Short Story: "I am Bored".

I am bored. I have nothing to do. Poor me, I have so much time, but nothing to fill it up with.

You there, Facebook. I am certain that you shall soon remedy my boredom. Scrolling down the News Feed. Ah there, there are good pictures of my friends. Funny status updates. Like, like, comment, comment, share. I shall post up a few pictures of my own. Yes, 21 likes. Excellent, I have gathered 38 likes. Finally, I have achieved 52 likes! This pleases me greatly! Ah, but Facebook is now boring to me.


No matter, I shall switch to another website. Yes, excellent, YouTube will certainly entertain me. Go on, make me laugh with that. Yes, entertain me with that humorous cat video. Yes, you dancers, dance and prance around for me. I am in need for a good, hearty laugh. Let me jump around YouTube, and discover what new videos it has to offer me. 

Ah but now YouTube has grown tiresome. What else could I watch to amuse myself? Ah, Tumblr. Ah, Instagram. Ah, Twitter. Ah, Buzzfeed. So much to watch, so much to see, so much to entertain me, amuse me, dance for me. 

Alas! What is this? Have I watched everything? Is there nothing left to gratify my funny bone? I shall click refresh. Refresh. Refresh.

I see that I have seen almost everything. This displeases me. I am absolutely appalled that the Internet is not providing me with some lighthearted entertainment; it is useless to me, it offers me nothing whatsoever.

Perhaps. Perhaps I should go out. Get off this chair and away from the computer. Perhaps it will do me some good. Perhaps I shall enjoy it. Hm, it does seem like an interesting prospect. 

...But first, let me refresh, perhaps there is something new on Facebook. Refresh. Refresh. Refresh.
Refresh.

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Hi all. This is just a silly idea of mine to write a satire about the way we expect the Internet to entertain us and fill up our time, instead of taking the initiative to look for exciting new things to try or learn. Technology is meant to inspire us to learn more about the world we live in, rather than making us content with the bubble we've made for ourselves.
I'm not trying to make fun of anyone, and this is not based on a particular person (not intentionally anyway). Goodness knows, I've done this countless times, just staying in front of my computer and waiting for something interesting to entertain me. But I'd like to challenge everyone (including myself) to go out and find that something interesting to do or learn, instead of waiting for it to come to you :)