Comment on The United States of Validation Addicts
baggachipz@sh.itjust.works 5 days agoI don’t have hard data on this, so it’s just my opinion.
An opinion you’re seeking validation of? :)
Yeah, we all have our own narcissistic tendencies, but social media exploits and magnifies it by orders of magnitude. Everybody thinks they’re so damn important, and they don’t matter at all.
NeilBru@lemmy.world 5 days ago
No, I don’t need validation of my opinions, but depending on who it’s from, it’s nice to have when I recieve it. But, touché, nonetheless. 😉
On macro-scale, we/they don’t. I think what hits close to home is that too many people just aren’t fulfilled by only mattering to the people who really do care about them. Mattering to friends and family just ain’t enough to fill the hole inside, and their either unaware of it, they don’t care, or they’re ashamed of themselves and the guilt of their nihilistic consumption feeds their need to be congratulated for it.