If the last century was one of noise, the 21st finds itself plagued by incessant and seemingly infinite racket. Social networking websites masquerade as ways to bring humans closer together, but generally result in making us jealous, loud mouthed, and narcissistic imbeciles. Our news feeds stream constant reminders of things, people, emotions, etc. that, perhaps, we’d like to have, but at the current moment have no means of obtaining. For me, this means that I feel longing and envy when photos of women for whom I have sexual and/or emotional attachment appear on my feed. For others it might be a friend’s new car, or an ex getting married, or an enemy from high school achieving great success before you do. Whatever it may be, we are in constant need of “emotional enemas.” Social networking sites, as has been stated by many before me, also allow for a whole slew of idiotic and asinine banter that causes real life emotional distress. We only “like” things we agree with, are only “friends” with those who share our ideology, and are not afraid to shun and bully those who may disagree with us. And really, for all this “connection,” the reasons we keep coming back to these sites are a deep fear of loneliness and an endless need for approval. These are problems that enslave us to advertisements, fill us with useless desires, and leave us suspended in a constant state of dissatisfaction
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