A fork of Rural Dictionary
Someone who is so absorbed into online life and discourse that they become unfamiliar with things off the internet. They may also form opinions/arguments that have no meaning or actual importance/depth outside of the internet and online spaces.
"Yo April has been mostly online since they were 14." "Man I can tell, she was arguing about the oppression olympics the other day." "Yeah. That sounds like they've been chronically online."
Chronically online describes those who spend so much time online that they distort their sense of reality and hinder their ability to communicate effectively on any topics because they lack hands-on experience. Someone who is chronically online tends to cite “problematic” behavior that in reality doesn’t exist. Or they invoke behavior in nonsensical ways.
Online personality: My dog fell down the stairs, but he’s been checked up on and is okay. Chronically online person: Take him to a vet!! You don’t deserve a doggo. That is so problematic. ✨canceled✨
Chronically Online is a term for someone who doesn’t stop referencing online terms.Usually this term will apply when someone is showing signs of online humor , words and phrases in the real world.
Bob:“Dude this you see that girl over there,I think shes into you she keeps looking over here.” Robert(chronically online):”yea dude I bet its pink.She is definitely from Ohio.” Bob:”what the fuck”
An adjective for someone who is on the internet so often that their concept of the outside world is manipulated to be inaccurate. The term is directed mainly towards those below the age of 20. Someone who is considered a chronically online individual may do the following actions: -Self diagnose one or more disorders based off of false information online, these disorders commonly being DID, ADHD, autism, depression, and/or anxiety. -Make bold accusations of someone being homophobic, ableist, racist, etc. based off of false information online. -Spend very little time offline.
“My friend Jamie is very chronically online, and needs to touch grass”
Any take that is so obscenely outside the realm of normal human discourse that it could solely happen in an internet echo chamber. The kinda take that you only hear on social media sites like reddit, where you can curate exactly who you're talking too, so you know that at any given moment, everyone agrees with your ridiculous take, thus enabling you to go even more insane. Expect it to be coming from a dumbass 14 year old who's punching it in on their iPad, cause if they said it irl, their parents would smack them upside the head and then change the wifi password. Not necessarily political, but often, and not necessarily on any side of any political group, but typically leftist or libertarian.
"Hey, child slavery should be legal, cause it's not the government's job to prevent it. I mean... it's still wrong and we should shame people for doing it, but let's legalize it. Just on principle." "Oh my god, that was the most chronically online take I've ever heard, where'd you get that one, the Libertarian party of New Hampshire's twitter?" ----------------------- "Personally I think that it's absurd we allow men to give out the nobel prize, it just makes them solely choose advancements that benefit them. They should be exclusively for women or nonbinary people." "FFS, I know that you heard that in a 400 reply twitter thread when you were scrolling through that app all day last night."
A person who applies trends or viewpoints originating or only found in certain internet social circles to real life people/ situations outside of that internet circle. Often times such behavior would be considered inappropriate or odd to say or do in real life or outside of that social circle. These people usually aren't aware of their inappropriate behavior due to the fact they lack experience interacting with people outside of their internet social circles. These trends include things like online social politics or social justice, frequent reference and overuse of certian terms and language that aren't said outside of the internet, jokes that may make someone feel uncomfortable, inaccurate mental health evaluations, etc.
Example 1: "Actually I identify as a cat and my pronouns are kitty/kittyself and if you call me anything else you're transphobic." Ex 2: "I just know it's bubblegum pink." "Can you whimper?" Ex 3: "Bro I tried to rizz her up like I saw on TikTok but she said looked at me weird I don't know what I did wrong." "You are hella chronically online man."
Someone who spends most of their time on the internet. They often will argue about things online and are out of touch with the real world.
Person 1: look at this kid, they use neopronouns and keep arguing on Reddit. Person 2: omg that’s so chronically online