A little while ago, I wrote about how technology scared me.
It wasn’t because Facebook had served me an ad suggesting I may like to buy a Queen t-shirt that states I was born in the month of June … it was because it was hideous, even for me.
However recently, I was exposed to something even worse than that.
Something that technology was to blame for.
This …
OK, so these things are meant to be a bit of mindless fun … but imagine if you were Barack Obama or Chris Evans.
Would they think it’s ‘mindless fun’?
Mindless, maybe … but fun?!
Even if the technology behind this ‘game’ is simply randomly grabbing 2 celebrity photos and claiming the enquirer is a combination of them, it’s all a bit dangerous.
Yes, I said dangerous … which I openly admit, is a very over-the-top statement, but it’s my blog so I’ll call it what I want.
Oh yes.
Ahem.
So back to the point of the post …
You see there are a huge amount of people who are forever looking for evidence of their specialness and they adapt their reaction to news and events to suit.
A horoscope announcing the World will recognise your contribution to civilisation?
Met with a sense of positivity or – at the very least – hope, even if you try laugh it off to your mates. Trust me, if you’re reading it out for others to hear, there’s a part of you that believes it. Or wants to believe it.
A horoscope announcing this is a week where you will reveal yourself to have failed?
Met with a sneer and swear words.
The thing I found funny about this ‘which celebrity are you most like’ thing, was how many people did it and posted the results.
There were just as many people despairing about what was given to them as there was humble bragging.
The despair was written in a way where you felt the person was asking their friends for reassurance that they weren’t really a cross between Lassie and Britney Spears whereas the humble braggers wrote with a tone that tried to convey they’d found the whole thing hilarious while actually being smug their true spirit had been recognised by an online ‘game’.
And that’s why I love what I do … because while many think it’s all about listening and watching, I feel it’s about understanding and interpreting because so much of what we do is driven by what we are trying to hide [even from ourselves] rather than what we want to reveal.
As I’ve said many times, we’re all hypocrites and these shit Facebook things have a wonderful way of revealing it.
[But I really do think I have Chris Evans/Obama qualities. In my case, I’m positive it’s all true]