'm going to be brainwashed it's an honor to have it be done by you crazy hateful assholes.
But honestly I'm not an easily suggestible faggot so no harm done.
>>24437962
The truth will set you free.
This place will actually make you into a better person if you utilize it properly. You become more introspective and contemplative if you come here with an open mind and not take all of these faggots so seriously. It's good to question yourself.
Just gonna greentext it some of it.
>Be on 4chan 24/7
>barely get any uni work done, sit for hours on end so no exercise of any kind
>takes time away from hobbies and interests I could be doing/working on, so not very productive.
When i'm not on 4chan that long, even just a few days off of it I return to a normal routine. 4chan is a massive time sink. For me, it's because, with the click of a button, you can change your amusement to anything you like and spend hours arguing, laughing at pictures, etc. It's like porn to some extent; you can spend hours looking at it because you can simply change the woman you look at and what they are doing at any time. It's addictive as fuck.
Right now is the first time I have been on in days, but I am trying to limit myself. Honestly, I would not care if my time here was productive, but admittedly, it is not.
>>24438008
The worst part about 4chan humor is how self contained it is. Even within different boards everyone's got their own inside jokes. Trying to use 4chan style humor on someone who doesn't browse 4chan always ends in cringeworthy catastrophe, which is a damn shame because there is some funny and creative shit on here.
Just go browse /tv/ crab legs/no singles threads and see for yourself
I've noticed that I've become more reclusive in general. I'm not as outgoing as I used to be, really. Every time I hang out with somebody I just feel like a bother, or that they don't really want me around. Not really sure why since I'm always invited. I've just gotten more accustomed to sitting in my room doing house work for my mother and just focusing on my own interests, not giving a fuck what anybody else thinks.
It can affect you mentally if you let it. And unfortunately, I let it. But I don't feel some awful depression or anything.
>>24436556
Which episode ios this
>>24438552
You're Getting Older
>>24436556
as much as facebook used to
>>24438543
Yeah.
It's sad, but I think that's what makes me treasure this place so much. I hate when our memes/jokes are appropriated by normies who bastardize and misuse them.
It acts as an enabler for my self-loathing and cynicism. Also results in my opinions diverging from those of people I know who often claim I'm contrarian or pessimistic when I don't agree with their subjective opinions.
The thing I appreciate about 4chan is that there is not as much disingenuousness or fake optimism for karma that you would see on the likes of reddit. I can't stand being on sites like this, as the positivity and environment simply seems fake. The consequence of the lack of a real filter or aggressive moderation is shit posting.
>>24438721
>The thing I appreciate about 4chan is that there is not as much disingenuousness or fake optimism for karma that you would see on the likes of reddit.
I think that's what most people love most about this place. The issue with that is getting used to no filters can actually hinder social relationships IRL, because a functional environment NEEDS that fake optimism and forced cooperativity in order to work and remain civil. It's no wonder robots hate social interaction and are bad at it to boot.
It's either this place removes their filter and they become opinionated autists, or the lack of being able to genuinely speak their mind IRL coats all social interaction in a veil of mistrust, which ends up attracting them back here where they can say what they really feel.
>>24438827
I hated social interaction well before frequenting this site.
I hate the pretense of it all and you can't be straightforward with people without them getting offended. I hate that so much of our happiness and livelihood is interconnected with how much others like us. Like walking on eggshells just so your world doesn't crumble.
I don't hold it against people for not liking me, and I understand that my personality won't suit every person who meets me. I'm not a vengeful or spiteful person, I can be congenial and civil without liking someone but I know most people aren't like that.
>>24438827
At dinner my mom asked me what I saw online today, the only thing I could think of was that Michelle Obama is probably a tranny. I didn't say it. I don't want them to put me in a mental ward again.
