How strange is the modern human.
When we have spouses, we keep talking about them or go out of our way to post stuff that demonstrate how happy we are, to people we barely know.
When we have children, we keep bombarding our social media pages with their pictures. Without caring about how those without children, in spite of trying, would feel.
When we are pregnant, we tell the entire world. Without knowing what the outcome of the pregnancy would be. Without bothering whether those who are not pregnant would feel a tinge of sadness.
When it is mother’s day, we write long and beautiful poems about our mothers on social media, but do not even say ‘I love you’ directly to them.
When we attend funerals, we busy ourselves with taking ‘solemn’ pictures, and with thinking about what caption the photos should be accompanied with. Without even bothering to respect the deceased, or say a prayer or two for him/her.
When we do a good deed, we rush to advertise it to the world. While somehow convincing ourselves that we are not showing off, but rather, portraying an example for others to follow. And then we find no irony at all in perennially checking how many ‘likes’ our post garnered.
When we praise ourselves in public, we paradoxically always precede it with ‘All praises to God’, when in fact, we proceed to praise ourselves.
How strange is the modern human, indeed.
Has social media changed us? Or has it merely given us an opportunity to express our true selves?
Do we live for social media?
Source: Walid J. Abdullah
