What is with the #hashtags

A Mashable article written by Jillian Kumagai listed out the top 10 most cliché hashtags that people are guilty of overusing(but still does). As I was going through that article I found myself going, “ Yep I do. This one too… that one too.. but not too much I guess.. woah definitely this one… hell yeah..” At the end of the article I started wondering why has hashtags really been overused. Why did its existence just boomed up? Suddenly my perspective of hashtags totally reversed its polarity. I found it crazy to use a random guy's hashtag in a middle of a conversation. The tweet was like this, “Today seems to be a #pleasant day at #my_locality.” Does someone even care about #my_locality ? I wouldn't take time to use that underscore unless and until it has a reasonable reason.

While some hashtags are stupid and overused without any need (like #lol #rofl) I feel there are few instances where a hashtag really does its job like a boss. A hashtag at the end of a tweet – a meaning full tweet. Sometimes they might be sarcastic. But seriously hashtag obsession has raised the limit of the sky.

Now where do we find hashtags ? damn sorry that was such a rhetorical question. Duh, everywhere. Even in whatsapp. Seriously even on whatsapp? Yes my fellow netizens, I find people using hashtags in whatsapp staus not realizing the very purpose of hashtag. Whats even worse? I get to watch pictures with hashtags embedded on to them.  Twitter is where I get to see a tweet fully with hashtags. Followed by Instagram. Lemme give you an example; A picture of a coconut tree with the horizon has hashtags such as the following hashtags

#tree
#coconuttree
#talltree
#tendercoconut
#sand
#bluesky
#withsomewhiteclouds
#andsomedarkclouds
#sun
#sunnyday
#haveahappyday
#weather

Now you tell me would you or would you not get annoyed by this picture. If you didn’t then I guess its most probably one of your pictures. I bet will everything I own.

What does hashtag really do? Why did it come into existence ? Hashtags were first used to make searching of photos, files and articles related to what you want to see easy. Like in case if you want to search topics regarding a restaurant, you use #<name of the restaurant> and you find what you wanted. But now due to the advent of hashtags in almost every social media, you would find plethora  of related as well as non related search results. Now that’s a heads up for you(which you probably would have known due to your experiences). Now that being said I find it sometimes justifiable to use hashtags when and where it is required. Because honestly even I use hashtags but not like these. I would sum up that entire picture with #scenery( which I mentioned above). I hope we all  use Hashtags when it has to be used. 

I really recommend you people to watch this video #hashtag with Jimmy Fallon. This one is so crazy I laughed more than i should have. Trust me it highlights the obsession of today's netizens.

Signing off,

#Scatteredthoughts (sarcasm intended)

Things a dumpee does

Being in love is such a pleasant feeling; because being loved is a very bonny feeling. A feeling that takes us to “lived happily forever”, but come on who are we kidding; it hurts as fuck when you/you’re screw/screwed up. Sometimes it’s okpay to be dumpee. If it’s gonna make ycou feel any better even I’ve donned the dumpee character couple of times. Getting over him/her is not an easy joke even if you’ve done that a million times. It sucks and it will always suck: until the nice guy within us dies. We try to do everything in our power to fill up that hole left by the other person. But lemme tell you, you've got a long way to goooooooo.

 Today here’s the things you do once you don the dumpee role or sometimes a guilty dumper.

You soak yourself with a bottle of tequila and dive deep inside philosophy.

You wonder how many people's lives have been lost because of love.

 When someone who knows you the most cliche-st question after break you 

  You say,

But then when you get sick of it you tend to turn hostile and irritated, sometimes rely on unparlimentary language.

You tend to like being sarcastic and cynical; That can be seen more evidently in your comments.

 and  in your actions too perhaps.

You no longer find William Pharrell's "Happy" happy.

Whenever you find people saying there is only one love- True love, you disagree.

 But when you see your ex dating someone else

That's because you know they aren't the right people. That's because you always bring the best for them. 

You love to hang out with your buddies; buddies who take your side

 

Sleep eludes you. That 2 minutes between you close your eyes and sleep takes you to places you wish you don't- a never ending emotional roller coaster.

You delete all the conversations and pictures with them. Because you know it's safe in your cloud.

But deep down you still care for the dumper. Because you still love them.

Your nice person inside you peeps out and put other's (read dumper) happiness in front of yours.

At times it's common to get a tad overboard and think of asking the most impossible question.

But then you,

People are people. Even if you are trying to move on they pull you down and ask you if you are okay again. Now even though you are not fine, you pretend to be like you are.

Remember the break up phase is the most painful period, makes you insecure, makes you aloof, breaks you.

But you didn't. You didn't give up. That's because you are strong.  Because you are important. You matter first. Sometimes it's okay to be selfish about you. There is no "The one", it's all about trail and error.Love hurts because life gives us love. Life is and will never be nice to you. Without waves, a ship cannot move forward.

 And life isn't always mean. There is this always another person who will tell you why it never worked out all this time. 

This life is about YOU.
Make the most out of YOU.
My last thought would be this."Diamond is possible because the charcoal took all the beatings pretty well". Think about it.

See you again with another akin article. Until then,