Copy Paste Syndrome

A few nights ago, I had a good chat with my bestfriend, and we deliberately discussed about things, about our reality, especially our frustrations in life. As the night went on, we may have not realized it but we’ve shared different stories from different perspectives, and at the same time we’ve given each other advices to complement the feelings that we were dwelling on that very moment. We are able to impart wisdom, words of which we cannot think of, didn’t want to think of, or we already thought of but cannot accept. What’s my point then?

Many of us don’t realize that we are already being controlled by the social network. The Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, etc., has made people think everything they need to know is in here, and that everything they could think of, and/or relate to is around the posts and quotes and status of random people. Now as I scroll down my news feed, I started to see its really happening. A lot of us post many sayings, quotes, and deep thoughts and whatnot by certain individuals or organizations who has made a “name” around through history and advertising or social promotions. Mandela, Shakespeare, Bob Marley, locals like Ninoy, Marcos, Rizal, Bob Ong, Marcelo etc., meron pang mga quotes na sinabi daw ng mga bagay tulad ng pader, lapis, utot, butiki at marami pang iba.. What we don’t see is that those eargasm words and phrases are commercially merchandised to us-the consumers who always seek for inspirations, advices, or/and even attention.

I say we shouldn’t live by all those wise words that we get from the internet. What we need to admire are the words that truly relate to us even by a fraction of our lives – words from the people we care about, those who know who we are and what we need. Wisdom from a loved one surely weights ten folds more than those advertised sentences.

Whenever we encounter a problem, it has become easy for us to relate it to posts and quotes we see online. But the social media has fooled us to believe that we don’t need a real person in front of us to reaffirm or get the piece of wisdom that we need. The reason why we have our families and friends can’t be replaced by the existence of an artificial/virtual social site. Sharing experiences is still the key, our own wisdom should either come from inside or from the people we share our emotions and insights to. And it’s always easier in every aspect; to hear, to believe, and to live by those words, words that came from the mouth of someone who truly cares.

Btw, this is a status update.