What all they show on the social media! Especially creepy and dangerous are the so-called fun reels. Do not you believe me? Okay, let us discuss three such crazy capers and their creepy consequences.
The first one shows a happy family! The nattily dressed and dolled up wifey is busy scrolling the screen. Hubby Dearest is dutifully pressing her feet. Their small son hurries in screaming, "Grandma is coming! Grandma is coming." Wifey hides the mobile, kicks the husband supine, and with a pious mask starts pressing the feet of the man of the house, with a smirk plastered on her mug. The MIL (as she is known on the social media) walks in with a thali, a plateful of eats, convinced of her bahu's goodness, while her ladla beta simpers cutely. What is the impressionable kid being told? Lie, cheat, defeat/deceive even the immediate family! What a message to grow up with!
The second one shows two twenty-five year old friends discussing their expectations about a groom. Next they turn fifty, next they are on their death beds. Yet their expectations are still not satiated. Sure, in most (arranged) marriages, what matters is not compatibility, but physical and financial attributes, which is a shame. Yet this creepy reel denies women any choice at all by mercilessly mocking it!
The third one is weirder still. In a trendy restaurant, three youngsters, two girls and a guy are polishing off a huge, and clearly pricey, treat. One girl starts wiping the right corner of her mouth with a tissue paper. The guy gets up, and starts cleaning the other side of her mouth with a delicate feathery finger touch. Suddenly glares the other girl, supposedly his 'girl friend' as they say it. A friend is a friend, right? How can it be boy or girl? Anyways, she leaves in a huff, he follows suit. Outside the restaurant, the duo meet, wink, clap, laugh their heads off because the fat bill is now, due to their 'smart trick', to be paid by the unsuspecting friend. What is the 'fun' message? Cheat but eat!
Such reels get crores of views and lakhs of likes apparently. They go viral, are forwarded countlessly. What does this process say about our society and the so-called content creators it crafts! Hardly imaginative is such imaginary, right? Less said, the better!
Pratima@ No wonder, India has got latent! What sick influencers!! And how creepy their cheap audience!!!
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