Haley Athens, Campus Carrier Opinions Editor
We all have become far too entrenched in the social media generation; almost everyone has been a victim at one point to one social media or another. I’ve been guilty of this as well, but I find it hard to have a substantial conversation with some people without them checking their phones to see if anyone liked their Instagram picture of their Starbucks pumpkin spice latte or them talking about gossip they’ve seen on Facebook. I’m tired of not being able to have a real conversation.
By a real conversation, I mean I want to talk about books by F. Scott Fitzgerald or ask someone what they think the meaning of life is. We are so caught up with what Kanye West just tweeted that we forget to slow our lives down to look at the questions and issues that really matter and deserve conversation. Some people use social media as a place to express such things, and I commend them, but, this does not represent the norm.
I’m not suggesting we get rid of social media, but I think we should re-learn how to spend time with our friends and have conversations about what we care about without checking to see who reblogged our most recent Tumblr post.