Do you ever feel like everyone is trying to hard? If I want to get really annoyed, I scroll down my news feed on facebook and actually read what everyone is writing. Statuses about partying, bible verses, metal song quotes, and stuff like, “Luv iz a boat don’t sink it!” fill it up, and it amazes me. No one ever actually puts “what’s on your mind”. They put the image they’re trying to project. Unless you’re like my boyfriend, who doesn’t even bother with the charade and just puts nonsensical junk.
It just seems to me that everyone out there wants people to think they’re hip. The more “random” your status is, the cooler you are or whatever. Whoever posts the strangest picture of themselves wins! I don’t think “Peace, love, and moustaches” is random anyways. You see shit like that all the time. I think a status like, “Today I felt alone and slightly depressed, but I combated it with Adderall” would be more random, because no one ever actually says how he or she feels. And if they do, they’re overly dramatic, and just want attention.
Personally, I have the hardest time with facebook statuses. Most of mine are like, funny things my friends say, or something generic about my day, or a line from a song that’s stuck in my head that doesn’t actually relate to how I feel, and is nothing close to what is on my mind (granted, everyone has those angry facebook statuses). Facebook is for connecting with people, not advertising how indie you are.
I guess I’m just afraid of looking like I’m trying to look hip. I get coffee like 6 times a day because I’m addicted to it, but I don’t need to broadcast every time I walk into a Starbucks. I resent authority just as much as the next college kid, but I don’t whine about it all the time. I go to the trendy part of town and goodwill and love kittens, but I don’t try to build an image off of superficial things like that. You will find no staged pictures in parks or drinking 4 loko or dancing in gay clubs. And I will never, ever, ever post a picture of myself taken in a bathroom mirror. It’s not that hard to turn your phone around.
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