Haha that's so--

Actually, never mind. I don't care that much.

I have a strange fear of being engaged by trolls. The thought alone is exhausting. I may or may not take the bait but the possibility of wasting my time on a useless argument means I'm hesitant to post. Not sure if anyone else has felt like this.

Also, realizing that I actually don't really have any idea what I'm talking about...

I also do this with emails at work all the time. I write a long detailed explanation of why something or someone is incorrect, then I realize clicking send will just cause me more hassle and I'm just working to get paid. It's not really gonna make my job any harder if they continue to be wrong, so it'll just sit there in drafts.

I get so caught up in making sure my meaning can't possibly be misinterpreted that I get lost on my way to the point. I guess I don't want to be a cherry-picked example of somebody being stupid on the Internet.

It would being nothing to the conversation, or I don't find the right words for explain my ideas correctly.

Not necessarily anything to do with ADHD. Sometimes I just realise that writing whatever I'm writing would just trigger someone to start a fight. Then I stop.

Happens to me all the damn time.

I just wish I wouldn't waste an hour typing and rewording it before I eventually give up.

When you realize you're the idiot for engaging with them

Mostly it's like I keep editing and editing to get the right tone for a somewhat offensive style joke so I don't have too many people not understanding it's a joke before I think "fuck it, this is too much work for a stupid joke."

Sometimes I get to the finish line and submit it. Then some shmuck has the nerve to point out some silly little typo. I barely care enough to finish the comment you real

Arguing with people on the internet is like masturbation. It's fun at first, but eventually you realize you are only fucking yourself.

We should just build a meme where we hit submit instead of cancel. I think it would really lead

Do you ever type out a multiple paragraph argument about something and then just delete it because it’s all bullshit anyway?

I do this in real life too. I just windows log-off noise midway through a conversation

Yeah, it's like...

When you realize that you don't have to reply to a person on the internet, then you are truly free

Hahaha I know, right? It’s funny how accurate th

I started 4 responses in this thread and submitted 2 of them. I'm proud of myself. Oh! This one makes 3!

I was about to respond but then I

Happens all th

Yup. I just suddenly realize that I don't actually give a fuck.

Omg... yes!

described me, perfectly

I completely

Usually for me I just wrote something in far more of an aggressive tone than I realized and the comment is not worth retyping everything I wrote so far.

People think that this is a form of apathy but it actually isn't. According to research by Cornell University conducted in 2009, they found that

And yet some have no such filter and start firing off comments without a second thought.

They didn't read article, didn't spend time forming an opinion, and yet they may still be the highest voted comment in the thread. It's like drive-by comment diarrhea.

I wish most threads had a "serious conversation" area separated from the humor/low-effort section.

Daily lmao.

Or that I don't actually have anything to contribute and that my opinion has already been stated so I won't be adding anything original to the conversation.

My usual thought process is: Can’t be arsed to do a full write up that covers all my thoughts on the topic, and even if I did no one wants to read it.

If I write a summarised comment then people will just nitpick the bits I didn’t address, and I can’t be bothered to respond to replies.

i stopped caring about life alltogether. years start to mean shit when someone decides how long should it take to finish a curriculum or how long u ll have to grind to reach that higher pay position..i mean if nothing were up to me, why would i still care? this shouldn't be adhd exclusive, or i might hav adhd. bothways, idc ( at some point doctor called me bipolar, and in my mind, i was like: sure bro) psychiatry is sometimes overrated and ineffective, seems like big pharma funded snake oil kinda science, just a pretense to churn out ineffective chemicals for psychotropes. have problem: smoke weed or something, although i didnt try yet

When I type out a well thought out reply and realize where I'm posting it. They will not appreciate my hot takes.

Are you trying to imply people with ADHD, as in Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, have an attention span long enough not to reply?

https://www.wordnik.com/words/deficiency

People aren't that great online at hearing what you mean not what you're saying. The implications normally drawn by assuming the other person is either of basic intelligence or aware of the context are thrown out the window in favor of Internet points.

It's exhausting. Sometimes that's why I like mastodon or twitter or threads or nostr. Whatever pick your poison. Point is I want to say my fucking piece and not have to add all this extra context so the other person doesn't call me an idiot on some niche part of what I said.

Thinking about it from the commenters perspective: People online need to go back to just saying what they actually meant to say without prefacing everything. If that happened we'd at least have a more fulfilling experience. There's a reason folks leave knee jerk comments and don't elaborate further because the sentiment is popular too.

More like start writing a comment. Realize you said you weren't going to get involved so type out the rest of your spiel and delete it. This anytime tipping comes up.

Same with entering into pote trial flamewars or debates. Too tired, dont care

This happens alot, I feel strongly about a comment, start typing something up, then

Für mich, es ist nicht nur Kommentaren, aber

I still care. I just don't want to potentially start an argument I don't intend to engage in.

Anyone else think this dude in this meme looks like a 20-something Gregory House?

I have a truly marvelous demonstration of this proposition that this

I totally didn't do this multiple times today.

But now I want that pint though

@db0

hahaha, I do this all the fucking time it's funny how similar we ca-

When people start replying you questions that need super long responses and links that they can just find themselves from Google

I think this is actually a positive sign. At least a step in the right direction. Increased awareness and cutting your losses, not being further drawn in by the sunk-cost or completion bias.

Sometimes I just hit send mid sentence and never look back.

It happens to us all eventually, the longer we interact online. The reality is, it's necessary to counter misinformation for society as a whole going forward and while I try to jump in where possible, I've definitely stayed out of more and more controversial discussions. That's said, I respect and appreciate the next generation taking up the torch. We need you.

Been the

So fucking often thi...

True

That's why I would love a "save draft" option on Lemmy. First I could write down what I want, keep it and decide later if I really want to send it and even if I don't want to, I could keep it and maybe re-use it some other day or just learn from what I felt the moment I wrote this.

I do this all the

I was just in a youtube comment section trying to explain what enhittification means, but then I realized I don't care.

I can’t even count the number of times I felt this way.

I do this allll the time. I'm like do i want to engage in this conversation? NOPE lol

Language isn't just a communication skill. We use it to imagine complex concepts; monetary systems, nation states, moral codes. The fictitious ideas that are the foundation of society.

Language is a new fandangle way of articulating our thoughts. Regardless of whether anyone else reads it, we examine and inform our own opinion without swaying others. For example, determine that we dont really give a shit about a certain topic.

Me everytim-

Had something really clever to say about this but then I

I don't have a Cancel button on the web UI so I am usually nervous that it will somehow get posted ever tho I don't want to post it.

Me on basically any post that has incorrect information from blahaj.

What

I just did this 5 secs last post...

Well.... Leave it, i don't have any time tomorrow is my exam. 💀

Yeah but I don't thi

I don't care enough to hold whatever rubbish my brain is spiting out so I send it anyway

Well you know what...

Yeah. Fuck yeah.

Also, didn't realize I missed this meme.

Ditto

Yes

It just adds to the power of the posts you do make

Yep

Most of the time I'm simply too lazy for a worthwhile comment.

Pfff. I ignore most replies all together. Half the time people didn't even read my comment. But also because I'll have moved on and don't care anymore.

Same goes for this comment.