080610/welcome the decline

Let's try and be more substantial.

The problem with the internet these days is that self-expression is mistaken for re-blogging a picture that evokes no emotion but looks pretty cool or tweeting about what happened to you in the bathroom ten seconds ago.

Don't get me wrong; I love blogging and see it as a way to hear and be heard. But I hate the fact that most of my peers would rather have a blog as a way to gain brownie points on the interwebz. I like pretty pictures too, but I also like words, long paragraphs, and thoughts that have been simmering in someone's brain long enough to actually be coherent, insightful, and, well...thoughtful. Most people tend to shy away from giant chunks of text, and that seriously kills me inside.

Honestly, I could care less what you do on the internet, but let's just take the time to realize what the internet is doing to our generation. It's allowing us to get away with incoherent speech and reactions like LOLOLOL and instilling in us a fear of words with no pictures.

In other words, it's dumbing us down, and in more ways than the one mentioned above. Thank you, internet. The institution appreciates your assistance.