>>114146881I'm about five years behind there, but I know the feel. Though AOL IM helped me make connections with friends in college, even some girls I dated or almost dated. Anime sites helped me keep connected with friends in anime club in college. We'd even send links and pics to each other from /b/ way back in 2004.
We didn't have to become socially withdrawn and emotionally. We could still use these sites in moderation. Just like not everyone who drinks alcohol is an alcoholic. We just went too far down the rabbit hole.
I guess this applies to the people making these cartoons. They don't step back and think about something bigger and just tailor their cartoons to this emotionally stunted 30 year old mindset.
Even some cartoons I like can be said to suffer from this.
