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Social Media is the Devil of the Functioning Society

I despise social media.

It's ugly, to state the obvious

Our lives are posted, retweeted, altered, reblogged, perfected, and photoshopped to exactly how we want to be perceived

We have the freedom to be exactly what they want us to be.

 

It starts with a few edits doesn't it,

pigmented our skin to seem smooth and sun kissed,

that would seem most acceptable right?

Maybe an extra like for the skinnier waist.

More reassurance for brighter colors.

Some more filters will hid the emptiness you feel with your friends

   Another like

Flashier clothing, phones, shoes, cars, other simple words our eyes have latched on to

     Another like

We urge ourselves to portray the life of leisure and effortless beauty, happiness, success,

       Another like

But what are we enjoying?

         Another like

Views of our changing world through a 3 by 8 view.

           Another like

Events pass by swipe

             Another like

and swipe

               Another like

 

And when we managed to unlock ourselves from this grasp

We always come back

Like flies to light, more like scratches to a scab

Festering we find ourselves getting ****** back in

To an imaginary world, that if destroyed, would have no physical effects on their fictional beings

For without this world, maybe eyes will open

We will step past the boundaries,

and start to love our beings

unfiltered

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Written by
Koukla
19 / F / Washington
Published
Aug 10, 2018
Lines·Words
32·222
Notes

I really do not like the social norms of having the staples of social media, it is a toxic area that traps us in an infinite loop of trying to upgrade one another

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#socialmedia#vain#addiction#selfimage
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