I’ve been ignoring the social networking world as of late, and included in that has been this site. Truth be told, I have been so busy with work, moving into a new house and other aspects of my personal life, that I haven’t had the time to sit down and rant. In fact, I haven’t had much of a desire, nor the energy to care about anything other than what is currently occupying my personal realm. It has been said that “idle hands are the devils playthings,” and I can’t help but feel that statement to be anymore true. Not every rant has to be negative and I suppose that is what this is about to develop into. Since the advent of social networking, Americans have been placing the most intimate details of their life, in very public view.(I am beyond guilty of this.) Because of this, total strangers feel like they are connecting with one another, forging friendships and life long bonds through a computer screen. What people fail to realize, is that rarely is all of the posted information an accurate representation of what is actually going on in other peoples lives, and what people tend to fall for, is a facade at best. If I were half of the asshole that the social networking world thinks that I am, I would have no friends, and would likely be dead in a ditch some where. If I partied, and drank as often as people have accused me of doing, I wouldn’t be capable of holding down a professional level job, working 55+ hours a week, while attending school, and keeping my grades above a 3.0 average. I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again. It’s an act. I know that I’ve been guilty of falling for the performance of social networking acquaintances. I suppose what I am saying is that people in general read too far into what they see online, and create these inaccurate representations of a strangers character. I wouldn’t pay a kid in high school to represent me in a legal case, so why do people stoop to high school level tactics when marketing themselves via social networking sites. People attend colleges for years to learn marketing strategies, yet the average person feels that they are capable of marketing themselves to the world. Personally, I can’t think of a more important product to market than ones self, yet most people guilty of doing a terrible job of it. I bowed out of the popularity rat race. That was my biggest contribution to society over the last 5 years. Removing my negative heart-sleeved posts from the eyes of a few thousand people may or may not have any sort of noticeable affect on society, but it’s definitely had a huge effect on me, my mindset, and spirit. It’s time that the people of the world stop trying to change everything around them, and instead focus their efforts on changing themselves. /end rant/ -KennyKill