Reality.

So today I decided I will close all my social media accounts, why? I'm sick and tired of people hiding behind social media - "oh I don't wanna leave the house" then proceeds to post a photo of their actual plans that day...outside of the house. That's just one of the many examples I have.

Whatever happened to genuine honesty? Whatever happened to face-to-face down time chillage? Whatever happened to house parties with the same group of people every time? Whatever happened to having coffee with a friend without being on the phone? Whatever happened to coming right over to console a friend rather than texting "feel better soon :)"? What makes them think that is sufficient enough? A true friend would be right there by your side, but no, with social media we can just "hide" and pretend that we are being a good friend when, in fact, we are lying to them and ourselves. We can just as easily text back "no worries - I'll be okay" when in fact you are in tears and thinking this is not okay. In some ways I think technology has helped us but in other... I think it destroyed our dignity, respect, loyalty and trust which we will never get back. This is why people are depressed these days because the fakeality of social media leads them to think they are being left behind, ignored, alone and forgotten about. In reality, everyone leads an actual life behind the screen...but it's too bad it's a fake world out there. Why not just tell the truth? Or maybe I'm just too old school for the virtual world out there.