I’ve seen plenty of people call out people they call “attention whores.” Those people who post things that say “like if your shirt is yellow” or “like if you were born” or “like if you—“ some other thing that obviously a lot of people are doing, have done, have experienced, and so forth. And these people agree that they have done or experienced that thing so they drop this person a like. Then that person has thousands of people who have given their status or their comment or whatever a like. Next thing you know, you’re just mindlessly pressing like or thumbs up or brohoof just because that’s the thing everyone else is doing. I admit it. I do it myself periodically.

No, I don’t post one of those “like if you’re watching in 2099” comments and I especially don’t use hashtags. I post my thoughts. Sometimes they get hidden because everyone dislikes them. Sometimes I get 200 thumbs up in the top comments. But mostly, my comments get lost in the sea of other comments. But I feel great when I get a top comment. Before YouTube let you know when your comment got a thumbs up (and that’s kind of annoying—let me know if people are talking to me, not giving me an internet high five). It was actually kind of pleasant when I would have like 80 thumbs on a comment and the only way I knew that was when someone gave me a comment, at which point I would go check out what comment got a reply. And if it had 80 thumbs, I would look at that and be like “Huh. Didn’t know that many people liked what I had to say.”

Think about it. You don’t make an online account and a catchy-as-hell alias with the hope of spending all your time online going unnoticed. Maybe you can choose to do that in real life because you didn’t choose to be born. But if you make an online account on social media like Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, or an online forum or community, then you’re putting yourself out there with the hope of people noticing you. If only we could be as proactive in real life social situations as we are online, then some of us would be incredibly popular people. But it’s easier to do it on the internet.

What I’m saying is this: deep down, even if you say you’re not, you are an attention whore for the simple fact that you went online and joined social media. Is it bad? I think it carries a lot of negative connotations. But I also think it’s entirely natural. We evolved or were created to be social creatures. If you read the bible, in Genesis, God says himself, “It is not good for the man to be alone.” And so he gave Adam a wife. If you believe in the evolution theory, what did we evolve from? Apes. Apes and monkeys are all very social creatures as well. I think social interaction and the ability to communicate has helped humans become as intelligent as we are since we can pass knowledge from one generation to the next. So if socially adept monkeys is where we came from, I’m pretty sure that was carried down the evolutionary line. I don’t know of any other theories concerning where we came from and that’s not a topic up for debate in this entry.

So really, I’m an attention whore. So are you. Don’t be ashamed to want to interact with people and be their friends. That’s what you’re supposed to do. What would make people mad at you is standing up on a table in a cafeteria and screaming through a bullhorn “COME OVER HERE AND HIGH FIVE ME IF YOU AGREE THAT SOUTH PARK IS BETTER THAN FAMILY GUY!!!” That stuff doesn’t fly with me. If you’re going to attention whore, then say something original and not obvious to anyone with an IQ over 85.

And I think that’s what bugs me most about the internet. People don’t come up with enough original ideas so they say things that go with fads to get themselves in the spotlight for those fifteen seconds. You’re better off not saying anything at all. You all have brains. Put them to work. Come up with an original thought. Don’t say something just because everyone else is saying it. And if you’re saying something everyone else is saying, back it up with original thoughts.Make it different.

Don’t be one of those people who are only out to get as many friends and likes and whatnot as you possibly can. But don’t you dare be afraid to make friends online. Some of the coolest people I know are people I’ve met online.

Alright, I’ve gone on long enough. So in the comments section below, GIVE ME ALL YOUR BROHOOFS AND ATTENTION!! I'm just kidding. Do whatever you wanna do