I’ve never exactly been the kind of person that posts
excessively on Facebook. I really only ever post when I want to do the yearly
update of my profile picture to keep up appearances, or when I’m in a show and
have to do the obligatory “come see me!” post. Other than that the internet
gets nothing from me.
But now that I’m abroad I feel obliged to post some pictures
of my adventures, if only so that my mom gets off my back about whether I’m
making the most of this trip or not. And I’m finding it really annoying. It’s
not so much the posting of the pictures, that I don’t care about, it’s the
choosing which pictures to post that’s starting to get to me. I’m finding
myself going through photos that were all lovingly taken, and only selecting
ones that I think will get likes. Or going through and not putting up any
pictures with me in it, since I don’t want to seem too narcissistic. Or going
through and thinking “is this important enough to put up on Facebook?” and then
discarding all of the ones not of famous monuments.
I guess we’ve hit that point where everything is now under
inspection from other people, even our own memories. Because honestly, if I’m
not sticking it on Facebook, I’m not going to show the photos to anyone else.
Which is sad, because that means that I’m only showing what I think that other
people will like instead of what I
like about my trip.
Not that it’s that much different from other aspects of
life. I’m probably not going to tell that many people about aspects of my trip
that I don’t think they’ll enjoy, but it’s still strange to see that manifest
in yet another part of our lives. Because you always think that the parts of
your life that you like would take priority over what other people like about
your trip, and here’s the proof that it’s really the other way around.
Anyways, that’s my rant about the awkwardness of Facebook
over with. I guess this just proves that I should be posting on Facebook less
often and need to return to my original game plan. Just once I stick this last
batch up so that Mom knows I made it to London…
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