Sebastian Maniscalco Quotes

Facebook has created a rash of mental zombies in a meme-feeding frenzy.

The Internet is so big, so powerful and pointless that for some people it is a complete substitute for life.

I don't see the point of having 80 million people online if all they are doing in the end is talking to ghosts in the suburbs.

I turned off my Google alerts in 2009 as I learnt that following yourself on the Internet very quickly becomes unhealthy.

I think that people in the phase between being someone's kid and being someone's parent have always been uniquely narcissistic, but that social media and Twitter and LiveJournal make it really easy to navel-gaze in a way that you've never been able to before.

I didn't have any vices before the Internet. There are a lot of cracks in the day, moments where you don't know what to do next, so you have a little hole where you look at your phone. You want something that will mean you're not alone in that moment.

When I get online, there's this cycle of anxiety and narcissism that takes over, which is the part of me that I like the least.

When I was young, I was crazy in the head on social media.

We're all trapped in the digital world. It's filled with cat videos, and you have to dodge comments about how much you stink.

We're understandably worried that staring at screens all day, and blogging about our breakfasts, is turning America into a nation of narcissists. But the opposite might be true.

Fifteen years ago, the internet was an escape from the real world. Now the real world is an escape from the internet.

I'm amazed at the amount of time people spend on the Internet.

A lot of these kids I think are more content just to be on Facebook and the computer than they are to actually go out. They just really want to get a picture to post to their buddies, and that's about it.

I can't do Twitter or Facebook, mostly because I feel like I'm the type of person who has to regiment the amount of time I spend doing certain things or I'll just wade in it, and then I'll never come out.

I don't have a Twitter or a Facebook, but that doesn't mean I'm any more productive than the rest of the world.

I admit that I look at my social media when I'm killing time, like on a plane and such. It's just less embarrassing getting caught on Twitter than getting caught playing Candy Crush.

People spend hours constantly checking and tweeting and Facebooking. And it's cool to check up on your friends and see what's going on in the world, but it's not cool to spend five hours of your day on the computer looking at the Internet.

People can live without a Facebook account: my 13-year-old daughter has cancelled her account because it's not cool anymore.

We're so very focused on ourselves and on self-promotion. It goes on all day with Facebook and Twitter and Instagram.

People don't just stop playing Facebook games. They divorce them.

Entire books are being written about the distractions of social media. I don't believe media compel distraction, but I think it's clear that they afford it.

I'm a social media addict.

It's bizarre to have both a super-connected and disconnected world. Like, you can use Twitter in the most narcissistic way. Do people really need to know that I'm drinking a latte right now? It's so indulgent.

I think social media has taken over for our generation. It's a big part of our lives, and it's kind of sad.

Google is addictive.