Agency for bad news

Last Friday, the Internet was celebrated in Russia. However, there were no rallies, nor manifestations, no protests against the World Network. And this, in my opinion, is extremely surprising. Why? I'll start from afar.

Recently, a lively discussion on the network provoked an article by a certain American demographer Ebertadt about the causes of a super -high (which is already doubtful) mortality in Russia, which he explained by the “Russian disease” (well, yes, they also have “Russians” American slides). The essence of “Russian disease”, in his opinion, lies in the deep depressiveness of society, as well as that misfortune, it turns out, is contagious. This is not to say that I have a stream of tears a message that a guy leaves from a friend, some beautiful, but not too friendly chick, or that cellulite comes to her. But in general, the thesis can be taken for conditionally true.

The author found confirmation of the theory of “mental epidemics” with the Russian psychiatrist Bekhterev. “Individuals, inducing each other, especially during periods of social and socio-economic difficulties that cause people of stressful expectation in people, could be interpreted by the personality’s desire to reduce internal psychological stress through psychological protection against inexplicable and irrational, using allegedly effective methods of distraction.” Well, or “it’s bad for everyone, we are together again”, if we translate from Russian psychiatric into Russian psych accessible.

And what in our era web 2.0 is an supposedly effective method of diverting? Of course, the Internet. Facebook, Twitter, LiveJournal, comments on Odnoklassniki, offering intimate relationships with Crown Prince Somalia. And then a reasonable question arises-you someday noticed that people write in social networks that they are doing well? So, let's see ... the death of relatives? Please! Hardly model shoes? As much as you like! Didn't you like the movie? Yes every day! And all this is mixed with the news about how the boy was locked in the refrigerator ate his leg. Moral decomposition within a day after Internet surfing is ensured.

It is impressive that the same portals that have published articles about the notorious “Russian illness” are made by the neighboring news who are not motivating stories about squirrels and dolphins, and, for example, materials such as “167 thousand Russians are ready to dump in the United States! Right now!!!". And only a very strong organism, with immunity to fatty and exclamation signs, will cope with reflection on the causes of such a stir regarding the Green Cart drawing (which, in fact, the article). 167 thousand Russians passed this damn lottery, playing a residence permit in a blessed optimistic America, the good that there are smaller news there. And none of the readers recalls that banners offering to win the Green Card rally accompany you on the good half of the pages viewed on the Internet, starting with a monster such as Mail.ru. People see a banner, click on it, fill out an electronic application, which is suitable for the characters of the film “Stupid and Dumber”, and you still wonder why there are so many of them? But the news remains news. 167 thousand! Ready to dump !!! Ashton Katcher is divorced from Demi Moore! The aircraft of the Air Force Yemen destroyed its soldiers! Boris Moiseev returns to the stage!

The Internet demoralizes, depresses and worsens digestion. And if September 30 is the day of the Internet, let the remaining 364 days will be the day of the Internet without bad news. It's not difficult? At least on Facebook, Twitter, LJ. At least in the comments of the Social Network "Odnoklassniki". I believe in you people.