#Instagram can be toxic

[fragilelovelythings]

Random thought: sometimes I hate Instagram. Sometimes I just want to be here and vibe, there’s no vanity or anxiety on what people posts or whatever. It’s just about a comfort zone and if there are struggling narratives I just don’t care to get invested. I just reblog my heart out and feel happy for peoples’ interest and likes that align to mine. That’s all. Bye-bye instagram: I’ll try to stay away for a week 🙏🏻

[someoneintheshadow456]

Idk what tag to use to describe the phenomenon of "Tiktok/Instagram Reels being full of toxic femininity/Gender Roles 2 but I just want to make a thread of examples of batshit takes I have seen from Instagram Reels (I don't have examples for all of them):

"I hate playing with my kids because I think they're 'emotionally abusive'/'gaslighting' when they change the rules every 30 seconds and rough house with me. Also, only fathers can enjoy playing with kids because they don't parent like mothers do (being a mom is soooooo harddddd). I refuse to teach my kids how to play nice and go shocked Pikachu when they don't."

"If you're over 25 you will never find a partner ever and should just get an arranged marriage" (said by someone IN THEIR LATE 20S)

"Sleep studies are all based on mens' needs women actually need 10 hours of sleep because uterus"

Just a whole lot of "Girls are mature well-behaved angels until they hit their double digits, then they become satanic demons from hell. Meanwhile boys are satanic demons from hell BEFORE puberty instead."

"Children produce more oxytocin around their dads because dads are the fun parents and they will never appreciate the hard work their mothers do"

"Bullying is good actually because something something evolutionary psychology. I am very smart, I was a gifted kid in high school"

"Men are useless overgrown children who can't keep house or be trusted around babies. But if a man can keep house and/or is good with children, he's either 'not a real man', a pedo, or gay."

"Some women??? Beat their kids??? To cope??? Kids should understand when mommy brings out the chapathi roller it's because they're just ungrateful brats! Being a mother is sooooo harddddd"

[inkskinned]

maybe i'm a bitch but if i hear you go out of your way to judge someone's weight, i immediately lose trust in you & will probably forever find you a little unbearable . yes also the little floating bar over my head will start reading [hostile]. this is natural and u caused it.

[vypridae]

it genuinely baffles me that people still think vox is some precious baby that needs to be protected and kept from val at all costs. are we like... are we watching the same show?

[pardonmydelays]

a little reminder for everyone: fandoms can be dangerously toxic sometimes and if you ever feel like being in this environment affects your mental health, it's totally ok to step back

[math-is-math]

I’ve deleted my art account on instagram and have never felt so free !!!

I can finally just fuck it and ball and draw whatever I want whenever I want, without worrying about losing followers or getting enough likes

It’s honestly a wonderful feeling :’))

[lpsgirl109]

Will always find it hilarious when people try to come up with moral reasons why you can't like a ship and why people who like that ship are red flags. Not talking pedophilia n shit like that but like. "Those characters are mean to each other" type shit. "I don't trust people who like x ship because those characters tried to kill each other. That ship is toxic that ship will never be healthy" have you considered some people don't care. Those characters don't exist Bethany

[deeply-unserious-fellow]

Y'know, I have a feeling that no matter how much Viv says Vox and Velvette are gonna be on the same level as Valentino, they really w o n ' t -

[junkeboxjunkie]

i stopped using twitter (or x ew) in 2021, and my mental health and well being noticeably went up. definitely a connection there

[elsartzz]

Twitter suspended my account why what did I do

[awrestlinggirlwholoves80sbands]

Every movie where the abused boyfriend finally stands up to his toxic ex... oh wait that is not what this is about?

[maryellencarter]

so APPARENTLY if one went through and carefully read all the replies on the @tmsanime blog, one could find out that it was a parody account, so at least it's run by someone who actually signed up to be harassed... the anon asks informing me I should have noticed can stop now, thank you

(this is the autism website, y'all expecting people to independently identify an unlabeled parody blog using text from the company's actual blogs?)

[starburns]

I think I can stop being online once I can be okay being alone I come here to stop the thoughts stop the sleepy stop the stressed and sometimes it's nkt that big of a deal and soemtimes it gets bad and I think if I just can be a little more at peace I can stop unlocking my phone ever single minute

[loverofallthingssmart]

oh i wanna go offgrid so bad but i love talking too much for that

[kitttwilight]

yes i know tumblr is insane and kinda toxic sometimes but these days it's nice . no scary things that stress me out on here. just funny posts and cool art and talking abt games and anime and etc. Man I hate twitter.

[apocalypse-bones]

Feel like a fucking zoo animal