Sebenernya ini kebalik kronologi kejadiannya dan jadinya nggak terlalu klimaks, tapi ya sudahlah. Namanya juga doodle nggak pake mikir.
Reaksinya saja:
Ya. Doakan aku ya gaes :"3
Friday, March 11, 2016
Thursday, February 18, 2016
How I Met Your.. Make Up.
Apa?! Cessi nulis tentang make up?!
..Yha. Gue emang termasuk telat mainan make up (baru pas umur 21, hahaha), karena sebelumnya 1) Gue merasa nyaman dan cantik-cantik aja tanpa make up *hih pede*, 2) Gue suka merasa risih kalo pake make up, terutama kalo eyeliner dan lipstik yang kadang bikin mata kerasa berat dan bibir kerasa dikapurin, dan 3) Gue mau meminimalisir penggunaan produk yang bisa ngerusak muka, karena sebelom pake make up gue kadang suka jerawatan dan males cuci muka *maap*,
Nah, buat yang punya pemikiran sama kayak gue di atas, well--kekhawatiran lo akan hilang seiring lo kenal make up. Kenapa?
1) "Gue merasa nyaman dan cantik-cantik aja tanpa make up"
Sejak kenal make up gue justru kurang pede kalo ke luar tanpa pake apa-apa, minimal pake lip balm berwarna biar bibir nggak kering. Bukannya mau ngajarin buat nggak mencintai wajah lo apa adanya, tapi ada kalanya lo memang perlu tampil cantik sedikit dengan make up, contohnya pas jalan sama temen-temen atau ke acara semi-formal. Yap, kalo temen-temen lo pada mulai make up juga, niscaya lo juga bakal tertarik sedikit demi sedikit kok. Pake make up juga bikin kita terlihat lebih bagus di foto, nggak kucel gitu. Buat gue yang bulu matanya pendek dan warna bibir naturalnya agak gelap ini, yang namanya eyeliner dan lipstik ngebantu banget. Alis gue pun, meski lumayan keliatan, tebelnya nggak merata dan perlu dibantu pensil alis (meski gue nggak selalu make).
2) "Gue suka merasa risih kalo pake make up, terutama kalo eyeliner dan lipstik yang kadang bikin mata kerasa berat dan bibir kerasa dikapurin"
Sejak kecil, kakak sepupu gue banyak yang nikah dan gue pasti selalu didandanin. Gara-gara ini, gue jadi males pake make up karena inget rasanya pake make up yang beraaat banget. Mau makan aja risih karena bibir berlipstik, apalagi kalo mata dikasih eyeliner cair dan bulu mata palsu yang suka bikin perih. Belom lagi ngapusnya, duh, pe er banget! Suatu ketika, kira-kira setaun lalu, keluarga gue mau bikin foto keluarga formal di studio foto. Didatengin lah satu orang make up artist (MUA) buat ngerias gue, nyokap, kakak gue, dan kakak ipar gue. Pas giliran gue, gue udah mewanti-wanti untuk make up natural aja. Dan ternyata.. Hasilnya bagus banget! Nggak menor dan nggak berat kayak pas make up di kawinan, padahal gue di-make up-in lengkap. Faktor MUA-nya juga sih, karena MUA kawinan yang ngeriasin gue waktu kecil biasanya udah ibu-ibu, sedangkan MUA yang ngerias gue pas foto itu masih agak muda, makanya ngerti kemauan gue. Gue yang tadinya benci banget sama eyeliner cair, sekarang malah suka banget make hahaha. Kayaknya sih seiring lo dewasa rasa risih lo lama-lama juga akan terkalahkan oleh rasa amazed lo dalam melihat gimana satu produk sukses bikin lo terlihat cantik, ya semacam kompromi gitu, gapapa berat dikit yang penting terlihat cantik (beauty is pain, yo). Kesimpulan gue: make up itu nggak berat, bikin risih, terlihat menor, ataupun bikin lo terlihat tua selama lo pinter-pinter milih dan makenya. Milih sih, terutama. Sejak itu, gue jadi rajin baca-baca review make up yang ringan di muka dan bagus buat pemula. Banyak kok beauty blogger lokal, apalagi rata-rata nyertain foto hasil jadinya di muka dia, jadi nggak usah bingung. Nanti gue juga bakal bikin review singkat soal make up yang gue pake sekarang, yang tentunya harganya rata-rata murah meriah karena budget mahasiswa hehehe.
3) "Gue mau meminimalisir penggunaan produk yang bisa ngerusak muka"
Sebenernya, pake nggak pake make up itu sama aja kalo lo pada dasarnya males bersiin muka. Gue buktinya. Sebelom pake make up, gue suka jerawatan, kadang sampe muncul satu yang gede banget dan ujungnya warna putih (HIIIIIH jorok lu ces). Tapi sejak mulai coba-coba pake make up, otomatis gue jadi suka bersiin muka (mau nggak mau, karena nggak mungkin dong lo tidur make up-an?) dan cuci muka. Hasilnya? Jerawat gue berkurang drastis. Muka gue juga ada yang bilang sih putihan. Itu baru gue lho, yang cuma modal make up remover, cleansing milk, toner, dan sabun muka. Belom lagi cewek-cewek cantik rajin dandan yang ngerawat muka pol-polan sampe rajin ke dokter kulit. Jadi intinya sih gitu; make up, in a way, justru bikin lo yang tadinya males ngerawat muka jadi rajin. Kalo emang nggak mau jerawatan, kuncinya sih cari make up dan pembersih yang tepat. Jangan pilih yang KW atau belom terdaftar di BPOM. Kalo pas dipake ternyata bikin iritasi atau langsung muncul pimple outbreak (bruntusan), ya, jangan dilanjutin. Balik ke poin 2, rajin-rajin aja nyari tau produk yang bagus atau minta saran temen/sodara/mama, mana yang kira-kira cocok di kulit lo.
..Begitulah.
Jujur aja, gue belom merasa butuh belajar full make up kayak yang suka ada di tutorial-tutorial YouTube. Beli base make up aja males (dan bingung sih sebenernya). Tapi menurut gue tertarik sama make up aja udah langkah besar banget bagi diri gue, hehe. Jadi saran gue, jangan buru-buru ngeklaim anti make up atau gimana. Cobain dulu aja, kalo ternyata emang cocok atau mulai merasa tertarik, jangan dilawan (lha kayak apaan aja). Kalo pun ternyata udah bertahun-tahun tetep merasa nggak suka, ya gapapa. Banyak kok, temen dan sodara gue yang usianya jauh lebih tua tapi tetep nggak suka make up. Asal inget aja: sebagai cewek, pasti bakal muncul yang namanya keadaan dimana kita dituntut untuk pake make up. Jadi nggak ada salahnya lho kalo belajar make up sedikit untuk dikerahkan pada waktu-waktu kayak gitu, atau minimal cari tau jenis-jenis make up dan gaya yang cocok di kita biar pas kita didandanin orang, kita nggak clueless-clueless amat dan berakhir dengan muka bete dan make up menor. Semoga berhasil!
..Yha. Gue emang termasuk telat mainan make up (baru pas umur 21, hahaha), karena sebelumnya 1) Gue merasa nyaman dan cantik-cantik aja tanpa make up *hih pede*, 2) Gue suka merasa risih kalo pake make up, terutama kalo eyeliner dan lipstik yang kadang bikin mata kerasa berat dan bibir kerasa dikapurin, dan 3) Gue mau meminimalisir penggunaan produk yang bisa ngerusak muka, karena sebelom pake make up gue kadang suka jerawatan dan males cuci muka *maap*,
Nah, buat yang punya pemikiran sama kayak gue di atas, well--kekhawatiran lo akan hilang seiring lo kenal make up. Kenapa?
1) "Gue merasa nyaman dan cantik-cantik aja tanpa make up"
Sejak kenal make up gue justru kurang pede kalo ke luar tanpa pake apa-apa, minimal pake lip balm berwarna biar bibir nggak kering. Bukannya mau ngajarin buat nggak mencintai wajah lo apa adanya, tapi ada kalanya lo memang perlu tampil cantik sedikit dengan make up, contohnya pas jalan sama temen-temen atau ke acara semi-formal. Yap, kalo temen-temen lo pada mulai make up juga, niscaya lo juga bakal tertarik sedikit demi sedikit kok. Pake make up juga bikin kita terlihat lebih bagus di foto, nggak kucel gitu. Buat gue yang bulu matanya pendek dan warna bibir naturalnya agak gelap ini, yang namanya eyeliner dan lipstik ngebantu banget. Alis gue pun, meski lumayan keliatan, tebelnya nggak merata dan perlu dibantu pensil alis (meski gue nggak selalu make).
2) "Gue suka merasa risih kalo pake make up, terutama kalo eyeliner dan lipstik yang kadang bikin mata kerasa berat dan bibir kerasa dikapurin"
Sejak kecil, kakak sepupu gue banyak yang nikah dan gue pasti selalu didandanin. Gara-gara ini, gue jadi males pake make up karena inget rasanya pake make up yang beraaat banget. Mau makan aja risih karena bibir berlipstik, apalagi kalo mata dikasih eyeliner cair dan bulu mata palsu yang suka bikin perih. Belom lagi ngapusnya, duh, pe er banget! Suatu ketika, kira-kira setaun lalu, keluarga gue mau bikin foto keluarga formal di studio foto. Didatengin lah satu orang make up artist (MUA) buat ngerias gue, nyokap, kakak gue, dan kakak ipar gue. Pas giliran gue, gue udah mewanti-wanti untuk make up natural aja. Dan ternyata.. Hasilnya bagus banget! Nggak menor dan nggak berat kayak pas make up di kawinan, padahal gue di-make up-in lengkap. Faktor MUA-nya juga sih, karena MUA kawinan yang ngeriasin gue waktu kecil biasanya udah ibu-ibu, sedangkan MUA yang ngerias gue pas foto itu masih agak muda, makanya ngerti kemauan gue. Gue yang tadinya benci banget sama eyeliner cair, sekarang malah suka banget make hahaha. Kayaknya sih seiring lo dewasa rasa risih lo lama-lama juga akan terkalahkan oleh rasa amazed lo dalam melihat gimana satu produk sukses bikin lo terlihat cantik, ya semacam kompromi gitu, gapapa berat dikit yang penting terlihat cantik (beauty is pain, yo). Kesimpulan gue: make up itu nggak berat, bikin risih, terlihat menor, ataupun bikin lo terlihat tua selama lo pinter-pinter milih dan makenya. Milih sih, terutama. Sejak itu, gue jadi rajin baca-baca review make up yang ringan di muka dan bagus buat pemula. Banyak kok beauty blogger lokal, apalagi rata-rata nyertain foto hasil jadinya di muka dia, jadi nggak usah bingung. Nanti gue juga bakal bikin review singkat soal make up yang gue pake sekarang, yang tentunya harganya rata-rata murah meriah karena budget mahasiswa hehehe.
3) "Gue mau meminimalisir penggunaan produk yang bisa ngerusak muka"
Sebenernya, pake nggak pake make up itu sama aja kalo lo pada dasarnya males bersiin muka. Gue buktinya. Sebelom pake make up, gue suka jerawatan, kadang sampe muncul satu yang gede banget dan ujungnya warna putih (HIIIIIH jorok lu ces). Tapi sejak mulai coba-coba pake make up, otomatis gue jadi suka bersiin muka (mau nggak mau, karena nggak mungkin dong lo tidur make up-an?) dan cuci muka. Hasilnya? Jerawat gue berkurang drastis. Muka gue juga ada yang bilang sih putihan. Itu baru gue lho, yang cuma modal make up remover, cleansing milk, toner, dan sabun muka. Belom lagi cewek-cewek cantik rajin dandan yang ngerawat muka pol-polan sampe rajin ke dokter kulit. Jadi intinya sih gitu; make up, in a way, justru bikin lo yang tadinya males ngerawat muka jadi rajin. Kalo emang nggak mau jerawatan, kuncinya sih cari make up dan pembersih yang tepat. Jangan pilih yang KW atau belom terdaftar di BPOM. Kalo pas dipake ternyata bikin iritasi atau langsung muncul pimple outbreak (bruntusan), ya, jangan dilanjutin. Balik ke poin 2, rajin-rajin aja nyari tau produk yang bagus atau minta saran temen/sodara/mama, mana yang kira-kira cocok di kulit lo.
..Begitulah.
Jujur aja, gue belom merasa butuh belajar full make up kayak yang suka ada di tutorial-tutorial YouTube. Beli base make up aja males (dan bingung sih sebenernya). Tapi menurut gue tertarik sama make up aja udah langkah besar banget bagi diri gue, hehe. Jadi saran gue, jangan buru-buru ngeklaim anti make up atau gimana. Cobain dulu aja, kalo ternyata emang cocok atau mulai merasa tertarik, jangan dilawan (lha kayak apaan aja). Kalo pun ternyata udah bertahun-tahun tetep merasa nggak suka, ya gapapa. Banyak kok, temen dan sodara gue yang usianya jauh lebih tua tapi tetep nggak suka make up. Asal inget aja: sebagai cewek, pasti bakal muncul yang namanya keadaan dimana kita dituntut untuk pake make up. Jadi nggak ada salahnya lho kalo belajar make up sedikit untuk dikerahkan pada waktu-waktu kayak gitu, atau minimal cari tau jenis-jenis make up dan gaya yang cocok di kita biar pas kita didandanin orang, kita nggak clueless-clueless amat dan berakhir dengan muka bete dan make up menor. Semoga berhasil!
Friday, December 4, 2015
Other Series to Binge-Watch
Beberapa postingan sebelum ini, gue sempet nge-post review gue tentang beberapa judul TV series yang baru aja gue ikuti. Cek postingannya disini. Nah, kali ini gue mau bikin lagi review singkat ala ala soal beberapa series yang baru gue tonton sebagai pelarian TA, termasuk salah satunya anime. Aduh, gue bersyukur sekali hidup di era internet dimana bisa bebas ngakses tontonan yang nggak ditayangin di negara sendiri dan bersyukur juga difasilitasi internet mumpuni dari kosan (meski belakangan mati nyala). Oh ya, terima kasih juga kepada teman-teman yang selama ini telah berbaik hati membagikan koleksi TV series-nya via harddisk. Entah apa jadinya gue tanpa teman dan akses internet (mungkin ngerjain TA).
Singkat cerita, setelah hiatus singkat selama beberapa bulan dari perhelatan TV series karena ceritanya mau fokus TA, awal bulan November kemaren gue tergoda untuk menonton Fear the Walking Dead. Kenapa FTWD? Kenapa nggak The Walking Dead-nya aja? Karena selain udah pewe banget sama komiknya (maaf maaf nih ya, selain nggak sama kayak komiknya, gue merasa TV series-nya overrated. Kenapa Daryl Dixon malah jadi primadona?! Kenapa Rick Grimes kayak hilang kharismanya?!), TWD juga udah 6 season, cuy. Meanwhile, FTWD baru keluar satu season yang isinya cuma 6 episode (less commitment, yay!), masing-masing berdurasi sejam. Ceritanya pun prekuel, jadi nggak harus nonton TWD dulu biar bisa ngerti. Sebagai penggemar cerita zombie, gue sih sangat amat tidak menyesal nonton FTWD. Walau pace-nya agak lambat—yang gue baca sih emang this series is supposed to be a slow-burner—tapi gue justru suka banget yang kayak gini dibanding zombie outbreak super kilat ala film World War Z. Yang ditampilkan di season pertama ini adalah transisi antara dunia yang masih baik-baik saja dan awal mula zombie apocalypse itu sendiri; perlahan-lahan lo dikasih liat gimana orang-orang mulai banyak yang ngilang, muncul kerusuhan, reaksi orang sama zombie-zombie yang baru bermunculan, sampe kota Los Angeles mulai luluh lantak dan ditinggalkan. Atmosfer dan setting-nya terasa natural dan well-crafted. Pokoknya lo akan dimanjakan sebagai penggemar cerita zombie. Karakter-karakternya pun surprisingly diverse dan nggak one-dimentional. Bukan cerita zombie namanya kalo nggak pake konflik keluarga, dan kebetulan keluarga jadi tema utama dalam series ini. Jadi di FTWD kita akan dikenalkan pada tiga keluarga yang bareng-bareng berlindung dari ancaman zombie-zombie, bukan sekumpulan survivor yang kebetulan ketemu dan baru kenal satu sama lain. Oh ya, agak jarang nih cerita zombie yang tokoh utamanya remaja, tapi di FTWD ini ada 3 orang; satu di antaranya seorang pecandu narkoba. Nah lho.
Berkat FTWD, gue jadi balik lagi ketagihan TV series dan pengen cari tontonan lagi. Gue coba Supergirl, serial baru keluaran CBS tentang sepupu superhero DC paling ikonik, Superman. Gue tertarik karena liat trailer-nya yang lucu dan sedikit banyak bikin inget film The Devil Wears Prada, karena Supergirl alias Kara Danvers disini diceritakan adalah seorang asisten dari Cat Grant, bos perusahaan media ternama CatCo. Nah, tokoh Kara Danvers ini kayak tokohnya Anne Hathaway di film The Devil Wears Prada dicampur Clark Kent—penurut sama bosnya yang tegas, tapi diam-diam punya potensi dan bakat yang besar serta idealisme sendiri. So.. Did I like it? So far gue baru sampe episode 3, dan itu karena ternyata series-nya kurang menarik buat gue. Not that hooking. Format dan feel-nya mirip banget sama The Flash, yang tentunya lo tau kalo baca review gue di postingan satunya: repetitif banget! Per episode penjahatnya selalu beda, and as you'd expect; the resolution is, eventually, Supergirl will save the day. Tapi kalo lo suka format ala series tokusatsu atau sentai gini sih harusnya nggak masalah ya. Sebenernya banyak aspek menarik yang bisa dieksekusi lebih baik sih, contohnya ya day job-nya si Supergirl atau personal struggle-nya entah dengan apa, cuma yang gue liat jatohnya jadi cheesy dan cepat selesai. Masih menyenangkan sih untuk ditonton, tapi gue sepertinya memilih untuk tidak melanjutkan. Nggak tau karena gue secara tidak sadar lebih suka series yang 'gelap gelap' atau emang eksekusi Supergirl dan The Flash aja yang kurang oke (hell, Gotham yang harusnya 'gelap' aja gue nggak suka karena emang jelek), tapi gue belom merasa klop sama series-series-nya DC. Maaf DC, film mungkin bisa didebatkan, tapi soal series, Marvel lebih juara.
There, I said it. Marvel lebih juara. Jadi pas Jessica Jones udah keluar semua episode-nya, langsung aja gue tonton seharian. Tadinya gue berniat buat cuma batesin diri satu episode per hari, tapi.. Jessica Jones terlalu hooking! Ceritanya emang banyak yang beda dari komiknya (Alias), tapi cukup solid, kok. Ada sih beberapa aspek yang cringeworthy kayak latar belakang Purple Man (yang pada series ini tidak dikenal dengan nama tersebut dan hanya dipanggil 'Kilgrave') ataupun final confrontation-nya yang tidak se-bombastis yang gue harapkan, but that's okay. Banyak aspek lain yang patut diacungi jempol, kayak anxiety (or PTSD?) issue-nya si Jessica, persahabatannya Jessica dan Trish, which is, harus gue akui sangat menarik dan dalam (maaf ya Foggy, tapi penghargaan Tokoh Sahabat Terbaik jatuh pada Trish. Hehehe). Gue nggak biasanya suka tokoh 'sahabat superhero' yang pada ujungnya jadi bumbu doang, tapi Trish cukup lovable and their friendship goes beyond that karena mereka ternyata tumbuh besar bersama dalam satu keluarga. Banyak karakter menarik disini, tapi jangan terlalu attached ya, karena siapa tau karakter itu tidak berumur panjang, hihihi. Dan ya, seperti Daredevil, series Jessica Jones ini juga berformat sama, dimana satu season dihabiskan untuk menyelesaikan satu masalah. Bahkan tema dan atmosfirnya mirip-mirip. Di postingan satunya gue bilang 'kan Daredevil tergolong noir? Naaaah, kalo dibandingin sama Jessica Jones sih, wah belom ada apa-apanya. Tema dewasanya lebih kuat, jadi jangan ditonton sama adik yah. Series-nya neo-noir banget, lebih banyak menitikberatkan di unsur psikologis dan detective play-nya. So yeah, expect a lot of investigating, stalking, disguising, and interrogating. Tenang, adegan aksi masih tetap banyak kok (ada Luke Cage juga!).Worth it banget lah seharian ngabisin 13 jam++ buat nonton satu season Jessica Jones. Easter eggs-nya juga lumayan banyak.
Merasa kosong setelah ngelarin Jessica Jones, gue mencoba satu series yang banyak diomongin dan direkomendasikan orang-orang di sosmed, yaitu Mr. Robot. Gue cek ratingnya; gila, 8.9/10 di IMDb dan 98% aja dong di rottentomato! Premisnya sih terdengar simpel ya, tentang sekumpulan hacker bernama fsociety yang berusaha nge-hack korporasi paling berkuasa di dunia, E Corp, yang diharapkan akan menghapuskan jejak hutang semua orang, menimbulkan economic meltdown, dan mengubah dunia. Small group, big agenda. Banyak istilah-istilah teknis dalam series ini, ceritanya yang berat dan cukup menggali sisi psikologis tokoh-tokohnya pun bikin yang nonton Mr. Robot harus mikir, jadi kalo berharap popcorn movie atau tontonan ringan, mending jangan nonton ini ya (apalagi kalo badan capek dan ngantuk abis ngelarin Jessica Jones, hahaha). Storyline dalam Mr. Robot ini terbagi jadi beberapa masalah, semuanya secara langsung atau tidak langsung terikat sama sang tokoh utama, Elliot, dan tujuan fsociety yang gue tulis di atas. Emang harus gue akui series ini berat, banyak monolog panjang yang terpaksa gue skip karena bosan, dan banyak sisi teknis yang nggak gue mengerti (kecuali anak IT mungkin), tapi gue cukup menikmati series ini kok. Penampilan aktor dan aktrisnya banyak yang keren, gue pribadi suka Tyrell Wellick dan istrinya Joanna. Banyak juga isu sosial politik yang disinggung disini. My final verdict is: Mr. Robot is recommended, meski bukan prioritas gue kayak Jessica Jones atau GoT, misalnya. Btw, ada plot twist di dua episode terakhir, jadi bersabar dan tonton sampai selesai yah!
Untuk menetralkan tontonan-tontonan berat di atas, gue juga nonton Community. Seperti Mr. Robot, Community ini banyak direkomendasiin orang-orang, bedanya Community ini series lama. Intinya sih, sitkom tentang orang-orang yang kuliah di Community College (semacam D3 atau Universitas Terbuka kali ya kalo disini). Dibilang lucu apa nggak sih lucu ya, namanya juga sitkom, bahkan humornya lebih banyak per episode daripada Parks and Rec. Jenis humornya juga macem-macem, dari yang segmented karena nyerempet pop culture sampe dry humor ataupun pun jokes. Tokohnya diverse, unik-unik, dan nggak ada yang overlap, bahkan ada yang kadang suka breaking the fourth wall. Community ini satu season-nya biasanya sih berkutat di satu masalah sebagai latar belakang, tapi per episode-nya jarang yang bener-bener nyambung kok. Yang gue suka, selain penokohannya yang bener-bener unik dan nggak overlap tadi, kadang ada episode spesial kayak Halloween yang tiap season ada, atau selipan Community versi kartun. Kadang episode-nya trippy banget malah, hahaha. Yang gue nggak suka dari Community palingan romance-nya yang agak.. Dipaksain? Banyak hint-hint yang ditampilin sih di antara dua karakter yang romantically potential, tapi tetep aja rasanya kurang nyambung (subjektif sih emang: Jeff dan Annie masih rada gue maklumi, but Troy and Britta? Reaaaally?). Mungkin emang sitkom harusnya seperti itu ya, gatau sih. Gue baru sampe season 4 karena nggak kayak Parks and Rec dimana gue bisa marathon terus-terusan, gue nggak segitunya bersemangat nonton Community, biasanya buat selingan aja kalo abis nonton yang berat-berat atau lagi nganggur dan butuh hiburan. Tonton aja sih, oke kok.
Oh ya hampir lupa, gue bilang kan di awal kalo ada anime juga? Nah, anime yang gue maksud sayangnya bukan One Punch Man atau Digimon Tri yang lagi hype, tapi.. FLCL alias Fooly Cooly alias Furi Kuri. Iye telat banget emang gue baru nonton FLCL setelah 15 tahun, tapi gue nggak nyesel, karena ternyata anime-nya bagus. Rasanya udah lama deh nggak nonton anime (bukan animated movie lho ya!) yang bagus. Awal penceritaannya mungkin bikin bingung dan rada nyeleneh, tapi makin ke belakang makin jelas kok, makin bikin kita gak peduli dan lebih nikmatin anime-nya malah. Oh ya, ceritanya gak jauh-jauh dari mecha (yang baru gue ketahui belakangan setelah menonton), sci-fi, action, drama, dan comedy. Kalo tau studio animasi yang ngeproduksi FLCL ini Gainax, pasti nggak heran sih, karena emang tone dan art style-nya cukup mengingatkan pada Gurren Lagann dan Neon Genesis Evangelion yang dibuat oleh studio yang sama. Selain penceritaannya yang kadang ngawur dan subtle, gue juga suka penokohannya (Mamimi best girl!), art style-nya, dan pastinya soundtrack-soundtrack alt-rock-nya. Gue pengen nge-review panjang tapi kapan-kapan aja deh, intinya coba nonton dulu aja FLCL, unik soalnya. Di satu sisi menghibur, tapi di satu sisi agak depressing. Kalo bukan penggemar mecha atau anime gapapa, gue juga bukan penggemar mecha dan udah males nonton anime tapi suka tuh sama anime ini. Toh cuma 6 episode dan masing-masing berdurasi 25 menitan hehehe.
Jadi? Tertarik untuk prokras nugas dan binge-watching salah satu series yang gue sebutkan di atas? :-P
Singkat cerita, setelah hiatus singkat selama beberapa bulan dari perhelatan TV series karena ceritanya mau fokus TA, awal bulan November kemaren gue tergoda untuk menonton Fear the Walking Dead. Kenapa FTWD? Kenapa nggak The Walking Dead-nya aja? Karena selain udah pewe banget sama komiknya (maaf maaf nih ya, selain nggak sama kayak komiknya, gue merasa TV series-nya overrated. Kenapa Daryl Dixon malah jadi primadona?! Kenapa Rick Grimes kayak hilang kharismanya?!), TWD juga udah 6 season, cuy. Meanwhile, FTWD baru keluar satu season yang isinya cuma 6 episode (less commitment, yay!), masing-masing berdurasi sejam. Ceritanya pun prekuel, jadi nggak harus nonton TWD dulu biar bisa ngerti. Sebagai penggemar cerita zombie, gue sih sangat amat tidak menyesal nonton FTWD. Walau pace-nya agak lambat—yang gue baca sih emang this series is supposed to be a slow-burner—tapi gue justru suka banget yang kayak gini dibanding zombie outbreak super kilat ala film World War Z. Yang ditampilkan di season pertama ini adalah transisi antara dunia yang masih baik-baik saja dan awal mula zombie apocalypse itu sendiri; perlahan-lahan lo dikasih liat gimana orang-orang mulai banyak yang ngilang, muncul kerusuhan, reaksi orang sama zombie-zombie yang baru bermunculan, sampe kota Los Angeles mulai luluh lantak dan ditinggalkan. Atmosfer dan setting-nya terasa natural dan well-crafted. Pokoknya lo akan dimanjakan sebagai penggemar cerita zombie. Karakter-karakternya pun surprisingly diverse dan nggak one-dimentional. Bukan cerita zombie namanya kalo nggak pake konflik keluarga, dan kebetulan keluarga jadi tema utama dalam series ini. Jadi di FTWD kita akan dikenalkan pada tiga keluarga yang bareng-bareng berlindung dari ancaman zombie-zombie, bukan sekumpulan survivor yang kebetulan ketemu dan baru kenal satu sama lain. Oh ya, agak jarang nih cerita zombie yang tokoh utamanya remaja, tapi di FTWD ini ada 3 orang; satu di antaranya seorang pecandu narkoba. Nah lho.
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| Bapaknya mirip Jeremy Thomas nggak sih kalo diliat-liat? Wkwkwk. |
There, I said it. Marvel lebih juara. Jadi pas Jessica Jones udah keluar semua episode-nya, langsung aja gue tonton seharian. Tadinya gue berniat buat cuma batesin diri satu episode per hari, tapi.. Jessica Jones terlalu hooking! Ceritanya emang banyak yang beda dari komiknya (Alias), tapi cukup solid, kok. Ada sih beberapa aspek yang cringeworthy kayak latar belakang Purple Man (yang pada series ini tidak dikenal dengan nama tersebut dan hanya dipanggil 'Kilgrave') ataupun final confrontation-nya yang tidak se-bombastis yang gue harapkan, but that's okay. Banyak aspek lain yang patut diacungi jempol, kayak anxiety (or PTSD?) issue-nya si Jessica, persahabatannya Jessica dan Trish, which is, harus gue akui sangat menarik dan dalam (maaf ya Foggy, tapi penghargaan Tokoh Sahabat Terbaik jatuh pada Trish. Hehehe). Gue nggak biasanya suka tokoh 'sahabat superhero' yang pada ujungnya jadi bumbu doang, tapi Trish cukup lovable and their friendship goes beyond that karena mereka ternyata tumbuh besar bersama dalam satu keluarga. Banyak karakter menarik disini, tapi jangan terlalu attached ya, karena siapa tau karakter itu tidak berumur panjang, hihihi. Dan ya, seperti Daredevil, series Jessica Jones ini juga berformat sama, dimana satu season dihabiskan untuk menyelesaikan satu masalah. Bahkan tema dan atmosfirnya mirip-mirip. Di postingan satunya gue bilang 'kan Daredevil tergolong noir? Naaaah, kalo dibandingin sama Jessica Jones sih, wah belom ada apa-apanya. Tema dewasanya lebih kuat, jadi jangan ditonton sama adik yah. Series-nya neo-noir banget, lebih banyak menitikberatkan di unsur psikologis dan detective play-nya. So yeah, expect a lot of investigating, stalking, disguising, and interrogating. Tenang, adegan aksi masih tetap banyak kok (ada Luke Cage juga!).Worth it banget lah seharian ngabisin 13 jam++ buat nonton satu season Jessica Jones. Easter eggs-nya juga lumayan banyak.
To people who thinks Jessica Jones is mediocre or overrated:
Merasa kosong setelah ngelarin Jessica Jones, gue mencoba satu series yang banyak diomongin dan direkomendasikan orang-orang di sosmed, yaitu Mr. Robot. Gue cek ratingnya; gila, 8.9/10 di IMDb dan 98% aja dong di rottentomato! Premisnya sih terdengar simpel ya, tentang sekumpulan hacker bernama fsociety yang berusaha nge-hack korporasi paling berkuasa di dunia, E Corp, yang diharapkan akan menghapuskan jejak hutang semua orang, menimbulkan economic meltdown, dan mengubah dunia. Small group, big agenda. Banyak istilah-istilah teknis dalam series ini, ceritanya yang berat dan cukup menggali sisi psikologis tokoh-tokohnya pun bikin yang nonton Mr. Robot harus mikir, jadi kalo berharap popcorn movie atau tontonan ringan, mending jangan nonton ini ya (apalagi kalo badan capek dan ngantuk abis ngelarin Jessica Jones, hahaha). Storyline dalam Mr. Robot ini terbagi jadi beberapa masalah, semuanya secara langsung atau tidak langsung terikat sama sang tokoh utama, Elliot, dan tujuan fsociety yang gue tulis di atas. Emang harus gue akui series ini berat, banyak monolog panjang yang terpaksa gue skip karena bosan, dan banyak sisi teknis yang nggak gue mengerti (kecuali anak IT mungkin), tapi gue cukup menikmati series ini kok. Penampilan aktor dan aktrisnya banyak yang keren, gue pribadi suka Tyrell Wellick dan istrinya Joanna. Banyak juga isu sosial politik yang disinggung disini. My final verdict is: Mr. Robot is recommended, meski bukan prioritas gue kayak Jessica Jones atau GoT, misalnya. Btw, ada plot twist di dua episode terakhir, jadi bersabar dan tonton sampai selesai yah!
Untuk menetralkan tontonan-tontonan berat di atas, gue juga nonton Community. Seperti Mr. Robot, Community ini banyak direkomendasiin orang-orang, bedanya Community ini series lama. Intinya sih, sitkom tentang orang-orang yang kuliah di Community College (semacam D3 atau Universitas Terbuka kali ya kalo disini). Dibilang lucu apa nggak sih lucu ya, namanya juga sitkom, bahkan humornya lebih banyak per episode daripada Parks and Rec. Jenis humornya juga macem-macem, dari yang segmented karena nyerempet pop culture sampe dry humor ataupun pun jokes. Tokohnya diverse, unik-unik, dan nggak ada yang overlap, bahkan ada yang kadang suka breaking the fourth wall. Community ini satu season-nya biasanya sih berkutat di satu masalah sebagai latar belakang, tapi per episode-nya jarang yang bener-bener nyambung kok. Yang gue suka, selain penokohannya yang bener-bener unik dan nggak overlap tadi, kadang ada episode spesial kayak Halloween yang tiap season ada, atau selipan Community versi kartun. Kadang episode-nya trippy banget malah, hahaha. Yang gue nggak suka dari Community palingan romance-nya yang agak.. Dipaksain? Banyak hint-hint yang ditampilin sih di antara dua karakter yang romantically potential, tapi tetep aja rasanya kurang nyambung (subjektif sih emang: Jeff dan Annie masih rada gue maklumi, but Troy and Britta? Reaaaally?). Mungkin emang sitkom harusnya seperti itu ya, gatau sih. Gue baru sampe season 4 karena nggak kayak Parks and Rec dimana gue bisa marathon terus-terusan, gue nggak segitunya bersemangat nonton Community, biasanya buat selingan aja kalo abis nonton yang berat-berat atau lagi nganggur dan butuh hiburan. Tonton aja sih, oke kok.
Oh ya hampir lupa, gue bilang kan di awal kalo ada anime juga? Nah, anime yang gue maksud sayangnya bukan One Punch Man atau Digimon Tri yang lagi hype, tapi.. FLCL alias Fooly Cooly alias Furi Kuri. Iye telat banget emang gue baru nonton FLCL setelah 15 tahun, tapi gue nggak nyesel, karena ternyata anime-nya bagus. Rasanya udah lama deh nggak nonton anime (bukan animated movie lho ya!) yang bagus. Awal penceritaannya mungkin bikin bingung dan rada nyeleneh, tapi makin ke belakang makin jelas kok, makin bikin kita gak peduli dan lebih nikmatin anime-nya malah. Oh ya, ceritanya gak jauh-jauh dari mecha (yang baru gue ketahui belakangan setelah menonton), sci-fi, action, drama, dan comedy. Kalo tau studio animasi yang ngeproduksi FLCL ini Gainax, pasti nggak heran sih, karena emang tone dan art style-nya cukup mengingatkan pada Gurren Lagann dan Neon Genesis Evangelion yang dibuat oleh studio yang sama. Selain penceritaannya yang kadang ngawur dan subtle, gue juga suka penokohannya (Mamimi best girl!), art style-nya, dan pastinya soundtrack-soundtrack alt-rock-nya. Gue pengen nge-review panjang tapi kapan-kapan aja deh, intinya coba nonton dulu aja FLCL, unik soalnya. Di satu sisi menghibur, tapi di satu sisi agak depressing. Kalo bukan penggemar mecha atau anime gapapa, gue juga bukan penggemar mecha dan udah males nonton anime tapi suka tuh sama anime ini. Toh cuma 6 episode dan masing-masing berdurasi 25 menitan hehehe.
Jadi? Tertarik untuk prokras nugas dan binge-watching salah satu series yang gue sebutkan di atas? :-P
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Monday, October 19, 2015
Confession of a Girl Who Uses Path
Gosh, I really hate Path.
And here's the reason why:
1. I don't know if it's just me, but it's fucking laggy.
2. When actively used, it's the second most data-consuming app in my phone, with the first being Instagram (since it's full of pictures and videos).
3. Whenever you go, the social pressure to post something is too damn high. Hey, I just had lunch at this famous, newly-opened Japanese restaurant chain, and not at some cheap food stalls. Hey, I just feel like posting this song that I don't listen to at the moment but I'm gonna post it anyway 'cuz it describes how I'm feeling right now. Hey, I just met my old friends and thought you guys may want to know what they (and my #OOTD as a bonus) looked like. Well, the pressure's basically like "it's not actually that special, but I don't want people to assume that I have no life and they should know how mediocrely good my life is, so I have to post this". I hate to admit this but instead of enjoying the moment, we—myself included—would often found ourselves and our friends fumbling with our phone, trying to get Wi-Fi, editing our freshly-taken picture so we could upload it right away. We won't get over until it is posted. May the most liked post wins!
So.. Just what purpose does Path serve? Is it purely for showing off? Or get in touch with your close friends, privately? Or as I said before, to caters to our increasing narcissistic needs of posting everything everywhere in this digital era?
"Well, yeah, Path allow you to get in touch with a selection of friends in a limited circle, so they'd know what I'm up to, and vice versa. All in a more private way."
Meh. I call BS on this. To let them know what you're up to, you could post on chat groups, LINE status, or even Facebook, since you can customize the privacy setting. It's all easier and quicker to do. Also, in a private way? LOL, don't get me started on this. I've seen many people abused the private function by linking their Path to their public Twitter accounts. I could concur if this was said back when Path limits the friend list to just 150 people, but now it expands to 500. Honestly, I don't think you have that many *close* friends and family. And just how many viral posts in the recent years were actually taken from someone's Path post? And we said Path is "private"? Also, if they intend to go viral, to spread a certain tale, they should consider Facebook or LINE public post which has direct 'like' button and comment (a two-way interaction!), so it could travel further to wider audience too. These viral Path posts eventually and ironically will end up in Facebook and Twitter anyway. No matter how careful you curate your friends on Path, the ones you'll be accepting won't be really the closest ones. What privacy do you seek from a "social media", anyway? You won't know if one of your few friends, who's actually a snitch, would screen-capture your post and post it somewhere else, will you? I don't think 'privacy matters' is what makes Path different and so widely used, unless you're a public figure.
"Ok, we can argue on that. But, but, how about giving people recommendations? You know, like, I had dinner in a place with really cool interior and really tasty food, and I want people to know how it went, or where it is. It's good for business and foodies, right?"
Recommendation seems like a legit reason, until you realize that we have Instagram, review apps, and blog for a reason. I mean, do you really meant to check in at that place because you had a great meal and great time there, or because you thought it'd look good on you? Because apparently, the said place is currently the most happening place among your friends? Well, I can't blame you. I, too, have posted movies I was watching on Path and sometimes with a quick review on them. Sometimes many friends love it (especially if it's a much hyped movie or only has been released for few days,), sometimes not really. Same goes for food. But I eat alone more often than eat out with friends or family. When I eat alone, I rarely post them on Path. Why? Consider this: you eat alone in an ordinary-looking restaurant that always been your favorite but never got a chance to say how awesome it was, and you eat with three friends in an upscale restaurant but with ordinary tasting food, which one do you more likely to post? I think it's the latter. If I really love that restaurant and its food, I'd prefer using Zomato, OpenRice, or my personal blog. Just admit it, our inner pretentious self plays a big role in this whole posting matters, so using Path to recommend things isn't really effective. It will only reach a small portion of people and you can't do a full-blown review which makes your post really long, since Path users seem to have short attention span. But of course, this could go differently for every people. Some people are influential enough that they could just boost a certain product or place's sale and fame just by posting it on their social media. But then again, not everyone are social media celebrity or giving useful reviews, and as the audience, we could get tired seeing the same place or song getting posted over and over again by different friends on our Path feed.
"Ugh, alright, whatever. Just don't go generalize people. But you know what? Seeing your counter-arguments, I realized something; Path gives you all the needs from various social media, all in one app. Instagram's picture and video posting, more elaborate version of Facebook's "what are you doing?" and its privacy setting, longer version of Twitter's jokes and rants (and #nowplaying, if anyone ever remembers), 4square's check-ins; everything's included in Path!"
..Now that's a good point. A valid point, at that. This is actually what makes Path so adored: it sums up other social media functions in one app. It's versatile. Better yet: it boost our ego. The said functions are basically to expose your life into one social media, and I call it total BS if someone said they never get pleased by the amount of likes on their post or at least get a little jumpy every time you a Path notification popped up. It's like seeing many people approved or appreciate your life, and vice versa. I know that the number of likes (or frown or laugh or wink, in this case) can't define your post's quality, but it does define other things: how social you are and how many actual friends you have in real life. Just sit and compare how certain people who posted about watching movie and checked in at a cinema with no captions, just tags, managed to snag many likes, while other people, who is less popular in real life, got smaller amount of likes even though they carefully wrote a compelling comment about the same movie.
Interesting, right? Seeing how much a mere social media involved with our perception and way of life. Path is meticulously designed, despite all its flaws.
It still hasn't solve the biggest mystery, though: why is Path really selling out here in Indonesia, but not in other countries, or even in its founder's country, USA? Is the Indonesian demographic just love to show off and more inclined to pretentiousness? The answer is in this DailySocial article. Perfectly explained in the following paragraphs, quoted directly from the aforementioned article:
Or to make it short: it's all thanks to the changing nature of Facebook.
The people in USA is consistent with their Facebook usage, to connect with people, so they stick to it and Facebook is still the most popular social media there. Indonesians on the other hand, utilize Facebook for other means such as selling and advertise things. As Facebook became less and less personal, Indonesians found their new comfort at the hand of Path, where they can personally connect to their selection of friends and family while still retain their old habits to post anything anywhere. So convenience.
Now that we know the purpose of Path, what's the point of this post?
Well, I just want to rant how much I actually hate Path while still using them and amused by its dynamics. It's not a love-hate relationship, since I've never loved it in the first place (I still prefer Twitter). It's just funny, how we're really fixated on one imperfect social media app for the sake of 'getting updated' and 'connect with friends and family'. That's all. I hope you don't take this as me badmouthing Path or me getting butthurted for some reasons. But to be honest I do wish a little that Path would somehow lose most of its users so we can move to a better, less pretentious app or even go back to Twitter. As for Twitter, I miss how each people is unique, posting different types of post—A is a sappy, hopeless romantic gal who posts love quotes and subtweets her crush 24/7, B is a very funny and punny guy in real life who eventually finds his way to Twitter fame through his original and creative tweets, C is keen to share his thoughts about certain political issues in a series of tweets and open discussions, while D is a loner whose only solace is to rant on Twitter and doesn't care if people read his tweets or not. Meanwhile in Path, all you got is pretty much the same: check-ins, picture of your friends with their friends, funny pictures—that I thought for once was the most redeeming aspect of Path before I realized that they were taken from other social media platforms—and small majority of movies, tv shows, songs, or books being consumed and reviewed.
I'm still torn between deactivating my Path so I could free up some spaces in my phone and free from the inevitable social pressure, since most of my real life friends use it and I feel like I will miss out a lot of things if I don't. Anyway, it's up to each person to have preference of which social media platform they like best and use the most, but remember this:
If I ever linked a Path post to Twitter, or even worse—turn my Twitter account into a big dumpster full of Path links like most people nowadays, you're obliged to unfollow me and slap me in the face. But if I ask you how your day was and you, who happened to be a friend of mine, respond with something like "Didn't you check my Path this morning?? I was going to—" I AM the one who will slap you in the face. Thank you.
And here's the reason why:
1. I don't know if it's just me, but it's fucking laggy.
2. When actively used, it's the second most data-consuming app in my phone, with the first being Instagram (since it's full of pictures and videos).
3. Whenever you go, the social pressure to post something is too damn high. Hey, I just had lunch at this famous, newly-opened Japanese restaurant chain, and not at some cheap food stalls. Hey, I just feel like posting this song that I don't listen to at the moment but I'm gonna post it anyway 'cuz it describes how I'm feeling right now. Hey, I just met my old friends and thought you guys may want to know what they (and my #OOTD as a bonus) looked like. Well, the pressure's basically like "it's not actually that special, but I don't want people to assume that I have no life and they should know how mediocrely good my life is, so I have to post this". I hate to admit this but instead of enjoying the moment, we—myself included—would often found ourselves and our friends fumbling with our phone, trying to get Wi-Fi, editing our freshly-taken picture so we could upload it right away. We won't get over until it is posted. May the most liked post wins!
So.. Just what purpose does Path serve? Is it purely for showing off? Or get in touch with your close friends, privately? Or as I said before, to caters to our increasing narcissistic needs of posting everything everywhere in this digital era?
"Well, yeah, Path allow you to get in touch with a selection of friends in a limited circle, so they'd know what I'm up to, and vice versa. All in a more private way."
Meh. I call BS on this. To let them know what you're up to, you could post on chat groups, LINE status, or even Facebook, since you can customize the privacy setting. It's all easier and quicker to do. Also, in a private way? LOL, don't get me started on this. I've seen many people abused the private function by linking their Path to their public Twitter accounts. I could concur if this was said back when Path limits the friend list to just 150 people, but now it expands to 500. Honestly, I don't think you have that many *close* friends and family. And just how many viral posts in the recent years were actually taken from someone's Path post? And we said Path is "private"? Also, if they intend to go viral, to spread a certain tale, they should consider Facebook or LINE public post which has direct 'like' button and comment (a two-way interaction!), so it could travel further to wider audience too. These viral Path posts eventually and ironically will end up in Facebook and Twitter anyway. No matter how careful you curate your friends on Path, the ones you'll be accepting won't be really the closest ones. What privacy do you seek from a "social media", anyway? You won't know if one of your few friends, who's actually a snitch, would screen-capture your post and post it somewhere else, will you? I don't think 'privacy matters' is what makes Path different and so widely used, unless you're a public figure.
"Ok, we can argue on that. But, but, how about giving people recommendations? You know, like, I had dinner in a place with really cool interior and really tasty food, and I want people to know how it went, or where it is. It's good for business and foodies, right?"
Recommendation seems like a legit reason, until you realize that we have Instagram, review apps, and blog for a reason. I mean, do you really meant to check in at that place because you had a great meal and great time there, or because you thought it'd look good on you? Because apparently, the said place is currently the most happening place among your friends? Well, I can't blame you. I, too, have posted movies I was watching on Path and sometimes with a quick review on them. Sometimes many friends love it (especially if it's a much hyped movie or only has been released for few days,), sometimes not really. Same goes for food. But I eat alone more often than eat out with friends or family. When I eat alone, I rarely post them on Path. Why? Consider this: you eat alone in an ordinary-looking restaurant that always been your favorite but never got a chance to say how awesome it was, and you eat with three friends in an upscale restaurant but with ordinary tasting food, which one do you more likely to post? I think it's the latter. If I really love that restaurant and its food, I'd prefer using Zomato, OpenRice, or my personal blog. Just admit it, our inner pretentious self plays a big role in this whole posting matters, so using Path to recommend things isn't really effective. It will only reach a small portion of people and you can't do a full-blown review which makes your post really long, since Path users seem to have short attention span. But of course, this could go differently for every people. Some people are influential enough that they could just boost a certain product or place's sale and fame just by posting it on their social media. But then again, not everyone are social media celebrity or giving useful reviews, and as the audience, we could get tired seeing the same place or song getting posted over and over again by different friends on our Path feed.
"Ugh, alright, whatever. Just don't go generalize people. But you know what? Seeing your counter-arguments, I realized something; Path gives you all the needs from various social media, all in one app. Instagram's picture and video posting, more elaborate version of Facebook's "what are you doing?" and its privacy setting, longer version of Twitter's jokes and rants (and #nowplaying, if anyone ever remembers), 4square's check-ins; everything's included in Path!"
..Now that's a good point. A valid point, at that. This is actually what makes Path so adored: it sums up other social media functions in one app. It's versatile. Better yet: it boost our ego. The said functions are basically to expose your life into one social media, and I call it total BS if someone said they never get pleased by the amount of likes on their post or at least get a little jumpy every time you a Path notification popped up. It's like seeing many people approved or appreciate your life, and vice versa. I know that the number of likes (or frown or laugh or wink, in this case) can't define your post's quality, but it does define other things: how social you are and how many actual friends you have in real life. Just sit and compare how certain people who posted about watching movie and checked in at a cinema with no captions, just tags, managed to snag many likes, while other people, who is less popular in real life, got smaller amount of likes even though they carefully wrote a compelling comment about the same movie.
Interesting, right? Seeing how much a mere social media involved with our perception and way of life. Path is meticulously designed, despite all its flaws.
It still hasn't solve the biggest mystery, though: why is Path really selling out here in Indonesia, but not in other countries, or even in its founder's country, USA? Is the Indonesian demographic just love to show off and more inclined to pretentiousness? The answer is in this DailySocial article. Perfectly explained in the following paragraphs, quoted directly from the aforementioned article:
"It seems that the key to Path’s wide adoption in Indonesia is how roughly abused Facebook has become. For a lot of people in the United States, Facebook is that persistent connection people have with their friends and relatives. They leave messages there, post their thoughts and discoveries, share news and photos, play games together, communicate, and generally keep in touch with their closest friends and relatives through the network.In Indonesia Facebook is a marketplace. Yes it’s a social network but it’s a highly abused social network in which people take advantage of their connectedness and use their personal pages to promote and sell products and services. Large numbers of Indonesians use their Facebook pages to upload photos of the things they sell and tag everyone and their dog to announce that they have a new item available for sale. On top of that, there’s the game invitations. Oh the horror when these wretched things come around."—Aulia Masna, from DailySocial 32 months ago.
Or to make it short: it's all thanks to the changing nature of Facebook.
The people in USA is consistent with their Facebook usage, to connect with people, so they stick to it and Facebook is still the most popular social media there. Indonesians on the other hand, utilize Facebook for other means such as selling and advertise things. As Facebook became less and less personal, Indonesians found their new comfort at the hand of Path, where they can personally connect to their selection of friends and family while still retain their old habits to post anything anywhere. So convenience.
Now that we know the purpose of Path, what's the point of this post?
Well, I just want to rant how much I actually hate Path while still using them and amused by its dynamics. It's not a love-hate relationship, since I've never loved it in the first place (I still prefer Twitter). It's just funny, how we're really fixated on one imperfect social media app for the sake of 'getting updated' and 'connect with friends and family'. That's all. I hope you don't take this as me badmouthing Path or me getting butthurted for some reasons. But to be honest I do wish a little that Path would somehow lose most of its users so we can move to a better, less pretentious app or even go back to Twitter. As for Twitter, I miss how each people is unique, posting different types of post—A is a sappy, hopeless romantic gal who posts love quotes and subtweets her crush 24/7, B is a very funny and punny guy in real life who eventually finds his way to Twitter fame through his original and creative tweets, C is keen to share his thoughts about certain political issues in a series of tweets and open discussions, while D is a loner whose only solace is to rant on Twitter and doesn't care if people read his tweets or not. Meanwhile in Path, all you got is pretty much the same: check-ins, picture of your friends with their friends, funny pictures—that I thought for once was the most redeeming aspect of Path before I realized that they were taken from other social media platforms—and small majority of movies, tv shows, songs, or books being consumed and reviewed.
I'm still torn between deactivating my Path so I could free up some spaces in my phone and free from the inevitable social pressure, since most of my real life friends use it and I feel like I will miss out a lot of things if I don't. Anyway, it's up to each person to have preference of which social media platform they like best and use the most, but remember this:
If I ever linked a Path post to Twitter, or even worse—turn my Twitter account into a big dumpster full of Path links like most people nowadays, you're obliged to unfollow me and slap me in the face. But if I ask you how your day was and you, who happened to be a friend of mine, respond with something like "Didn't you check my Path this morning?? I was going to—" I AM the one who will slap you in the face. Thank you.
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