I’ve noticed something lately: when I don’t feel the need to throw out my opinion on everything, my interactions flow smoother. At work, with friends, in relationships – listening instead of jumping in changes the dynamic. People share more, conversations move faster, and when I do speak, it actually carries more weight.
That’s made me start thinking bigger about opinions themselves. Life is strange – so much of how people identify their personality seems based on the online content they constantly consume. I see it in how people form their ideology, their takes, even their sense of self.
With Reddit and YouTube being my only real online spaces, I can’t help but wonder if I’m unaligned with the “mass opinion” no matter how illogical it looks from the outside. Im perpetually confused and exhausted these days – which makes me naturally say less in regard to my opinions even if it’s a socially aligned conversation.
So I’m curious: do you hold back opinions because you’re being thoughtful, or because you don’t want to get dragged into a current that isn’t really yours? And how do you tell the difference?