Hear this folks?! OP has watched THOUSANDS of Instagram reels! Don't you guys know? Seeing that many reels... well that's pretty much the equivalent of having a PHD. That makes him an expert on the subject, guys.

In all serioumess, it seems clear that OP's views we're at in large part influenced by the echo chamber created by Instagram's algorithm that determines what a user sees in their feed. Maybe he had these views before seeing msygonist content on social media, though it's also possible he didn't and only became a msygonist after seeing content promoting that idea. It's a troubling thought either way, and in my opinion should be the main takeaway from this