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Love is a killer… YOU (Season 2)

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My date. #fridaynight#movienight#ingridgoeswest#ilovemycat#prettyboy#pinkfloydbridges

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The Hedonic Treadmill

On “Nosedive” from Black Mirror, Ingrid Goes West, and Crazy Ex-Girlfriend

The concept of the hedonic treadmill compares the pursuit of happiness to a person running on the treadmill. We search for, obsess over, and chase after things that give us that temporary burst of happiness, only to feel empty and lost after the high wears off, thus prompting a need to move on to the next thing that we believe can make us happy. It’s a pointless pursuit– nothing more than a cycle of toxicity and dependence, yet it is still feels so tempting and instinctual that we can’t help but engage.

“Nosedive” sets itself apart from many other Black Mirror episodes simply because it feels so scarily real and relatable. Whether we choose to engage in it or not, we are living in the age of social media. In fact, it’s almost amusingly hypocritical that I am writing this on a social media platform, hoping that this will get “likes” and thus sustaining my own need for approval. We let ourselves become dictated by likes, followers, reblogs, ratings, constantly feeding that black hole of dependency. But what is it all for? In “Nosedive”, Lacie answers by saying “I don’t know. To be content?”. She too, is living on her own hedonic treadmill, tricking herself into believing that a higher ranking could actually give her lasting happiness. American black comedy film Ingrid Goes West follows a similar trajectory, revealing the darkness of an obsessive, destructive dependence on external validation. The film even goes further as to explore the psychological ramifications of the pressure to curate a perfect image of self on social media. At the end of the day, it’s all a lie we tell ourselves in hopes of finding this heavily marketed yet completely arbitrary state of contentment.

Sadly, social media isn’t the only thing powering our hedonic treadmills. A pursuit of external validation is present in almost every aspect of life, including work, school, family interactions, and romantic relationships. In Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Rebecca desperately looks for happiness in the men in her life: her father, Josh, Greg, and Nathaniel. Just moments before her dream wedding with Josh, she sings “Well Rebecca, you’ve done it now. You’ve gotten everything you’ve ever wanted” with a confused frown on her face. After the fleeting moment of happiness wore off, she realises that a relationship with Josh wasn’t really the key to everlasting happiness after all. It never was. It’s all just a bandaid, a drug, or as Rebecca puts it, an “explosion of glitter”. One day we might wake up with millions of “likes”, the perfect job, the perfect boyfriend/girlfriend, and still feel empty and starved inside. Because that’s what happens when you keep running and running on a treadmill: it breaks you, and one day, you’ll tire out.

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 Ingrid Goes West

Following the death of her mother and a series of self-inflicted setbacks, young Ingrid Thorburn escapes a humdrum existence by moving out West to befriend her Instagram obsession, a Los Angeles socialite named Taylor Sloane. After a quick bond is forged between these unlikeliest of buddies, the facade begins to crack in both women's lives -- with comically malicious results.

Okay, here’s what i think about the movie:

Most of us want to be surrounded by cool people, someone who can literally could just boost our energy (if you’re not like most of us, then good for you)

I kinda see myself in Ingrid irl (not even trying). hmm I may not be as socially awkward as she is but yep, there are times where i could spend the whole day just going through someone else’s posts (ikr such a creep but meh, that’s how i learn about people whom i don’t get to interact with very well in person). The part where Ingrid tries what Taylor likes is very #relatable for me. idk maybe because i think there’s a 50% chance of me enjoying the things that they enjoy and we can somehow be friends afterwards; ding ding ding ding yep I don’t have much friends, well I have three and for the last semester the three of us we’re kind of distant to each other because of school works. That leads to the part where i search for friends that won’t be as complicated to be friends with, someone who’s in the same course as i am & someone that’s fun to be with. Trust me it’s not that easy, well for starters both of you must have a mutual relationship, & that relationship must be built on a strong foundation of trust, that’s why it sucks for Ingrid that she started as a psycho-ish stalker friend for Taylor, because she then has to put on lies on top of a lie and another and another until it goes on and on until it crumbles down like a jenga tower. 

You see, our generation only sees what we want to see. We only accept facts that are in our favor to the point where we pretend to have the things we want to have, be with the people we want to be with, be at the places we want to be at, and be the person we want to be. THERE’S NOTHING WRONG TO THAT. Except that, we sometimes forget what we really have, who we really are with, where we really are, and who we really are; that leads to a huge confusion of WHY WE REALLY ARE HERE IN THIS WORLD. 

Here are the exact words from Ingrid’s #iamingrid suicidal video :

“Hey guys! It’s me, Ingrid. I’ve never done this before but I didn’t have anyone else to talk to so I figured, why not. I just wanted to tell you guys that.. basically everything I’ve posted in the last couple of months is a total lie. I haven’t been living, some like, glamorous life in L.A. I’m just... a loser. I’m pathetic. And I know there’s something wrong with me, but I don’t know how to fix it, and I don’t know how to change. And I just.. I don’t think I can change. So maybe I’m just... maybe this is just who  I am. & maybe I’m just tired of trying to make people like me, and I’m tired of pretending like, someone I’m not, I’m tired of being alone, And I’m just... just tired of being me so, I just... feel like if you don’t have anyone to share anything with, then what’s the point of living? Yeah so I guess, I’m just making this video so you can see the real me. At least once. So here I am. x”

That suicidal video, though it’s from a movie, really struck me. Well you know how prominent or relevant suicidal is to our generation, and that part of the movie, left me curious with how many in real life are in this situation? 

How many of us have been hiding in our pretentious posts in our instagram accounts, how many of us have been feeling like a loser/ pathetic after posting a #nofilter picture but honestly had gone through 3-4 apps just to achieve that “no-filter” look to it? I’m guilty of these, I get soooo obsessed on how many followers/likes/shares/views I get online to the point where I’m willing to edit my appearance online. & at the end of the day, after garnering a sufficient amount of likes to feed my ego, whilst staring at that perfect picture, I can’t help but to feel disgusted for wanting to be someone that isn’t me and disappointed that those people who liked the picture actually approved that this is how I’m supposed to look like. This is one of the things that is wrong about me, & it’s pretty simple to deal with, pfsh piece of cake, but if you have ton of them, you wouldn’t just know where to start the fixing. 

But here’s the thing, we all have “defects”/flaws. Nope, no one, not even me, knows how to troubleshoot those defects in our system. Well I can tell you “Take heart, everything’ll be fine!” but what does that really mean? the heck do I know about this stuff if even I can’t figure my shit out? (Like this post, I have no idea where this is going) but let’s make a deal, let’s lay low from pretending, let’s cut every activities that only urges us to pretend to be someone we’re not. Cause babe, realization time: we won’t be happy in the long run after all these pretending. Someone(it doesn’t have to be an opp sex/ the two of you dont have to be in an intimate relationship) will love you for the real you, for how weird, tacky, annoying, loud, or other odd traits you may have. Look out for that someone, because once you had him/her you will never feel tired of being alone and won’t ever question the essence of living. 

xxx

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Happy birthday, Elizabeth Olsen! 

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Ingrid Goes West (2017) ★★★★★★★☆☆☆

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More Images: https://tinyurl.com/2x9l3dlh Did You Know? Aubrey Plaza, best known for her unique blend of deadpan humor and captivating charm, started her career as an intern for the renowned sketch comedy show "Saturday Night Live" before making it big. Despite her seemingly cool demeanor, Aubrey is a trained improvisational comedian, a skill that shines brightly in her role as April Ludgate on "Parks and Recreation". Off-screen, she's just as intriguing, being bilingual in English and Spanish, and has an affinity for witchcraft lore, which she often explores in her free time. Capture more moments and uncover the layers behind Aubrey's enigmatic presence: https://net.photos/search.php?q=Aubrey-Plaza #AubreyPlaza #DidYouKnow #ParksAndRecreation #ComedyQueen

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"I think the funniest and realest thing I've realized lately is how troubling idealization can be. Every person is just... a person. The very people you want to impress or be a part of are just people. Even if they seem wildly intimidating because of the way they look or because of their reputation, everyone is just a person. Human. As embarrassing, as remorseful, and as imperfect, and they are going through the stages of growth. We only see what we want to see and then drown ourselves further in our own depression but we don't have to."- @phoebejtonkin Ingrid Goes West (2017) . . #ingridgoeswest #aubreyplaza #elizabetholsen #instagram #influencers #thriller #movie #mustwatch #2017 #saying #phoebetonkin #osheajacksonjr #filmquotes #tvquotes #movielines #dailyquote #quote #cinephile #cinephilecommunity #cinemabuff #cinemalovers #movielovers #movieaddicts #movieaddict #cinematography #qotd https://www.instagram.com/p/CMzofYxH2yE/?igshid=1xr1v2kmok66r