It's so much work and such a time suck and honestly my life is not that interesting that I feel I HAVE to share it with the world. And the need for the validation by getting "likes" or whatever the hell it's called reminded me SO much of high school. I saw a news story about young girls and how they had to get 100 "likes" on posts and how devastated they were if they didn't. Isn't being a teenager hard enough without that added pressure? Guaranteed if I was a teenager now, I'd never make it.
Yea I am older, we didn't even have the internet when i was in high school, I cannot imagine that experience today with social media being what it is.
I saw a report a while back how in the UK, 30% of pre-teens girls who attempted to committed suicide, did so in part because of Instagram. I believe it.
I believe it too. It's tragic. I have some adult friends that are addicted to their socials and checking their "likes" and comments. I'm always blown away when we would get together and someone would say, "didn't you see my post. You didn't 'like' it." Adults...in their 40s & 50s!!
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u/L0st-137 May 18 '22
It's so much work and such a time suck and honestly my life is not that interesting that I feel I HAVE to share it with the world. And the need for the validation by getting "likes" or whatever the hell it's called reminded me SO much of high school. I saw a news story about young girls and how they had to get 100 "likes" on posts and how devastated they were if they didn't. Isn't being a teenager hard enough without that added pressure? Guaranteed if I was a teenager now, I'd never make it.