When I'm out anywhere at anytime with a group of friends, it never fails that at some point the realization will hit me that everyone has their phones out...and they're all texting, gaming or on some pointless app.
Does anyone care that you're on level 80 of Candy Crush. No. Will it change your life when you finish the game. Doubtful. Unless by the end you come to the conclusion that you just wasted months of your life. Why? You don't know. And neither do the other millions of people playing. Oh wait...that's right...it's a game of strategy and wit. Yeah.
Is the world a more creative place thanks to your latest Pinterest post on turning toilet paper rolls into jewelry storage. Absolutely not.
Did my world fall to shambles because your status changed from "In a relationship" to "It's complicated" in the past 24 hours. Not likely. How unfortunate for you.
It's so irritating. I get anxiety from my annoyance with how people cannot manage to part from their phones for the length of time it takes to smoke a cigarette on a break. Put the damn thing away for a minute. I promise it won't disappear and the world will not end.
What happened to us? When did the world become so nosy...so dependent...so...depressing?
Don't get me wrong, I'm all for the evolution of technology as far as gadgets go, but it's the reliance on knowing every facet of everyone's life and relationships and pictures and interests. It's overwhelming. The only people that should care about you are your real friends and family, not the 800 Facebook friends you've accumulated over the past 10 years that you've never seen in your life.
Am I missing the point? Is there some greater use for social media that I'm overlooking? Instagram, Twitter, Facebook...they're all the same people.
You don't need to post a "selfie" everyday...you still look like you did yesterday...a complete narcissist. Nothing dramatic has happened between the time you "Got my totes fav latte at Starbux!!! XOXO" and "Stuck in traffic with my latte - YOLO - Amazeballs!!!" If you put one more hashtag in your Twitter post, no one will know what the f**k you're talking about. Play another round of Candy Crush...watch your brain cells shrink in defeat. Those puppy pictures are just adorable...please stop showing them to me because I really don't care.
Effing stupid.
