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mobeau69

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5. It's better to be alone than to be with someone and wishing you were alone.

Reply to CousinIT (Original post)

Thu Dec 4, 2025, 03:27 PM

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If you have no or few friends, you are not broken. You are yourself. And that's not a bad thing. [View all] CousinIT Thursday OP

Thanks MustLoveBeagles Thursday #1

You're fine, but the videos on that channel are made with AI. See reply 17. highplainsdem Thursday #19

thanks for this...me in a nutshell N/T dwp6577 Thursday #2

Anymore I tend to like dogs better than a lot of people. groundloop Thursday #3

I have a little plaque in my house that says: CousinIT Thursday #16

I always have said I consider 4 leggeds to be much better company than 2-leggeds! slightlv Thursday #4

It's better to be alone than to be with someone and wishing you were alone. mobeau69 Thursday #5

Isn't that the truth MustLoveBeagles Thursday #6

Absolutely. n/t CousinIT Thursday #11

"I used to think the worst thing In life was to end up all alone. It's not. The worst thing In life is ending up sop 16 hrs ago #29

I Had 5 Friends As Of July. Then One Died. Another Has .... ColoringFool Thursday #7

I only have a few friends, but they're good ones. MIButterfly Thursday #8

I used to be a lot more gregarious BaronChocula Thursday #9

First, Sing it, Zackzzzz Thursday #10

No friends, that's me but I'm good with it. 🙂 nt Raine Thursday #12

I had good friends before COVID. ananda Thursday #13

glurge WhiskeyGrinder Thursday #14

The entire channel is apparently AI-generated. See reply 17. highplainsdem Thursday #18

I'm saying WhiskeyGrinder Thursday #20

I wasn't sure exactly how to read "glurge" but it could be a drowning-in-AI-slop noise. And YouTube highplainsdem Thursday #21

Glurge is a pre-AI term for slop. There were plenty of memes in FB's heydey that told people how very special they were WhiskeyGrinder Thursday #22

Thanks! I hadn't run across that term before. I thought you might have meant a glug-like sound. highplainsdem Thursday #24

It came up in the 90s to describe those ridiculous forwarded emails about fake uplifting stories and is being used WhiskeyGrinder 16 hrs ago #30

I really hadn't seen it used before. But I have minimal contact with Facebook, and I hadn't run across highplainsdem 15 hrs ago #33

Post.Of.The.Day WarGamer Thursday #15

The videos on that YouTube channel are made with AI, probably with the script written by AI. NOT highplainsdem Thursday #17

This video produced by AI or not Mossfern Thursday #23

It's important that people who are neurodivergent are understood by others, and that they understand highplainsdem 16 hrs ago #25

The video, AI generated or not, does not say anything that is not true. CousinIT 16 hrs ago #28

It does show a bias against extroverts and people who have a lot of friends, and that's divisive and highplainsdem 16 hrs ago #31

So true 😁 my cats are my best friends and I'm happy 😁 TommieMommy 16 hrs ago #26

Thank you wendyb-NC 16 hrs ago #27

Quality not quantity jfz9580m 16 hrs ago #32