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When I wake up, the first thing I do before I put on coffee or get up to pee is always, without a doubt, check social media. Before I’ve even rubbed the sleep out of my eyes, I’ve picked up my phone and have started scrolling through my notifications. As the day continues, so does my obsession with checking Facebook and mindlessly scrolling to find yet another engagement or the newest viral video. Finally, before I fall asleep to yet another episode of FRIENDS, I check Instagram one last time and give my friends some double taps. I know that without fail, I’ll repeat this process again the next day, the one after that, and the one after that too.
Thankfully for me and every other social media addict out there, our attachments may significantly increase our life spans. While it’s been commonly documented that active social lives are associated with living longer, a peer-reviewed study published in the PNAS Journal shows that the same benefits can be obtained by being frequently active on social media sites such as Facebook and Instagram. That’s right – apparently whether you interact with your friends out at the bars or if you choose to stay in bed and shoot them a DM instead, your brain receives the same positive social response.
The study takes it further and says that individuals with larger networks and more connections had better longevity than those who only had a couple of friends, so for all of your photos that net trip-digit likes, you could be guaranteeing yourself a trip-digit lifespan as well. For all of you poor, lazy, introverted people like myself, this is excellent news, because you can get in all of your social interactions from your iPhone while deep into a Hulu binge without even needing to put on real pants. While I’ll still make an effort to see my closest friends every now and then, I’ll rest easy tonight knowing that my online social interactions are just as good as the real thing. .
[via New York Times]
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Steph W.
Steph W. is a new Master's degree graduate with an intern's salary and six-figure taste. She realizes her expectations far exceed reality, so she spends her days pinning away Loubs she pretends are in her physical closet instead of her virtual one. Her hobbies include attempting to trapping her boyfriend into marriage before he finds out how insane she is and pretending that Black Box wine tastes as good as the kind she could afford when she was gainfully employed. Send her tips for getting out of student debt at recruitchairtsm@gmail.com
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Stop.
I feel like this needs to be said: (TL;DR on bottom)
We get it, this isn’t your main source of income. You pigeonholed yourself into Millennial BS lists, Millennial propaganda click bait articles. Hey, it’s easy beer/shopping money, I get it. And we all (screw you ATLguy) shit on these in the comment sections. Call it constructive criticism, transgressed hate from our boring jobs, or just complete displeasure of your articles. But you should take a break, sit back and look at the stuff that really works on this site: TGDAG, Chronicles of the Chase (RIP Duda), actual real world stories/event/life reflections we all deal with. Come back with something and wow us. Can even trick us “Top 10 cities I went on worst Tinder dates”, Or your own Female chase (we’ve been waiting for that). Anything but the same crap please.
TL;DR – Stop writing junk and do better.
In her defense (I know…), a significant number of her articles in the past month haven’t been listicles, and there will always be a place for “curated news” on a blog. It just shouldn’t overwhelm the original content that has us coming here in the first place.
“poor, lazy, introverted people like myself”
*sigh* ……sup?
Top 10 cities for Facebook addicts?
I wish you didn’t use Facebook so you would die faster
A little harsh there, don’t you think?
Yeah, definitely harsh. Maybe it’s time for more coffee.
This explains Dave’s persistent drive to increase his LinkedIn network. If social media makes you live forever you’ll need some good business contacts to bank roll that.