Remember back in the day, when a person wanted to be included in something, said person would have to subscribe to whatever was being sold? When a normal person had the choice to be included in insanity? When it wasn’t considered “insensitive” to call people out on their bullshit? Remember what is was like to be proud of your accomplishments because they were YOURS and nobody else expected the benefits from your hard work? Let me tell you, those days are gone.
In some essence, we all subscribed to social media. I would even say that most people did so in order to stay in touch with folks and share their lives with others. For lack of better words, most people had good intentions. With all of that being said, social media has created monsters out of already overzealous drama queens. Every year, I don’t think it could get any worse, and am I proven wrong every damn time. We aren’t just talking about Tide Pods and condoms, folks. We are talking about everyday life and people.
From self deprecation for compliments and creating mirages of hilarious proportions to agendas being pushed on to people of no interest and making everyday situations seem like the end of the world – there are no molehills left, just mountains. In this day and age, a person can rob me and then blame me because I had something they didn’t. Some random idiot can kill another person because said idiot wasn’t as happy as the now blood pile outlined in chalk. Any person is allowed to be a leech on society because they don’t feel like working their way up the ladder the way others have. Every problem is allowed to be blamed on something or someone else. What ever happened to “that person’s just an asshole”? Why must an excuse always be readily available?
We are living in a time of lose-lose kind of world. Most toddlers are taught and trained by electronics instead of people and real circumstances, causing a ripple in the learning curve. Children are catered to – to the point that discipline is now considered abuse. Teenagers have been given the ability to blame the generations before them. Adults speak from both sides of their mouths, because regardless of what company they’re in, they need to feel accepted. Manners are shocking, not expected. Compliments are now verbal assault. Self pride is egotism. The list goes on and on.
As I surf through my social media pages, I see nothing but ridiculousness. Young adults demanding respect while disrespecting everything in their eyesight. Welfare recipients buying designer things. Men complaining about their bitches, but….are calling them bitches. Women expecting to be treated like royalty while acting like trash. People that hate our country, but love our benefits. Every single person is oppressed.
Chances are, if you are living a shit life, it’s your own damn fault. I’m not saying that you didn’t get knocked down or that something bad at some point didn’t happen. But good God, you can’t sit in a boat with a hole in it and continue to blame the sea for your drowning. Change your course. Make your own path. Quit putting yourself in situations that require constant pick me ups from others. I know it can be done. I’ve had my share of unfair happenings. I’d like to say that I have faith in society, but, the unfollow button is much more promising.