Nowadays people feel compelled to use social media for telling their friends or followers what they’re eating for breakfast, what their hair looks like or what shoes they’ve decided to wear, and the list doesn’t stop there.
Because of this, every time a person opens his or her Twitter, Facebook or Instagram feed, it’s flooded with nonsense. For example, “Weather looks gloomy. I am going to stay in and eat some homemade chili. #gloomanddoom #sad #hoorayforchili.” And this statement is attached to a photo of a bowl of chili on a table.
Why do our friends feel the need to tell us these things? I know I personally don’t care what people think about the weather or that they are staying inside to have a bowl of chili. I am sure most of their followers could care less as well. But for some reason, they are driven to share their day-in-the-life stories with everyone.
Social media have been transformed into a soapbox of vanity. People now believe that every second of their lives is worthy of a photo or a clever phrase, and it should be immediately posted on our timelines. This then forces us to weed through all of the useless bowls of chili and hairstyles to see or read something we truly find interesting.
There are only a couple of ways that I can see to stop this. One is having millions of people monitor the social media outlets for useless, self-involved posts and then remove them so others don’t have to waste their time looking at them.
The other solution is getting people to just wise up and realize that no one cares about their bowls of chili, shoes for the day or new haircut, and step down from the soapbox.
Unfortunately, I think both of these options might be unrealistic.
Wednesday, June 25, 2025