deleting social media ruined my life
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- Опубліковано 2 жов 2024
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yoyoyo another film in the books. i've wanted to talk about this subject for a while, so glad i finally got round to doing it. what do you think about it? have you deleted social media or is considering quitting it? i wanna know your story with the whole social media debacle. anyway, i have so many assignments due, yet im procrastinating doing them and instead creating these films. much more worthwhile imo ahaha. imma leave it at that, i gotta go do some music-ing rn, brb (in a week with another one).
#youtubenewwave #arikki #documentingmylife
Will you lose friends? Yes. Is it worth it? Yes.
agreeeed, it rly shows who the REAL ones r
I lost nearly all of my friend because of this, and hell man, it was one of the best decision in my life!
I miss the earlier web. There was less bullshit and more of a feeling that you could truly "log off" and return to your life.
sameeeee, it didn't feel like a whole different world if that makes sense. it was just something you'd go on for 30 minutes on weekends
Oh how we miss the things we took for granted 😢 I never realized how much more at peace I was when the internet was like this
Many of us would be happy to delete social media if others did the same. It's sad that not being instantly reachable should be seen as weird or a problem, when that was a historical reality for most of human history.
But you can still use messenger and normal phone features?
Deleting social media is about removing these algorithm feeds and the time wasted on them. Not about removing reachability.
I deleted fb 4 years ago and have no problem staying in touch with anyone
@@OnlyAchievingHere You're right. It's just that the world can feel very lonely when you're disconnected. I don't have a lot of IRL friends so if I don't use social media I'm just more lonely than before. It's hard to find that right balance.
agreed. i wish it wasn't a problem but here we are
@@arikki. yea
A social life being completely based on a virtual world isn't a social life in the first place .It looks more like an escape of loneliness than having "friends" with whom you share your life . I think going off social media is a good opportunity to improve your social skills and build genuine connections in the outer world because that's what will actually be more beneficial for you .And there are plenty of people who will actually match your vibe and have the same lifestyle as you ,so you won't have to deal with people who are constantly glued to their phones. Personally deleting social media is the best thing I've ever done in my life and I'm so proud of myself for taking this step and break my addiction.
agreeeeeed, deleting social media actually was one of the better things i've done in my life, as without it i prolly wouldn't have started creating these films haha.
super happy for u breaking out of ur addiction! much love
I found these typa vids like last week and ive been feeling everything hes been saying, along with the amazing cinematography gets me hooked. I love something i can relate to
ayyy thanks bro!
@@arikki. Just asking, is there a vid out there that talks about how people keep telling you to "move on" and how there's "plenty of fish in the sea", but you never really figure out how to let go?
@@JudeAquino815 uhhh not that i've heard of haha
Honestly if you lose people because you stop a bad habit, are they really there for you? Do they really care about you?
EXACTLY omg. it rly makes u think, were they ever rly ur friends in the first place? 😭
hey man! i can completely relate. unless all your friends aren't on social media, it can cause FOMO which is so frustrating.
yuhhh, i mean after a while, fomo wasn't (and still isn't) the biggest thing. it's just staying connected. it rly shows who the REAL ones are
Your right its good and bad I only use Instagram and Snapchat if it wasn't for my Friend group chat I probably would of Deleted both
ahhhh yea yea i totally get that
Much needed ❤ thankyou
glad i could help! much love
Man!!!!! your cinematography is on another level! I can totally relate to your content, and your music choices are always spot on.
Keep doing what you're doing!
yooo thank u so much! i rly appreciate u
ive never had social media and i can relate to this on a deep level. the only friendships that stick around are the really great ones. i can't keep up with new sayings/trends without asking people and in a small way, humiliating myself. i could convince my parents to let me download the apps, but then i have to keep up with what other people post (because they already don't tell what's going on in real life) and dm them to keep friendships alive. it feels weird letting my friends post me. once i grow up, i dont know if i should get that stuff because its something that helps my family (very spread out) stay connected. with this though, i get a lot of time to sit with myself. i don't know if that many people actually like themselves these days, but i know for sure i do. there's time for hobbies and creativity and being outdoors. i'm just isolated.
dude i relate to u, especially, "i don't know if that many people actually like themselves these days" - damn, that hit hard. im glad im not the only one that feels like this but dang it sucks to hear that u feel isolated as well. surely there's somethin we can do about this
@@arikki. i think the best thing i've done to help with that is doing volunteer work/sports/remembering to get out of my geographically isolated property so i'm not literally isolated. your world gets so much smaller after having no social media, so i just kinda do what people did without screens to fill their time. (other than pinterest. yes it is the only window into the online world i have.)
I got banned from snapchat at the end of my junior year of highschool and it literally knocked me off everyones grid. it was so depressing
damn i feel ya bro. when i had snapchat, i had hundreds of ppl, ppl knew what i were doing, where i was at all times and vice versa. but now it's pretty much the opposite
Immediately subscribed.such High quality video
yoooooo thank u!!!
I'm ngl I've been trying to social media detox since last year. I keep falling back on the platform every few days because I get so lonely and I can't know what others are doing. I mean it's be fine if I had freedom or friends to hang out with around me but I'm really just stuck in my room and everyone else is either busy or far away. I go back to the social media and talk a bit and whenever I catch myself doomscrolling for hours I delete it again. Until the cycle repeats. This makes me feel very lonely but I'd rather not doomscrolling for hours and just do something I actually enjoy
ahhhi totally get it. i'm glad you'd rather not doomscroll tho. i see so many friends doom scrolling cus they dont know what else to do it's depressing
ok but i have to appreciate your narration bro. you sound so natural. like everything just flows so well/ doesn't sound stilted at all. ( i tried recording my voiceover FIVE TIMES AND THERE WAS SM VOCAL FRY I CANT i sounded like that girl with the affectation 😨😨 it sounded so bad help )
ahaha thank u!!! it just takes practice, don't give up!
Hey! Just wanted to say that I loved the video, especially the cinematography - it really captured my attention and made this super high quality (you've earned a new subscriber) I could write a whole thesis about my thoughts on social media, but I'll save you from that and just say that I agree with basically everything said in this video - FOMO sucks, but I hope you'll be able to find new friends soon who don't live their lives on social media instead of in the real world.
thank u so much!! i appreciate u
I just recently found your channel, and it's a gem. You're honestly so real man.
hey u are a based onion fr. thank u man that means a lot 🙏
the fundamentals we build our 'social life' in the modern day are broken imo. connecting with people over funny reels & liking their stories seems like social interaction but if you were to talk to those people irl would you talk about personal things eith them as you would with close friends? personally, I wouldn't. I deleted most social media apps and I do feel that loneliness you're describing. but I remind myself that the connection I'm yearning for can't be found on social media (at least not in the manner I described). it's only an illusion tricking me into doubting my decision of staying off social media.
AGREED. everything you've said is so real
I really enjoyed this video, it felt very well produced, even the goofy bits. That aside, I get it. I have never been good with social media and trends, not in the pick me way, in the tism wtf is going on way. It's very isolating when my peers are a part of a culture I can't truly grasp. In general it feels like others don't want to socialize outside of the internet.
ay happy u enjoyed it! im glad u can relate, it's good to know im not the only one that feels this way ahahaha
HEY THATS REECE DANIELS IN THERE!! LOVE THAT GUY
LOVED THE VIDEO MY GUY, GOOD WORK
ahaha yes reece was who initially made me delete social media, in fact that very video was what made me do it. used to watch him, then stopped after a while.
also tyyyy bro, long time no talk!
Man your voice and words hit like the waves of the ocean 🌊✨
ahahha thank u!
bro im so grateful you posted this video!! i told myself im gong to quit instagram multiple times but i couldnt help but download it again and again , and i would just want to check my chats but then at the end as u said even i would doomscroll , and i would feel bad about wasting time later , so i got fed up and told my friend to change my passcode so i couldnt login , so im finally able to quit instagram!! thanks ari!!
ayy im glad bro, instagram is the biggest time suck i swearrr. all the best!
@@arikki. thank you ari!!
I agree with you man. I deleted social media almost a month ago and i have always always wanted to do it. Its boring right now,but once you’re in a better environment and romanticise your life,i promise you,you have no regrets❤ Great video!
agreed. just gotta make the most out of life, thank u! much love
i feel so sigma !
alpha sigma hyperborea
lmao what the sigma
really loved the aesthetics of the video! the camera angles are dope
thank u so much!!!
I just deleted Facebook 3 days ago as that was my biggest annoyance, it feels scary but feel way more chill
ayyyy be proud of urself. u now have more time to do what's important :))
Bootiful.
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Bro every video this same comment 🙄 anyway ur comment is bootiful lmao 😂
@@Lawliet_108 :)
whenever i would (would cuz i don’t rlly have many friends anymore) go out with my friends sure we’d have fun and do things but there were the moments were there’d be silence and nothing to do and i’d still try to continue the conversation but they’d just go on their phones…
i have stricter parents so i’m not allowed social media (except yt) but all my friends can and they keep begging me “tell ur parents to get you tiktok” and they’re always talking abt tiktok like it’s some sorta obsession. I would quit social media, interent in a instant if i could but i can’t. i’m already isolated enough and i’d feel even more isolated. I just want to be a teen and go out with my friends i don’t want to sit there watching them scroll or talking abt videos they saw
i hate this generation and they’re obsession and i can’t even try talking them out of it cuz i’m the one that looks crazy
THAT'S SO TRU. last yr, i had a group of friends, every lunchtime we'd sit together, and what would they all do? THEY'D BE ON THEIR PHONES. it lowkey pissed me off. cus we were all there, but not TRULY "there"
keep on going keepin on, you'll find the right ppl for you that don't make u feel isolated with their actions
@@arikki. thank you!!
I can really relate to this. I deleted my social media back in 2021, and initially, it felt great. However, the longing for connections eventually kicked in. I lost touch with most people, except for a few. It made me realize that many of the connections I thought were genuine were just with people who are chronically online and wouldn’t check on me otherwise. It's a mix of emotions, but I know if I go back, I'll get caught up in doom scrolling, which is even more depressing.
im so glad u could relate (in the nicest way ofc lol). not being chronically online and available rly shows who the real ones are. we're wayyy better off without the doom scrolling and time wasting
i had the same problem. i've resorted to keeping the apps but cultivating the self discipline to never touch a reel. it's been working so far.
damnnn how can i get ur level of self control?? lmaooo, jokes aside im happy for ya, not a lot of ppl can do that
@@arikki. hahah im human too, i have my relapses but thank you brother. keep it up with the good content!!
love this video… and i relate a lot. i deleted my social medias too and have found some new hobbies, which i’m really happy about. but i do feel a lack of connection between some of my friends because, like you, im not updated with all the trends. i don’t miss the doomscrolling of social media, but i do miss the way communication felt so easy sometimes.
yuhhh, i honestly think the pro's outweigh the cons. our brains r brainrot- free (for the most part, only brain rot i put up with now is my older brother yappin)
can i be your good friend 🙂↔️🔗
sure! i have discord u can chat to me there 🙂
@@arikki. id?
WTF 72 comments?!?!?! idk what the views are looking like (i have an extension) but this is insane bro! Keep it up! Btw love you leaving in bloopers like the tea thing
IKKKK ppl need to comment more so the algorithm can seem my films r amazing and show it to more ppl ahahahaha. thank u bro! i actually was annoyed at the tea thing, i was excited to drink it 😭😭😭
@@arikki. hahahahahahah
Bro I genuinely love your content but when you record audio you constantly put your body and the microphone at different positions and this makes the audio quality and the general sound of your video very inconsistent, constructive criticism king 👑
THANK UUU, first constructive criticism i've gotten (i think). I WILL WORK ON IT, in fact, i filmed an episode today, and i put extra thought into the audio and distance between the mic and my mouth hole lmao. thank u, U A REAL ONE 👑
(i often forget abt the mic whilst recording and then try to fix it in post, but ofc just holding it at a similar if not same distance thru out would just make it all the better, again tyyy)
OHHHH so *thats* the lego app you were talking about 😭😭😭
YEAAAAAA ahahhahahaha, lego LIFE
Stan arikki for clear skin y’all ‼️
I AGREE omg. i need a better skin care routine (the one i have rn is called "i wash my face with cold water")
@@arikki. BAHAHAH SAMEE 😭
Definetly my favourite video of you so far
Yo this guy is totally right
@@RubenImprovesOmg is that RubenImproves!?
ayyyy thanks!!
whats up with you looking sick in the last two outros? r u ok?
ahahahaha im okayy toby, imma keep it real, i've been learning how to backflip for 30 min a day, and i would film the outro after i did my 30 minutes so...
thank u tho man, i rly appreciate u lookin out for me
@@arikki. Nahhh bro, that's why you havent went viral!!! You need to backflip in your video, that's what will make you blow up
@@arikki. lmao no way thats the reason, stay safe lol
@@bobonovi8864 for sureeee
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It looks like a movie
omg THANK U. u and ur comment just made my day fr
Amazing Video quality! Keep on going :)
thank u! will do :)
on another note music choice at the end was impeccable
ayyyy ty ahahhahaa
😭😭boy just deleted my socials
ahahaha u wont regret it (kinda)
Same brother can’t relate to it more
yeaaa legitt
@@arikki. but fr tho I feel so disconnected from my classmates and I want to be friends with them but the distance is so large
love the Beatles shirt man
ayy thank u bro, favourite beatles song? (i like "all my loving", tis a banger)
WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE ENDING SONG?
"i am not who i was" by Chance Pena :)
@@arikki. Thank you so much arikki. I have a question: would you like to create a movemet the motivates people to not use social media and make physical contact? Maybe, you wouldn’t feel so alone if everybody else start doing the same thing as you. I have a whole scripts idea for this, if you have any interest please respond to this so i can give you my number.
some people are just lame and not meant to be anybody known so stay off social media if your a nobody with no talents that you want the world to see thats my opinion & also i use social media to show off because i came from nothing if you can relate you will understand
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@@GmanFigures i think you losers really need to re read that
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Thank you...
great content man
yoo thanks man :))
amazanzng
right back at ya :)
I just want to say that that you should stop your yt career 🎀
haha thank u i won't 😁
@@arikki. Your and all other self improvement youtubers should stop it .. i stopped watching self improvement video from last 2 months. Now I feel much better , energetic and motivated. this world 🌎 gives you enough self improvement checkpoints that you don't need those fuckin guides to go for work and live a happy life. Be what you are.. and learn from your mistakes no other youtuber can help you to comeout from our comfort zone and live a happy life 🧬 ( I never write comments btw).
@@Whisperxspell oh well im not a self improvement youtuber so 🤷. i would never call myself a "youtuber" to begin with cus that puts me into a box of "oh i make youtube videos".
i get what ur saying, and while that's totally fair and true, the FILMS i create AREN'T targeted towards those who are "ON SELF IMPROVEMENT".
also commenting isn't gonna stop the bigger "self improvement youtubers" from making videos, yknow majority of em do it for the money. "self improvement" youtubers rely on those who never improve lmao, because those that do, realise that consuming content (at large) doesn't help. kinda ironic but that's just how it works.
i was in that situation as well, a year ago i got into consuming al the "self improvement" videos, then after i got to a certain point, i stopped watching all the videos on how to be productive and how to 10x my life blah blah blah because i got to a point where i didn't need to watch those anymore.
so thank u for ur comment, i appreciate ur concern but i'm simply not a "self improvement" youtuber, and will never ever call myself a youtuber. im just a guy that enjoys creating films and puts them onto this website. yes in the hopes of helping people as well as entertainment.
fed propaganda
nah nah anti fed, im still against social media for the most part (dooom-scrolling/short form in particular), i just wanted to show both sides of the coin for deleting social media
WHOA IM EARLY
yuhhh
You don’t need every social media account. I have Facebook but deactivated because of the like system and the boring content. I am using only messenger and if they want to talk with me they find me there or just ask my mobile number for real contact
but do they talk to u? that's the real question loll. i have an app (it's called beeper), which allows me to use instagrams dms without having instagram installed, and only 1 person chats with me fairly often. when i had instagram (the actuall app), i was on groupchats and actually interacted w/ ppl's stories and posts. maybe it's just me lol
recently i also deleted my social media, and your video is so crazy to🫧🤌🏻☁️
how'd deleting it impact u? good hopefully?