WARNING: In the following blog post there is a lot of technological jargon and some sarcastic rhetoric. Reader discretion is advised.

Millennials have grown up in two worlds. One in which the internet never existed, and the second being the technological orgy that we call the 21st century. We as a generation have been the guinea pigs of tech industries, forced to have to either conform to the ever changing landscape of technology or be left in the the dust. Information is hurled at us at frightening speeds, speeds that are faster than the hyper drive on the Millennium Falcon(yeah I like Star Wars, so what ?). If someone is having sex with George Clooney we know it before the poor bastard can even finish. So in order to stay up to date, and even relevant in our everyday lives we resort being glued to the cancerous device that we call: the cell phone.

Yet older generations look at us and scoff: “Why are they on their phones all the time? Why don’t they just enjoy the world in front of them? Remember when things were so simple” That’s just it isn’t it? The world isn’t ‘simple’ anymore, it has transformed itself into a dual reality. One in which online interaction, and interaction in the physical world interconnect. A reality in which you talk about the things you text about, and text about the things you talk about(if you found that sentence confusing, congratulations you’re an honorary millennial). We are forced to not only interact online, but also in person. We constantly update our status’, post snapshots of our lives on Snapchat, write witty things on Twitter, and post pictures of our adventures on Instagram in order to seem interesting and cool(As if anyone really gives a shit about any of it). Almost as if to validate the very activities that the older generation would talk about in bars over a few beers.

Now we constantly remind people how interesting we are. A funny post here, picture of a sunset there, dissertation on why you hate this social issue or policy over there, it all becomes a black hole that sucks everybody in. So much so that if you utter the words: “I don’t have a Facebook,” you’re seen as an apostate, or worse: a hipster. So where do we go from here? Friendly recap: we as a generation are seen as one that cannot seem to disconnect from technology. Which causes righteous indignation from our predecessors, yet when we want to forgo the bullshit and unplug we are looked upon with, once again, righteous indignation.

It is clear to this writer that technology has become apart of our everyday lives. The classic phrase: “we can’t live with it, can’t live without it,” seems to work, rather obnoxiously, well in this situation. What do we do? I think we should let the next generation figure it out.

Signed,

A Hypocrite, and A Tech Junkie