“We'd all survive if Twitter shut down for a short while during major riots. Social media isn't any more important than a train station, a road or a bus service. We don't worry about police temporarily closing those. Common sense. If riot info and fear is spreading by Facebook and Twitter, shut them off for an hour or two, then restore.” IfsTwoImportantSocialHoursCommonWorryMediaMajorsPoliceTrainSocial MediaCommon SenseStationsBusClosingRiotTrain Stations Author:Louise Mensch
“Of course, with well-masticated food playing the role of social glue, it's absolutely essential that everyone clear their plate. Sod the starving kiddies in Africa - it's the overfed ones here we need to worry about.” NeedsWellsCoursesSocialRolesWorryClearEssentialsPlatesStarvingGlueSod Author:Will Self
“We should be worrying about if you live in the city you're more likely to have anxiety or mood disorders and to be schizophrenic. More than the problems people have from social media.” PeopleIfsShouldProblemSocialCitiesWorryMediaAnxietySocial MediaMoodDisorderSchizophrenicMood Disorders Author:Nick Harkaway
“You who have never “been there” in the throes of grief, have no idea what is going on inside the head of the grieving spouse: the scattered thoughts, the constant worry that we will forget something or someone in our fog-induced state, that strange feeling of not quite “being all there” when out in social situations, the pall that covers everything, like a cloak of sadness that never lifts.” IdeasStatesFeelingsSocialForgetGriefSituationWorrySadnessStrangeConstantLiftsNo IdeaGrievingSpouseFogCloaks Author:Mary Potter
“I allowed social media to define what I thought of my body. And now I realize that no matter how thin you are, someone will call you fat. No matter how beautiful you are, someone will call you ugly. But you can't spend your time worrying about that. You're just not going to please the world.” WorldMatterBodyBeautifulSocialRealizingWorryMediaPleaseUglySocial MediaFatsBeautiful You Author:Demi Lovato