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Disconnects between real life and social media

lexodyssey

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Earlier, I was thinking about how we see so many people post on social media, and how different the posts are from their actual life. I always found it funny to see groups of friends recording themselves laughing and having a good time, and as soon as they stop recording they all go back to frowning and not saying a word to each other. I know it has an effect on a lot of people - Especially kids that are constantly seeing these "perfect" lives and feel like their lives don't live up to their expectations. What do you think about social media and how people portray themselves?
 
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    If we look at life as a timeline to a movie, a social media post is one frame out of millions. Since we get to pick the frames we post, we often post the very best frame where we have the fiercest makeups, nails on fleek, our most expensive pair of heels, and we post that. We don't post the frames during the scenes where the foundation is off, the eyelashes are on the bathroom counter, hair in a scarf and we laid up on the sofa in our panties munching on a bon bons.

    Its like a form of media built to put your representative on display rather than the real you. I look at everyone on social media with the same suspicion I look at first dates.