Social Media Addiction Quotes

“It is okay to own a technology, what is not okay is to be owned by technology.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Mucize Insan: When The World is Family

“Reality is chaos, and we’ve created an algorithm that keeps us informed of as much of that chaos as possible, from the second we wake up to the second we go to bed, and then we wonder why we’re anxious.”
― Matty Healy

“Never post family pictures online,
There's no such thing as privacy settings.
It is a total jungle out there,
In every corner predators are lurking.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Himalayan Sonneteer: 100 Sonnets of Unsubmission

“In an era of instant access, social media has confused people between knowledge, opinion and popularity; whatever is popular is assumed to be true. Individuals who lack followers, likes, shares and comments on social media often retreat into low self-esteem, depression, substance abuse, or even suicide.”
― Rajiv Malhotra

“I can’t disconnect, you know? It’s like a drug. For one reason or another, I keep coming back.”
― Cliff Jones Jr., Dreck

“Justice is not a hashtag.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Himalayan Sonneteer: 100 Sonnets of Unsubmission

“Society that measures social justice by social media trend, is nothing but a bunch of hypocritical, bottom-licking ding-a-ling.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Himalayan Sonneteer: 100 Sonnets of Unsubmission

“Social media is programmed to monetize depression.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Himalayan Sonneteer: 100 Sonnets of Unsubmission

“A thousand years from now, there'll be no trace of your millions of followers. But my words will keep burning bright as the sun, lighting the course of assimilation generation after generation.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Her Insan Ailem: Everyone is Family, Everywhere is Home

“The soil, where family seeds are laid in this city, is rotten. Boys and men still believe in the illusion that their crowning achievements are sleeping with as many women as they can. The more women, the more they are revered as a man. They are left in the dark, completely oblivious to the truth that a part of them is given away or dies with every meaningless sexual exploit. The ignorant remain content until one day, and that day may come when they are on their deathbed, where the veil is removed and the harsh reality slaps them with a sobering truth. And that truth, wrapped with regret, sucks the nectar out of all the names, the faces, the bodies, the women who they thought they conquered. They are left free-falling in a never-ending pit. It could be in a flash, and time and space no longer hold ground. That split second will feel like their entire lifetime. That never-ending pit is their hell.

As for the girls and women, they too are lost souls. They dive into a virtual world of selfies, likes, hearts and fire emojis. They get chased by men, their sense of self-worth builds to a crescendo, filling them with a sense of desire. A sense of being wanted. The dopamine, the deceitful dopamine, gives them a false sense of value. They lose sight of the difficult “real world” questions: What am I worth? What is my purpose? What are my principles? They lose themselves in pixels and scrolls. It starts with a selfie and pouchy lips. Then a collarbone. Then the breasts. Then the ass. This never-ending loop of reward tricks them into baring themselves naked, physically and emotionally, for men behind a screen to admire. They buy into the idea that every man desires them. They entertain them. And they do. Only for a brief period of time. Then time starts plotting. They get old. The same breasts that got likes and drooling emoji faces from men start to sag. Her ass no longer the peach standard emoji. Her womb, no longer able to bear children. She is left empty. Hollow. All of those likes, comments and meaningless nights with men who do not even remember her name leave her shattered. They gave in their youth for cheap thrills unaware that Father Time comes after every living soul. They then too plunge into that never-ending pit with the men they lived a lie in. That also becomes their hell.”
― Soroosh Shahrivar, Tajrish

“The dopamine, the deceitful dopamine, gives them a false sense of value.”
― Soroosh Shahrivar, Tajrish

“She is left empty. Hollow. All of those likes, comments and meaningless nights with men who do not even remember her name leave her shattered.”
― Soroosh Shahrivar, Tajrish

“Cameras are supposed to help you relive a moment, but if you never live the moment in the first place, because you are too busy taking pictures, how will you relive it!”
― Abhijit Naskar, Visvavictor: Kanima Akiyor Kainat

“Break your addiction of likes and share,
Outgrow the lure of all golden snare.
Focus on your walk, not on outside talk,
Sun's glow always makes the vermin glare.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Visvavictor: Kanima Akiyor Kainat

“Doomscrolling is nothing new, people used to do the same with tv remote, switching channel after channel, rarely settling on any one program. And heads buried in social media news feed is nothing new either - before smartphone and internet heads used to be buried in actual physical newspapers. Only the means have changed, not the habit. This is not advancement, it's recurring derangement. I'll call it progress when you put down your phone or remote and actually listen to another person. Sure, phones can be a supplement to organic conversation, but never a replacement.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Rowdy Scientist: Handbook of Humanitarian Science

“Technology can be aid to life, but not the reason for living.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Amantes Assemble: 100 Sonnets of Servant Sultans

“You don't need to renounce technology to live a healthy and happy life, you just need to reorganize its purpose in your life.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Mucize Insan: When The World is Family

“What is my life worth, my time worth,
my well-being worth? What will I
give it up for, at what price?
Truly, what good is it to gain everything,
whether money and possessions,
knowledge and power,
fame and influence,
likes and followers,
or anything the outside world
has to offer you? Is it not temporal?
Is it worth losing your mind and your well-being?”
― Eric Overby, Tired Wonder: Beginnings and Endings

“Take off your clothes and post a selfie,
A million animals will shower you attention.
But cover up all and open your heart,
Only precious few humans will care to listen.

Don't confuse attention with care,
Those who care might not follow you.
But you can be sure of one little thing,
99% of your followers don't care about you.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Visvavictor: Kanima Akiyor Kainat

“Take off your clothes and post a selfie,
A million animals will shower you attention.
But cover up all and open your heart,
Only precious few humans will care to listen.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Visvavictor: Kanima Akiyor Kainat

“Don't confuse attention with care,
Those who care might not follow you.
But you can be sure of one little thing,
99% of your followers don't care about you.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Visvavictor: Kanima Akiyor Kainat

“Social media is merely an extension of real life, not a substitution.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Either Right or Human: 300 Limericks of Inclusion

“To click or not to click, that's the trillion dollar mental health question in the internet age.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Dervis Vadisi: 100 Promissory Sonnets

“I noticed that before patients even reached the door at the end of the session, they’d grab their phones and start scrolling through their messages. Wouldn’t their time have been better spent allowing themselves just one more minute to reflect on what we had just talked about or to mentally reset and transition back to the world outside? The second people felt alone, I noticed, usually in the space between things — leaving a therapy session, at a red light, standing in a checkout line, riding the elevator — they picked up devices and ran away from that feeling. In a state of perpetual distraction, they seemed to be losing the ability to be with others and losing their ability to be with themselves. The therapy room seemed to be one of the only places left where two people sit in a room together for an uninterrupted 50 minutes”
― Lori Gottlieb, Maybe You Should Talk to Someone

“Companies are not to blame,
Real culprit is consumer idiocy.
In a world of unawareness,
VR and AR make paralyzed reality.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Visvavatan: 100 Demilitarization Sonnets

“In a world of unawareness, VR and AR make paralyzed reality.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Visvavatan: 100 Demilitarization Sonnets

“I don’t scroll till I pass out,
I don’t drink till I feel sick.
Happiness means happy-in-less,
Trends don’t bring you peace.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Dervis Vadisi: 100 Promissory Sonnets

“If you use social media,
don't ask for privacy.
If you want privacy,
don't use social media.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Dervis Vadisi: 100 Promissory Sonnets

“You don't need to abandon your phone,
Every era has its basic requirements.
But remember just one little thing,
Never let gadgets take over awareness.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Dervis Vadisi: 100 Promissory Sonnets

“Don't confuse progress with uplift,
Don't confuse contacts with connection.
Don't confuse convenience with advancement,
Don't confuse machine learning with education.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Dervis Vadisi: 100 Promissory Sonnets