Blog: Delete! — July 2, 2023
I saw this post on Facebook, and the answers I read shocked me. I opened Facebook. It was still in my writer profile/page mode, and a related group had a post that hundreds of people had responded to over the last 22 hours. What you see above is a screenshot of the post. "Hatred" popped into my mind. So I commented. A recent comment shocked me: "Me, myself, and I" Wait. Delete? Delete yourself? Yes. That person was not alone. In fact, there were replies to it. The next was a meme of Mary Poppins with her umbrella, ready to rise and be off, with the words: "So done." It was followed by, "Me too." I wanted to pop a care emoji at the very least and possibly express some hopeful or encouraging sentiment. I noticed the group name--something to do with introverts. So maybe this was funny? No. I started scrolling. The "me" answer came up in an overwhelming ratio to all other answers. Now there were some like me who voiced a response like ...