The Fame Game

Ain’t living in the internet era is a grand. People can always do some
online test, and put it in their blog, journal, site, or whatever and
proclaimed that they’re this and that. We bypass these thousands of
years proven tradition of socializing. Back when people judge and mark us by
our ability to perform and act in real life. Now we can always tick
some boxes and easily claim that we are a benevolent leader, a
charitable creator, a great kisser or summat. We do it colorful and
frequent enough people might starting to believe it.



I wonder why we do it. I guess so that when we’re online and check our
inboxes, we can see the little flashing icons. And we go, all right,
messages. People apparently need that. It's very important for human
beings to feel popular and well liked amongst a large group of people
we don't really care for.



Everybody like to think that their life is worthy of a story, of a
sitcom, or even movie. Everybody think that what they've going trough
should be put in broader audiences and be appreciated and applauded.
This is in no way a bad thing. It can be a very good phenomenon. Again
I drew parallel that back then someone became famous because they were
special. Now people are considered special just for being famous. That
is why everybody would do just about anything to be famous, even on the
internet. We have these Most Famous Friendster, Multipliers, or
whatever networking website there is. And we admire them and think that
they are special because hey, he’s got 500 contacts you know ;) That’s
quite a special achievement.



Oh by the way, this is an auto critic mostly directed at me (and some
other distant net user far far away from my contact list) and in no way
directed at you, my friends who sometimes visit my pages. And I humbly
appreciate you coming and comments on some of my rants really. Please
do come again soon :) I enjoy your company and thank you.