Yeah. When I was a preteen and teen (29 now) my parents noticed I was obsessively using some forums for unhealthy socialization (recreational drug info/"harm reduction") and allowing the enabling environment to influence my behavior. They were rightfully worried and tried to limit my internet use. That failed, but I could feel their concern, and ended up getting a grip eventually, and learning to interact irl mostly sober with minimal angst. Anyway, my point is that I felt weird for having a secret group of Internet friends telling me what I wanted to hear, and it was kind of weirdish at the time. The fact that it's such a mainstream phenomenon is alarming.  Sorry for not much fat hate in this comment. I guess I can summarize. Fats fucking ruin everything.