You know what I've noticed with the advent of the internet and all its youtube videos and status updates and photos and inspirational quotes and all that sheet? We are so much more emotional now than we ever were. Maybe we were emotional back then, but we are just totally willing to admit that we cry when watching something or reading something or listening to something. The virtual inter-connectedness of our lives means that we cry more and we fess up to the crying.
The internet is like one big therapy session we can tap into 24/7. Wanna feel sad? There's a video for that. Wanna laugh? There's a site for that. Wanna feel angry and verbally pound someone? There are comments sections everywhere for that. Wanna pour your heart out to the world? There are thousands of forums and dozens of blogging platforms. It's like emotions are the main currency of the internet because we are protected by the barrier of not actually having to see and be with people, the very same people who are the impetus of all this emotion. I can't believe I've admitted to crying to all these documentaries when I've always viewed crying as a sign of weakness in real life. There's no crying in corporate America UNLESS it's in the privacy of your own bathroom stall and you are muffling those sobs to death people. The fear of physically being around people is removed on the internet so turn on the faucet and let it all hang out, cause on here, you're rewarded for your emotions. Out in the real world, put on your emotional forcefield because no one wants to see you get all mushy or angry or too overly happy. Especially not too overly happy.
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