The Era of Cringe
Are You Experiencing Posting Ennui?
newyorker.comAs a dutiful member of a fairly soft generation of hyperconnected internet guinea pigs, I've had a fairly up and down history with the assorted feelings of malaise.
With Instagram there was the idea that my life is constantly available for perception and evaluation by other people. I had these thoughts: I’d upload a photo and then I’d view my Instagram story and try to pretend to be somebody else—a stranger—and imagine how they’d see me. I’d be trying to present myself to be legible in a certain way to... See more