Over the last few weeks I've been cutting back on my reddit use.
It's been true that there are a lot of assholes on Reddit for a long time and in the last year my tolerance for assholes has been wearing thin. Reddit's losing its appeal to me. I find I feel apprehensive every time I see a notification of a reply to a comment or post I've made because I expect that I'm going to have to defend myself.
It's a pretty uncommon thing for me to get validation, compliments, or agreements. Hell, even when I do get those things, there's always some kind of criticism that accompanies it.
I'm coming to the decision that I don't want to make room in my life for assholes. Sure, I will always encounter them, but I shouldn't be purposefully putting myself in situations where I will knowingly have to to deal with them if there's another reasonable option.
Reddit has been a big part of my life for nearly a decade now but, like Facebook and Instagram, I'm prepared to back off from it and maybe leave it entirely. To be honest, the thought of doing so makes me feel a little relief.
Submitted February 19, 2018 at 04:48PM by monkey_sage http://ift.tt/2sMfMq7
