Yall ever watch a film from the 70s, 80s or 90s or even the 2010s and realise how people wernt living at a million miles per hour, no one seems to take the time to do anything no more , Let me explain - ever since i started thinking about this i havent been able to stop, theres a million examples.
Take anthing.. maps, in the past if someone didnt know where they was going, theyd get a PHYSICAL map out, or ask someone or look at signs - now its just hop on ways or google maps!
Or even Songs, when records where the primary way of listening to music, you'd listen to the whole album to get to your favourite song, now you just pop onto Spotify and click the one you want.
Entertainment - we have constant entertainment , anytime, anyway , all day , peoplell wake up and scroll on tiktok, we dont have to wait for a new episode of our tv shows to drop, its all there on Netflix
even googling things, obviously back god knows when youd have to look in a book - or ask someone, then google came around and you put in what you wanted to know and youd have to click on a few links to find the answer - WE DONT EVEN HAVE THAT ANY MORE, AI just POPS up and gives us the dumb ass answer that's probley wrong anyway!
Everything these days is built so you can do it as fast as possible , just so we can CONSUME CONSUME CONSUME, constantly, and it speaks to something bigger, not only is it ruining our attention spans, but also being human - socialisation! (Just one example) No one uses cash anymore, cus everywhere is card, With a card you just tap it and your done - with change you have to dig thew your pocket/wallet, count it, then hand it to the person - WHERE IS THE HUMAN INTERCTION GONE???!
Why have we made this world so fast? weve lost the way of life bro, were losing the feeling of being bored - ITS IMPORTANT TO FEEL BORED. this is just such a big problem, we shouldn't be living this fast, TAKE THE TIME TO LOOK AT A MAP. Why must we do EVERYTHING so fast, SLOW DOWN!
This also adds to my hate of social media as a whole (Ironic i have Tumblr i know.) But youll hear people go "Oh yeah i hate social media.. i only keep it to keep in touch with family." thats not what social media is for anymore - its for Advertising and Scrolling for hours and hours wasting away. I remember back in 2025 one of the reasons i deleted TikTok n insta, was because someone said "Do you even remember what video it was 5 videos back" and do you know what.. i couldn't, though it was 40 SECONDS ago, and i thought "What am i doing??? what am i getting out of this???" NOTHING, I WAS GETTING NOTHING. i was getting brain melting, numbifying entertainment for a split second of happyiness.
it also seems nothing is a big deal anymore.. i was at the cinema watching michael for the second time, and i thought "Bloody hell id love to be alive while he was in his prime. (Say 80s ish)" (Stay with me here im ramping up to something) Waiting eagerly for months and months for his newest album, going down to the record shop to buy it, and listening to it over and over and over and over - or staying up till 2:00 to watch the thriller music video.. BUT these days i can just pop onto Spotify, or i can just go on YouTube and watch the thriller Video 5 times. Every single thing seems to fizz out within a week - onto the next mind numbing trend. Why does nothin seem to be a big deal anymore? i cant rember the last "big deal"..?
What im tryin to say is, the world moves so fast now, so fast, and no one really seems to be taking the time to do things. I understand Physical media is making a come back - but how many people are ACTAULY doing it because they want to be slower or there a collector - compared to how many people are doing it due to the trend.
I went on this rant to my buddie - it was bought up because, i have a check i need to cash in, and i said "Oh i want to go down to the bank to do it" and she goes "Just scan the QR code.. its much faster.." and i said "Why?? why must i , what if i want to talk to the person at the desk?? what if i want to HAVE A HUMAN INTERACTION!!!! people seem to not take the time to do things anymore." and she goes "People are busy, they dont have time for that." and i go "Enough time to scroll on Tiktok for 4 hours a day?". people seemed to have time before social media.
Guys lets Force streaming services out of the mainstream, lets bring back Netflixes DVDS, lets bring back calling people instead of just texting. lets be slower. Lets burn all phones and get those old cool telephones. start the damn revolution.
People often talk about how AI is taking the Human/emotional side out of art, music, film ect.. but what about what social media/technology is doing to US? yall ever seen wall-e, that scene with the humans, too fat to walk , constantly being entertained, doing nothing for themselfs?????????? its labled as "Dystopia future." Nah, it aint our future, its where we at now. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1BQPV-iCkU
Overall, lets return to a simpler time. i yearn for human interaction, i yearn to be called instead of messaged, i yearn for trends not to fly away so fast.
(I hope this all makes sense! its just a yap!)
