Consumerism.
The society we live in is filled with consumerism values.
We are constantly overwhelmed by media and propaganda.
Social media are filled with ads and people showing off the latest addition to their possessions. We identify and bond over items we own.
It goes like this: we saw a particular lifestyle in the media. We look up to it and therefore purchase items in order to be closer to the figure we saw. Our friends and family did it, and if we do not do the same we do not feel like we blend in.
The more time was spent on social media, the more we compare ourselves with other people.
Social media is vanity. It is a runway for the best version of ourselves. Post it if we had a fancy meal. Post it when we watched the latest movies. Post it when we got a shiny new item from the mall. We look up to the people who post selfies with face tune filters. We look up to a often unrealistic world that social media presents.
Humans are very visual animals. First impressions on the person's appearance matters. We judge in order to find like minded individuals.
Dress to impress is simple. Bonding over core values is hard and time consuming.
A colourful picture will get more attention than well-written, heartfelt poetry. Especially when people are trying to scroll through Twitter homepage as fast as possible.
Even the AI on Twitter try to show the most interesting, eye catching part of the picture posted.
People are drawn to people of similar appearances. It is a quick and easy way for judgment. You are more likely to talk to a clerk of same gender and similar age in stores when trying to look for something. The more similar they are to you, the more they seemed to be agreeable.
Purchasing things has become more and more easy.
When internet was not as advanced, in order to buy something we must take a trip to the mall, get in the store, find what we need. That would have taken half a day off our lifes. The effort needed will make us think for a bit before buying the item, sit a little longer over the idea of purchasing. Planning our trip to the mall.
Nowadays, with phones in our hands, if we want something we type it into google and shopping takes as little as a few minutes. Leads to a lot of inpulse buying.
On another topic.
Our dad is an expert on computer and engineering. My bro's laptop is out of order, and the spare laptop is an entry level laptop, with rubbish hardware and is running windows 8.
Hell, thinking about it is a nightmare on its own.
Anyway, it is running slow. And I have suggested installing Arch Linux on it.
That was quite a bad idea because I have failed to evaluate the situation.
It was running slow not only due to outdated hardware, no. It was due to having too many useless programs installed and running in the background.
Come to think of it it was a miracle no malware was on it.
There was two reasons that contribute to this problem: the laptop coming with a lot of useless programs pre installed, and the user installing a lot of programs on top of it.
Linux allows more freedom when using the device, but the need for doing all my be troublesome on the user's end. Thus is does not necessarily free up ram or storage.
The past year was spent lament on my last job. The experience was intense as I worked two jobs simultaneously and have a bad relationship with co workers.
It was a blur. Being a depressed recluse feels like every day is the last day of summer holiday.
The kid inside me do not want to face the cruel world and cling onto the comfort of home.
My goal now is to finish studying for my degree, get a job on translation, and save up enough money for a passive income enough to sustain a modest life style.
You read it right. Studying for my ultimate goal of being NEET.
