I’m not sure this is actually narcissism. I felt very similar throughout my teens, but it is something I grew out of in my early/mid 20s. I think there are a few reasons for this. Often, people just grow out of it, through brain development or just spending more time around other people. Empathy can also be intentionally strengthened like a muscle.

I studied psychology, neuroscience, philosophy, and logic to understand the general human mind. When you study a lot of things, you learn how little you know. You also get to see how much better other people are at certain things. I no longer assume I’m smarter than anyone else even if it’s obvious in one particular subject or several subjects, because they are probably smarter than me in other ways.

I also saw a therapist and spent more time around other people. I made an effort to understand others’ points of view, asking questions if needed, and really tried to imagine their life experiences and how they could come to feel or believe certain things. This will be an exercise at first but it eventually comes naturally for the most part.

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The civil war was mainly because one of the mods went on Fox News, and it did not go well.

They can at least verbalize that they saw something funny so that I know they’re actually willing/ready to share because I hate asking and then waiting as they finish watching/reading/texting.

Just go to the instance website and there will be a link to the modlog usually at the bottom of the page.

You can major in Liberal Arts at some schools, but many call it General Studies. It’s basically for when you can’t decide on a major.

That saying really bothers me too, but mainly because I’m always hearing it. For example, programming is often really difficult for me because I have a hard time thinking about the big picture, and I struggle to break the task down into parts that work together. I often get too hung up on small details.

Sorry you had to find out this way

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Agreed, but we’re specifically talking about looking at depraved content on the Internet.

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Gen X and boomers still go to the Dr and undergo depression screenings, yet Gen X has roughly half the rates of depression as gen z and millennials. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9934502/

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Millennials have higher rates of mental illness than previous generations. We are far from fine.

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Age related hearing loss can actually make you more sensitive to certain sounds. I have difficulty understanding speech but increased sensitivity to sounds including electrical buzzing.

Same. It’s a struggle for me to learn lyrics unless I’m reading them at the same time. And then by the time I learn the song, I’m often sick of it.

If you’re using an app, you may need to adjust image quality in the settings. For Boost, there’s an HD button on the image by default.

If you’re using an app, you may need to adjust image quality in the settings. I thought the same thing until I tapped the HD button in Boost.