Social media is everywhere. It's interconnected the world in a uniquely dangerous way. Now someone halfway across the world can put their thoughts in your head, and influence your very being with a few words and a picture. This CAN be a good thing, helping raise awareness for something important, but mostly it just causes problems and arguments. This leaves you to either block the person and pretend they weren't right, or waste your time in a flame war. The biggest question in my mind is; Why? Why do you keep wasting time on some time drain? Nothing good comes out of it, and you waste your life staring at some screen. It's not that hard to see social media for what it is, but if you're a slave you probably never will.

I've never had an issue separating myself from social media. maybe it's because I've never seen the attraction of posting my life for everyone to see. Anyone I would friend on a social media platform I see on a regular basis, so there's no point to update them on something they were probably a part of anyways. Besides, I was never interested over other people's days at the lake, and never cared about the car or house they pretended to have. It's not that hard to see the lies in social media, but if you're a slave you probably never will.

The older generations complain about electronics being a waste of time, and in some ways they're right. We all have better things we could be doing, like being productive at our jobs, having actual conversations with people we care about, or finally apply for those loans like we said we would three months ago. Social media is not only destructive to our lives, but infects the lives of our friends. Not only are you wasting your own time, but you waste the time of those you say you care about as well.It's not that hard to see the waste in social media, but if you're a slave you probably never will.

Some people argue that social media is a way to stay in touch with people you miss, but c'mon, there are so many better ways to do that. getting your head out of a screen and into the real world will save you a whole lot of time and effort. Social media wants to distract you from the real world, and make you forget what's in front of you.It's not that hard to see living a life without social media, but if you're a slave you probably never will.