Why Everything Feels Fake (and We’re All So Tired)

Why does everything feel fake now? From our filtered feeds to our carefully curated routines, it’s like modern life has turned into one long performance — polished, efficient, and strangely empty. We were promised freedom through technology, convenience, and progress. Instead, we got exhaustion. This video essay explores how the 20th century built the world we live in today — a world obsessed with productivity, image, and ease. From industrial machines to social media algorithms, we’ve spent the last hundred years trying to make life faster and simpler… but in the process, we lost the texture that made it feel real. This isn’t just about social media. It’s about how modern culture taught us to value appearance over authenticity, efficiency over meaning, and constant visibility over genuine connection. It’s about why we’re overstimulated but undernourished, surrounded by connection yet starved for presence. We’re living in an age where “being real” has become its own kind of performance — where even rest, beauty, and vulnerability have been turned into aesthetics. But beneath all the noise, there’s a quiet longing for something slower, softer, and true. This film is for anyone who feels tired of pretending everything is fine. For anyone who’s craving real connection, real beauty, and real life — in a world that’s designed to feel fake. Subscribe for more cinematic essays on femininity, nostalgia, and the hidden history of modern life. Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCM4hiMCyAEMxibzIYrOKD5Q/join #WhyEverythingFeelsFake #VideoEssay #ModernLife #Burnout #DigitalCulture #Femininity #AestheticEssay #Nostalgia #LauraJaneAtelier