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I have a sibling who has 20,000 followers on Instagram, doesn't save a penny, and blows everything on superficial bullshit to paint a life she doesn't have. I
by tracer4201 8y ago
I have a sibling who has 20,000 followers on Instagram, doesn't save a penny, and blows everything on superficial bullshit to paint a life she doesn't have.
I don't have sympathy for my own family member. The obsession with portraying yourself as someone your not and getting validation from people you don't even know is a cancer. I blame my parents but I also blame these platforms and their jackass developers who think they're saving the world with their "innovation". Again, I blame my parents on this mostly.
- anoncoward111 8y agoDon't blame anyone but the person who is performing these actions. She doesn't exactly have a gun to her head. If/when her lifestyle is no longer sustainable, offer her a bit of help and send her on her way after she's dusted herself off.
- to_bpr 8y ago>their jackass developers who think they're saving the world with their "innovation" May want to target the psychologists, behavioural economists and similar who come up with the gamification to drive some of this narcissistic behaviour. Not that those doing the implementation of it are guilt-free, of course. Can't wait until society moves past this "look at me, look at me, LOOK AT ME!" phase. Or it won't, and I'll die a bitter old man from it.
- prakashnu 8y agoThey’re “changing” the world, not “saving” it. Change can always be for the worse.
- coaxial 8y agoAs Margaret Atwood wrote: "Better never means better for everyone... It always means worse, for some."