🐸 Remember when arguments happened in person? When gossip came with a cuppa and not a “share” button?

Now, it’s all done behind screens — fast, sharp, and usually louder than it needs to be.

Social media was meant to bring us together. But somewhere between the dog filters and the dance trends, we’ve ended up with a mess of shouting, shaming, and scrolling.

This one’s for all the ways we’ve lost that social face to face spark — and what it’s costing us.

👎 When Social Stops Being Social

Once upon a time, you had to earn a platform. Now, anyone with a half-charged phone and a Wi-Fi signal can dish out opinions like sweets — no filter, no fact-checking, just fury.

Someone posts a photo of their dinner? Someone else says it’s unethical.
Share good news? Get told you’re showing off.
Have a Down Moment? “Attention-seeking.”

The result? We’re more connected than ever — but lonelier, pricklier, and way less social face to face than we used to be.

👁‍🗨️ The Public Gallery of Judgement

Ever typed out a joke, then deleted it? Not because it was mean — but because someone might take it the wrong way?

That’s what it feels like now. Like walking through town with a megaphone, hoping no one decides to ruin your week over it.

We used to laugh, debate, or ask questions in person. Now we second-guess every word, because the crowd online isn’t a community — it’s an audience.

And it’s not very social face to face, is it?

💬 Talk? Nah — Tear Apart, Quote, Screenshot

Debate used to be a pint and a natter. Now it’s 78 comments deep, with strangers bickering about something neither of them fully read.

Nuance? Gone.
Empathy? Blocked.
The benefit of the doubt? Reported for spam.

This is the cost of trading social face to face chats for rage-fuelled algorithms. We’ve turned mates into usernames and disagreements into public sport.

🔧 Can We Bring the Social Back to the People?

We’re not saying scrap social media. It has its perks — it’s helped communities organise, fundraise, reconnect.

But we are saying this: let’s not forget what being social actually means.

It’s eye contact. It’s body language. It’s having a row, then laughing about it five minutes later.

That’s real social face to face. Not likes. Not subtweets. Not shouting into the void.

😂 oavo’s Cheeky Closer

So next time you’re mid-scroll and feel your blood pressure rising, do yourself a cheeky favour:

Close the app. Open the door. And find someone who’s got time for a brew.

Because social face to face doesn’t glitch, doesn’t track you, and won’t tell you off for “tone.”

And it’s got way better biscuits.

📢 Limericks from the Lounge