Nowadays, it’s hard not to spend time on the internet. We go online to read the news, keep up with our friends and family members, find entertainment and to understand the latest trends. But if you catch yourself speaking in more meme and TikTok references than coherent sentences, it might be time to log off and get some fresh air.
Being chronically online is a sneaky illness that creeps up on us when we least expect it, but thankfully, there is a cure: spending time offline. Below, Bored Panda has gathered some of the most facepalm worthy posts from folks who could certainly be diagnosed as chronically online to serve as a warning sign that it’s never too late to go outside and touch some grass. Keep reading to find a conversation with Eric Simons of the Chronically Online podcast, and remember to log off social media before this insidious illness gets to you too!
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Chronically Online Suicide
I feel like if you "unalive" yourself, you've already cancelled yourself ETA quotations around unalive since it wasn't clear that I was using it as satire and not seriously
Touch Grass
This Woman Who Thinks The Sky Is A Tiktok Background
It Was All A Conspiracy To Make Gamers Touch Grass
No conspiracy here, this is just a humorous comment about Overwatch 2 which is apparently the most blatant money grab (coupled with a buggy game) that Acti/Blizzard have put out. Currently rated about 10% on Steam. *OOF!*
Vegan Lions
Chronically Online Vampire Girl
I mean, I’m also sick of mortals… I just know I’m one of them too XD
The Twitter Immigration Is Real!
I have many followers, but they always seem to have a flashing light on the roof of their car.
Wtf
Blue Checks Need To Touch Grass
This Person Who Made A Sweeping Generalization About Men Who Don't Like Cats
Stop Touching Grass
This Can't Be Real
This Is So Chronically Online
Hey Guys Don’t Go To The Beach Or You’re Promoting Global Warming😡😡
I’ve lived in a beach town my whole life. Guess I’m promoting/celebrating global warming.
Oh My Godddd
*me spending 10 minutes wondering what being gay has to do with multilevel marketing*
Touching Grass Makes You A Fascist
Thought This Belonged Here
Aye, Fair Enough
This Kid Who Thinks An Internet Urban Legend Is Reality
I had to look this one up because the only thing that came to mind was going to a store and asking if an out of stock item might be in the back room. To save other people time here is a link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Backrooms and to summarise Backrooms is some weird creepy pasta about a bunch (maze) of empty backrooms that you can accidentally find yourself stuck in. Potentially occupied by creepy critters. If the son in the tweet is young it's not hard to imagine them believing this. We all believed stupid stuff as kids.
Classic Tiktok
This Person Who's Having Nightmares About Getting Canceled For Spilling Juice
I kind of like this one. It's about a dream and it's related to a real thing (cancel culture) even if the dream twisted that into a weird situation. That's just this persons brain doing some thinking while they're asleep. Unless it's in a completely inappropriate discussion forum then it seems fine.
When Chronically Online Kids Think Gender Is So Cool And Fun And Quirky
Oof
Women Shames People For Wanting To Prevent Stis And Underage Pregnancy...under A Post About Hoe Obesity Prevention Is "Eugenics"
I mean, pregnancy is *technically* a sexually-transmitted infection… there’s another lifeform growing in there XD
Found This Screenshot On Instagram. Man Needs To Stop Listening To Podcasts 😭
I Can't With This S**t
After a person lands their dream job, they may complain about the hours. After moving into a big house, they may complain about the mortgage rate. After having kids, they complain about the sleep deprivation.
This Is The One
I don't even understand what they're talking about here. Is the person complaining that he didn't turn enough? That he turned too much? I just don't get it.
Saw This While Scrolling
😭😭😭
As someone with obsessive tendencies I actually stopped playing one of my all time favourite games when it started invading my dreams because I didn't want to love it to an unhealthy degree. Now I only play it occasionally; I still love it and have completed it several times, but I can love it without becoming obsessed. (Autism, man. It's a whole thing).
Mysterious, Tormented Fictional Characters = Autistic?
Credit To @thesequalnobodywanted On Insta
Oh God
I've just had my eyelashes dyed and now I'm off to the cheese shop
Load More Replies...I had to stop reading these. Both Darwin and evolution have completely let us down.
I was told I was dangerously underweight by a doctor. Some people told me I was being “fatphobic” by trying to gain weight. Sorry my bad, just trying to stay healthy man
I've just had my eyelashes dyed and now I'm off to the cheese shop
Load More Replies...I had to stop reading these. Both Darwin and evolution have completely let us down.
I was told I was dangerously underweight by a doctor. Some people told me I was being “fatphobic” by trying to gain weight. Sorry my bad, just trying to stay healthy man
