internet and me

Modern people, no matter how old or young, should basically be inseparable from their mobile phones.

A few years ago, there was a word called "technological indifference", which was often used to describe when everyone was eating at the same table, but each guarded his own screen and seldom communicated with each other. Some people might suggest, hey, let's take a photo together , to bring everyone together again.

Speaking of this, it reminds me of when I was at work many years ago, when my colleagues ate at the same table together, I would have a feeling that I didn't know what to say. Thanks to my mobile phone, I could sneak in. This glowing corner reduces the awkward atmosphere.

A bit off topic, back to technological indifference, I haven’t heard this term recently. Maybe everyone has acquiesced to this model, or maybe it’s because of the new coronavirus (COVID-19), so we don’t have the opportunity to get together for dinner, but I think the former has more ingredients. As far as I know, during the epidemic, people in Taiwan can still gather in restaurants and cafes to chat and laugh.

Perhaps, in the days of living in the United States, entertainment options were less accessible, which led me to stay at home more and more and use the Internet more often, often thinking about the Internet and these electronic devices connected to the Internet, who am I? what relationship?

Is he my toolbox, my source of inspiration, where I achieve my little things...or is he nothing?

I remember a few years ago, when Instagram launched a limited-time feed, I sneered at it at the time, and thought why should I share my current state on the Internet? At that time, I was still mainly posting, and I didn’t often expose my current life.

After a while, I will start posting limited-time posts (I don’t want to be eliminated by society), but at that time, after I finished posting limited-time posts, I would go and do “business”, which is homework, reading, etc. as defined by the world. This kind of behavior creates a state of mind - everyone is drunk and I wake up alone, creating a sense of complacency. It's inexplicable to think about it.

But now, I don’t like to post very much. Most of the time, I share limited-time updates, although I don’t know if it’s because everyone does this, so the limited-time updates have become so mundane?

But I can't help but wonder, years from now, if I want to look back on what I've done, maybe... it's easier for a post to evoke its own history.