moments can be pre-made, but can life be pre-made?
2024-10-04
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□wang jieyu (southwestern university)
when it comes to the word "pre-made", i believe everyone is most familiar with "pre-made dishes". recently, the national day holiday is approaching, and terms such as “national day has not yet arrived, the circle of friends has been pre-made”, “posting for a month once you go out for fun”, “1536 photos in 6 hours and 7 days can be directly accessed in the circle of friends” have become new hot spots. in short, "pre-made moments" refers to the content of moments that is shot and prepared in advance and released in batches at specific times.
so what causes the emergence of the phenomenon of “prefabricated friend circles”? in the process of exploring the phenomenon of “prefabricated friend circles”, we inevitably touch on the core issues of contemporary social media usage habits—the loss of authenticity and the standardization of self-presentation.
from a personal level, based on the contradiction between everyone's desire to display their own personality and life status and the stereotype and homogeneity of real life, "prefabricated friend circles" compress one's life experience in a short period of time. at the expense of feelings, a large number of free and casual illusions are created to satisfy the individual's need to show himself. secondly, this kind of behavior is due to the psychology of "social comparison". the author believes that it can be described in this sentence, that is, "wanting to live a life that others envy." from a social perspective, with the popularization of the internet and social media, moments have become a platform for personal image shaping, emotional expression, and opinion output. at present, people generally face heavy pressure from various aspects such as study and employment, and lack sufficient time and energy. to create high-quality moments content, "pre-made moments" provides a so-called "convenient" way to share life moments, reducing the individual's burden in content creation.
moments are originally a channel for us to record our lives and express our true selves. nowadays, unreal content such as “pre-made moments” has gradually taken over our wechat, invading our channel for exporting ourselves and examining ourselves inwardly. in one day, four or five sets of clothes, different makeups, the glamor in front of the camera, and the hurried "runaway" shooting were labeled as "a lifetime just to make a movie." this seems to indicate that some contemporary youth groups are pursuing themselves to be happy in the eyes of others, while neglecting to enjoy life itself. a day of running around and tiring just for that glorious moment in the circle of friends, but neglecting the tired and aimless self behind the phone screen and the edited data. victor hugo once wrote, "the broadest thing in the world is the ocean, wider than the ocean is the sky, and wider than the sky is the human heart." air and water fill the sky and the ocean, but people's hearts are empty. . the envy in the eyes of others cannot really fill our empty hearts. we need to settle down, truly enter life, feel the majestic famous mountains and rivers, feel the thick and mottled ancient towns, and feel the various customs... what you will see what you hear is internalized into what you feel and understand, rather than just showing up as a superficial and stereotyped “exquisite life”.
in this information-based and fast-paced era, we should not forget our original intentions, find a way back to sincerity and personalized expression, and regain our love and yearning for real life. carefully cook life into delicacies full of passion and vitality.
