Liking is the laziest form of communication known to the digital age, besides one word texts that just say ‘lol.’
Stop liking everything on your Facebook news feed and start engaging. You know, there are some things that technology does to make things more convenient for the human race. Like ergonomic office chairs (good for the human race). Liking is not convenient, it’s just plain lazy and stunts creativity (not good for the human race). Sure, sometimes it’s great to like something that you ACTUALLY like and have nothing of substance to add (a nice profile picture, perhaps). But excessive ‘liking’ is the very epitome of our generation’s lack of ability to think. Think critically for yourselves people.
And, yes. I’m a culprit too (There’s a like button at the top of this page). Thanks for pressing it btw. But, come on people!
Procrastinate on your English composition midterm paper, procrastinate on your dry cleaning, procrastinate on flossing your teeth. But, please. Do not procrastinate on Facebook. Because eventually our brains will just be a mush of grey looking globular applesauce that has the elasticity and IQ of silly putty.
Just think about it. If everyone on Facebook just ‘liked’ things all the time, and put no input in the form of comments, Facebook would be useless! No interaction with your friends except for a dumb like. You don’t wanna write an amazing status that deserves noteworthy praise from your friends, (which they would be giving you, if you were side by side in the real world) and instead get a moronic thumbs up that tells you absolutely nothing.
When you’re talking to your friends and you raise a controversial topic about politics, does one of your friends give you a thumbs up? No, he/she agrees with you and expands upon the idea. Or, he/she absolutely hates your idea and thinks you’re a moron, but it’s better than getting absolutely nothing.
Let’s stop liking and start engaging. OK, you can like too, but why not throw in your two cents every now and then. Let’s save social networks while we still can and prevent our brains from their grey, applesauce-like, doomed future.
And don’t get me started on poking…
What do you think about liking?
(PS. I’d love if you could like this post)
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