Remember running into an old friend and catching up? Learning what’s new in their life? Maybe hearing bad news, horrible news, or the best news in the world?
Then social media came alone and I know what some people have for dinner every night. Job promotions or layoffs announced far and wide. New kids, bad luck, and everything in between.
I think about my younger days, when we ran with smaller crews. Yes, we were on IRC and made friends and met up at shows in cities an hour (or more) away. Now we’re taking in a steady flow of everything from everyone, not just our friends, but also a toxic mix of the worst shitbags we wouldn’t hang around for one minute, yet we let them seep into our life on a minute by minute basis.
It used to be Trump, then Kayne… at this moment in time it’s Kyrie Irving.
Like, why do I know all this shit? How are there 10 articles per hour coming out about each detail, old interview, and random quote?
I’m not saying ignorance is bliss. I’m not saying I want to live under a rock.
I’m just saying that maybe we don’t all need to go to another social media network to keep up with what everyone is doing all the time.
Like the lights came up after a show, and we all went home.
Call, text, send an email. I don’t know.
I’m just pretty sure I’m not jumping to a new social media network.