Social Media is Destroying Us - Joe Rogan & Elon Musk 

Don't forget what social media has done with dating. My generation has no self esteem and everyone is insecure. Its a mess lol.

I think social media has made people narcissistic, superficial etc. people need to just humble themselves I think.

Social Media made us: -Divided -Materialistic -Ungrateful -Disconnected -Disgusting -Depressed -Anxious -Suicidal -Insecure -Cowardly -Narcissistic -Egotistical -Meanspirited -Fake -Sensitive -Lazy -Dumb It made us everything but: -Smarter -Happier -Social (Ironic) -Connected

People act like I'm insane when I tell them I don't have facebook, instagram, or twitter.

So true: *We compare our behind the scenes, with someone else's highlight reel*

2019. Deleted all social media. Zero meat or alchohol. No newspapers. No lottery. Cycled 4000 miles. Lost 21kg. Hardly watch tv. Finally paid all debt inc mortgage. Nearly stopped working. 55 years old. What you are now and what you want to be depends on what you do next. Life is fuckin awesome. Fuck the template for life. Be yourself

I deleted my Instagram & Facebook social media accounts recently. I feel amazing: I'm incredibly focused, productive, rested, I cook 2-3 times a day, my mental health is strong, my relationships with family and friends have deepened and the projects I'm working on for my community have taken greater focus and shape.

4 years ago I deleted my social media. One of the best decisions I’ve ever made. Did I lose 99% of my friends and felt a senses of alienation? Yes. I was lonely and felt isolated for 6-7 months. Would I do it again? 💯 Totally because I got to work on myself, since I have so much time, I workout everyday, read books everyday, learned to cook, eat heathy, save money the list goes on. But Most importantly I am just happy and at peace. Social media robbed that from me. I’m glad people started talking about this.

Everyone wants to be a celebrity, everyone wants to move in a big city to flex on their hometown facebook friends, everyone wants to travel the world and be a model. "LiViNg My BeSt LiFe" You dont need to do all of these things to live a great life

Getting rid of FB was the best thing I ever did for my mental health.

I deleted all my social medias. It really is a useless waste of time. I never understood why you would have to post every single moment of your life to the public

I’m 12 and I feel so lonely being the only child who doesn’t like/have social media, almost everyone at my school tells me how much I’m missing out...sometimes I wanna play with my friends outside or just talk like a normal human being, but my friends are too busy taking the perfect picture for Instagram or making the perfect video for tik tok :( Edit: Im 14 now and goddamn these replies are the sweetest, ya'll restore my faith in humanity 💜

I deleted all of my social media apps two months ago and I’ve literally never felt more alive and happy. It was the best decision I’ve made

If you're not trying to talk to me in real life I don't want to know you.

Even older people are hooked on social media like Facebook & craving for likes and attention. It’s really disgusting and disturbing

Social media has also help cause alot of relationships failures, breakups and divorce.

I had deleted my Instagram, twitter, and Facebook, 4-5 years ago, still alive.

We’re literally living in those episode of black mirror

RU-vid is the only social media that makes me happy lol *update* : Tik Tok also makes me happy, but very sad. There is so many beautiful ppl on Tik Tok and I tend to compare myself a lot lol. But Im very addicted to the app.

This is so true. When I started growing on social media it trapped me into comparing myself to the A listers and making me feel horrible. I started watching more videos like these and realizing that Social Media is such a small part of the world.

A lion doesn’t concern himself with the opinions of the sheep

Social Media creates false happiness

My advice : Use social media to educate yourself on things you like and enjoy don’t follow negative people rather follow people who motivate you to do better. Most importantly keep the circle small

I was born in 1990 and even I remember when kids were still kids, playing outside. Family would get together. Yeah the internet was starting to take off but it wasn't quite mainstream. Hell, the first smartphone did not come out until I was pretty much grown. Now, I'm 30 an single. Its hard to connect with people because of all this social media crap. I value being traditional NOT high-tech.

Im addicted to Myspace..... still awaiting people to add me

Life is more peaceful without social media Social media is rather hateful anyways

Social media is cancer. Everyone tries putting their best foot forward for that dopamine rush. Meanwhile in reality they’re nothing like how they portray themselves online. Hopped off that bandwagon long ago, too many people are zombies.

I quit social media two weeks ago! Best decision I’ve made in my life.

This means we should delete facebook

I just want to go back in time where there's no social media... People are more polite and discreet of their words... Now, people are free to throw trash on you even they don't really know you.

i simply deleted facebook and instagram. wasnt that difficult.

As a 2000's baby, I can't agree more with this video. Social Media has become literal junk food for your brain. And now we have children using Social Media and getting targeted by creeps and pedophiles. When I was a kid, I didn't have a phone or a tablet. I actually spent most of my time outside riding my bike, playing with chalk, and hanging out with the kids on my street. And I was happy. Didn't care for MySpace, or Facebook, or Twitter. I didn't get my first phone til I was 15. And that was to make emergency calls to my mom just in case I got sick or needed medicine. Now you have kids around my niece's age throwing tantrums in the middle of Apple stores for iPhones.

As unnatural as loneliness may seem, I've given up on trying to socialize. I have no desire to waste time. It's meaningless when people don't have any sense of humanity about themselves. You can't build anything with broken souls who are consumed by their egos.. Right now, I'm just focused on living out my dreams and aspirations. Well on my way to become a physical chemist. Zero FB, zero Instagram. Zero trash ass people. Life is good.

Here's a tip: delete 85% of your 'friends' from your social media accounts. Only leave family, friends (real friends), and interesting people. This quality over quantity approach will greatly improve your experience. Social media itself is not a bad thing. It's all in how you use it.

I don’t have any social media and I feel amazing. Watch podcasts Quit drinking Barely smoke Cut off toxic people/family 2020 is my year

I believe porn is sort of what they mean when they ask "where is it going?". It is the ultimate fake pleasure and ruining the self-esteem of millions of young men and women every year. I myself finally got out, and I feel 100x better every day, if you watch porn now, consider quitting, i promise its worth it.

I remember the beginning of Instagram. It was cool to see professional artwork and photography and to see how people across the world from you lived. It was like an artist's dream. Then FB bought it and it went to shit. I deleted my FB in 2012 and never looked back. I still have an Instagram I very rarely use because I like to watch my cousin's kids grow up states away. But all the shit they've piled on, the ads, the new algorithm, it's terrible. Social media is the worst part of the internet and is so far from natural for us to have in our lives everyday all day.

Seriously can't wait for the phone addiction epidemic to be over, myself included. It's unattractive and bad for us.

Social media ruins friendships, relationships.

I miss the 90s and early 00s I couldn’t wait to go out or hang out with my friends. I wasn’t scared of being myself because everyone was different and that was actually a good thing. Being at home was nice you would actually think about things rather then being distracted by your smartphone or the internet. TV movies actors was great back then but we still got bored and went out. We were enjoying the moment now you go to a concert or even a restaurant and people would whip their phones out. We all talked to each other and enjoyed having conversations. We were creative and adventurous. Now everything we see or talk about is from the internet. We literally stopped using our brain. What’s worst is most of us who remember the amazing times we had without internet are also addicted to it, even when we know we’re miserable. The government got us by our balls now because they have all our data including our location what we like watch and feel. Corporations getting richer of this data, eventually all our income will be controlled and deducted whenever the government wants. Now AIs are coming into play as well. We all need to step and and think about where we’re heading because it’s only been a couple of years with this technology and it’s already messing us up. Funny thing is, we all thought we’ll get connected to each other with the internet but we’re so disconnected from each other.

we live in the era of smartphones and stupid people

I’m 18 so I grew up with the whole big boom of social media. I feel like the only reason I don’t use it is because I didn’t grow up with it. I didn’t get my first phone till I was a freshman in HS so I was stunted on the whole social media knowledge. I tried using Instagram but I couldn’t get into it. It didn’t make any sense to me. Why would someone post about their lives? Who cares what you had for breakfast, or what movie you saw? I sure don’t so I’ll save you the trouble of looking at my boring shit. And I always preferred to talk or tell stories in person. It just feels much better, you’re able to use your body language, tone, and, emotion to help create a more vivid story. I don’t know, people can do whatever they want and it does feel really weird to be my age and not use social media. I get a lot of “Really? Why not? Everyone has a Snapchat though.” So the pressure is definitely their but I can’t be bother to follow through with it. I just don’t know how to use it and I feel like it’s one thing I’m happy not learning.

Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram have really damaged society as a whole. The Fame and Attention has just gotten out of control.

Deleting Instagram was the best decision for myself. If you’re on the fence, do it! So much happier!

This is the stuff that makes me hate living in this time

The older I get (22) the more I realize that im so much better off just focusing on my real life in front of me. Whenever I tend to make a choice to better myself I feel way better and happier, fuck social media.

Never started using social media (except RU-vid and Pinterest) and I think I have missed nothing. I'm 33 and have seen a lot in my life, travelled, I have love and happiness, also self-love.

I am me, nothing else...

A couple of years ago, I was walking through the airport, my phone was dead and I was going to get to my gate to plug in. I started watching people. As everyone walked into the airport they were in their phones. Into TSA, everyone on their phones, nobody looking up. Next to the train and on the train, literally every single person bent over on their phones, most with headphones in. To the gate, everyone sitting on their phones, laptops, or iPads. Almost everyone with headphones. Boarding, same thing, before takeoff, same thing. Until the door closed and some people had to be asked to turn the phone off did it stop. Then people jumped to music and iPads. As son as the plane landed, everyone back on the phones. It was like we were all plugged into the matrix. That trip I watched everything. Groups together at dinner not talking because they were all in their phone, etc. It was super scary to see the control and how people did not even look, listen, or talk. We were all zombies.

Make life great again. 2020.

social media is the worst thing that has ever happened to this godforsaken generation

Cannot imagine how much lives fb and ig ruined to these teenagers these days.

We live in a sick society, and social media really brings up all that sickness to light....

Social media has made me unrealistic. I just CAN'T enjoy reality anymore, that i imagine even when im at work

I remember when this pandemic started, I was constantly on Instagram, scrolling through what was posted, viewing stories, etc., and then I realized something's wrong. It felt like an addiction and if I don't stop, it'll be an endless cycle. Also, I wasn't happy, I wasn't being productive. Nothing at all. So I decided to delete the app. I told my friends I wasn't going to be on IG and I'll just text them. I already deactivated my FB and deleted snapchat from my phone. Ever since then, life is better. RU-vid is technically a social media app but I don't use it like that. It's mostly learning and entertainment usage haha

This is exactly why I don’t have social media. If I did, I would start comparing myself to others and feeling miserable. For example, if I saw a picture of my friends doing something fun, I would have FOMO (fear of missing out).

because the whole world culture is turning toward to: My only happiness is based on other ppl's unhappiness.

I'm a millenial and proud to say I do not have an instsgram or facebook. I haven't had it for 6 years and I'm happy I don't, I don't need the constant reminder of what other people are doing with their lives. Just focused on me :-)

2005 I approached 1 girl she became my girlfriend. 2019 I approached 201 girls, still no quality girlfriend. In Houston texas.

Just go to Tokyo, this is literally our future, overworked submissive ghosts, either sleeping in their free time or have their faces glued to their phones, add next to no sex drive and you'd be praying you're in a simulation. Great fashion sense though, one consolation.

I'm here cause I'm tired of the dumb TikTok videos

You can't meet anyone in person, until you meet 'First' on Social Media, how sad is that?

Miss the 80s and mid 90s 🤦‍♂️

Q: Do we live in a simulation? A: You do on your phone.

Isn't it ironic how millennials are afraid of being in a simulation, yet they're all glued to their phones and videogames?

I used to compare myself to other girls that looked perfect, but now I appreciate the way God made me. It's way better to focus on your well-being and happiness, character, generosity, and love and compassion for others.

When people ask for my Instagram/Facebook and I say I don't have them, they look at me almost with disgust. They think I'm hiding myself or I don't want to be friends. It's like they forgot how friendships work outside of social media, as if Facebook was the only way to be friends with someone and anything beyond that does not compute. This is sad and I'm worried for our future.

The world has gone mad and narcissistic. People have a hard time relating to each other. Everyone wants to look and be perfect at all times. It’s draining and depressing

The animation in the halfway point of this episode is disturbingly reflective of a big facet of current reality and so well-done!

Getting involved with social media is one of the most toxic wastes of time you can do with your life

Your social media life would be way happier when you only connect with people you are close with like your best friends and close families and people you might share interests with, the large problem is things like Instagram makes you connect to random people that just doesn't understand you and you trying to prove yourself to these people and trying to get famous feeding your ego

I know no one is perfect, including me, but I'm just sick of people normalising vanity, narcissism, superficiality. I'm sick of everyone pretending to live "perfect" life on toxic platforms to boost their egos. And the saddest thing is that they don't even realize how pathetic and helpless they are.

Don't have Instagram, Facebook, or Twitter. Feels better all the time then it used to. Life feels like that shit doesn't exist and I love it. I remember before it existed and the world seemed better. Really did.

So all this social media is an addiction... i dont have any social media and friends keep telling me you need to get an account so we can know what your up to ..im like uhmm noo im good. 😂😁✌

It's been over 5 years since I deleted my accounts on social networks and I do not regret it. Social networks are like disney, people live in a fantasy.

Social Media Needs To Be Banned! It had ruined people’s lives. The world was once at peace. I wish it could go back to that

I’m so glad I was a kid in the 70’s...we didn’t even have vhs, much less social media, networking and all that self obsession. We had records, cars, and the outdoors.

This is very true. I was in a toxic relationship with a girl whose self-esteem was almost entirely based on how much attention she got via social media. This moved me to get rid of all my social media accounts and cut her off for good. Good riddance. Edit: Should’ve mentioned how my overall productivity levels soared thereafter.

I feel better when I forget to bring my cellphone with me.

We've reached the point where people, quite literally, spend more time on their phones than they do experiencing 'real life'. Social media, podcasts, pornography, dating apps, etc. have all lead us to believe that there are more interesting things in our phones than in reality. As a result, we don't invest time in getting to know people and having real social interactions. Even when young people do go for a coffee, they're often sitting opposite each other, immersed in their phones. It's a sickness, and is naturally causing us to feel anxious and depressed.

I stopped and deleted Facebook , my stress and anger level dropped dramatically. Facebook is the worst , so many fake people , keeping up an image, I still have Snapchat, but only have 14 people , and I literally know each one , and I still have Instagram, to upload only my music , and I delete people everyday if they are to narcissistic, this was a LIFE CHANGER , the world is turning into a SHALLOW PLACE . And if your not into social media like that , you are the odd one out , how crazy is that

Pfff i miss those old days, without any social media platforms. People were more alive. Social media is undoubtedly and slowly destroying us from the inside and the outside. I just pray that one day, we humankind are gonna recognize this problem and do something about it.

It’s amazing how much people share every detail of their lives. I’ve seen people post down to the detail of when they’re going to the bathroom.

Girl have no problem accepting likes and creepy comments from random guys on Instagram but if the same men do that in real life, the girl get offended 🤔

I have the best life because I have no social media. In not being sarcastic.

Dating has been reduced to swiping and selecting.

I was at new years fireworks, and every single person around me was filming them, then loads of posts on our cities facebook was filled with firework videos. It's a weird time to be alive, when people are more interested in capturing a moment for others then enjoy it for themselves. Our time on this planet is so short, live in the moment people.

well the only social media i use is youtube : b but i use it to provide me knowledge : V

I absolutely hate social media (mainly Instagram and Facebook) but in today’s world if you don’t have social media people will honestly think there’s something wrong with you. Like people will think you sketchy if you don’t have any social media. I think moderation is key just check in on the weekends or maybe even less. It’s toxic.

The animation is dope

" If you take the time to insult someone on the internet, you must be ugly on the inside" -Phil Social media pretty much normalized being a petty, meanspirited, jackass. Being fake and mean is more important than being real and kind to others.

Instagram makes me sick.

Instagram / Facebook - Sad people showing how cool life is Twitter - All the opposite

Whenever people ask me why I deleted my facebook and instagram, I just reply that I have no place for such negativity in my life. Thanks but no thanks.

"Most people need to keep up with an image...real people just doesn't care."

I don't have a cell phone. Almost a year and a half now. I notice so many things without the constant distraction in my pocket. I'm even remembering phone numbers, like I once did in the 90s. Social media I avoid mostly. RU-vid, yeah, nothing to lie about... I'm on here a lot. At least on here I control the content I'm exposed to instead of mindlessly scrolling down through everyone else's garbage to get to the good stuff.

"For the mindset of the flesh is death, but the mindset of the Spirit is life and peace." -Romans 8

Other people can't give you what you need. If you need to feel like you matter it's because in life you were made to feel you didn't and now you are seeking affirmation and love from anyone. Love starved children grow up to seek it. You are all worthy of real love. You just have to find it in REAL places.

Social media ruined my relationship I still miss the old her, I watched her change right in front of my eyes. In 2020 things were amazing with her. We barely used social media as much meaning we never posted and me and her were exclusive to each other. I loved when she would send me selfies of her exclusively then she started to take selfies exclusively for Instagram. We would be on the phone and she wouldn’t be present. She’d be watching tiktoks or on Instagram or Twitter while I was talking. We started talking less and less we even stopped doing things like playing video games together. It really hurt to see her change. There was a time where I was suicidal and very depressed and the only person I could rely on was her. She posted a picture and started following this guy and became friends with him while I was suicidal. I asked her “are you texting him”, she told me no and I believed her. The next time she posted a month the guy commented on her picture. I knew something was up, she claims they were just friends but I still have my speculations. It just hurt because while I was at my lowest she was only worried about making friends with a guy from Instagram that she didn’t even know. A guy from a totally different state at that. And she even lied to me multiple times before she finally confessed and told me. Prior to this she would like things that she knew bothered me. Like a celebrity with his six pack showing and she would have celebrity crushes. She would talk about them with her friends on Twitter calling them “hot”. One of her friends even asked her “what baseball player do you want” right on my Twitter timeline. *we followed each other* It hurt so much to see her change for social media. It hurt so much seeing her choose it over me. It really did. I often reminisce about old times but doing this only hurts me in the end. I miss when we didn’t post on Instagram and didn’t care about if others knew about our lives. I miss when we would talk more. I miss when we only knew about what we had going on instead of other people. I miss when we didn’t care about making friends from other cities and states. I understand that she didn’t have many friends but she forgot about the one who was there from the beginning. She told me she was suicidal once and she didn’t answer the phone the next day. I cried and cried and called her and I was so relieved when she picked up the phone. But when I do it all she cared about was making friends with a stranger a thousand miles away. Things like this really make you question your worth. In the end we broke up and she put my suicide in my face. She sort of mocked me. And even when she did that, I could’ve put hers in her face as well. But why would I do that if I loved her? What if I would’ve said that and she did it ? She didn’t care to thing about the consequences of saying that. For all she know I could be dead right now. She didn’t try to check up on me or anything? And even after we broke up I checked her account maybe 3 days later and she posted a new picture. Why did she let social media consume her? Why?

I miss the 80s/90s and I was born on 05