The main problem with social media is that we (generally) post only the good moments in our lives. Leading to the idea that everyone else's lives are always aw

The main problem with social media is that we (generally) post only the good moments in our lives. Leading to the idea that everyone else's lives are always awesome. We see the good and bad in our own lives, but see only the absolute best of other peoples' lives, leading to feelings of inadequacy. Now that's not to say it's Facebook's fault. We also generally keep pictures of our 'best' moments in our house. The problem is that, when everyone else's 'best' is on tap, visible so easily, we often forget that everyone is mortal. If someone were to look on my Facebook (which is now deactivated), they'd see travel adventures, me and my wife dressed up, doing fun things, etc... They wouldn't see me stressed out drinking cup after cup of coffee before a test. Even if I post the dinner I make every day, they wouldn't see the pile of dishes afterwards. Anyhow, I don't think Facebook is necessarily the cause, it just magnifies our weaknesses. And people have become so vain that I see people who go out just to get that 1 picture to post, not to enjoy themselves. The current generation are becoming more vain, because too many are obsessed with social media and the need to always appear perfect. In the old days when you saw your friends only once a week, it was far easier to hide weakness. As far as following celebrities, the problem is that it's a celebrity's JOB to appear perfect all the time. The 40-60 hours we spend trying to be good at our profession is 40-60 hours they spend trying to be good at promoting themselves and appearing perfect. Furthermore, celebrity worship just reinforces the lottery nature of our society. It's not good enough any more to have money, or to have friends. You need to be rich, and have followers...