The New World

While I still belong to the Gen Y (or millennial - bloody hell, never knew that had 2 n's), somehow there's a lot to what is the textbook 'normal' for this generation which does not seem to work (at all) for me. This blog is to have a look at them, not defend myself rather just present what I feel and why.

SOCIAL MEDIA

Pros
Connecting the world, reminds me of the old BSNL Tag Line - BSNL Connecting India

Cons
A bit too much of connectivity. Most people are connected only because it is easy to be in touch and once the road gets bumpy (when and not if it does), the effort to be in touch is miniscule if at all. Gone are the days where people used to write down telephone numbers in a small book by the phone - the Telephone Directory and I knew the people who mattered as I never had to look up their numbers.

My mom wishing me Happy Birthday on a WhatsApp status - I like the effort. Everything else about it is just absolutely bizarre (even this has 2 r's).

SOCIAL STATUS

That toiling forever to have the 3BHK in a posh location (a gated community) with a SUV, ideally a German, sitting in your parking space is sad. If all I want is a place with beautiful sunrise and sunset around people who matter and care, why I can't have that in my native place? I can, it's just the bunch of people who never gave a damn about me won't approve and boy do I need them to.
Same goes with weddings, spend all you can to feed and impress people who have come their to judge me, my partner and the paneer. Next time I will meet them is some one else's wedding where both of us will be playing the same role.

OPINIONS 

'Opinions are like assholes, everyone's got one and it generally stinks'. We are literally surrounded by stinking assholes flaunted proudly. Social Media and Internet get the credit for this. This is now a misinformation era which is algorithmically curated to bias our views. Once we do not know what the other half thinks we mistake opinions for facts and we can only go downhill from there. Everyone is entitled to an opinion, however, once someone starts to believe the earth is flat - just stop.
There's something grave that originates with people'e opinions (on everything) combined with free time and cheap internet - and that is - getting offended with everything and everyone. It's as if people are just waiting for someone to speak, write, tweet or post something and then there's a heavy downpour on how our views are anti-feminist, misogynist, racist, sexist, fascist, communist, and the list goes on.

I am sure if these were not the issues before my time, there were other pretty serious ones and people still found a reason to get offended, write about it, do something about it or just live with it. I am just putting my thoughts on a blog.

What am I doing about it?

1. I do not have any social media account as of today.
2. I don't have a 3 BHK (which I can't afford) and a car (which I can afford). I am not married so we are still to tackle how 'big and fat' that would turn out to be.
3. I have opinions, I am putting them as a blog I expect no one to ever read. I believe in science.

Enough for today. Enjoy your life. If you are reading this - you clearly need to get one first. Love your loved one's because that's all that matters.