Congratulations, you’ve passed the test. Most people wouldn’t click on such a negative headline.
But since you’re here let’s talk about a growing problem on the internet: faux authenticity.
Life is a great big party where everyone is happy, all food tastes wonderful and all experiences are extraordinary. Or so it would seem from our social feeds. This is due party to our desire to highlight our lives and present it in the most exciting way. However, more
If we only show the positive, we don’t show the full picture.
So I’m making an open call for negativity, pessimism and complaining.
Sure, we don’t like seeing it. Yes, it’s annoying and can be a real downer. I’m not asking us to swing the pendulum the other way.
Rather I’m asking for us to be more open and more accepting of negativity.
The human experience is not all sunshine and rainbows and no amount of curated social experiences will change that.
Sometimes everything just sucks, and that’s ok.
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