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Long before social media, most movies, TV shows and the like in the US came out of California and New York. These are very urban places and I spent a lot of my

Long before social media, most movies, TV shows and the like in the US came out of California and New York. These are very urban places and I spent a lot of my life feeling kind of like "I must be doing it wrong" because my life didn't seem to match up with what I was seeing in popular media. I eventually concluded that for most of America, what we see on TV and in movies doesn't match our lives. I think the internet is actually an opportunity to give push back against that and better develop local or regional identifies elsewhere and give them a voice.

falsaberN1 5y ago
You are expected to believe that what a movie offers is an idealized, exaggerated or just plain fantastic take on real life. Examples exist that cannot tell reality from fiction, but that's generally the gist of it. However, much more people are willing to believe that what they see in social media is real. Now think of how many people are feeling "they must be doing it wrong", with that in mind.