In my (almost) four years of Scratch, this is truly the lowest we have been. Every other week I see drama. People getting wrongfully banned, stealing art, using generative AI, getting exposed, etc. etc. I'm starting to get tired of logging in just to see this stuff. I've never been online much recently, but the amount that I see in my tunnel vision (thank you for a bad kid's social media ST that's literally what you've created) is so bad I really want to leave. Only reason I'm staying is because of my friends, and because this is the only place where I feel at home and safe sharing my art, even if there are stealers everywhere. (Due to Scratch scrunching up the quality, only way you'll be able to tell it's me is if I have a clean 2k picture download. Even if someone reposts on another platform they'll have a bad picture. It's also less likely to be used to feed generative AI that way.) I went on a tangent there. 2020 was peak, it seems. Anyways, I have a bad feeling about this current community. To the point that I don't even feel bad for them, and don't even want to be known as a part of it. I'm always ashamed when people ask about my other socials on Disc because the only other one I'm decently online on is Scratch. It's my roots in social media and online interaction because this is where I started. And I've built too many connections, too much lore, too many friends. I don't want to lose that. All I can say is, I'm so done. I want to leave. I want to leave this place. I don't want to see all these stupid conflicts. My mental health has gotten worse over these first few months of 2025, and this isn't making it any better. I already see way too many of these stupid controversies in my fandoms Hi this is Ray 6 hours later. I'm so done. Truly. I want to die. I hate the whole world. I hate everybody. Everybody. I love my sons and daughters but I hate them too because they make me want to stay even though it's so unbearable at this point that I just want to stop. I wish people would stop acting like I'm fine, no one offers advice, no one asks if I'm okay, even if I vent to them. Someone even said "what is this crap." I try, I TRY to be helpful, to be there, SO MUCH because I know I KNOW WHAT IT FEELS LIKE. AND I DON'T GET ANYTHING IN RETURN IS THIS HOW YOU TREAT ME?? YOU KNOW SOMETHING IS GOING ON YET YOU DON'T EVEN TRY TO STOP ME. TO HELP ME. OR EVEN JUST ASK ME IF I'M OKAY OR HAVE A HEALTHY CONVO. EVERYTHING IS SO RUDE NOWADAYS EVEN THE JOKES ARE STARTING TO GET SO RUDE AND OFFENSIVE. I DONT WANT TO ANYMORE I WANT TO JUST STOP EXISTING AND GET PEOPLE TO LEAVE ME ALONE. PEACE DOESN'T EXIST IN EARTH. IT'S JUST SUFFERING. IS THIS HOW YOU TREAT YOUR CHILDREN, GOD? IS THIS WHAT THE WORLD IS BEFORE IT ENDS?? WHAT ABOUT THOSE WHO DIDN'T EVEN HAVE A CHANCE, NEVER SAW ANYTHING OTHER THAN THIS MESSED UP WORLD BEFORE IT ENDS?? I MOURN FOR THE GENERATIONS AHEAD, AND FOR THE PEOPLE LIVING WITH ME IN THIS ERA. I FEEL SO SORRY, EVEN IF I HATE ALL OF YOU. Why can't I just stop existing, it would all be so much better, this would all stop.
