Let Sleeping Dogs Lie

There comes a point in one’s life, in which you think that you have something to say, but you figure out that you are as full of garbage as the next guy, however, that does not stop you from typing some junk about nothing in particular.

What I have found with the internet is that the rubbish keeps coming at unheard of volumes.  It is amazing the amount of words that can be regurgitated about the same thing and they are just as meaningless as the first thousand words. 

It is unheard of today to let sleeping dogs lie.  We have to interview the lying dogs and their neighbors and the neighbors of the neighbors to make sure that everyone knows how important this event or incident or controversy is today.

Tomorrow it will become inconsequential unless we can find a different angle so as to breathe life into the case of the lying dog.  Does all this inquiry truly matter? Not really, but it can be fun for the investigators and the journalist, and it keeps them working so long as they are able to chase down the next lying dog story.

When we are tired of the current lying dog story, we will find the next lying dog story, and it will be the most important issue that has ever been raised in the history of man and womankind.

The sad end to the story is that once the media hounds have tired of the current lying dog story they will move on to more pressing lying dog stories and the old lying dog story will be long forgotten, however, for the lying dog, this is not the end.  In his or her life, there are messes to be cleaned up and bowls to be filled that are outside the light and glitter of the media.

That lying dog is all alone with his or her thoughts or pain or heart break or success.  Today, you are the media darling with your lying dog story and tomorrow you are an afterthought.  Yesterday, you were trending on twitter and tomorrow there are no retweets or favorites.

When reality sets in, there is nothing but yourself and your problems.  Facebook and social media work because we have a need to be seen and heard.  We do not want to be the lying dogs of yesterday.  LOOK AT ME!  SEE ME! Oh how Oscar Wilde and Dorian Gray would flourish in this new world of instant gratification.

In today’s world, would Narcissus even need to look for his reflection in the pond or would he die at his keyboard searching for likes.  Trolling through Facebook, people can come across the post that has traveled the world and had millions of likes.  What is the point of these posts?  Why the millions of reposts?  What purpose does it serve?

Well, for the original post, there is a chance for unanimous fame.  You can say look what I did.  I broke the record for most post in a 3 day period or longer.  So what! Where does it ultimately lead?  Nowhere.  It becomes forgotten amongst whatever is currently trending.

What does all of this mean in the long run?  It means that ideas and conversations are changing in ways that the people in power don’t totally understand.  The Obama team understood it better than the Obama White House, but that is neither here or there.  In two years, it will be all different.