I've been doing some walking lately, I might post a few pictures I've taken if my area,mnot sure you guys care, seems like a masturbataury celebration of snowing off, which I'm not a fan of, especially like those who beg for likes on their Facebook profiles. We are all superstars in our own minds, celebrities that other people obsess over. Kind of sad, I find this self-obsessed culture to be boring. It's like people who actually care about celebrities, they watch their shows, buy their products, and nearly immortalize them, like they're something magical.
I try my best to remain humble, even while living in dire straits, it saddens me that now even the homeless joe with an iPod (yes, there are no less with camera phones) can now become trendy and drifty by documenting their lives. Look, I get everyone is trying to be famous, everyone wants to be rich, it's natural to want to be wt the top of one's game, but most of us will be living paycheck-to-paycheck, and stay in rent-controlled apartments until we are shoveled into retirement homes, and inveibtlably kicked out onto the streets. It's rather sad to think about, nevertheless, we all imagine that we are special, and we are not. Those with talent, intellect, and/or education are the ones who will be labeled as special. Yes, I believe some people are special, and some are losers, nothing wrong with that, losers survive quite well in this society.
I know it's rough to believe other people may be better than you are, but do you believe that you are better than other people? Not everyone can be the best, most aren't, but we now all believe we are at celebrity status. Well, it all of us, and yeah, the volumes spoken/written/debated/etc. on the subject of social media are enough to write libraries worth of books, which no one would read, because ick, who reads anymore, but there is still a great deal that can be said about how social media affects our personal psyche. Granted,mi speaking of those who are self-obsessed, and not saying thwt is necessarily wrong, sometimes it's good to have delusions of grandeur, and higher expectations of oneself thwt aren't necessarily merited, because you have to think you're awesome to have others accept you.
Still, I'm not a fan of selfies, or the culture surrounding the "Me" generation, which was well-established before the influx of stupidity from the media trying to explain to old people why young people are into themselves. We are the sexiest, most polished, Botox-injecting,plastic surgery generation to come along in the history of the world. I'm not trying to sound like some square old batshit man,mbut I find it rather disgusting that a sixteen year old is given breast augmentation for their birthday present. Sure this is a separate matter entirely, but it ties back into the obsession with looking perfect in each shot, trying. To get a ton of digital likes, and friends we will never meet. It's disgusting, but is it really that far-removed from past generations?
I believe we are more self-obsessed than ever before, because we all self-identify so openly now than any other time in history. The irony is we complain a great deal, and it seems the real fight is between old and young. I'm certain I can talk to almost anyone under forty, and their views will be completely different than those of the generation before, and I'm speaking I huge differences, not like my grand parents' to their parents' generations respectively. Most people thirty and under are okay with gay marriage for example, most I'm certain even have gay friends. The point is even if they are against gay marriage,they aren't against gays, they may even prefer to be friends with gays without thought of it being seen as an incredible shift in culture.
This goes with the major differences of this generation, and past generations, that they are the most tolerable culture in recent history, and more progressive, but that also means they think every one of them is bettere/special, and don't identify as a group, they identify as an individual. Most aren't necessarily religious, which is a huge difference from the past generation, which are more aptly religious,and raised as such. I personally was raised Catholic, and took to it like a duck to tar.
So we are a cult of indescribable personality amongst ourselves. We worship at the temple of Me, Myself, and I. So to me it's no surprised we are so self-indulged that we lose that camaraderie past generations held so tightly as core values. I'm all for the individuality as well, not because of generation differences, but because I find it so intriguing that we are all putting ourselves on a pedestal of great proportion that have not been seen in a time before. We stay children so much longer, and play out fantasy to such an astounding degree, it placates this identity of immaturity, when it's more a relaxation from not having to worry about serious pandemics.
A look back in history would see that most generations think the newest is lazy, good-for-nothing, and never had it harder than the past. It's interesting to see this now contributed to what the celebrity-era. Despite everything though, I feel we are no less off than any other desolated culture in history. We may all love ourselves more often than past generations, but if that is the worst trait we'll carry onto the next generation, I think we won't be that bad when we're all geriatrics.
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