Instagram Versus Reality

Instagram Versus Reality

WHO has NOT heard of that [now almost aborted] mega-ambitious US$ 1.5 Trillion NEOM LINE CITY PROJECT of Saudi Arabia's most powerful figure, that's MBS [Prince Mohammed Bin Salman]?  So ambitious to an extent that one too many instagram pictures of the futuristic NEOM LINE CITY have overflowed all over the web the past 5 to 6 years.  BTW, recently, even it's CEO Nadhmi-al-Nasr resigned after 6 years on the hot seat. Another Instagram Versus Reality think???

YES, it's true, Instagram has lorded it over the web.  Anyone WHO wants to see the best shots, go IG.  And if I wanted to look that damn good, IG is my best platform.  BUT can we agree here that there is whole new baloney evolving out of IG and that's the fact that there is a huge difference, that gaping hole between Instagram Versus Reality and UNLESS we wake up from our deep slumber now and realize [and accept that huge gap], we could be living in a fantasy world💥💥💥

So, do you even like nature OR you just saw something beautiful behind WHILE waiting for your cab, took a selfie, and captioned yourself as a photographer-artist?  OR you wore some fit outfit, with an ambiguous background without even stepping out of your house, and you call it FITNESS GOALS!@#$%?  It's true we CAN'T deny the fact that many of us [and that includes moi] have done this as well.  And we are the least bothered in doing so because in the end, all that matters is HOW we appear to our IG audience.  We even DON'T mind repeating it perhaps with another theme like posing like celebrities and doing a makeover and posting a selfie with some random caption!@#$%?

Do we all do this just to build and live up to an 'IMAGE'???  True, as audiences, we are all vulnerable as we get carried away by IG posts, so overwhelmed and sing allellujah like 'OH WHAT A PERFECT PICTURE'.  Yes we're sometimes guilty of NOT even thinking a second before double-tapping it.  We might even blurt like, 'SHE'S SO PERFECT, LIKE HER LIFE'!@#?

Our takeaway:  This brings into question the reality behind the posts on IG.  YES, I get you, that's Gen Z.  We have let IG so much in our lives that we feel no perturbation in letting it distort our authenticity, because IG worthiness is all that matters!@$%?  WHEN a friend told me about the reality of some IG models, I was damn shocked to know the extent to WHICH they go through to look the way they do on IG.  And it's NOT just the IG models.  Many times, it is the general public WHO alter their reality so much, putting in a 'PERFECT IMAGE' of themselves to thrive in the mendacious IG world.  Dude, I am NOT here to bad-mouth IG but my $64 question is, will you go for INSTAGRAM or REALITY???