The Phenomenon of the Internet’s Distorted Communication
Typically,
I am perceived as a level-headed person. For many, the way I deal with disagreements is through immediately settling them. However, it is inevitable at times that such words and thoughts omitted in real-time communication will end up lingering in your mind longer than usual. Taking pride in being kind, I assume the role of one who typically understands and concedes. This takes a toll, unfortunately, in my mental and emotional well being, and at times, will result in irrationality. Thus, with certain situations acting like mentos being dropped in a coca-cola bottle (which is me), I explode! Using twitter as a platform to indirectly channel my frustrations as I am still clouded by my fears of people thinking less of me when I confront them aggressively, I pour my emotions on the internet where only a few friends get to read my actual thoughts. Of course, I still choose to remain vague. However, I still see such trait as problematic for anyone to possess. Gratefully, I have been able to control such passive-aggressiveness and have been practicing effective and honest communication lately. Indeed the Internet and Social Media have become an avenue for a variety of identities. However, such demarcation may also entail the revelation of traits better left suppressed. Such masking and denying an aspect of yourself remains more taxing in the long run. This is the phenomenon of distorted communication brought about by the Internet.
Another meme to represent my contrasting personalities on and off the internet. In person, I am typically dettached. I don’t really like the concept of romance. Somehow, it feels as if something always goes wrong or feels wrong when I am face-to-face with a person. However, in the internet, standards seem to go low. We don’t think about what the person looks like, or who the person is. If we feel like this person understands us, we immediately feel attached. I feel like this says a lot about relationships nowadays. People easily fall for strangers. Luckily, I haven’t been that naive yet. Although it does help at times to feel “kilig”, one should be aware that there is always more than the facade we see in social media.
