WHAT HAPPENED TO SOCIALIZING?

Written by KRAZED.

July 10, 2018 [WILDLY KRAZY]—Growing up as a Millennial, we were the first generation to start using computers in school—years before the internet. In fact, I was 6-years-old when the internet went live on August 6, 1991.

However, I would not get my first computer until I was a sophomore in high school, because back then, the internet was still kind of pointless.

When I grew up, there was no such thing as smart phones, or social media—we still used landlines and pay-phones, instead.

Nevertheless, I am 33-years-old with an Aquarius Sun, Leo Ascendant, and Aries Midheaven, so naturally, I love socializing, and I love technology; therefore, I embraced the internet with open arms.

I was 10-years-old when Yahoo started, and 12-years-old when AOL released AIM as a standalone chat program for Windows users in 1997. AIM was the first, real social media network for any generation, making Millennials the first generation to experience socializing on the internet among strangers and friends.

One year later, Yahoo would become a company and brand. I remember the old Yahoo commercials during my grade school and middle school years, asking if I Yahooed.

Back then, years before broadband internet connections and Wi-Fi, we used dial-up internet connections, which used our house phone-line in order to connect to the internet.

I remember always fighting everyone in the house over the phone-line, because when you were on the internet, no one could call the house, because it tied up the phone-line, causing a busy-signal whenever someone tried calling the phone.

Let me tell you, it was a pain in the ass just to browse the internet, too, which most people avoided all together, due to the fact it tied up the phone-line; plus, the internet was slower than a snail on a slot's ass, using 56k dial-up. Now, our internet speeds are between 4 to 105mbps, depending on the internet-cable provider.

Downloading music and watching videos was damn near impossible, too. With dial-up—with a 56k connection—it’d take you 213 hours, or nearly 9 days, to download a 2 hour movie with a file size of 700 MB. No shit…

Back then, you purchased monthly AOL CD discs that allowed you to connect to the internet—similar to an Xbox online subscription; however, back then, the internet was calm and pleasant, and you could find anything that you wanted to find.

AOL AIM, by far, was my favorite pass time on the computer, because you could socialize with the world without the whinny, rude, obnoxious and immature social justice warriors.

You see, we could privately chat with friends, or chat in public chat-rooms, and damn near no one back then gave a fuck or fought over social issues, such as gay marriage, racism, religion, politics, feminism, chauvinism, etc, etc.

Growing up, as a German, Greek and Hispanic child, I had friends of all colors, backgrounds, race, and sex, and not once did we give a fuck about social issues. As a male, I had more female friends than I had male friends, and we were all, including the females, perverted as fuck! I would make the devil blush with some of my stories and shenanigans that my female Krazees participated in.

Back then, socializing was a blast, because all you talked about was sex, partying, drinking, driving in your first car, alien conspiracies, ordinary life shit, or whatever the fuck you wanted, without the social justice warriors and their drama-filled lives interrupting, trying to create hate, and division among people.

Every day after school, I would run home and jump onto AIM; in fact, AIM is how I spread the word about our parties in high school. AIM is also how I got laid most of the time; AIM is how I received nude pictures from chicks from around the country. AIM was awesome, because I could have private conversations without people snooping into my social, private life.

Not once did I ever get into an argument with anyone on AIM, because everyone back then was chilled and relaxed, as the majority of the users were Millennials. We understood each other, and we did not have drama like you see on social media today among other generations.

In high school, on AIM, my username was 13lue2KRAZED3… Did you notice the KRAZED? It has been around for a long time, thanks to the repetitive dream.

I used to have this particular high school girl as a friend on AIM that lived in Seattle, Washington, by the name of Amy. Amy was a very rich girl that was the same age as I was. She traveled the United States quite often for dance competitions, as she was beautiful, athletic, out-going, smart, and very fun to talk to. Every day, I would come home to find a message from Amy, and we would spend hours upon hours chatting and talking, and sharing pictures and bullshitting about our daily lives.

I admired her life, and she admired my life, until one day, we decided to meet in person. In junior year of high school, I met Amy in Kansas City, Missouri, face to face for the first time.

It is one of my fondest memories, as I stayed at a hotel with her for an entire weekend, being teens, without parents. She even went to two of my parties, and met the Four Horsemen.

The following year, in 2004—the year that I graduated—I bought myself my first phone, as I started working my freshman year in high school at the age of 15, making $5.15 an hour—minimum wage.

My first phone was the hippest and coolest phone around, as it was the phone that led up to smart phones. The Motorola Razr was my first phone, as it was black, sleek, and stylish compared to the flip phones that resembled mini-sized house phones.

It cost me $600-dollars back then, as it was on the same level as the iPhone when it came to innovations and technology for its day.

The Motorola Razr had a futuristic nickel-plated keypad, Bluetooth accessories, and a tough aluminum body. I dropped that phone more times than I can remember, and not once did it ever crack or break.

The Razr was before Facebook, apps, and social media, so when we socialized with friends, we texted—until we ran out of prepaid minutes, which I never had, because I just used a data-plan, but for most of my Krazees, they were limited to a small amount of minutes per month, so the conversations were quick and easy.

"I'll be over in 5"

"Ok; bye"

Five years later, while still in the Marine Corps, I finally signed up for Facebook. Yes, at first, it was cool and hip, with nude pictures galore, and everything seemed similar to AIM, because a Millennial that is a year older than I, built Facebook—someone who was quite familiar with AIM. In all honesty, at first, Facebook was a glorified, blue version of AIM—same functions; same shit, but with a different interface.

However, a few years later, Facebook went to shit when they allowed everyone and their mom to see your posts and conversations, even though you were not friends with that person. This gave the social justice warriors a powerful microphone and billboard, displaying their fucked up world to the rest of us, even if we did not care about their social issues.

I got tired of the constant drama and bickering I saw and witnessed on Facebook about religion and politics, and other social issues. Every day, it seemed, people were fighting over bull shit that had nothing to do with reality or real-world issues.

Thus, in 2012, I finally got tired of watching people fight back and forth, because the drama and mood became depressing, so I deleted my account, forever, and I have not regretted it one bit.

To this day, I do not know one Krazee that has a Facebook account anymore, due to the same bullshit and drama that the social justice warrior brought to the social media world.

Therefore, a few years later, I coded and designed my own social media network, KRAZESTER, just for my Krazees and I.

I designed KRAZESTER to be as private and secretive as possible, but also allowing users to create Cliques, or chat with their Krazees in group chats, or with strangers among like-minded groups.

When modern social media first came out, such as Facebook, Twitter, Google Plus, etc, they ran on the idea of connecting the world, but they merely destroyed socialization, because it allowed too many ideas and too many personalities into one, small space, naturally creating divisions and polarization among people.

You see, naturally, humans separate themselves into social groups and classes, because humans, naturally, like to interact and socialize with like-minded people. I have studied it during my time on the streets with gang-bangers and during my time in the prison system. I also have psychology training and schooling, thanks to the state government, and also from the Marine Corps.

No matter how much we try, racism and social classes and groups will not go away, because human genes and the brain will not allow it. Hence the reason we have gangs on the streets and in the prison system, and hence the reason we have political parties in the United States—all of which are based on ideologies—people with the same mindset and beliefs.

If you are a Liberal, you do not want to socialize with Republicans, for the most part, and vice-versa.

If you are a gang-banger, you are not going to socialize with a cop, and vice-versa.

As a society driven by technology and the internet, we are trying to force people into one large group, which is what has caused all of the social issues in the world we see today. As a society, we need to go back to simplicity when it comes to socializing, because open-world-socialization does not, and will not work—there are just too many personalities, and too many mindsets for it to work, peacefully, and we are finally seeing that in America.

This year, in the first three months, Facebook deleted damn near 600 million fake accounts, while Twitter just deleted 70 million fake accounts between May and June. If that does not tell you something, I do not know what will.

Finally, we are witnessing the collapse of the open-world-wide social media network, as more and more people flee the drama and the bullshit, produced by the social justice warrior that does not have a normal or functional life outside of the matrix, which is bad for the mental-health.

AIM was great because it created an echo chamber for like-minded people, because in all honesty, I do not give a rat ass about your politics, your religions, or your social issues—I just want to communicate and socialize with Krazees—people who want to just have fun, have sex, explore, enjoy life, and party. I want to be around the fashion models, the artists, the athletes, the go-getters, the entrepreneurs, the military veterans, the dare-devils, the partiers, the comedians,the Krazees, etc—those who live life on the edge, and always seeking a daring, funny, and exciting adventure, because those are the things I relate too, and love to do. They are the people that I understand, and enjoy being around.

I do not want to socialize with people who are extremely religious, or political, because I am neither of those things, because I do not believe in those things for the simple fact they divide people, and create hatred among people. I hate drama, and I will avoid it at all costs, which is the reason I quit social media entirely, except KRAZESTER. This is the prime reason most social media accounts are fake, because people do not want to be a part of the insanity anymore.

Socializing went from exciting to depressing in a matter of a decade, because we have tried to create an open-world-wide social atmosphere with countless personalities. Naturally, we are creating great divisions and anxiety within society, and the younger people are having one hell of a time trying to cope within society, because they did not grow up before the internet or social media.

I have met high school and college students that cannot carry a conversation, due to the fact texting has become the norm. They cannot function in society, because they do not have social or people skills.

As an employer, I have turned down many job applications, because they cannot function in a large-group-setting; they have anxiety when they are around a lot of people, because they grew up in a society that is based on fake personalities across the fake social media environment, who push and demand social standards. Therefore, these young bloods are too afraid to socialize and be themselves, in fear they might piss someone off for breaking social standards, set by internet social justice warriors. Thus, when these young bloods get into the real world and meet fuckers like myself who do not follow internet-social-rules, their minds are cluster-fucked, and they are unable to cope with reality—the real world.

What do you fuckers think?

You fuckers have a great day. Stay safe—stay social—and stay yourself.