Think for a moment of all the "friends" you have on social media. Some people have 500 friends on Facebook and beyond, but wow, I can't imagine the effort of sharing all your personal information from kid's birthdays to your vacation to Italy with 500 people! Why?

The issue about social media is it forces a type of nonexistent intimacy upon our relationships with others; for people know about the woman from across town's new relationship status and upcoming wedding from her posts, but yet, you hardly know her at all. The new social landscape is sweeping the country, with the false idea that mere updates on your friends life via the phone is all one needs to understand. The heart of social media's issue is that in reality, instead of molding a social platform, it demolishes it into pieces.

Social media's vile effects play a major component in ourselves, socially. With today's culture, (in the United States), predominantly revolving around an iPhone and computerized electronics, the mere action of small talk begins to dissolve. The loud silence creeps up in long train rides, where if one asks another entity how their day is, instantaneous discomfort and confusion paints their face. This is a serious problem. Who knows, maybe your future husband could have been sitting alongside you at that train ride, and you diverting the conversation with your eyes glued to your phone terminated your potential future. Maybe even just a simple "hello" towards the perfect stranger alongside of you could have enlightened your gloomy day, and you would've added to theirs in more than you could've ever known. I will reiterate again, this is a serious problem.

Today's teenager's spend an average of nine hours involving electronics of any type, which kills social interaction, and by the way, also furthers America's turmoil with obesity. I recall my cousin, when I questioned him if he still played baseball, he carelessly retorted, "No, I just do that on my Wii now." Nine hours. Every day. Sixty-three hours every week. And when your bored? Let your imagination take the reigns, and call up an old friend, get in touch with nature, or bake that cake you've always glanced at in that recipe book of yours. Spend those nine hours and direct them elsewhere, because we all know just how fast time really does go by. No one will ever be on their death bed, wishing that they went on their phone more, those are careless times of waste, pure garbage. Press power-off, look around you, and live your life to the greatest potential.