with peoples changing likes and standardsimagine this if you upload a picture of yourself wearing kurtapyjama not many people will want to swipe right instead if you slightly tuck out your shirt and wear cropped jeans with classic vans youre an immediate hottie the catch is just this that youre more comfortable in kurtapyjama instead of those cropped jeans but youre resorting to it so that others validate you as a fashionable modern person of course this situation is hypothetical it can be different for everybody pretending is now easier to do so now that we dont actually have to show up sitting in our homes and crafting picture angles to make yourself look better is actually possible changing your looks and angles can make you seem like a completely different person learning to talk about modern interests isnt difficult at all instead the internet has made it easier also consider this as a metaphor youre eating chips sitting in your room wearing a gross bathrobe and textflirting with your date see its not even difficult but thats what this isnt healthy at all why should we imagine to be a different person in front of others so as to emerge as their potential interests hiding behind our phone screens with a fake facade isnt really going to help you once the quarantine situation gets over more than that its going to morally affect you low selfesteem low confidence and insecurity over body image and looks are only some of the problems scratched on the surface dont treat this as an excuse if you dont like yourself even more youll be catfishing or hurting the other person as well if you like someone its only plausible that they like you back for who you really are not the fake person youre pretending to bedating someone with a fake persona can feel burdensome after some time imagine dating someone who likes the way you put your hair in a really messy bun or how your unfiltered funny pictures get the top humour award isnt that thought exciting yet relieving exactly stop pretending to be another person during this quarantine period and emerge as the happy beyourself soul right now