A short YouTube monologue arguing that social media creates misleading impressions of success because different people highlight only one area of their lives (travel, fitness, family, business), leading viewers to make unfair, global comparisons and feel transient inadequacy. The speaker uses first-person anecdotes about acquaintances and admits even personally feeling envy, which motivates avoidance of social media.
You'll go on social media. I go on for like three minutes and I'll see 10 people I know at the nicest place in the world and then I'll see 10 people I know with the before and after pictures with the 9 pack abs and then 10 other people I know have ex their business and I'm like, I'm a loser. But it's not the same person going through the five areas of their life, it's each of them highlighting the one out of five of the areas. So if Tom were to go on social media and highlight how awesome of a grandfather he is and the time he gets to spend with that two and four year old people are going to look at that, that are grinding in real estate and ignoring their grandchildren, be like, good, easy for him to do, you know, Tom, that son of a gun, always spending time with his grandkids, you know, but you know, so it is this weird dynamic and I don't know if it's, that's why I try to stay off social media because even I've achieved most everything that I want in my life. But even I go on there for a minute like what the heck? Why are your kids better than my kids? Or like how come you went to there and I never went to that place? Or man, that's a nice car or whatever. And you don't, and I don't. You don't like go into it thinking that, but you're just like, huh, I get a headache and I can't get off quick enough.
