#21

@Aggpass did, though!

#22

Don’t apologise, seriously it’s ok.

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#23

You fucking what mate. You want a fucking tear up?

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#24

Oh yeah. Sorry it was very memorable, honestly. And hilarious.

I want to go home.

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#25

I’m trying to reduce my use of both alcohol, and twitter. I think both have contributed to what’s been a roller coaster year for me mental-health wise. This week was probably the first time in months that I went 4 consecutive days without drinking anything (I wasn’t getting shitfaced every night, but the TV and I would often find an excuse to have a nightcap, or an after-work drink).

I actually barely thought about it, certainly wasn’t a challenge or anything, so that was a relief. I think in part because what had started to happen is that I’d become either depressed or belligerent if I got too drunk and I really don’t like that person.

Twitter, on the other hand. fucking hell. deleted the app off my phone, and still constantly find myself checking the mobile version of the site. Re-downloaded it because I had a 2 hour wait for a flight. Constant updates of new information. Perfectly designed to hook its users in.

I’ve had questionable relationships with a number of substances in my life, all of which are thankfully now in check without the need for any kind of external intervention. but I don’t think I’ve ever been as addicted to a drug as I seem to be to social media. #MakeUThink

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#26

There have, I think, been some studies that show one’s anxiety and depression can be worsened by social media, especially those that might update frequently, so you’re constantly checking.

Congrats on cutting back on drinking!

#27

I think there have been a lot of studies into this sort of thing. Instagram causing crushing low self-esteem because of the way it encourages you to compare yourself to other people; Twitter ravaging people’s attention spans. The difference in the way I feel when I read (or even just watch Youtube) before bed vs spending half an hour scrolling through a stream of performative wokeness and hot takes on Jeremy Corbyn is noticeable.

And by putting tweets in your TL by people you don’t follow, twitter have essentially removed the ability to properly curate, so it’s the perfect storm of addictive and rage-inducing.

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#28

I’m not on Twitter, so I didn’t know they’d started doing that! wtf!

#29

Political twitter is easily the worst thing I subject myself to, went offline for 3 weeks in March or April or something and hadn’t felt more at ease in years

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#30

Man, I get you (also Mr @Owensmaterob) - I signed onto Twitter in an attempt to up my social media game in terms of promoting my album release and subsequent gigs, but I really wish I hadn’t. My inherent urge to fix the world kicks in hard and I find it hard not to get dragged into political BS - I mean, without proper prolonged input has social media ever changed anyone’s oppinion on anything? I find the endless stream of enthusiastic support for the motherfuckers destroying the world actively distressing.

Still find it hard not to log in though.

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#31

I’ve never even had an account lol!

#32

Do yourself a huge favour and avoid it like the plague. It really hasn’t done good for my opinion of humanity.

#33

I just look at it out of boredom and to reinforce my view that the world is full of hate, it’s very unhealthy. Just a gossip mag at this point wher I want to feel comradery with some lefties getting angry

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#34

You could never have any kind of sober reflection on there like you can on here

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#35

I look at cats and other cute animals on Twitter and that’s about it. Not an incentive to get an account, though.

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#36

Somewhere on Twitter there will be an account that just alternates pictures of kittens and Corbyn.

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#37

Really want to stop doing this. Think I’m old enough now to be ok with possibly being thought of as a moody twat.

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#38

I would bookmark that account and check it once a week and never, ever, read the comments.

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#39

I default to a smile and short nod of acknowledgement.

#40

Yeah, if more than one person you follow ‘likes’ a tweet, then that tweet might show up in your timeline. And they’re almost always from accounts you’ve made a conscious decision not to follow (or, in some cases, to unfollow).

Twitter might be the most biggest platform ever to completely fail to understand its users

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