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Fighting the Facades of Social Media WRITTEN BY BEN HOLCOMB PHOTOS BY BRANDON SCHEIRMAN Everyone’s life must be perfect in the Millennial Generation. I am the exception to the rule. I realized this sad truth as I sat at home on a recent Friday night, accompanied by the near-empty rattle of a Reese’s Pieces carton and bottle of diet Dr. Pepper, watching “Shark Tank,” alone. From the looks of social media, my friends were out at raucous Hollywood clubs, dancing their hearts out front row at a once-in-a-lifetime concert. It was either this or simply sharing the company of “the world’s greatest boyfriend.” But me? I was in bed, watching a guy’s dreams get dashed by a bald-headed billionaire. Why am I the only one who seems to be missing out on life? Is the glossy filter on my existence titled “average and mundane?” I have to be leaving out a key fact, right? I mean, America is the most heavily medicated, eternally obese and unhappy country in human history ... and I’m just talking about the people who can afford health care. So, how come everything is so impeccable online? Social media have an uncanny ability to siphon unpleasantries from one’s life. No one seems to Instagram their breakups, incorrect orders at drive-thrus or hours stuck in traffic. Since we’re our own public relations consultants, we’re only posting the perfect version of our lives. Social media are plastic surgery for the human condition — airbrushing blemishes, <strong>Currents</strong> | 29
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