when i was in high school i didnt have any trouble making friends, varsity girls would regularly talk to me and be nice to me, no one bullied me, i got invited to things, it was chill as fuck. there wasnt smart phone inflitration and social media wide spreading by then. in college things were harder because people started living in their phones and after college it became impossible, social media basically became "the world" and real life atrophied.  i think social media is quite cancerous, including this website i guess, things were better in the past and not just because i was younger and rose tinted glasses
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