No. 1521250
>>1510430i feel kind of bad about how transphobic this site is making me because i live in the libtard capital of the world, so i have quite a few people close to me who are trans and nonbinary (its not even new my best friend has been trans since like freshman year of hs) and i know that the cows in those threads are nothing like my trans friends but i dont know, i feel bad engaging with it, reddit troons just disgust me and i cant change that. i feel scared sometimes because all my friends would never see me the same if they knew what i get up to on here, even my own mother would probably be madder than when i tattled on my brother for saying the n word all the time when we were teens.
i dont want to leave, i like lolcow way more than any social media and any other imageboard i could go to would just be worse, but i also think i was happier when i took a 6 month break from the site. at the same time though, i have nowhere else to discuss this. i brought up how i think euphoria boners weird me out and 2 of my friends were straight up like "its not weird." of course the nonbinary girl in the groupchat didnt say anything lel, and then theres the fact that for women transitioning or even just being nonbinary is often just a way to try to escape being female because its uncomfortable and scary, but i could never bring that up to anyone other than my boyfriend. im at a loss, i guess ill have a better idea of if i want to stick around after the new site is up, but the quality of the cow boards are seriously in the toilet, the main draw for me at this point is m and ot. of course none of this is even getting into how some anons constantly nitpick completely normal looking womens appearances which does nothing for anyones self esteem.
No. 1526211
Unlike some of you, I only joined a couple of years ago and felt at home knowing I wasn't the only unhinged woman out there kek. As someone who always struggled with making female friends due to my dorkier interests and unchecked autism, I felt pretty at home here. It was cozy as fuck and part of me wishes I got to experience the "golden age" of the site some of you have described. I'm very timid in real life so it was nice to let myself be cringe and free with other unapologetically cringy women. I'll miss the sisterhood here. Won't miss all the stupid infighting.
That said, I do think this site made me an angrier person. I'm not proud of it in the slightest. I used to be very empathetic, and I feel as though visiting this site slowly chipped away at that over the years. It has brought out the worst in me, and as some nonas have described, it feels wrong. I want to gain my empathy back, and I think leaving this site, and social media as a whole, is the only way to do that. I want to have faith that people can be good. Living my life as angry as I have for the past few years (including before I found lc) has completely destroyed my happiness and will to live. I don't want to be unhappy anymore. While it will be lonely since I don't have any IRL friends, I think it's a necessary step for me to take to get better.
As fucked as it sounds, thanks to all the cool women here at lc for making me feel normal, even if for a time. Maybe one day another cool site like this without the infighting will spring up. Maybe I'll be there. But either way, good luck and goodbye to everyone here! It's been a weird couple of years, but I'm glad for the experience. For anyone curious, I'll be spending the rest of my twenties learning how to draw (finally!), reading, playing the games in my endless backlog, and maybe getting back into anime! It's time to get back in touch with my younger, less depressed self.