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Social Media is Toxic
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Today, I deleted all my social media accounts, (Instagram, Snapchat, Facebook), at least temporarily, in hopes of building myself as an individual.
Being a user myself, I find it disturbing how petty and superficial our reliance on social media has become. Instead of developing our personalities through real life experiences, we have developed digital walls. Walls filled with ideas of perfectionism and unrealistic standards of life. I'm still mind blown that we once lived in a world where social media was just another piece of entertainment. Now, it seems to be a necessity to function in life. You are not cool unless you have social media. If you don't, you are deemed a social outcast. I am tired of others and myself convinced that our world is filled with perfection. Filters, angles, captions, and moments on these sites/apps are a lie. Life is not a picture, nor can it be summarized in a bunch of captions. We are not one dimensional people, yet we are glued to boxes with snippets of other people's lives.We wake up first thing in the morning checking our notifications to see how many likes and comments we've garnered. This was me, and I know this is a lot of you out there too. But at the end of the day, does of any this matter?!? If we as a community rely on digital acceptance to function as human beings, then I am disappointed. Our happiness should not be defined by social media, let alone a heart or like. Social media is harmful to us, especially to the younger generation.
Nowadays, we can't take a photo without some sort of embellishment, the "right" angle, or even a filter. We've been convinced that anything less than perfect is a flaw, and thus unacceptable. Muscles, boobs, ass, lips, accomplishments, awards, etc. defines beauty and success. If it's not an already altered image of ourself, it's one of something like FOOD. For fuck's sake, I see Snapchat stories literally everyday filled with just food! But for what?! To make someone jealous? Does happiness really need to come through the acceptance of others with a single like on a post? a view? And let's not forget those people out there that actually show their real reality. If anything, I find these people just as selfish. These post their reality and brand themselves a survivor or a realist. But if there's anything that you are, it's that you are just as narcissistic as anyone else bragging about the good in their lives. Our intentions on posting may be harmless, but our mindset is so focused on the opinions of other people. When are we going to focus on ourselves? Doing things for ourselves, because of what we want and need regardless of what other people may think.
I just really hate what social media has done to our society, or at least mines. Nothing feels genuine anymore. A picture is taken to be posted on Snapchat. A video to be shared on our story. An activity because it's popular on Instagram. We read posts on a person's facebook and assume to know their whole life.
Social media is not life, it's a wall, and I despise it.
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September 11, 2018 at 10:53AM