Living In A Shallow Society

Have you ever logged onto Facebook and seen hundreds of your friends have all changed their profile pictures on the same day? Of course you have! Those kinds of days fall into the same time frames every year it seems. Whether its, Prom, Sadie Hawkins, or even graduation, but sometimes in a blue moon everyone will change their picture to make a statement. Most recently the "=" sign to support Gay rights. Be warned, this is not an anti-gay post by any means, but rather a post about the masses and how our society reacts to large events. Think back onto some of those big facebook events when you changed your profile picture in order to make a statement. The only other comparable event I can think of immediately was, you guessed it, KONY 2012. looking back onto the whole Kony event, it seems almost laughable. Laughable that SO many people jumped onto the Kony bandwagon and were so ready to drop everything they were doing to fight this man. But their first thought was to change their profile picture. I suppose its good to let people know you are aware of the current problems in the world, but to a person like me, it means nothing. Changing a profile picture does absolutely nothing but tells people where you stand on a subject, and even deeper, it makes you feel better about yourself. It drives me crazy when people think that changing a picture actually does something. See here is a major flaw in our generation, social media has made our generation believe that changing something as small as a picture for a few days or weeks actually will make a difference. We hide behind our screen and think that that is doing something. We couldn't be more off! We are such a shallow generation! We think that simply changing something on a meaningless social media profile will change the world! But we're missing what's right in front of us! GO OUT AND DO SOMETHING! Facebook is not the answer. Flat out and dry. Great, you believe in something and support it, now, go out and find what needs to be done to change the world. Don't post a status, send a tweet, or change a picture and think that that is enough. Our generation seems so content with posting a status and thinking that is enough. Not only that, they want to be recognized for it! They expect to be praised and recognized for their boldness! Quite frankly, I believe that the lust for "Likes" on facebook has an effect on what people choose to stand for. What this entire entry is about is, BE BOLD. Don't be afraid to take a stand on an issue, FIND evidence to support it, and SUPPORT it! Don't fizzle out after a week of fighting the system. Don't be afraid to be challenged on what you are speaking up for, instead be prepared and educated on what you're fighting for! Let facebook be a tool for awareness, not for political agenda. Facebook is skin deep, its shallow, its a Visage that people use to come off as deep and complex people. Don't be a status quo kind of person. Stand for something, and find a way to be a genuine human being in this mediocre world. Find a way to stand above the rest, and find a way to make a differenc