The Facebook Dilemma

Ashutosh Chapagain
Sep 7, 2018 · 2 min read

I do not have the taste of great music. I find morning birds annoying. I am 21 and I have been on Facebook for 10 years. I am obliged to like songs my friends like. I am prone to favour the artists with more followers. I hate the players with more haters for no reason of my own.

I am a social-media made sheep.

If there is one thing no one can satisfy, its human ego. And it is the exact selling spot for all social media.

If our friends get 50 more likes on his profile picture we will show great diligence trying to turn the tables. This is a hyperloop we can never come out of.

While comparing our lifestyle with the pseudo life-style portrayed by our friends on Facebook, we conclude our life to be inferior to others. According to famous psychologist Dr. Joseph Murphy, if our body is a ship our mind is the captain.

Can the ship withstand the tides if the captain is not motivated?

Surely the creators thought connecting people would be great for mankind. I have time to watch videos on cats but I do not have time to spend time with my grandparents. Facebook is connecting with random people but they are disconnecting us with our real friends and families. I have not done a research on it, but I can say that.

I do not enjoy my food. I get jubilant if I get a good response about the food . I travel just to post photos on Instagram. I forget father’s day but I remember to wish all my friends on their birthday. I am a Social Media Addict.

I know I am addict. I occasionally deactivate my account. I am hopeful that one day I need to contact one of the strangers who I met at one of the events. With this hope, I cannot delete my account either.

I am in a predicament to decide on how to proceed. Should I allow facebook to indirectly affect my life or should I delete everything and become a modern era monk?

(Based on a conversation with Dane and Khags)

Ashutosh Chapagain

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An aspiring programmer, youtuber, blogger and 50 other things.

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