Clouted Good Deeds

As I was growing up, I've always heard certain people use the phrase of " No Good Deed Goes Unpunished " when making reference to something that backfired as a result of a positive action. Now-a-day, in the age of extreme thirst for fame, and the era of the narcissist, favorable deeds are displayed and blasted all over the web all in the name of clout. 

In the beginning, it was reality television that had people going to the extremes for recognition and fame. On any day, one could hit a blog or tabloid, and find paparazzi following infamous people like Jon Gosselin, Snooki, Farrah Abraham, Nene Leakes and many other z-list " celebrities "without substantial cause. Whether they called Paparazzi on themselves, or they were staked out, many of us found it amusing and entertaining on a low-scale. However, at this present time, people are now their very own camera crew and paparazzi.

Social media is a gift and it's a curse, it could be used for bad and it could be used for good. Some people use it for fun and leisure, while some use it as a tool to generate income. Whatever it maybe, a vast majority have become vanity slaves of cellular phone reality - phoney reality, and everything is broadcasted for likes and clout. One can find a post of a person performing cpr on a half-lifeless human, or a post where someone is humiliating and feeding the homeless at once, or a post of a human being doing what humans are supposed to do for one another - help eachother out when we're suppose to. Period. This proves that we are now a society of a sociopathic culture that consist of human beings living their lives for recognition, likes, and clout. Many low-frequency people have become so consumed with validation and the self-glory via social media and the internet, that their lives have become a colossal billboard. Recently, I've witnessed a well-known social media personality, pull someone on stage at a packed-house seminar and shed light on that individual's misfortune of experiencing shut-off utilities and no food due to lack of money and resources just to highlight the fact that she was the one who helped her get the assistance that she needed. The one who experienced the misfortune had been caught off guard and forced to expose an embarrassing trying time in her life all for the glorification and likes of an Instagram post. All in the same, to do you one better, I've seen a well-known rapper post a video of him mocking the speech of a homeless man right before handing him 2 dollars. A disgusted deed.

The fact that we are humiliating others for the sake of recognition on platforms with concocted fabricated realities and illusions, proves that we are merely a society of sociopaths. The empath is an endangered specie, and we are now normalizing over-exposure and the lack of feeling and compassion for one another. Everything is done for doggy points, sincerity is at an all-time low, and fake good deeds are being aired out and put forth on electronic media. We're giving birth to future mental disorders, and borderline zombies. Then again, maybe it's too late.