Satire(?) on Social Media

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 Hello, welcome to Social Media. You must agree to our Terms and Conditions before proceeding:

  • Once you enter our realm, you are no longer human and incapable of making mistakes. If you do, you will be punished by getting # canceled. You will have no time to understand, acknowledge, apologize, and grow from your mistake. One wrong move, and it is all over for you. Redemption is not an option.


  • You must never display signs of anything less than perfection. Conceal your emotions and only reveal that smile of yours. Wait, ew, no, hide your crooked teeth because they look ugly.
  • If you are not an alpha male or a Kim Kardashian lookalike, you are of no worth, and you simply suck, so hurry up and get your life and body together like everybody else on our apps. Until you do that, dress and apply makeup in such a way that deceives people into thinking you look like them.
  • If you do not participate in hot and funny trends, you are not cool. We demand you drink Tide Pods and lick toilet seats during a pandemic.
  • If we notice that people look up to you as an “influencer,” we do not require that you have a fitness or healthcare degree to give fitness advice or a degree in dermatology to educate people on how to get what we established as “perfect skin.”
  • Your value is measured by your number of likes, shares, views, and reposts. No need to worry if your thoughts do not currently align with ours - we mold our users into believing that.



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