The Virtual World Is My Best Friend
Since it is Sunday, let me tell you a short story.
Once upon a time, there lived a cute human teddy bear. For a brief period in her life, she was going through a rough patch, and she did not know how to get out of it.
Her family and friends (the ones who did not abandon her in the first place causing the rough patch) were concerned about her. But, she slowly started coiling up in a ball and shutting people out.
Now, usually, she would go to her best friend, Food but this time she somehow didn't find solace in it.
The more she ate, the worse she felt. Now, being a binge watcher of things, she was accustomed to the world of the Internet, but she had never actually entered the world of YouTube or vlogging.
She felt scared. She did not know what to anticipate.
She started with a cute cooking show where the theme is the world of nerdy food.
[Side note: I recently discovered I was a nerd/geek when I was young and still am, so guess that it made sense I started with a geeky cooking show! Also, the host is adorable so ahem :D. Wait, but yeah this is about the cute teddy bear. Yeah, now back to the story.]
She watched hours worth of videos back to back and felt like she could go out and make the perfect nerdy cake right then and there (No, she couldn't and she can't).
Then, slowly and steadily she discovered others; an Indian-Canadian superperson; two Canadians who travel a lot and currently live in Japan (Miss Teddy really wishes she could live in Japan); Two best friends who have a morning show; a few gamers who live stream; a Japanese woman who eats excessive amounts of food (sometimes as much as Miss Teddy weighs); some outrageously funny people from all over the world and the list goes on.
She discovered the awesomeness of live streams where you can interact with a bunch of colourful people. Some are not nice, I mean not at all, but the rest seem to be as lost in life as she is. And, they somehow connect.
She spent hours watching streams, videos, vlogs and what not. Though it might sound like a rather sad way to live life, she realised something in her started healing. She began understanding things better (maybe not, but she likes to believe so, so please don't tell her otherwise).
I think what fascinates her the most is that instead of living her singular life, she can now live a hundred or more (okay maybe like 11 or 12, don't know how many YouTubers, I really, I mean she follows).
Now, of course, she realises living a complete virtual life is dangerous in more ways than one, so she has limited her interactions with her online 'friends' now. But, she knows, even if the whole world fails her, there would always be fun videos to fall back on.
Now, isn't that a beautiful love story? Teddy and the Internet. <3
THE END.
Well, not sure if that story sounded more depressing that it is! Hmm...Evidently not a riveting storyteller, am I? I realised one thing, though; there are many like Miss Teddy (especially children nowadays) who sometimes find it hard to make friends in real life and the sense of community that social media platforms like YouTube provide will become more popular. There are obviously some scary people out there who are taking advantage of this. We as a community should make it a point to report and act as and when needed.
As I have mentioned before, when I watch these vlogs where people open up about their lives, and all you can do is leave a comment for complete strangers to gawk at, it makes me feel like a non-perverted "artful voyeur".
Well, on that note, I shall say Adios. I will now go back to watching this crazy YouTuber trying out some life hacks. He is quite crass, but he is hilarious.
TODAY'S CHECKLIST:
- Exercise: None. I was in bed, holding my aching stomach and trying not to cry. Periods, it's time you stop. Please!
- Food:
- Breakfast: Aloo Posto, Rajma, a small bowl of Rice
- Lunch: Biriyani, Chitol Macher Muitha, Dhokar Dalna
- Snack: Cup Noodles
- Dinner: Rice, Chitol Macher Muitha, Dhokar Dalna, Fish Chop
- Study: None
- Read: None
- Feeling: Emotionally happy, physically in pain, thanks to my Periods! -_-
