I some sort like did a social experiment again. It is kinda interesting though. I won't be noticing this littlest thing if I didn't de-activate my Instagram for almost two weeks. You talk using your phone. There is no physical interaction. You may think this is a remeh thing, but really guys. I think what makes us drift away from people without we realizing it, it is due to not communicating well. Communicating face-to-face. Having a real conversation with one another.
You would be surprised that it will give you so much affection just with a simple Hi. The voice. The tone. The correct tone. The look given by the other person. The gestures. Not via the text messages. That you might read it in incorrect tone. Ask yourself when is the last time you really talk with anyone like you used to back when there is no social media? Like how you would spend hours talking nonsense with your friends on phone.
Our current life these days pretty much checking each others out through our social media accounts. For instance, we thought by watching the IG stories of others who would have so many stories in a day until it had become that multiple little tiny threads; either you really watch it one-by-one or you fast clicked the stories. I mean you don't even bother to check it out. Tipulah if you never did that.
So you saw that person was having a great weekend; did you really think they were having real fun? Or it is just for the gram? Back then, when this stuff is not even existed you literally know nothing about how someone spent their weekend. Well maybe you know that they were going for a trip but you would wait until you're meeting them to actually ask how was the trip? You were eager to know more. And the other person would be so excited to tell their stories.
What happened now? Everything has been told off in their IG stories; well not all. But the viewers thought that they knew enough. They did not even bother to know more as they thought/assumed they know everything you're doing. I know we are happily sharing what we wanted there, to share our happiness with everyone. But we don't get genuine reaction anymore. Dia macam cheap tau... As such, we ran out of topic to talk with. There is no stuff to talk about anymore.
Are you still following? No real talk. No real conversation. Don't you think that we are actually losing the art of physically interacting with one another. We don't know how to communicate anymore. That is why I think I felt the super massive emptiness around me. I mean, I am surrounded by people but those people are communicating with me just via a machine.
We are heading to a super sad life. I am not surprised that people would get lonely even though they are surrounded by family and friends. This little issue will eventually get worse. It is killing us like cancer.
What I've been doing now after re-activate my Instagram; I tried not to check out my followings' stories. Of course I want to keep up with their lives but I guess I am having another social experiment myself again. How is it to completely disconnected to connect? And to be honest you just annoyed by people trying hard to show they are happy but they are not.... Why are you faking your happiness? Tapi siapa je nak cerita kesedihan dekat orang ramai? People would say they seeking for attention and what not... Oh well.
It is just one call away, they say. But then, what we don't have now is time. Everyone is busy. Everyone has their own life. You can't be greedy to own everyone. I don't know if I am considered running away from my problem but for me now not knowing what happened to others are the best resolution. I tried not to be bothered with anyone. I mean if I see how are they doing I would end up comparing with my life. And I don't like it.
At times like this, I would be glad if I was born to be ignorant. You just don't care right? You just live your life and don't care about others. I wish I am. I really do.
p/s: This might no applicable to just anyone. This is mainly my own thoughts.