Shall we give it a shot?
Have you ever felt like the people around you were a tad too… artificial? A little too ‘Instagram-perfect,’ a smidge too polished, or perhaps, a tad too rehearsed? We live in a world of constant show-and-tell, where ‘authentic’ often feels synonymous with ‘staged.’ We can’t escape the gnawing feeling that people around us are merely putting up a facade, and everything feels so darn fake. Why is that? You’re not alone. This isn’t an ‘I see dead people’ kind of thing; it’s an ‘I see fake people’ phenomenon. A vast number of us experience this sense of disconnect. And the reason why everyone feels so fake to you is rooted in the society we live in, our perceptions, and our human nature. Intrigued? Let’s dive right in, shall we? Society — The grand stage of pretentious pantomime We live in a world that rewards the fake and punishes the authentic. Don’t believe me? Picture this. Social media is full of heavily filtered snapshots of picture-perfect lives, isn’t it? Perfect selfie