Carly Simon said it right: “You’re so vain; you probably think this song is about you.” Few people are exempt from the curse of vanity. And in today’s day and age, there are just so many outlets for it. On facebook, people have hundreds of pictures tagged of themselves posing in from of the mirror—I am no exception to this rule. Cosmetic companies thrive on the vanity of women to buy their products, promising results that will show you looking younger and more beautiful. People put mirrors all over their houses and watch their reflections in just about anything. My cell phone is designed that when the screen isn’t lighted, the screen becomes a mirror.
It’s ridiculous how vain I, and people like me, are. And it’s only getting worse as time goes on. In thirty years we’ll be obsessing over receding hair lines and crow’s feet and the dreaded gray hairs! The question I pose is, is it our fault? Or the result of the media and the perfect image they throw at us that we aspire to?
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