Okay, I think that's it. I've had enough!
With
the latest updates on Whatsapp and the stories going live on all sorts of
social platform* life is just not as we know it anymore. Almost every person I know is a blogger**, a
photographer***, a traveler**** or an “influencer” (what the hell is that anyway?!). All pictures are loaded with
edits and filters, and there is nothing normal or natural about anything
anymore! Going through Snapchat, Insta-Stories and Whatsapp Status, I see the
same images and videos on repeat as if one medium was not enough! Hey neighbor,
did you forget to check my Snapchat today? Oh cool! Have a look, I copy pasted
it on Instagram and Whatsapp! And to make things even worse? The shares on
Facebook are growing by the minute…. I’m driving through traffic
(because traffic is uncommon in Beirut) and hey look it’s raining outside!
(because when it pour all over the country, it only does where you stand! People have lost their minds in the need of self-validation and everything is just out of control nowadays!
*my
favorite still is Snapchat – it just serves the purpose perfectly and provide
you with a notification of any screenshot!
**
before you comment, I don’t claim to be one! I write for fun and I don’t post
consistently to call myself a blogger)
***
even if he only owns a phone camera
**** even when Dubai is the only place he has visited
Before
you remind me of how much of a Social Media addict I am (yes, I admit I am), I would
like to point out that I use each medium to what it originally was created for: my photo albums go to my Facebook account, my writings go to my blog, my instant pictures go to Instagram, silly shares go on Snapchat (thank God my boss does not have a Snapchat account!) and so on… I do occasionally edit and
filter photos but I try my best to keep it real.
When
I’m out on a date, I try not to hold my phone too often (unless I am not
interested in what is going around!) and when I’m out with friends, I enjoy the
moment and capture a few happenings on cam or video for the sake of the memory. But I post what is as close to
reality as can be… In fact, my profile if full of non-flattering pictures of
myself, non-edited ones, pictures where I look silly, stupid, ugly or fat. I
post what I can, when I can, in the best way I can. And the best way I can is
the most truthful. I post what is real.
But what exactly is real nowadays?
The
more people are getting submerged by applications, connection mediums and
accounts, the less real they are becoming. I miss the days where people would
go and comment on blogs - back in the days we had the Facebook notes and
everyone had something to say or comment or debate on those shares. I miss the
time where people would take a minute to write a nice comment on pictures instead
of automatically scrolling through their feeds and liking whatever picture
and/or post they see out there (though I am guilty of this sometimes). I miss the time where social media did not
control my life, my family’s and my friends’… the time where we could sit and
enjoy a long talk over coffee, in front of a chimney…. the time when taking a
picture would take 10 seconds not 50 (10 seconds for a Facebook photo, another
10 for Instagram, another 10 for Instagram story (let’s switch angels), then 10
for Whatsapp status and 10 for Snapchat…) and maybe we could record a video and
a boomerang post while at it!
I
miss the time when people were real… the time where freckles showed on
pictures, where eyelashes were not combed and long (hey guys! there are apps
that do this for us girls!) and where people’s lives looked like what they
shared and people’s pictures actually looked like what they were like in real.
I
miss the time where I would see my friend at the end of the street and recognize
her… the time where people looked like themselves in pictures and their live
looked real in posts!
So
to all of you out there who think what you scrolled through today on your
various platform is real, relax… Life is oh so different out-there!
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