The other day I went to eat lunch at a new restaurant near me. One of the drawing factors of this restaurant was the little robot that brought appetizers to the table. (Great marketing by the way.) Of course, I ordered an appetizer that was delivered by the cute little robot that was programmed to greet you. And although I should have just been enjoying the experience, of course, my first thought? “I should post this!”
The reasoning behind why? I really have no clue. There was no value to the post I would have made other than showing people the dumplings being brought to me by a small robot… the more I think about it, the sillier I feel. I’ve noticed myself doing this on many, many occasions. Instead of my first thought during an exciting event being, “Wow, I am so glad I get to experience this.” it more times than not is “Wow, I should post this.”
— And I hate it. I hate that I feel the need to do more than just experience the moment. But there is also the other side of that argument, which is I enjoy the experience I am having so much that I feel the need to share it with others.
Recently, I have been kind of thinking over what I am actually feeling in those moments before my finger hovers over the post button. Do I just want to share with others? or Am I doing this for others? In this day and age, posting our lives is almost a natural instinct to most people. Even in the older generations, facebook has become like a scrapbook for us to document almost every moment of our lives. Which makes me think about how much of the things we post we have actually experienced.
But of course, not all posting is related to sharing our own lives. There are forms of web sharing that can really make a difference. The internet can give you opportunities to support communities you would have otherwise never known of. The ability to share is something that I don’t want us as humans to take lightly.
So next time I go to instantly share a part of my life, I want to keep in mind the notion that sharing everything isn’t always as valuable as living it.
You make really good points here and make me really think about this! On the other hand, I still really wanna meet this robot guy. He sounds funky and cool.
Ikko??? In Hattiesburg??? If that’s the place, then I also went there and the little robot is adorable! The food is also really good.