FOMO still exists, and group video calls are to blame:
With people all over the world facing weeks, if not months, in lockdown, the likelihood that I’d need to worry about my persistent fear of missing out seemed pretty slim. No longer would I have to worry about being excluded from an inside joke just because I didn’t want to spend £8.50 on a gin and tonic. Gone were the days when I dragged myself to my fourth dinner of the week just to avoid feeling bad about skipping later that evening.
But it’s also nice to take some time to breathe without feeling that pressure to be out and about all the time. FOMO is an undeniably miniscule problem compared to the things people all over the world are facing right now. But in my own little bubble, I was looking forward to having some of that self-induced pressure lifted.
That was, until last week, when that strange and uncomfortable feeling of FOMO reared its ugly head once again. There I was, scrolling through Instagram and liking every dog picture I could find, only to see a picture of a Zoom call above the caption “Virtual pub quiz!!!”. Before I knew it, that recognisable feeling of uncertainty and anxiety was back: what if my friends were Zooming without me?
One of the biggest cultural trends to emerge from this period of isolation is, of course, the group video call – and the social media material that comes with them. While for years
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