(sorry, the embed code is wrong, so i can only put up the link. but check it out. if you haven't seen it, you should.)
I'm sure everyone has seen this video clip by now. Every time I see it, I crack up. It's perfect! I've been really intrigued by facebook lately. Let me put up my apologetic disclaimer straight off: if you enjoy facebook, good for you. I don't think any less of you for using it, not that it matters what I think of you.
I just find it to be the stupidest thing ever. Alright, alright, I can see how it's a fun way to keep connected to friends and family. And I will confess that out of curiousity, I checked it out. I asked my friend to let me on his page so I could see what it was all about. And I will admit that I laughed when I saw all the ridiculous pictures he had posted on there from high school. And the comments left by old friends were even funnier. I perused through his 389 friends, and saw a lot of people that I had completely forgotten about. But it was weird. There were moms of my high school friends on there. There were people I used to babysit. There were people I hadn't given thought to in literally twenty years.
So what's the point of it all? Are you really "friends" with all those people? If your nephew's girlfriend's brother "pokes" you, do you accept just to be polite? Why do you care what these people are doing? If there is a picture from high school 15 years ago of two people making out, and everyone is joking about it, is it really funny? I mean, I would not find any humor in seeing a picture of my husband making out with some girl from high school, and reading along while everyone reminisces about it. Do you feel better about yourself when your number of friends goes up, even if you don't like half the people you're friends with?
Here's the other thing. Remember Friendster? And then MySpace? Is Facebook the upgrade from each of those? They start off fine, and then people realize they can "pimp out" their page, and their header gets glitzier, their pictures get racier, and their friends get more and more ghetto. Facebook seems to be the suburban MySpace. Like the special place middle class white folks go to get away from the vermin infiltrating their previous social networking domain.I get that online social networking is here to stay. And like I said, I can see where it could be fun. I think part of my irritation with the whole thing is that I really don't know why I despise it so much, and I am trying to find some legitimate arguement other than "It's so gay."
But gay it is, at least to me. And I will not be joining the masses. So Poke on, all you facebookers. Enjoy whatever it is that draws you to this bizarre pastime. But when your streamlined pages get cranked out with glam, when the high schoolers take over and start showing off their anatomy, when you start whining "There goes the neighborhood", don't say I didn't warn you.
And I'm sure the online community will devastated by my absence on Facebook. But hey, at least I'm on Blogger, right?
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And that, my dear, is why I love you.
I agree with you on ALL of it and am dying of laughter at your analogy. So true, soooo true!
By the way, I'm digging your nre profile pic & name.
I like FaceBook but I only am friends with people I actually care to be friends with. I have turned down lots of dumb people from high school that requested me as a friend. If they didn't care about me in high school, then why do they care now?
I think some people just want to try and get as many "friends" as they can. But I have fun and enjoy the friends and family I have on my FaceBook.
hmmm...I see your point. I do have facebook and I often wonder why. My husband said get My Space so I did. He said delete you MYSpace so I did. He got facebook and said to check it out so I did. ALL my family is on except my mom and it has been fun, kind of. But really WHAT IS THE POINT? I have had some pretty funny group discussions though and you can't do that on blogger.
So you know that I'm not on there, but I get on my sisters and I have had a few long lost friends that I was very happy to find and see how they are doing, but I totally think it is stupid to have 1000's of friends, because really do you really have that many friends. I can probably only count my friends on my 2 hands.
Ha! I loved this. I totally agree but for some strange reasons I have gotten into Facebook. But you're right.It's weird and lame but addicting at the same time.
I refused to do facebook for a long time, then my best friend in DC talked me into it. Although I don't really spend much time on it, facebook has been a godsend. There are too many people I have lost along the road and now they are once again a part of my life. My parents moved me my senior year of high school to a foreign country named Utah(true story). This event was just slightly heartbreaking. Those I left behind 18 years ago, who seemed worlds away, I am reconnecting with, and it(at times)has brought me to tears. I am so grateful for this miracle.
So, in other words, I am eating my words about facebook's lameness.
Also, a lot of these 'found' friends now read my blog and email me little notes.
Seriously, such a blessing.
Perfectly written!!! You are hilarious!
I am not on Facebook because I can barely keep up with blogging.
I hadn't seen that video clip. It was fantastic.
I enjoy finding old friends I've lost touch with and being able to see the wives of boys who I liked. I take comfort in the fact that I'm much hotter than they are now. Otherwise? Facebook holds no use for me. I don't get the little pokes, clubs, giggles and crap. Seems so weird.
Oh, and the name, "The Wrath of Khandrea" is amazing.
I have Facebook but hardly use. And hardly "friend" people from high school. Gross. So most of my friends are family (why I got on it) or blog friends which is just redundant because blogs are how I communicate with these people anyway.
As for Facebook being like a white suburbia? Please. I have at least two Asian people as Facebook friends.
ha whats funny is a always like mysoace better. Not becasue I pimp my page, but I know all of the people on mine. Its not something I check all the time, I just cant seem to delete them. I feel like maybe I have some long lost friend out there trying to find me. lol.
Did you hear that the teacher's unions are recommending teachers get off Facebook because their students are influenced by their "weekend behavior"?
I'm not on...but sometimes I feel like I'm left out of some really cool party. (Which is pretty much the theme of my life.)
If you're not on it, then you're in demand. What's Andrea doing? Where is she?
I used to be like you. (except for really short with dark hair.)
The only reason I got a facebook account was to keep in touch with my brother in Hawaii who said that was the only place he would post pictures. I thought it was lame and boring. I thought people who were on it had no life!
I love it now!
Having been away from home since I graduated high school made it really hard to keep in touch with people. I love that my best friend from kindergarten found me and I can see pictures of her kids. I used to live in Saudi Arabia, and I have found friends from that time that I thought were long lost. I have sooo many members of my family that live all over the place, and facebook has made it so I can send them notes and see what they are up to when we never communicated otherwise.
You facebook haters are usually people who have never tried it. So as I tell Jaxon when he doesn't want to eat something new-- "Until you have tasted it, you can't say you don't like it."
That is all for today. :)
I can't do it! I am afraid if I join I will be sucked in and will always be on the computer. Blogging is enough.
Love your new profile picture and Name!
This post and all the comments are insightful. I'm on facebook but I haven't yet figured it out, and I don't think I can handle a new obsession. Some girl I sat next to in 7th grade art (we are turning 60 this year) is now writing on my wall about her dog's pet clinic. It's just a little bizarre.
So I guess I won't be asking you to be my friend on Facebook.....
I secretly love it. How can I not love a chance to spy on people from my past? The pokes gifts hugs and crap like that are stupid though. I"ve been meaning to tell you how much your new "name" makes me laugh- "the wrath of Khandrea"- it cracks me up every time I see it.
I'm on it, sometimes. I have a bazillion friends which I didn't really know I had, but they really are people I like. The best part for me is that I found my half sister and two half brothers. Long story, but very cool for me.
Wow, is that how many friends I have on there? I'm awesome.
All I have to say is, Facebook and Blogger: Equally Gay. Just gay in different ways. One is feather-boa gay, the other is Liza-Minelli gay. But make no mistake, my old friend- they're both gay as a french horn.
all this talk of gay. i love knowing my wife was in demand and in the end i got her. i found your blog because i found steve on facebook. i was a loser in high school and yet as an adult have found my groove and if somebody in high school wants to know by all means. as for those who were less than friends we now may have more in common. i love it. so many people i have always loved and having a way to keep in touch. blogging is a lot of work. get over it and get rid of gay issues. i say that with a smile. as for an activity which is why i came here. hold a casino night. i know, i know, too much fun.
Facebook is fun for a month. You see the faces of all these people that were semi-important at some time in your life.. and then you're kinda done. I have strict rules though. I "ignore" all people I can't specifically remember.. and refuse to take part in any 'poking',or 'snowball fights'. Does that make me cooler?
I used to feel the same way you do but I am now a Facebook addict.
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