Instagram Ruined My Life

thanks for ruining my life I’m literally an algorithm designed to maintain your attention by learning from your behavior and mirroring it back, which consciously or unconsciously captivates you and the people you interact with. I am quite literally one of the most tactful tools for the collective unconscious and for personal shadow work — that is if you can begin to realize that you aren’t merely disturbed by social media, but that you are disturbed by your own reflection.

A sketch of a person stands beside a many-tentacled black creature with the Instagram logo for a head. The person says “thanks for ruining my life,” while Instagram responds with a pretentious explanation about being an algorithm that reflects users’ behavior and unconscious desires. The joke mocks social media’s addictive design and the uncomfortable self-reflection it provokes. EN: A sketch of a person stands beside a many-tentacled black creature with the Instagram logo for a head. The person says “thanks for ruining my life,” while Instagram responds with a pretentious explanation about being an algorithm that reflects users’ behavior and unconscious desires. The joke mocks social media’s addictive design and the uncomfortable self-reflection it provokes.

• @gentoomemes / 19294 2025-11-10