Opium.

A group of people came to school the other day. They were promoting a contest to female students where contestants are judged based on public speaking capabilities and other talents. Honestly, my interest was piqued since I'm about to go into a field where spontaneous replies and quick thinking are required. It's easy; just record a half a minute video and talk about yourself and your talents. I was like, 'Hey, this is a piece of easy pie'..until I heard the ways to actually be in the running to be the top contestants. People have to Facebook like you and the top ten girls will then be called in to be judged by a bench of qualified (I hope) judges.

This is what I dislike the most about today's competitions. You have to be Facebook popular to win. Talent is placed second after popularity. So what happens to a girl who is not really active in Facebook and does not have a great Facebook social life but she's talented as hell? I'm not implying that people who win competitions through Facebook or whatever kind of social websites are untalented. It's just..not fair. People who have tons of friends on Facebook have of course, the higher possibility of winning compared to those who have an average number of friends. How is this fair in any context?

Whatever happened to real competitions where people are judged based on talent and capabilities and not on how many fucking likes you have for your picture or video?