How do you balance privacy and sanity? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 18 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) by lemmingsareawesome@sh.itjust.works to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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any advice will help even generic stuff since other people also poballey have the same problem and would like some advice

do you ever feel like you have to choose between being ok or having friends and being private. like you know too much but you dont know what to do? have you been there? how do you start doing something and not stuck?

my friends dont use private things so i have to deal with it or be calld werid ( my freinds and adults think i just want privacy to play games when i shouldnt or watch videos that i should just bc im a yonger guy. if they dont acuse me of anything they just think im crazy or a bum who brings ppl down.

not to mention i feel stuck finding what to do and actalley doing ib. it feels easy and good to give up and ignore stuff like ts. lalala i cant hear you yk. its hrader to learn to bc im "spescial" and stuff. i worry that itll get very hard when i grow up too ((( have you been there?

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[-] waltersf@bookwyr.me 4 points 16 hours ago

do you ever feel like you have to choose between being ok or having friends and being private.

Not anymore.

my friends dont use private things so i have to deal with it or be calld werid

Then you have enemies, not friends.
Friends respect you for who you are, and that includes your privacy. Real friends OPSEC.

privacy to play games

LAN parties are pretty private.

this post was submitted on 27 Aug 2026

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