The simulation part is hitting me a lot lately, especially being so active online. I do individual choices IRL where I randomly happen to see others do them too. It’s like the algorithm is controlling everyone at a massive scale.

Do you think building the house having some expectation of your friends being there might have put you in some underlying tone of negativity around some of them? Like having a grudge for a long time? I believe this is partially drift, and partially different interests.

I get that finding new friends aren’t easy in this age group. Friends kinda form out of nowhere when you put random humans together in a closed environment like school or work (or gym I suppose). There needs to be some reason to interact with each other, other than just being transactional