How Real Life Disappeared Behind the Screen

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Lately I’ve been thinking about how disconnected everything feels, not just people from each other, but from reality itself. Everyone online acts like they’ve got money, energy, options, and endless time, but that’s not how life actually looks for a lot of us. I don’t go anywhere, I don’t spend money, and most days are spent sitting in the same place, watching the same screens, listening to people argue about things that won’t change a damn thing in their own lives. The internet pretends this is normal, but it isn’t. It’s just loud. What really gets me is how confident people are about things they barely understand. They repeat lines, narratives, and slogans like they’re facts, and if you question it, suddenly you’re the problem. I’ve watched professionals, media people, even academics say things that make no sense if you stop and think for five seconds. But nobody stops. They just keep scrolling, liking, reposting. Thinking has become optional, and honesty feels like a liability. I’m not angry all the time, just tired of pretending this is how things are supposed to be. There’s a big gap between how people talk online and how people actually live, especially when money is tight and your world is small. I guess I’m writing this to see if anyone else feels it too, or if we’re all just quietly sitting on our couches, watching the same circus, wondering when it got so fake.