My FB Dilemma

It has been simply a quick month, it has passed like nothing.I am not sure where I am. I wake up in the mornings in my own bed and just after 2 hours i realize I am in New Delhi. While teachers are speaking out their wisdom, I am usually lost. Lot of times I have been questioned regarding the topic being taught and everytime its the same expression I carry,"Ummm...Ummm." Sometimes Barinder prompts and sometimes Aditi, just to save me from being asked to leave. Its been Fuccha all the way (and some other personal thoughts) that have started giving me some clarity of vision. So "yes mam/sir" during attendance is only for my physical presence as mentally, I am absent.

Anyway, its been 7 months since i joined FB and its been hard for me to convince myself of any reason. Firstly, i was a hell lot confused how to use it. So I outsourced my confusions to Nikker who, as usual, never complained. She rather laughed when she heard my password. So my account settings are still unknown to me. Secondly, I wasnt sure why Puneet compelled me to join it when he had no time to talk to me. I wish I could just smash his face off because I left Delhi because of him and now he has shifted there. Thirdly, the MW game has actually no people to shoot (which i was excited about) and FV is girlish.I want Shootouts, Blood, Ghosts, etc but nothing like that is there. Meenakshi saved me by suggesting UNO {which i always cherished playing with Nanu) and just for the Love of that game i hang out till late nights on FB.
Forget my whinings, there is more to my Dilemma than me only. Its the people, the users, the hookers addicted to social networking. The updates,the poems, proses, complaints, mornings and evenings all have been there. It has been hard for me to swallow but there is no difference between private life and public life. I am still not able to digest this awkward behaviour of most of the 100 friends I have got.

Updates like "I just got up/ i am sleeping gdn8 updates"."I had my food updates"."Boring day updates" "Why college gives us work updates" "Love updates" "I am sick updates" "Yippeee....bought a new puppy/ lappy/ gaadi updates" "Awesome party updates" "I am going to blah blah/doing blah blah there/i am coming back updates" "I love u mom/dad/sis/bro/billi/doggie/frnd/gf/bf/ updates" keep coming up every second. And the same "idle" person will do hundreds of updates a day, and to add to it, there are more of  "idle"others who will comment on that. Wow. Interesting.

I have been reading all this stuff on human psychology's tilt towards social sites. Lot of times, i read the same old reason of loneliness, broken trust, insecurity, attention seeking and idleness. Where is this leading us upto? Have we lost "I" in us? Are we becoming shadows of ourselves? What are we trying to prove? That little satisfaction of seeing those comments make us all more hungry to seek out more of them. More updates might lead to more comments or no comments at all. More comments mean more desire, less comments even more desire. Seek out more and drill inside even more. Is this what a human is like? I think we have forgotten how to enjoy our ownselves. The biggest question is, why do we answer when there is no question around? Who asked for when did u got up in the morning and whom you slept with in the night? Who asked you where the party was and how it ended? Who asked you how many assignments you made and how many you ended up with? Dates? Love Affairs? Parents? Songs? Its all lost amid a fog, the reality of a human.

This fever isnt going to end until some years. I read IE yesterday and there was a beautiful article related to this addiction of people to their BBs, FB accs and tweeeets. They realized that they are getting dependent. Once, each and every thought was an UPDATE, but now its a Lesson for them. They have gained their lost interest in themselves. They are back on their dining tables, play grounds and they are back to their lives.
So dear people, users and hookers, please do away with this dependency of seeking out something u wont ever achieve. Dont delete your accounts because this is a means of staying in touch whom u cant meet everyday, but at least limit your use.Be personal, be yourself. There is more to life than just UPDATES.
And for Puneet, i am going to take your teeth out!!

Comments

  1. Somehow feel like, we want to share more, an update on fb is nothing more than a reassure that there are people around who care, who are connected to you.

    True there is life more than just updates, completely agree there, but it forces me to ask the fundamental question, what is a private life? whom do we fear that we seek the security of private life? and if it's just social norms we are talking here, then aren't we ourselves are the laughing stock at the first place?

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