Strange Homo Sapiens

Not really disappointed but more dismayed. Who would not be? Here I am, trying to be a serious responsible citizen wanting to contribute something worthy to humanity but was discouraged by the response of my fellow homo sapiens. Their preference is so strange I decided to take a break.

I am a member of this photo sharing website where one can post and share pictures, complete with titles, description and tags. Other interesting features are views, and comment/s from viewers; but what I like most, is that it automatically organize the pictures in a lot of ways- by the date the picture was taken, by sets, or according to tags. It’s so easy to keep track of the pictures.

So, this one photo sharing website was very entertaining to me. I was so caught up with it that I took pictures about anything my eyes deemed strange, cute, or worth showing; but my eyes do not discriminate. Everything under the sun - be it a stray dogs, cat on the rooftop, frogs in my backyard, the birds, the rain, are considered great candidates for best pictures.

I quickly downloaded all photographs that I have gathered, diligently describing each of them and lovingly admiring them as if it was a great piece of art.

What tickles me is seeing the number of photo viewers appearing quickly- just a few minutes after downloading the pictures. I smiled knowing that people are there, they noticed, and I supposed they like my taste. So, I was clicking here and there around the website, checking which of my pictures are interesting, the which one got the highest number of views, which picture listed as favorites or have been commented upon. I was flabbergasted. My mouth gaped in wonder and it took time before it voluntarily shut up. It was the least that I expected.

I took pains shooting the bark of trees despite the colony of ants circling and crawling on my feet; it took me hours watching for the bird to come out again from hiding deep into the bushes. Oh, ..they were so quick to fly as soon they suspect people are spying on them. I am horrified with the sight of frogs but I bravely braced my fear, took a step closer to the hopping frog I found on my doorstep- just to get a better shot. Then there's the scorpion inside my shoe. Normal reaction would be to run to get something to smash it but I ran to get my camera instead. But none of these arouse the interest my fellow earthlings. They prefer the silly things that I posted among with the other pictures. These were pictures of legs, lips, tongue, tattoos on the chest, lingerie, undies. These were the pictures that are appealing to them, the most frequently viewed, listed as favorites and deemed interesting my whomever rated it.

Now, I’m taking a break from posting photos on the web.