If you're white and in your 20s you may have noticed a large number of your friends have begun participating in marathons, and you may have found yourself asking why? Well it turns out marathons are terrific photo opportunities. When you people take photographs of themselves to upload to whatever social media site they usually do so with certain criteria in mind.
1. Does this make my life appear exciting?
There's an old saying that goes "history is whittled down to the gems" and social media has definitely proven that true. People only want you to see the glamorous, the fun, the exciting. Its part of the mentality they have where they want to one up everyone. You'll only see fancy clubs, designer clothes, beautiful friends, and finish lines. You won't see all the horrible things that happen to themselves and the people around them as a result of their insecurities.
2. Does this make me look like a good person?
Being a good person is a lot of work and takes a considerable amount of effort. Between pretending to know about IPAs, keeping up with the catalog of urban outfitters, and going to places that serve drinks in mason jars your average 20 something just doesn't have time to out and volunteer. Luckily the marathon which is usually a charity event allows them to both appear exciting and altruistic
People only run marathons so they can smugly point out they're running a marathon. No one actually enjoys it. How could they? Running is a tedious and terrible activity and a marathon is actually a variation on a form of torture. Remember the Bataan death march??
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