I have 422 friends, yet I'm lonely.
I speak to all of them everyday, yet none of them really know me.
The problem I have sits in a space between looking into their eyes, or its a name on the screen.
Took a step back and opened my eyes, I looked around and realized this media we all call social is anything but when we open our computers and its our doors we shut.

All this technology we have is just an illusion. Community, companionship and sense of inclusion.
Yet when you step away from these devices of delusion, you awaken to see a world of confusion.
A world where we're slaves to the technology we mastered, where information gets sold by some rich greedy bastards.
A world of self interest, self image, self promotion.
Where we all share our best pix but leave out the emotions.
We're at 'almost happy' with an experience we share, but is it the same if no one is there?
Be there for your friends, & they'll be there too but that won't be necessary if a group message would do.
We head and exaggerate media demonstration, we pretend not to notice the social isolation.
We put our words into order, till our lives are glittering. We don't even know if anyone is listening.
Being alone isn't a problem, let me just paint a picture, read a book or do some exercise and you're being productive in present, not reserved to read clues.
You're been awaken in an attempt to put your time to good use... So when you're in public and you start to feel alone, put your hands behind your head and step away from the phone.
You don't need to store more names on your contact list, just talk to one another, learn to coexist.
I can't stand to hear the silence of a busy community train where no one wants to talk for the fear of looking insane.
We're becoming unsocial. It no longer satisfies to engage with one another and look into someone's eyes.
We're surrounded by children who since they were born, have watched us live like robots, and think its a norm.
Its not very likely you'll make 'world's greatest dad' if you can't entertain a child without using an i-pad.
When I was a child, I'll never be home. I'll be out there with my friends and with our bikes we'll roam with holes in my trainers and we'll graze up our knees and build club houses high up in the trees.
Now the park is so quiet it gives me a chill. Seeing no children outside and the swings hanging still.
There's no skipping, no hopscotch, no church and no stickle...

...We're a generation of idiots. Smart phones and dumb people.


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Abi o

Abi o. Thats technology for you

I feel you. It's called socializing but in reality it's more like a one-man prison.

Thanks for your comments everyone.