Click baity title i know. To get ahead of the bad faith arguments i'm not saying that going outside, getting exercise, and talking to people is unuseful, however the term touch grass is bad advice. Ive seen this used as a response to when people are making arguments about gender relations/ modern dating and people think that they're getting a skewed view of reality from the internet. But how is your personal life less skewed than social media, you've selected your friends and hobbies from your preferences and family members have genes that make them likely to share political positions. On top of that most parents have a skewed view of the dating market from the time they were dating that isn't related to what is happening now. Furthermore, people are gaurded about their opinions in real life while the anonymity of the internet provides a more brutal view of what they really think. My question is to the people who use this phrase as a rebuttal to arguments, what do you actually mean when you say it. To me it seems like the very literal blue pill idea of going back into the matrix and pretending that everything is ok in your own curtailled hug box. I feel like a lot of people assume that their view outside of the internet isn't corrupted or biased or is even less so than the internet. This is not necessarily true. I think the best argument for this statement is that the internet is showing you all this negativity and its bad for you. But honestly that's an argument to just get a variety of opinions from different sources on the web. This is hard to do IRL because people are gaurded about their opinion as stated before and other commitments make it difficult to find new friends. This phrase just seems like a convinient way to deflect an argument and ironically ignore a part of reality that you may not like. Am i wrong? The people who use this phrase, in good faith, what do you actually mean when you use this phrase. Best case scenario a person takes your advice what outcome do you want to come out of it?