Toastmasters Speech 6 ( Repeat ) - 10.5 Billion Minutes Per Day

10.5 Billion Minutes Per Day

10.5 Billion Minutes per day. What am I talking about?

Am I really making sense.

Is that a meaningful number ?

You are right, these were the questions that flashed my mind, when I read the data. Yes, the data is right. This time is equivalent to killing 333 new borns, who were supposed to live till 60 years of age, on the day of birth.

This statistics was later replaced by “How many things people share on Facebook?” Facebook later came up with a very nice and an honest quote which told, “Birthday cakes are made for people to be together. They give friends a place to gather and celebrate. But too much cake probably isn’t healthy. So birthday cake is a lot like Facebook”

Facebook realized this, but most of its users have failed to do, even after two years of the quote.

Let me share a few stories of what Facebook has done to this generation.

First one is a classic example. A girl’s status on FB, “I’m bored”.  You will have a 100 comments, “Oh, baby- what happened”, “Shall we go out”, “How come?” and so on and so forth. Weren’t we all bored at some time or the other. What’s so big about it? Why should it be a big issue? Then another post “Eating Idly”, “Going to temple” and so on and so forth. An addiction, which has gone from bad to worse by the years passed. A lack of Wi-fi or internet is considered worse than not having food. We just do not care, how much of it is enough.

Second story is that of ego boost. Facebook has become an ego booster. Have you seen the recent Myntra ad near Koramangala junction from St. John’s to Forum. It says “Live for Likes”. The first time I read it, it just read it again. Live for Likes, isn’t there any other purpose for life. And trust me this is happening.

The third and the last story from my speech today. It Is about my favorite quote on face book, with a young kid punching his hand. “ If you have a problem, face it. Don’t Facebook it”. Seriously, who ever created this deserves a big round of applause. Very true isn’t it. Probably most of you around here are matured enough and have grown up  before the facebook generation. But, the generation that is growing with Facebook does not think enough and you get weird statuses on face book. Starts from “This day is the worst day of my life” and can go up to abuses, F words and even “I could not think of a day without you. Now I live a dead man walking”.

Failure and depression is a part of everyone’s life. There are ways to deal with it. Putting it up for 100’s of people to see it is definitely not going to help. There are going to be a few who will sympathize, others will be happy that you are not happy and most don’t care. Why? Make a joke of yourself by letting people know things that are best left to be private. Sad is it not.

To summarize:  Let’s use face book like having a piece of birthday cake and not to eat the entire cake and have a bad stomach at the end of it.

Let’s have a Face to show the world, of having lived a life worthwhile and not a facebook page that shared the moments of weakness and addiction to the world. 

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Another Best Speaker of The Day !!!! Enjoyed presenting this topic