Real World of Virtual Apps

It is said that everything started from a thought. Not in total disagreement with the opening statement of my blog-post after 2 years but with some rusty thoughts and eager fingers I key in my experience of the evolution, “The Digital Version 2.0”. My blog has been evident of having views from intellects in past however this growing digital age is just defying our progress says the growth barometer in evolutionary units. We have been so busy with engaging our perfect minds on virtual world that somehow time goes by and our commitments find excuses instead of execution. The time I used to spend thinking and pondering ( Nothing serious) is now filled with chat on social /mobile mediums and gaming apps. My universe has suddenly taken a 180 degrees turn. In Mornings, with my alarm going off, it is like my phone challenging me for a marathon, “On my mark, Thumbs up and Internet Wifi Gooo” …. and finally my day dawns instead the age old tradition of putting the toothbrush in my mouth after I got up in past. And so, I decided one day to get rid of this craving mobile monkey in my head. Do something good, have some ‘Me Time’ and continue on my journey towards human evolution.

I googled the ways to get rid off this habit and and then I  saw a new advertisement in the corner of my screen which revealed the 3 new secrets to fat loss in 14 days. I thought, “What horse crap it is!”. I clicked and then with that there was a banner in the center of the screen with a sale image for Solid Grey shoes from Vans which I wanted for summer in just Rs. 800/-. The offer was valid till day end and so I couldn’t resist but had to check them if they were in my sizes. Finally the new shoes have to be paired with Rustic Zara denims and crinkled white shirt which obviously it was suggesting at the bottom of the page and meanwhile, somewhere my bank account was screaming in corner for loosing numbers on money scale rather than my abdomen on fat scale. Bought Them….Phew! what a save! Damn good offer and I suddenly realized that one link to another the click game has started. Once again aimlessly surfing and so it was time to switch my phone up and made a mental resolution to avoid it unless it is in a form of an incoming call. Before I could lock up my screen and run away from temptation, my brother said ‘Dude! are you on Tinder?’ to which I looked at him in a dumb found expression, starting at him blankly and thinking back as to what in the name of God is Tinder and why I do not have a clue about it? With my motionless face, he said it’s a cool online dating application where you can connect with a real person in your vicinity and start chatting and dating after you have successfully collected their like back. As if there was a volcano of joy, dormant from ages, inside me just erupted to life. I mean that is so cool and before I could think twice, Tinder downloading 8 mb /14.99 mb ( Downloading in progress). I couldn’t wait …Yayyy! Finally done and installing………

With Excitement I created my account and posted some fancy images with variations to create a jazzy profile and the options started populating my screen. I think I was so happy that day, that a tear rolled down my  cheek. To hell with time without Mobile, in fact mobile phone entered time and space under reservation. Potty time, Lunch time, Gym time, traveling to and fro from work time and so did the memory usage for Selfies grew. Selfie with a new shirt, Selfie in a pet store ( With no intention to adopt but to have picture with one), selfie with mom, neighbor and even watchmen and dhoobhi ( title…..hamara Dhoobhi). Swiping left and right with the hope the next one is as interesting as Angelina from Mr. and Mrs. Smith, the marathon race of thumb swiping never ceased. Got some likes back and the then started the chatting phase. The name, age and other details seemed interesting at start but then meeting seemed like the best thing. After my 5th or 6th meet, I realized the time and amount being spent with zero benefits. Excuses were matured enough for Olympic level rejections. ” I want us to be good friends first”, “OOh! you are certainly not what you look like in your pictures” and the epic..” I am doing this to get back at my ex but this time I will move cautiously”…. “Then what the hell are you doing on tinder?” my mind was screaming in my new Vans shoes which I wore to this fancy place which served a fancy bill at the end of the meal. Hence the meets were not that frequent followed by the excuse phase for not meeting. The excitement wore off and my thumbs were sore at the sight of any key pads.Then one day, My phone sent a notification for space clean-up and deleting the not-so-frequent apps. I suddenly realized that the application which I was crazy about, a few weeks ago was occupying 14.99 MB in my phone storage and the time had come to say Goodbye. This time there was no tear but just a thumb swipe of the app to dustbin. My life had a void for many days but I was back to thinking.

 

Suddenly a thought popped up in my head about over using of my phone and this time with already dead intentions of trying my luck on any new experimental dating platform, I just called in quits. Believe it or Not as I said earlier……Everything has started from a thought and so the statement still holds the ground.

 

P.S. – The blog post is fictitious and has no significance with any person or app living or deleted from this planet. Also there is a new app in town and it deals with catching Pokemon on Go!!(Any answers). Peace!