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Our lives exposed online

I am born in the generation where people don't know what lives were without colour TV, a computer in every home and internet. Some of us might remember when you couldn't be on the phone at the same time as you were online but to be honest, the only reason why I know about it is because my older siblings have told me about it. This has created a society for my generation where we communicate with people all around the world and often with people we don't even know. I know many of us like to think that we are friends with everyone on facebook but quite frankly, we don't. There are a lot of people we haven't talked to since primary school or people we just have on facebook because we enjoy stalking them. This creates a problem we often don't think about, what we put online is not just for us and our friends. It is for everyone we have on facebook and often other people. We also easily forget how the things we put online can be saved and spread by others and soon

We'll never be to old for boyband crushes

When we are kids most of us looked up to someone. Many of us looked up to our camp counselor or a boy in the 5th grade whilst being in 1st. This often develops to crushes on these people, sweet innocent crushes, that we know will never lead to anything but we still wish for it. For most of us these crushes disappears quickly and we move on to adore the newest boy band but some people hold on to their crush and believe it is real and that they actually have a chance. I have friends that keep on writing letters to their celebrity crush until they actually answer and friends that know everything about their crush. But why do we actually feel these things for people we've never met? That question is difficult to answer since everyone feels differently. Personally, I think that we all like the chase, whether it is someone we know or someone famous. It's the thrill to achieve something and be liked by someone that so many other people want. This is why I believe that we'll never