Instagram Reels, a sub-TikTok from hell
Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2025 8:30 am
The worst way to travel through time – and above all the stupidest.
There's a way to take a leap into the future right now. All you have to do is open your Instagram Reels. | StockSnap via Pixabay
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When I was in elementary school, I had a lot of faith in the future. I imagined, for example, that by 2023, we would have finally vietnam mobile database time travel. And also that I would become both a singer and a lawyer.
Career-wise, it's a bit of a miss. But when it comes to time travel, I wasn't far off the mark. Because there's currently a way to take a leap into the future. All you have to do is open your Instagram Reels (or, as my mom likes to call them, "the real ones").
When I was little, I dreamed of becoming a singer and a lawyer. Well, that's a no-go! | Instagram screenshot
When you look up, three days will have passed. In a society that continually pushes the boundaries of the attention economy, this may not be the time travel we need, but it's definitely the one we deserve. The worst kind of time travel, and above all, the dumbest.
Spending all day watching seals sneeze? Why not. | Instagram screenshot
Hellish Time Loop
To paraphrase Boromir , played by Sean Bean in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring , you don't just watch one reel. Or two. If you accidentally wander into that cursed section of your Instagram app, even for a few seconds, God forbid. You'll soon be sucked into a vortex of Jessica Chastain videos, from which you'll only be able to escape when your last brain cells have given up the ghost. (Do neurons have souls? Is that beside the point.)
Sure, a quick video every now and then can be entertaining. But it's the cumulative effect that's problematic. Because thanks to infinite scrolling, the most diabolical invention since the A-bomb , the content never stops. If you don't zap with your thumb, the images keep looping. And even if you zap, you sometimes end up stumbling across the same low-intellectual content, lost in the infernal labyrinth of the internet.
There's a way to take a leap into the future right now. All you have to do is open your Instagram Reels. | StockSnap via Pixabay
We offer you this excellent contribution from Slate.fr
When I was in elementary school, I had a lot of faith in the future. I imagined, for example, that by 2023, we would have finally vietnam mobile database time travel. And also that I would become both a singer and a lawyer.
Career-wise, it's a bit of a miss. But when it comes to time travel, I wasn't far off the mark. Because there's currently a way to take a leap into the future. All you have to do is open your Instagram Reels (or, as my mom likes to call them, "the real ones").
When I was little, I dreamed of becoming a singer and a lawyer. Well, that's a no-go! | Instagram screenshot
When you look up, three days will have passed. In a society that continually pushes the boundaries of the attention economy, this may not be the time travel we need, but it's definitely the one we deserve. The worst kind of time travel, and above all, the dumbest.
Spending all day watching seals sneeze? Why not. | Instagram screenshot
Hellish Time Loop
To paraphrase Boromir , played by Sean Bean in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring , you don't just watch one reel. Or two. If you accidentally wander into that cursed section of your Instagram app, even for a few seconds, God forbid. You'll soon be sucked into a vortex of Jessica Chastain videos, from which you'll only be able to escape when your last brain cells have given up the ghost. (Do neurons have souls? Is that beside the point.)
Sure, a quick video every now and then can be entertaining. But it's the cumulative effect that's problematic. Because thanks to infinite scrolling, the most diabolical invention since the A-bomb , the content never stops. If you don't zap with your thumb, the images keep looping. And even if you zap, you sometimes end up stumbling across the same low-intellectual content, lost in the infernal labyrinth of the internet.