Tag: Instagram

  • On Fools and Fanatics

    On Fools and Fanatics

    I have an acquaintance who I follow on instagram, I will not name him. Daily, he posts political memes. They are the sort of ‘gotcha’ political memes that try to paint the side he dislikes in as preposterously buffoonish. Some have truth in them, some have happily untethered themselves from the reality of our world. Read more

  • On Grandeur

    On Grandeur

    Instagram has become what Facebook once was for me — A place to gawk at acquaintances. I don’t take pride in this, but I constantly do it. I’ve previously bemoaned Instagram’s uniquely luring presence in my life. That feeling that if I deleted it, I would be missing out on what’s happening with those around Read more