Filled with youth by online texts and mobile games, is our life ＂overhead＂？

"Overhead Generation": How far are we from the real world?

Brush the sense of existence in the WeChat movement, find love in online novels, and achieve "the glory of the king" &hellip in the game; … When Wifi becomes the "underlying demand", real life is constantly being "binarized". In the overhead world of "I share, therefore I am", people are more closely connected and convenient; But in reality, people are increasingly alienated, lonely and anxious. This is your life and mine. Is it really "overhead"? How far are we from the real world?

Youth stuffed with net articles and "eat chicken"

At 2: 30 in the morning, Hu Xin, a "post-90 s" youth, sent a team invitation in the "Eat Chicken" group. Within ten minutes, three group friends responded quickly. Near three o’clock, the whole city was silent, but four young people lit up their screens and put on headphones in their respective corners, once again immersed in the game world.

"Eat Chicken", which Hu Xin and his teammates are keen on, is a mobile phone game that has recently become popular among young people. A variety of game circles are more magical than the so-called "magic capital" that these young people live in. "All kinds of game groups are day and night." Hu Xin told reporters who talked for half a month that in the dozen game groups she formed or joined, there were many late-night drinks and team brushing games; It is not uncommon to take screenshots all night.

In the daytime, another group of people "took over" to discuss raiders and cheats. In reality, these young people who play tricks online and chat for hours every day have different careers, and they live far apart, so they may never meet for the rest of their lives. But in the game, they fight side by side every day, share jargon that only people in the circle understand, and become the most like-minded playmates.

Hu Xin is regarded as an ashes player among his peers, from simple "eliminating pleasure" to once-popular "the glory of the king" and "Master of Yin and Yang", and then to the newly-popular "Jump" and "Eat Chicken". "What makes people addicted is not a specific game, but the feeling of being immersed in another world. Whether you lose your job today, break up, or have no money to pay the rent, all the troubles in reality can be forgotten. " She said.

"Even if it is not a game, it is also other virtual entertainment. My hobby is going to Jinjiang to catch up with online articles, and one of my roommates spends an hour or two brushing Tik Tok every night, without brushing or sleeping. " Wu Li, a graduate student, said.

Jinjiang and Tik Tok, which Wu Li and her roommate are keen on, are in the limelight in the online world and short video apps. According to reports, Tik Tok, a short video software launched in 2016, has now played more than 100 million videos per day. Jinjiang Literature City, which is known as "the largest female literature base in the world", is an evergreen tree in the "literary circle" — — It claims that there are 2.2 million daily registered fixed users, and more than 10,000 registered users are added every day.

Wu Li is a staunch member of these 2.2 million people. She has a history of pursuing literature for nearly 10 years, and she talks about "crossing", "Xian Xia" and "fantasy", which sounds like a few treasures to laymen. Wu Li said that online platforms such as Jinjiang will launch lists of TOP100 and TOP200 hits on a monthly and quarterly basis. When I am most obsessed, the list of books on the list can be read before the next update.

"It’s really getting up, eating, and lighting a flashlight. Several times, I took the subway and used my mobile phone to chase the text. I sat in the station, fell back and took the subway in the opposite direction, and then chased the text. As a result, I passed the station. " Wu Li said.

Lu Songsen, an 80-year-old special-grade teacher in Jiangsu Province, said with emotion that today’s students are inseparable from mobile phones and social networks. They chat and joke online, instead of going out to play in groups like children used to.

According to statistics on the Internet, as of 2012, all players have spent a total of 5.92 million years on the online game World of Warcraft, which is equivalent to the evolution of the entire human species.

It seems to be stuffed, but it is actually overhead.

Like a miserly businessman, the Internet has given convenience to a generation of young people, but at the same time, it is also quietly asking for it in its own way. Some young people who deeply "touch the net" find that with the deepening of "secondary element", their connection with the real world has been gradually overhead.

— — Virtual beauty, reality a chicken feather. Huang Yu, who works in a logistics company, summed up the pleasure brought by the game as "a sense of accomplishment in sharp contrast with reality". Even though I am not as capable as you in real life, I KO you more times in the game and rank higher than you.

Others like "life in a circle of friends" "I can’t help but send a circle of friends for 3 seconds every day, and I want to see who has commented." Zhao Xinzhi, who works in a public institution, has become accustomed to the life of "taking photos before meals and taking selfies must be beautiful". In her opinion, whether it is true or not, as long as it is a "winner in life" in the circle of friends.

— — Virtual social overhead emotional needs. More and more young people are addicted to ambiguous virtual friendship and love. Shanghai Doumeng Technology once conducted a user survey for 1,000 post-90s generation, asking: Who are your real friends among classmates, friends and relatives and gay friends who met through online reading? Results More than 90% people choose people they know in the virtual world, because they firmly believe that people in the virtual world know their joys and sorrows better.

Wu Li also found that the "literary circle" around him is almost equal to the single circle. As a little girl in her twenties, the single rate who is keen on reading online novels exceeds 70%. This ratio is significantly higher than other girls of the same age and environment.

The high single rate of women who pursue literature is not only because reading books consumes social time. More importantly, online texts and online dramas will create a set of "pink world" with a strong sense of substitution. Girls who are used to seeing all kinds of overbearing presidents and black-bellied affectionate heroes can easily live in this world where perfect men are ready to save ugly ducklings and girls everywhere, but they don’t care about the real world.

"The virtual world really fills the emotional needs of young girls and makes us less eager for love and family." Wu Li described that many girls around him hold the view that money can be earned by themselves and life can be lived by themselves. If you can’t find a better person than the online man, why should you fall in love?

— — The more noisy the online life is, the more lonely the real life is. Lei Gang, a young man born after 1985, lives in Nanjing. Every day, his family is like this: he goes home for dinner on weekdays, puts on his headset to play games, and his wife watches TV and brushes online dramas in the living room. Under the same roof, sometimes I can’t say two words in one night.

"I also feel that it has always been so bad, but it is difficult for both parties not to play or watch at the same time. The later, the more difficult it is to find another lifestyle. "

Lei Gang said that not only the couple, but also their parents and colleagues are more or less troubled by spending more time on the screen and less real face-to-face communication. At family gatherings, each family grabs a red envelope with his mobile phone, and the old man has no chance to talk to his children. Colleagues chat enthusiastically in QQ group every day, but once they meet, they are like strangers, and they don’t know what to say to each other. "Social networks make people thousands of miles away close at hand, but at the same time, people who are close at hand are increasingly alienated."

In recent years, there is a kind of "phone phobia" which is especially suitable for WeChat and QQ communication, but it is a "symptom" when the phone rings. Although there is no accurate conclusion yet, some followers believe that from "fear of meeting" to "fear of voice", the real communication and emotional ties between people are being dissolved and evacuated.

What is overhead is not only reality, but also the mind.

"The Internet provides an exit to escape from reality at any time. In the virtual space, it is easier for people to build their ideal selves, and social interaction becomes simpler, more friendly and more arbitrary." Dong Yizhi, a lawyer in the field of Internet investment finance, believes that many of the words spoken on social networks are for himself. Brushing the track and showing the daily life every day is actually brushing the sense of existence. The reason for this may be that it is difficult to find like-minded people in real organizations, or some real demands cannot be met in time.

"In this seemingly overhead world, people can vent their unconscious tension and anxiety." Dr. Tao Xinhua, the first supervisor of the psychological consultation registration system of the Chinese Psychological Association, said that the impact of scientific and technological innovations such as the Internet on people’s lives has two sides: on the one hand, it better meets people’s living needs, on the other hand, when the needs are over-satisfied and uncontrolled, it will destroy life.

"This is not the result of technological innovation such as the Internet ‘ Side effects ’ However, scientific and technological progress has disrupted the balance of people’s lives, and they are not used to and adapt to the rapid development of science and technology. " Tao Xinhua said.

Lu Songsen, an old teacher, is very worried about the younger generation, especially underage children. Because of the lack of interaction with nature, the immune function will not develop completely. "The overhead of the real world is essentially the disconnection between knowledge and people’s literacy, the disconnection between young individuals and society, and the disconnection between knowledge and action, which makes children unprepared and have insufficient ability to adapt to and cope with the rapid development of science and technology."

As Turkel expressed in the book Group Loneliness, scientific and technological innovations such as the Internet have brought us this new type of loneliness, but this is not the fault of the Internet. On the contrary, the real problem is that we are not fully prepared for the arrival of the Internet.

"People’s desires are infinite, but their abilities are ultimately limited. What is important is to find the true self in their hearts and find their own position in real life." The interviewed experts suggested that it is more important than anything to go out for a walk and play, to embrace nature again in the real world, to establish a thick and intimate social relationship, and to plan a healthy lifestyle to adapt to the new era.

After all, everyone’s specific life is unique, which can’t be replaced by others, and it is impossible to make up for it in the future. Just as Ready Player One, a popular movie recently, said, return to reality and don’t escape, because reality is the only real existence. After all, "the game is always virtual, and only in the real world can you have a full meal." (Talk to reporter Pan Wei and Wang Jue for half a month)