Chain Posts Teach Me Lack Of Concern About Others

I posted yesterday about my reaction to all the chain posts going around on Facebook. However, I don’t think I’ve exhausted this topic yet. I actually think these chain posts are teaching me to be less concerned about my fellow human beings.

After all, the primary thrust of the ones I’ve been seeing lately involve people posting some shocking statement and then assigning the people who comment to express concern the task of furthering the chain. I’m pregnant! I just quit my job! There’s a raccoon in my bedroom! You get the idea.

As such, when I see someone post something that should concern me, something where I should be commenting to find out what’s going on to at least express sympathy/congratulations/offer to help and such, I am becoming unwilling to get involved. Oh, it’s probably just a chain post, I think. Better ignore it.

I keep thinking of “The Boy Who Cried Wolf.” At some point, people I know are going to need help, and I’m just going to be conditioned to ignore it. I’ll assume it’s just a chain post. Granted, most instances of major life events won’t just involve a single Facebook post, but I’m thinking the modern world doesn’t need to be any less empathetic than it already is.