Intentions.

Can we talk about how bad technology changed the emotional relationships of human beings?

What is the goal of a romantic relationship between two humans, let's assume, there is a boy and a girl, both in their teen years. They learn about each other on Tinder, get to be a fresh couple, maybe even have sex and then they suddenly break up. Why?

But what has modern technologies to do with relationships? Well, there was a study about that matter. It was about couples who were connected by the internet.

People no longer tend to find a partner in real life, well most of them. They usually meet on the internet, on applications like Tinder, Snapchat, Instagram, or Facebook. You probably don't see a problem with that, am I right?

The only reason they even get to be a couple in the first place is because they prefer looks. An example: A fat guy, will usually never find a girlfriend, looking on Snapchat or Instagram. They may get to be 'fun to talk with' until they show the opposite sex a picture of him.

That's where they quickly jump off the train, abandoning the guy completely. Outside of the internet, he will have it 'easier' to find somebody who likes him, since personalities clash with each other there.

However, this doesn't happen on the internet, where the only chance to talk with somebody is: to chat with them, call them or video call them. And that's it.

But this will get even worse when you are a woman. Hear me out, you have pimples, due to the effects of being in puberty, use filters to fake your actual appearance, and get to know someone whom you like.

Once you meet the person in real life, they will probably leave the conversation or the meeting as fast as they can. Which will hurt your feelings even more than just getting rejected before even talking or meeting with them. Also called catfishing. 

Due to modern technologies, people are blinded by filters, the appearance and don't even care about personality anymore, as long as their partner has money and looks good. 

That's probably the biggest problem in modern society. And we got to the point, where you can't change it back to normality anymore. This is a huge flaw, both for society and security.

Catfishing could also be used by pedophiles, to maybe do unspoken things to young girls and boys.

The Snapmap, a map of where your friends currently are, on the app Snapchat, is also a huge flaw that can be used by criminals. Naturally, international laws would have already banned such a concept a long time ago, but since there is a function called 'only friends', one can deactivate the Snapmap for strangers to locate you. And thus, nobody can sue them for security flaws.

But then, the company called Apple, the 'innovative company' they are came up with the brilliant idea, to let AirTags locate lost things. Like if your car or watch gets stolen. Completely forgetting that such devices also can be used to track people. 

And that's a huge problem for the price of 29,99€ per AirTag. 

To show you what I mean, imagine you have a car, you are living alone and someone has the brilliant idea of sticking one of these AirTags under the front bumper of your car. You maybe would question: 'What is this crazy guy talking about?!' But then you realize, he could track you whenever you go home or leave your house/flat. 

Thus, he can use that information and create patterns for a week. He could discover that you go to the gym at the same time, on the same weekday for four weeks straight. The criminal, then can use that to break into your property, steal and break things, and then leave unnoticed. 

All that, spending barely 30 bucks and some of his private time, to then sell things like phones, computers, and documents on the dark web for an unspoken amount of cash.

Remember, this could happen to anybody. And the problem is, once you find such a device, it's probably too late to even report. And the worst thing is. You can't identify whose tracker that is, due to the secure mechanism not even allowing Apple themselves to identify it.

Changing its name and IP. every single minute for around six times.

Scary right? Back then, you could easily identify who it belonged to, and the device would probably even get noticed by the bare eye, due to its size. 

Always check your car every once in a while for trackers, this is even better to do if your car is expensive, since criminals want to know where your car is located, to steal it and sell its individual parts for a huge amount of cash.

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Finally, freedom. Currently, sitting on the bus which is supposed to transport me to my new school. The Tokyo Metropolitan Advanced Nurturing High School. In short: ANHS. A school that was marketed, more like rumored to be the most elite school in Japan. 

In short: where I belong. At the very top of the food chain, where a student is rumored to receive a 100% employment rate. This means, that already attending and graduating from this school, is when your future is set. 

Individuals, all with different goals, all living across Japan, are going to be set in one school, in one year, and in one class. The Classroom of the Elite. 

Graduate from here, and you automatically will receive twice the respect that you already achieved from being accepted. 

What I'm wondering is, what truly makes this school elite? The employment rate? That it was built to create geniuses, who are supposed to carry Japan into the future?

I don't know, what's certain, is that every single girl, who was wearing my school's uniform, was insanely beautiful. For example, I will use the girl sitting right next to me, with black stockings reaching a little over her thighs, straight eyebrows, sharp eyes, and black hair with a perfect braid. 

To keep it simple: she is the definition of a beauty standard. I can already sense her upcoming popularity in our year. How boys will even get to their knees for her approval of their confession.

That is just one of the few dozens... Even the guys who will be attending the same school as me are quite majestic in comparison to me. There was a blonde guy, with dragged-back hair, occupying the preferential seat. 

His aura was even reaching my seat, he must be the son of a rich man. Or the guy standing on one of the standing spots of the bus, had magenta-lilac hair, sharp eyes, and was fairly well built.

It just put my appearance to shame However, there was a quote about that. Once, there lived a dictator, which was quite... controversial to talk about. However, he had many good quotes. 

Such as: "Do not compare yourself to others, if you do so, then you are only insulting yourself with that."  This quote was also often falsely quoted. Some assumed that this quote was originally from Goebbels or Stalin until it was then confirmed that it came from... that failed painter.

Comparison...

"Excuse me, could you please offer up your seat, this elderly lady has trouble standing." Suddenly, my train of thought was interrupted by a woman, who probably is working in some kind of office and seemed to be at the age of around 30. 

Her voice caught most of the attention on the bus, except for the guy with magenta hair and the girl who was sitting next to me. 

Interestingly enough, she was fake-reading. Maybe she was just stuck on a word, or actually faking it. Her pupils don't even move one bit and seem to be unfocused.

"Why shall I do so?"

"Because that seat is a priority seat and one can see that she is having trouble standing." The woman countered, however...

Her logic is completely useless against a sixteen-year-old who is denying the existence of society.

"I don't believe I am obligated to do so; after all, there is no law preventing me from sitting here." The young blond-haired man said in his defense.

"Leave it at that. I am thankful enough for your help." The elderly woman sighed but then something rather unexpected happened, and even the magenta-haired guy started to pay attention. 

"Could somebody else please offer up their seat for this elderly woman? Please?" A young beautiful girl, who is apparently going to the same destination as me, said, catching everybody's attention.

She had brown-blonde hair, quite short, yet not too short, and huge assets... 

Quite beautiful either way. 

"Please? For the sake of a positive society?" She asked twice, until finally, another office lady stood up, to free her seat, offering it up for the elderly lady, solving the problem quite quickly.

The elderly then thanked that beige-haired girl and sat down on the seat, which was offered up to her. 

Quite a weird incident.

However, this explained to me a little how society roughly operates. The old ones have more rights over the younger generation, apparently. 

Impressive to me is, that despite the tension, this girl remained quite composed and quickly found a solution. Wasting no time to discuss with the arrogant boy, and went on to ask everyone else on this bus, and then she found somebody who was ready to sacrifice their luxus to an elderly.

The students who are supposed to go to the same school as me, seem to be not only smart in terms of academics but also smart in finding solutions quickly and effectively. But also how to argue with others easily, wasting their time intentionally to annoy them further. 

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Truly an amazing sight for somebody like me. Who never experienced high school life. Unsurprisingly enough, the school's gates already told me what my mission was. 

To grave myself into the fundaments of this school's history. To make my name worthy of remembering. And to have fun there. 

To enjoy the most important stage of youth, where children turn into adults. And? I am quite excited about it-

"Hey, you! Brown hair!"

Suddenly something caught my attention. A louder voice, up the stairs of the gates. The natural beauty from earlier, looking down at me and staring me down as well. Her voice was calm, yet dominant and her appearance told me what was wrong.

"Hmm? Me?"

"Yeah, you. Why did you stare at me earlier, on the bus? Was something the matter?"

Apparently, she didn't like to get looked at. I think, that it wasn't the fault of anybody else except me. After all, it's common knowledge to not stare at girls like an idiot. Yet, I was the one who ironically failed at this matter. 

Now, I seem to have gained a new enemy here, not even entering the school yet. Not even trying to talk to anybody yet. 

"No, I was just wondering why you didn't give up your seat either. I think that you also dislike troublesome situations?" I said, trying to de-escalate the conversation between us. 

I guess it didn't work, huh? She still looks mad. I thought this was just a minor mistake, why do people get so upset about it? I mean, I don't think it's a crime to look at somebody on public transport...

Yet she still gets annoyed. Something new to note about the laws of society?

"Negative, your assertion is misguided. My relinquishment of the seat was not predicated on concurrence, nor rooted in an aversion to discord. I hold the belief that mutual comprehension between us remains elusive, for individuals who eschew conflicts fail to align with my personal inclinations." She said.

Why would one need to talk so complicated? All this nonsense, just to say the same thing as: "No, you are wrong, I just agreed with that boy and I don't like you since you dislike trouble"

This is quite weird.

"That's quite weird. If you agreed with that boy, then why bother with me? According to his logic, you could've ignored me just as well as you ignored the lady. Quite stupid, right?"

"There is a difference between a seat and a weird guy staring at you, isn't there? Besides, what did you find so interesting about me, that you didn't offer up your seat for?"

This little conversation between me and her evolved into a whole argument between her and me. 

"You didn't care about me and also told me that you don't like me. Why ask such a question? I never said that I would give up my seat for that lady, if it weren't for you sitting next to me, making such a thing up, you could as well make up what I found so interesting about you."

"Pardon?" She was clearly getting more and more annoyed slowly. My argument was quite stupid, yet was enough to shut her up finally.

"What?"

"Could you repeat that slowly? I don't understand the language of delinquents." She said, walking next to me. 

It seemed like we didn't like each other at all. Yet we bothered enough to insult and banter with each other for whatever reason.

"Crazy, all your majestical effort, just to barely reach the same as the average 'delinquent'. Teach me your ways of failure." 

"You seem to be a professional in that. Why asking me about such a thing?"

"There is always a bigger fish in that matter."

"Sorry, but not even in my next life I could imagine to see somebody say this which such a straight voice." She giggled

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After some bantering with that beautiful girl from earlier, whose name is still a mystery to me, we got to our classrooms. Funnily enough... We are in the same damn class.

This is a war crime, whoever got the idea to place this devil and me in one class should get sent to prison. That's unacceptable. Should I switch classes? I mean, how am I supposed to survive without having 10 arguments a day with her?

And even worse is, we are seat neighbors. Right next to each other. However, I was the lucky one, I was in the back row, at the window. This means, as boring as one lesson may get, I will just watch the P.E. lessons of other classes. 

After all, this is nothing new to me. 

"I think, it couldn't get any worse." My seat neighbor said. 

"Your thoughts seem to get proven wrong." I pointed at the door of the classroom, there was this guy from earlier, who quarreled with the woman on the bus.

She noticed that and was probably between the choice of suicide and continuing life. Just like me after I saw that guy.

"Such a well-equipped and modern classroom, only the best for the best! Fufufu!"

The blonde narcissist then walked towards the center to the table he was assigned to, sat down, and threw his feet on the table. 

"I am Ayanokouji Kiyotaka." I went ahead and introduced myself to the devil next to me.

"You just went ahead and introduced yourself?" She snapped at me, not even letting myself finish my introduction at all. 

"Is that wrong? I mean, it would be pretty awkward to not know the name of your seat neighbor for their high school time. What's your name?"

I mentally noted to never introduce myself out of the blue, since that seems to be weird as well. 

"None of your concern."

"Let me tell you more about me. I have no particular hobbies, yet I am interested in about anything that does not include problems."

"I can't imagine myself liking somebody who is that desperate about avoiding problems."

Ouch...

She attacked me once again, but giving up wasn't an option. So I tried a third run.

"Did you come here all alone? With no friends?" The last attempt to keep the conversation alive.

"Not that you care, I did in fact come with nobody else." Well, I do care. It's interesting to know. So after all, in fact, we were starting on the same foot.

"Not telling me your name at all?"

"Unnecessary" She cut me off, not giving me any time to finish. 

"Really? That unsocial? 

She then pushed her attention away from me, back to the book she was reading earlier. "Crime and Punishment" it was called. 

Quite the interesting choice I must say.

"Horikita Suzune." Horikita finally gave away her name. After an unnecessarily long conversation. 

Suddenly, a young guy, with beige hair stood up, clapping his hands twice as he saw that everybody finally arrived. His smile was what I identify as a lady killer. 

His straight posture already gave away that he was active in some kind of sport. Or maybe even martial arts just as Horikita. 

From where do I know that she does Martial Arts? It's an assumption out of the blue, yet, her strong wrists are giving it away. I think maybe Karate? Or Taekwondo? 

It could be anything. Even handball or volleyball. One thing is sure, both of them are somewhat trained. 

"Can I have everyone's attention please? Since we are going to be classmates, I was thinking that it would be a great idea for everyone to introduce themselves right? So that the process of making friends would get easier." 

That's a great idea! 

You are right!

That was probably the train of thought from every single girl in our class after seeing his smile and hearing his pleasant voice. 

"Since I came up with this idea, I would like to introduce myself first, starting from the front. My name is Yousuke Hirata. You can call me by my first name, Yousuke. Since many of my middle school classmates called me like that. I like to play football and I intend to join the school's football club. Nice to meet you." With that, it was official. He will at least have six girls confessing to him in the span of one month.

So I just need to do my introduction like he did? Calm and with a nice flow.

Whenever I doubt my social skills or not, I think that I got this. 

The girl next to him jumped up, she was somewhat petite and completely surprised, that he wanted to directly start from the front. 

"M-M-My name i-is I-Inogashira K-K-" she started speaking, stuttering and completely overwhelmed by the eyes pointing at her.

'You got this!'

'Keep calm!'

'You are doing great!'

Several people then started to comfort her during her speech. She then started her speech completely anew.

"My name is Inogashira Kokoro. Nice to meet you all."

With that, her introduction was done and she sat down again. Composing herself once again. 

Luckily enough, it was the beige-haired girl from earlier's turn. The one that caught my attention back on the bus. She was probably over-motivated for school. Just like probably everybody else, except Horikita.

Or me. I wouldn't say that I am insanely excited or motivated. Rather glad and thankful that I made it all the way here. 

"It's my turn now hmm? Good morning everybody! My name is Kikyou Kushida. Kikyou for bellflower and Kushida like the river. I wish to make as many friends as possible, more like to befriend everybody in this school! To make as many memories as I can, so don't hesitate to invite me to some fun activities! I don't have particular hobbies, but that shouldn't hinder you from inviting me.

Oh, I am taking up too much time! Nice to meet y'all!"

She said, bowing to everyone. She was just the female version of Hirata. Just catching as much attention from the guys, as Hirata does from girls. 

The introductions are going just as Hirata wanted. Perfectly. But I think it will fail once that blonde-haired guy is the next or at Horikita. And well, I got to know what she is like.

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