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Struggling so hardcore with that human condition of wishing other people would enforce better tech and social media habits on vacation, but realizing it's a waste of my time to care about what other people do or thing it's my place to "fix" them.
Case in point, some family members are on vacation in Ireland right now. It's just non-stop in-the-moment Facebook posting about what they're doing on their day trips. "We were at Blarney Castle TEN MINUTES AGO, here are the photos!" "Here are the [insert breakfast foods] we had this morning!"
It kills me to see people - in particular 65+ retirees, succumb to this incessant need to broadcast whatever it is they're doing RIGHT NOW, on a great vacation on another continent, as if that info will be any less meaningful to people if they just posted it at the end of the day or at the end of the trip as a nice edited summary. When I am ever on a nice vacation or out of the county, the last thing on my mind is to need to tell people exactly what I'm doing right when I'm doing it. I like to tune out, connect to the people around me, engage with the place I'm visiting to my memories, not to focus on the thing I need to tell other people about five minutes later. It's just so weird.
And therein lies the problem. Why should I even care what other people do? Why should I waste a single second letting it bother me? When I saw a therapist last year, that subject was a common one - figuring out that balance of just worrying about myself and not losing any sleep on the decisions others make. It's just that when you discover habits, processes, benefits, etc. out of self reflection, you really want to espouse them to others and just say "try it out... put your phones down, tune out of technology, just enjoy what you're doing. Be present. The only person who actually cares the most about what you're doing right now is YOU. Everyone else will be just fine waiting to hear about the thing they don't even know you're doing." Know what I mean? There's also a particular vapidity to the "gotta tell everyone right now what I'm doing on the other side of the world" that just makes me cringe.
Serenity now... It's not my problem... It's not my problem...
- #DeleteFacebookNBQ00
- Those damn millenials just can't seem to stop showing off on Facebook.pango
- This needs to be in the Signs your getting old thread, we all feel this, we all feel bothered by the stupidity of it...********
- this is because we also grew up in the "before era" where we were happy without devices and the need to expose ourselves for no good reason********
- technology mainly amplifies our deepest weaknesses so you're a narcissist person, social media is there for you********
- if you're not, then social media will only make you cringe about how shallow some persons are********
- anyways - create more, post less********
- Bourdain always showed what he ate and where he was, and I loved it! LolHijoDMaite
- And all this make people so damn depressed. Always living in the eyes of the others. Social medias are really corrupting our minds on multiple levels.Bennn
- And they're good on multiple levels too.Bennn