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@Cutelivejazz none of your problems are stupid at all. Anything that is bothering you, or causing you stress or worry, or anxiety or any kind of difficulty is a completely valid problem. Your not playing the victim for getting yelled at. Getting yelled at and treated that way for a reasonable discussion is wrong, and you have every right to be upset about it.
Just for reference, I truly hate the online safety act too. The online safety act isn't just ID needed for adult sites, which is what most of the public thinks it is. That's maybe 1/10th of the act. I'm a tech nerd and spoke a lot with my uni lecturer about it. it's one of the most poorly written, technically illiterate, and arguably evil (given the true intention of it) pieces of law ever signed in the UK, and it isn't even remotely close, that uses "online safety" as an excuse for what it does, whilst actually doing nothing for online safety. Reading the act in full, i can tell you that it's the most egregious attempt in my opinion at mass surveillance and mass censorship, ever attempted in the UK, so much so that the British government had to bin entire sections of it after the US got involved and made clear it would actively prevent the British government from being able to enforce it, and did for a moment it's rumoured consider sanctions against British legislators and Ofcom for it, and rightfully so. (They demanded access to all US citizens private data as part of the act, i can explain how if your interested).
@Cutelivejazz I know this might not make a huge difference, but i want to tell you, you could be on the mix 24/7, put out 100 posts a day, and there would be no issue with it. In fact, i have nearly 2000 posts, in the span of 4 months, and 2 of those months i wasn't on here much. There's no such thing as using the site too much.
And you aren't a burden at all. This is a place where you can come and get support for whatever your struggling with. You wouldn't think a patient in the waiting room at the doctors is a burden, would you, for seeking help? Of course not. The same goes here. Nobody is a burden for reaching out for support here.
And you don't have to offer others support on here when you are in need of support yourself. You wouldn't think that unless a patient at the doctors helped other patients, that there a leech would you? Of course not. You don't have to offer others support whilst your in need of support, you're not being a burden and you're not being a leech. Not being sure how to help, what to say, that's okay. I didn't for the first few weeks i was here, and even now, i sometimes say the wrong thing, and sometimes am not sure what to say.
You are entitled to support on here. You don't have to support others in order to get it. You don't have to earn it. It's what your entitled to.
@toffuna101 hey toffuna. I know it's a really scary experience first starting college, and it really is nerve wracking, especially the build up to it, but i just want to let you know that we're all on here to offer you all the support and best wishes we can. I hope everything goes amazingly for you. And sorry i'm late with a reply to you.
its ok, thank you