Literally no one's reading this but idc I'm gonna keep on spamming it with random shit anyways
Here's a vent/rant ig
My parents won't let me have any social media and when I bring it up with them they almost always shut my down, no matter how many reasons i provide. Speaking of which here they are, maybe I'm biased, but they seem pretty damn reasonable to me and at least basis for considering my stance
I know it's not entirely plausible but one day i want one of my main sources of income to be art online and commissions and stuff and waiting till I'm eighteen (yes mom told me one time i have to wait until I'm eighteen to have a n y t h i n g ) wouldn't make sense, i want to build a platform as soon as i can. Yes ill get a job outside it and yada yada but i love art and want to one day be able to pursue it as a career
i wouldn't show any information in anything and would be as safe as I possibly could and very careful.
Also, a lot of my friends either can't share their numbers, aren't comfortable doing so, or don't even have one so it's difficult to communicate with them without discord, which is one of the main platforms i really want. Sure i was in a couple servers with people i don't know (that i barely did anything in besides posting art in the lavendertowne server, and my own server, which only has about thirty members, many of which rarely even use it) and knew some people only online, but they had never tried anything creepy, they had never attempted any strange advances, and had literally stopped me from having a mental breakdown and doing some serious shit i would regret. They barely even dmed me. The internet and people on it can be dangerous and i'm aware of that, but not everyone there is some creep, and I've in fact met some really good friends online.
I have an extreme fear of abandonment, so if i go too long without communicating with my friends, i get irrationally afraid that they don't want to be around me anymore and/or are going to forget i even existed and move on to other, better friends.
Tbh i just want to be able to post a few selfies with cool filters showing off outfits i like and some art and update my stories and shitpost on my announcements wall regularly. Is that so bad? I'm a teenager, so think it's reasonable that(with restrictions ofc) i be allowed to interact with the internet, seeing as it makes me feel at least a little bit better.
I think I'll outline all of these things on a paper or presentation and show it to them, and work double time on my chores and schoolwork. They'll probably just say some stupid parent thing like "no, you can't, because i said so" but whatever, it's worth a try.
