Essay on Post Modern Life

 FAKE LITTLE LIFE

 

With the same anxiety of a child expecting her own birthday, everyone wakes up to see and know what the others are doing on social media. There, you can enjoy a privileged view to, apparently, a dreamy showcase.

But often it may be an unsightly, confusing and doubtful showcase. It seems as if there’s no real relationship through social network. So many people don’t even know each other in real life. The virtual is often one-dimensional. It gives a feeling of “living the life”, but do you know if it’s true?

Daily life has no place on social media. You don’t see people leafing through a newspaper. Asking for a discount at  the store. Going to the Otolaryngologist. Discussing with the bank manager. Someone whose car broke on his way to the office. You see the photo of bride and groom going joyfully down the aisle, but you will hardly see someone who cries the loss of a loved one. 

If you ─ out of truth or out of stupidity ─ post pictures that point to you not being really successful, I regret to inform, you’ll certainly be less accepted. You will have fewer friends. No one will talk about you or about how great your life seems to be.

And perhaps, it may cause a moment of panic, a long crisis of stress, even suicide.

They say an image is worth a thousand words, but that saying is outdated. A photo on a social network, oh, says much more. But is it really worth it? The will of exposure comes from the ego. And that we all do, some more, some less. When the ego goes to the internet screens, it is as if the madam went to the mall with a golden credit card and some posh boy drove his silver-blue Lamborghini in high speed. Only the surface is shown. Everything is calculated to be beautiful, delicious, dazzling, illuminated: does anyone take a photo of a fallen person, crying on the floor? Of course not.

Sure, every life needs to find and share its flow being. Everyone wants their life to be substantial, the more solid the better, but sometimes we misrepresent reality. It’s a quick relief, but it is far from solving the great problem that lies behind the photos: an enormous lack of emotional balance.

 

 

Written by Gabriel Colombo. 

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