What's The World Really Turning To; Dividing Your Tongue Just To Get.........

Now look at those images carefully.

That is a human tongue.
Split down the middle.
Sewn with sutures.
Modified deliberately.
And posted on social media with 5.2K likes.
The caption says "photo session for this tongue."
Okay.
Thank you.
We don hear.
But let me school you a bit on where we are heading as a generation.
There was a time people went viral because they built something.
Invented something.
Wrote something.
Sacrificed something.
Now people go viral because they cut their tongue in two and stick it out for a camera.
And we give them 5,200 likes.
We reward it.
We amplify it.
We share it.
And then we wonder why the next person goes further.
This is how the world now works.
Attention is the new currency.
And just like money, people will do anything to get it.
You think the tongue splitting is extreme?
Wait.
Because the person who did that yesterday got 5K likes.

So tomorrow somebody will go further.
Somebody will go deeper.
Somebody will make the next version more graphic, more shocking, more disturbing.
Because that's what got the response.
That's what made the algorithm move.
That's what made people stop scrolling.
Do you know how social media actually works?
It doesn't reward the wisest post.
It rewards the post that made you stop.
Shock stops you.
Pain stops you.
Outrage stops you.
And once you stop, the platform wins.
Whether you stopped because you were inspired or because you were disturbed, the algorithm doesn't care.
A like is a like.
A share is a share.
A comment is a comment.
Even the comment that says "this is disgusting" feeds the machine.
So now we have a generation of young people who have learned one dangerous lesson:
The more extreme you are, the more visible you become.
The more visible you become, the more opportunities find you.
Brand deals.
Followers.
Collaborations.
Fame.
Money.
And once money enters the equation, it becomes very hard to tell someone to stop.
I once had a conversation with a young man who was doing very disturbing content online.
I asked him why.
He said, "Uncle, my normal posts get 200 views. My shocking posts get 200,000."
What would you tell that boy?
That he should choose integrity over income?
Easy to say when your bills are paid.
But here is what nobody is telling these young people:
There is a cost.
There is always a cost.
The person who split that tongue will carry that for life.
Not just physically.
Psychologically.
Because the internet never forgets.
And the same crowd that gave you 5,200 likes today will use those same images to define you, limit you and mock you ten years from now when you're trying to become something else.
The crowd is not your friend.
The crowd is a spectator.
Spectators don't bleed when you fall.
They just watch.
And we, the audience?
We are not innocent in this story.
Every time we stop to watch.
Every time we share "just to show people."
Every time we comment "God forbid" but still comment.
We are buying the ticket.
We are funding the show.
We are telling the next person, "Yes, do more of this. We are watching."
So what's the world really turning to?
A place where pain is content.
Where the body is a billboard.
Where self-destruction is a marketing strategy.
Where the most damaged among us become the most followed.
And we call it influence.
I am not here to judge the person in that image.
Life brought them somewhere that made this feel like the right move.
And that itself should break our hearts more than the image does.
But I am here to ask you a question.
A quiet one.
What are you liking?
What are you sharing?
What are you telling the algorithm you want more of?
Because the world is watching what you reward.
And it is building accordingly.
Think about it.