re: Social Media has created a society of narcissists

Additionally they are socially retarded because they have no experience interacting with humans. That is why we consider them snowflakes, they can't handle the real world and retreat right back into the fantasy world of likes and comments whenever they face a real challenge.

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nd it reminded me of just how warped young Millennials and Gen Z are by growing up in an era of social media where their parents were too old to conceptualize SM during their brain growth era so they did it wrong, too,

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Watching social media and "content" take hold of the older generations has also been just as interesting to watch.

American's are stupider because of social media. No one thinks for themselves, they just do what is popular online.

The opposite of narcissism is humility. The only way to obtain humility is recognizing that you are subject to a higher authority and the world revolves around that authority… not “your truth”. Also, while there is nothing wrong with recognizing your own value, it is imperative to understand that your value isn’t obtained solely through ourselves… it is granted by that higher authority.

People nowadays are programmed to believe that each one of us are our own “higher authority” and that creates an identity crises and strife within because we know in our core that we are inherently flawed. The only way people see to reconcile this while still clinging onto their narcissism is to have constant affirmation from others in order to maintain their delusion. They choose to do this instead of humbling themselves before the higher authority…. They do this both because it is easier than looking at themselves in the mirror and because it feeds their pride.

However, this is doomed to ultimately fail both in this life and the next. This narcissistic view makes for highly unstable people and when their delusion comes crashing around them, we see no limit to the depraved reactions both internally and then lashing out against the people and society that refuses to affirm their narcissism any further, or at least doesn’t affirm enough to allow them to overcompensate for their faults and failures.

Sadly, if these people do not at some point in their life come to the epiphany that they are wrong and humble themselves and subject themselves to the highest authority-recognizing their value is not intrinsic in themselves, but granted by the love of that authority for them-that they will not only live their entire life at war with their own pride, but also pay the ultimate price in eternity.

I was with you until,

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and warped a generation of Gen X into extreme narcissists, too.

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Whaaaaat?

I teach college students, and the ratio of narcissist-to-balanced students is absolutely not staying the same. This is a legitimate problem with the younger generations, and it feels like there is nearly a year-by-year acceleration of the rate of hyper narcissism.

Been saying this for years.

Social media is a cancer and the worst invention since the atomic bomb.

Society would benefits greatly from its erasure.

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Whaaaaat?

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The Silent/Boomer/Gen X members of my family are just as narcissistic with social media as the younger generations.

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Watching social media and "content" take hold of the older generations has also been just as interesting to watch.

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It’s a good way to connect and keep up with old friends if you have moved around, but you have to keep it in perspective. Most of my friends post normal stuff but there are a few I have that give me laughs and make me shake my head.