Saying Goodbye to Social Media

I recently took inventory on all the photos I had painstakingly scanned and uploaded into the photo sharing site that is Tumblr, and noticed that many people had posted comments on some photos.  While the majority were people sharing their enthusiasm over old photos of Walt Disney World, many others were correcting the captions with their own misinformed knowledge about Disney World, or simply fishing for followers.  I looked at my followers, and about 90% of them were high school students who were obsessed with Disney.

A love for Disney is one thing that everyone should embrace, because it fills a great deal of us with an overwhelming joy.  One thing I noticed, which was very peculiar, was the amount of young people who were obsessed with rides and attractions that were no longer there.  Kids yearning for the original Journey Into Imagination, or Horizons.  The insufferable part is not them loving it, because they are magical and charming rides, but that they take ownership and are adamant about their unwavering love for such an extinct attraction.  Most of them were not even born when they were about to be demolished, so it's hard to understand how they can love a ride they've never been on and only experienced it through a low-res home video shot in 1988 and uploaded YouTube video.

Just look at that video quality.

Although I was not old enough to remember America Sings, I understand you can have an appreciation for it and enjoy it through a home video, but I would not go so far as obsessing over it relentlessly and spew some sort of tired rhetoric about how Disney should bring back the classics or not tamper with the classics or how Frozen is ruining the parks.  What it boils down to is that teenagers need to feel like they are the only one's among them to be different and stand out.  While it's almost normal for your one friend to only be into obscure bands and hate everything mainstream, so too do these self-proclaimed "Disney Nerds" seek out to attain an affiliation with a vintage-era Disney World.

And since I cannot stand teenagers or hardcore Disney fans, I decided to delete it, and post all my Walt Disney World photos here.  I know it's not much different than uploading everything to Tumblr, but at least here I do not have to worry about random comments...