What's the Point?

 I'm pretty sure that I'm going to come across as a bitter old person here and frankly I'm okay with that.

I admit that I have spent too much time this holiday break scrolling. Occasionally, I've checked out some of the short videos on FB and IG. After doing so for the last week, I have but one question:

 

What's the point?

 

I generally enjoy watching videos of huskies "talking." I miss having a dog, so those videos probably fill a small void in my life. I ran into a video the other day that put a stop to this new habit of mine.

The video involved a husky laying next to a crying baby. It looked like the husky nuzzled the baby a couple of times. I tuned up the volume and discovered the voice of an adult, likely a man, who was hushing the baby and whispering, "Stop crying."

What was the point?

Put down your phone and go comfort the child. You can even snuggle in with the dog at the same time. Are comments like "awww, look at the good boi trying to soothe the baby" that much more important than signaling that you will be a source of comfort for this child? What are we thinking?

It got me thinking and I'm closely monitoring my social media "usage" today. Let's face it, social media usage is mostly just passive scrolling. That's not healthy. Not for me and probably not for any of us.

Rant over - thanks