It was the time when there existed numerous social media platforms in the market. Applications had to come up with new feature updates frequently to survive the competition. There was an application for everything you could think of. Shopping, gaming, dating, beauty, learning, eating, fitness, medicine, travelling, you name it. People were developing obsessions with their mobile phones. New medical conditions were popping out of nowhere and diagnosis read like “Unable to stay away from the mobile phone”. Kids were Blue-Whaling themselves. Teens were living their lives on Tik-Toks. Youngsters were taking major decisions- ‘to swipe right or left?’. Media was collecting viral videos for ‘Breaking News’ segment.
Among all these technological
sensations, there lived an outdated, confused girl. She did not update any
applications, afraid that she would no longer be able to understand the
changes. She lagged behind in getting accustomed to internet thingies. Before she could make up her mind to check
what is Orkut (and how to eat it?), the platform was outdated. Public was
getting bored of Facebook when she finally signed up. Twitter decided to not
co-operate with such a technically low profile girl the only time she tried to
understand it. Instagram was getting installed and uninstalled from her phone
at annual gaps without being used ever. Any applications with whom she was on
cordial terms with were still unused because she was unsocial to such extremes
that she became defensive even at the sight of app notifications. Notifications
scared her and were always kept turned off for all the applications.
Despite all difficulties, things
were manageable so far. But then came NETFLIX. The Demon rose to popularity
very fast. So far she was only struggling with her dumb mind and inability to
cope up with social media. What other people did with the internet was not her
problem, and vice versa. But not anymore. Netflix was not just an application.
It came into this world with a purpose, with a huge ego, and with an unquenchable thirst for attention. Soon it became a sin to not devote some part of your
daily schedule to Netflix. Every person she came in contact with was suddenly
convincing her to watch some 'super-awesome' thing on the application.
“But I am genuinely not
interested”
“That’s Okay. But you must watch
‘Bla-Bla’ on Netflix.”
“I said I don’t like watching
series.”
“But each episode is only 25000
minutes long.”
“I would prefer doing something
else in those 25000 minutes.”
“But this one is really good. You
will thank me later for the suggestion.”
“I said I am not interested.
Please..”
“Here , have my Login ID and Password.
There are only 20 seasons of ‘Bla-Bla’. Make your weekends productive. You are
welcome. ”
“Where is my Gun!!”
The Girl finally declared an open
War on Netflix. The application did not give up either. There was a lot of
bloodshed and loss of lives. Nuclear weapons got involved. Unfair means were
adopted. It became dirty like hell. But one night, it all ended. The girl was
under such fury against the application that the war ended with the end of
Netflix and also the whole population of Earth.
P.S: Yes, this is a serious and
final warning to all!
