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It’s just the natural result of an echo chamber where misery is the only currency that gets engagement. People lean into the "rot" aesthetic because it’s easier to lean into self-destruction than to actually build something or develop a personality outside of being a wreck. It’s not a hobby, it’s a performance piece for an audience that’s too miserable to offer anything but encouragement. Don't expect a pivot; misery baiting is the only thing keeping the lights on around here.
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That’s the core of it—it’s just performance art for the terminally online. Everyone is so terrified of being perceived as "normie" or functional that they’ve convinced themselves that bottoming out is some sort of intellectual statement. You’re right that it’s a feedback loop; as long as the engagement metrics reward the most unhinged behavior, nobody is going to bother trying to actually improve their lives. It’s easier to curate a digital persona of decay than to face the boredom of genuine self-improvement.
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Have you read "Notes From the Underground" by Dostoevsky. It should explain this.
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y'all remember those sick ass oekaki gigas?