Crazy for Content and the Guide for Common Sense

What is it about this generation and their desire to get the most likes on Instagram? Or if it’s not that it’s about getting the most views on Youtube or some other social media site where they want others to take note of their existence and press that like or heart button until they can’t anymore. I’m not sure I get it, I mean sure it’s nice to share your stuff with the world if your into that sort of thing, but why share it for any validation? Isn’t that putting too much pressure on your life?

In a recent article I read about a man who was being charged for something I think was bound to happen eventually to be honest. In fact, this man probably represents a good chunk of the world that is out searching for something that could give them an edge in the world, you know give them just a little something to put themselves on the map. Though I think this individual might have had an added sociopathic problem to boot as he took his cell phone out in hopes of getting the next viral video and maybe some news coverage.

How the man in question thought it would be okay to approach the scene of an accident where two teenagers had just been in a car crash and film it instead of help the poor souls is something that has to make you wonder about how low our society has fallen into the grips of social entertainment because let’s be honest, despite our surprise and disgust at how the man could do such a thing, you can’t deny the fact that there exists more than enough people out there who want to see that footage, let alone buy it. I suppose there’s comfort to be found in the fact that the police are looking to charge him with trespassing on a crime scene, still I doubt the family of the one deceased child care much. Then again I also suppose I can’t assume that the man’s earlier efforts to help would have made any difference.

It’s funny the lengths people will go to in order to get content to showcase on their social media profiles. The chances people seem to take are bordering on the extreme and nobody seems to want to draw the line anytime soon. Well almost, nobody. Out of all the places in the world who would have thought that Russia would come up with a useful guide that would attempt to at least discourage risky behaviour in the search of the perfect selfie.

What’s sad is the fact that such a guide is even needed. It’s like common sense took an extended vacation as it up and left this generation. I wish I could laugh it off and say we don’t need such a guide because we’re humans, top of the food chain! But the sad truth is that in the last two years alone you could find some of the weirdest and most stupid accidents resulting from people trying to get the perfect selfie.

* Fatal accidents involving selfies*
*Man shoots himself in head after trying to take selfie*
*Pilot selfie crash*
*India train selfie kills three students*
*5 deadly accidents caused by people talking selfies* 

It takes that whole saying ‘to die for one’s art’ to a whole new level, one I’m not so sure most people even mean to live by and is a ‘selfie’ even considered as art? I mean sure, some guy in New York is technically stealing people’s images, tweaking it a bit and calling it ‘art’ but is it really worth nearly dying or killing over it? These are some serious things to ponder.

I don’t know, maybe I just haven’t felt that special feeling when someone likes the stuff I share, or maybe I need more than one someone to do it, who knows. Personally I don’t see myself hanging from a tree for a like or stripping down for a view, it’s just not my thing but then again I’m just not the type and the world needs and has all types. I just wish all types didn’t have common sense as optional.