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The world seems as though it's spinning out of control. The population of the bottle blondes are laughing in confusion. The computer programmers in India are yelling in Hindi. Facebook drama posts magically disappear. The selfies, snapchats, and pointless photos of the weather outside end up crashing phones as they simultaneously delete. Hundreds - no - millions of lives changed. #OverDramatic #Insane #IfOnly

Patented in 1973 by Bell Labs. Used originally for dialing on a phone. Then it proceeded to enlighten the world in use of numbers. Today, it is the standard sign of a person in need of a detox session. #FactOrFiction

The American Dream had been an unreachable shoot for the stars; as money, jobs and a home were ideal. Today, the dream has taken the road less traveled by. In fact, the dream has taken the road so many times over its turned into the road more commonly traveled by. The dream of the perfect status, pin, tumble, snapchat, text - a minor dream but yet one thats reachable. #USA #RobertFrost

Some might say hashtagging has added to the obesity level here in good ol ‘Merica. Those people need a grammar lesson and may be right. Although hashtagging keeps people near and far together with a few simple words, it’s addicting. Maybe if hashtagging wasn’t done online it’d be a little less health concerning, but, let;s face it - the radiation, the constant eye strain, the sleep deprivation, and the constant snacking while sitting online - not healthy. #BeHappyBeHealthy #GetUpAndMove

Advertisement, entertainment, or as overused as a the “white boy swag” - all good ideas but it should be quite clear the answer. #ComeOnDude

Hashtagging can show so much more about someone than simple words. A hashtag at the end of “Whoa had a blast! #sarcasm” really does show off who that person is. At the same time it can show the sides of the person no one wants (or needs) to see. The walls between people do need to be torn down but the question people need to ask themselves is if hashtagging is the proper way to do this. #SelfReflecting

The more people use hashtagging the less they learn how to speak up. The more hashtagging the more confessions. The more confessions, the more drama. The more drama the more online bullying. Everyone knows what online bullying can lead to. #BeABuddy

Remember the do’s and don’ts of internet postings. If one wouldn’t say it in person then don’t start a capslock war online. Unless theres extra butter on the popcorn. #GetReal

# Reading #Sentences #Like #This #Isn’t #Very #Ideal - in fact its basically the most annoying thing on the planet. Next to the person who instagrams everything from themselves every 5 mins to the color of the bathroom wall, avid hashtaggers are terrible. No matter how interesting the hashtag is it’s not worth having to mentally pause #asyoutrytodecipherthis.

The hashtag does, however, keep someone's mind sharp. Reading the millions of hashtags, clicking on the links, trying to come up with a better one - it’s all very mind challenging. Even Lumosity can’t top the thrill of trying to top the next guy or gal. #Brainy

Hashtags can be useful in the state of promoting a worthy cause. Let’s be truly honest. The internet, the world wide web, the net - whatever it’s called, it’s all the same addictive and taking off at the speed of lighting. Unless it’s dial up. #SlowerThanMolasses

I don’t know about anyone out there reading this paper, but I’m feeling twenty-two. #TaylorSwift These simple tags can even start careers. That’s right, the use of the shift key and number three key can easily replace a human who mails out letters, who makes pointless phone calls, who creates flyers to put on cars, and who probably could’ve done better. #CollegeEducation

The hashtags can’t beat those people. Those people have something hashtags don’t. A pulse. A living, breathing, communicating soul is the way to go. Take out all the informality of the internet. Whatever higher power a person believes in they gave the people voices to be used. They gave us faces and beauty to be seen in person not just words to be sent on a screen as if to say “isolation is the way to go”. #Extrovert

#Gleek

#MOFY

#Character

#FoxNews

#Packers

#GovermentShutDown

#Marriage

#Love

#Sad

#Sarcasm

No matter what a hashtag is a pointless, unexcusable, and simple little piece of the internet we all seem to be addicted to. Take a moment and delete the next hashtag. Take a moment to stop being an avid hashtagger. The opening paragraph was over dramatic. The hashtags we all use today are just as dramatic. None of those horrific scenes will happen should we all start communicating rather than hashtagging. #GiveItAChance
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