1. This is how one should love all if you believe in love and equality for all humans
This is my favorite tweet because the simple fact that a thousand-plus people walked past him, but a few people stopped to give him a hug (even a mom let her baby hug him). The blindfold is also amazing because he doesn't want to see what race/ethnicity is hugging him.
2. Flashback to the day Khloe Kardashian was annoying the entire social media world
I already talk about this (numerous times), but this was very fitting.
3. I'm so tired
College just has me like...it's rough out here in these streets, man.
4. Summer '16 was the most lit summer. Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk
This tweet needs no explanation. We can argue if you don't believe summer '16 was lit though.
5. Don't ever disrespect "Baby Shark"
I have "Baby Shark" saved to my Spotify and I will not stand for this type of injustice.
6. Alexa, play "Bills" by Lunchmoney Lewis
The actual article wasn't what made this story so funny. It was this tweet because it was sad, but so true.
7. Growth
I don't tweet my own tweets because I just enjoy seeing everyone else's, but when I first got Twitter (I was 10), all I could talk about was One Direction, 5SOS, and live tweet my feelings from episodes of "Teen Wolf" and any MTV awards show ever (I became semi-famous during awards season). Now, I enjoy retweeting and liking the words of other comedic geniuses.
8. The tweet that shook the world
I try to keep politics off of my page, but this was so reeling and put things in perspective for me that I had to retweet this to save it and never lose it.
9. When Cookie Monster became the mood for 2019
I didn't grow up watching "Sesame Street," but I've always loved Cookie Monster and this tweet became my mood for 2019.
10. Whose house are we pulling up to?
I can say that I am very much down for this to happen. Let me know a time and a place.
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I Limited My Social Media Usage And I Challenge You To, Too
My worth is not defined by the amount of likes I get.
Every morning at 8 a.m., my alarm goes off, I roll over, and the first thing I do is check my Snapchat only to open a bunch of pictures of the top of someone's head, or the wall, or — my favorite — a black screen. This is something we're all guilty of, myself included. We all know that social media is becoming an addiction amongst us, so why do we still use them in an unhealthy way? Why are our friendships defined by who has the longest streak? Why are our perceptions of others based on the most perfectly posed presentations of people? Why is our self-worth dependent on the number of double taps or shares or comments?
My world used to revolve around social media.
Every time I posted a picture on Instagram, I would constantly refresh to see how many likes I had accumulated. The worst part about that is I would get upset if I didn't get any likes in the seconds between each refresh.
If I got bored or had some downtime between classes, I would spend hours just scrolling through the same posts, hoping to find something different.
So much of my life was wrapped up in the superficiality of social media posts to the point where I no longer knew who I was. I would see pictures of my friends who ended up at the same college and feel left out, I would see girls from high school joining sororities, I would see people looking so stunning and having so much fun, and I let that be the thing that influenced how I felt.
Social media consumed me. It made me forget all the wonderful things I have in my life. It made me value a photo opportunity more than just enjoying the moment for what it is. Let me tell you that a moment is no less valuable just because it isn't visually appealing.
I've recently started using the Screen Time feature on my iPhone. I set a two hour per day limit on my social media usage, and when that time is up, I can no longer open the apps. Since then, I've been spending more time face-to-face with the people I care about. I've reconnected with old hobbies. I feel less stressed. I stopped comparing myself to others. I learned to be happy with myself.
I limit my social media usage because all the time I've spent aimlessly scrolling through Instagram is time I could've spent going for a walk and enjoying the warmth of Spring.
I limit my social media usage because I value face-to-face interaction. I value hugs and laughter and all the other things you can't get from a screen.
I limit my social media usage because it hurts my feelings when other people are on their phones when I'm trying to talk to them so how can it be right that I do that to someone else?
I think about how dependent on social media we have become, and it makes me so grateful that the sun is too bright to see our phone screens outside and that the mountains raise too high to have good cell service. I'm grateful that my friends make me laugh so hard that I don't even think to check my phone.
So, I challenge you to separate yourself from your social media. Even if it's just for a day. See how your life changes.