Social media is to blame

or "King Wang likes to watch"

Personally I would like to blame Farcebook, Twatter, InstraCrap and SlapShat for this, but the reality is that this is nothing new as people have been shallow, vain and self serving for most of human history. Social Media has simply disabled the brakes of society and been an enabler for vanity and shallowness.

What has happened that's new though, is the creation of a little world away from your own world where curated feeds of pretend perfection are presented and people are encouraged (by dopamine driven 'like counts') to iteratively improve on the crafting of wording and images to make it even more appealing.

Not only does this drive sales it drives advertising (which then drives more sales).

Long live the King ... King Wang King WangKing wanking wanking wanking ...