First of all, what the heck is a 'poke'? I got people poking me right and left - what is that supposed to mean? Is that like the equivalent of a text message, except you are too lazy to write anything? Or is that a flirtatious gesture of some sort, but you only do it, when you have nothing productive to say to the person you are trying to flirt with? If people were really poking me we might have some lawsuits flying. I mean what is the deal with that? Maybe that's just their way of letting me know: "Hey, I'm still alive here, just wanted you to know. So here I am poking you so you know."
Well to all of you pokers out there - thank you, I now know you are still alive.
Next, what's with all the groups? I mean come on - what on earth would possess someone to join the "We're fans of Betty Crocker's 13 oz yellow cake mix that you can buy at Smith's for $3.99 on Saturday's on aisle 9" club? Isn't there some better way of letting people know what things you like? And, once you are a member of this club what then? Do you have meetings, or ever even talk to the other people in your club? Maybe it's a social networking tool to find contacts, or those with similar interests - or maybe you are just so incredibly bored that you have nothing better to do than sit on facebook and look for clubs that you can join? Well, good news, I think I will start the "I am on facebook because I have nothing better to do, oh yeah, by the way, I am looking at all 398 of your pictures, and reading all about you right now - why? Well, I've got nothing better to do" group - please feel free to join, all are welcome - and hey, who knows, we might even have a group meeting next week to discuss our stand on the upcoming election.
Third, what's with the gifts? So somebody 'gives' you a bottle of axe deodorant on facebook. WHAT does that mean? Is that a subtle hint? Is that because they are simply too cheap to give you a real one? And when you get these gifts, what do you do with them? Can you sell them, or reject one? Maybe one day there will be a facebook sub for santa and all of us can give all our bottles of axe deoorant, dead monkeys, and cardboard boxes to the local shelter - I'm sure they could use some electronic excitement.
Fourth - what's all the scandalous ads on their for? Just because I am on facebook doesn't mean I'm a sicko and want to 'meet 93 girls in 3 minutes' or 'get to know 47 hotties in 2.97 minutes with absolutely no work at all on your part.' Sad.
Fifth - So I actually like this feature of facebook - kind of. You can change how you are feeling so that everyone you've ever met can immediately know how you are feeling. I think we've definitely come a long way in this technological world we live in - we are now at the point where with one simple login to facebook I can know exactly how every person I ever met, and about 78 people I've never met who just added me as friends, feels.
Speaking of adding friends - what's with all these people who I haven't talked to for 17 years adding me as friends? Not that I don't want to be your friend - I just haven't seen you for 17 years, obvioulsy neither one of us made any sort of effort to keep being friends in the past 17 years, so what makes either one of us think that we are going to start now? If we have never talked in our entire lives, what difference does it make if we are actually friends of not on facebook? Is there a competition to see how many friends you can get - cause if there is, I'm sad I wasn't informed. I think I'll login to blackboard and send mass emails to everyone in every class I've ever taken and make sure they add me as a friend. By the way I looked this little bitty up on dictionary.com just for clarification purposes:
Friend:
1. A person whom one knows, likes, and trusts.
1. A person whom one knows, likes, and trusts.
2. A person with whom one is allied in a struggle or cause; a comrade.
Next time someone adds me as a friend I do think that I will ask them if they really feel that they can trust me - maybe I'll ask to borrow their car before I'll confirm their request. Or I guess I could just ask them if they will join me in battle and fight side by side with - willing to take a bullet for me, and die for our cause. If they can answer affirmatively to either of those - hey sure, let's be friends.
Well, this post is getting to the point where it's long enough that I'm sure many of you looked at it and thought twice before reading the whole thing, but there is one last thing that kind of strikes me as add about facebook.
Everyone seems to love facebook because "it's a way for me to keep in contact with people who I don't see." Here is my thought - and I could be wrong on this one, but just hear me out - If you really wanted to keep in contact with someone wouldn't you call them or something? If this person is really that important to you, wouldn't you find a way to keep in contact with them other than poking them or sending them electronic door hinges?
Next time someone adds me as a friend I do think that I will ask them if they really feel that they can trust me - maybe I'll ask to borrow their car before I'll confirm their request. Or I guess I could just ask them if they will join me in battle and fight side by side with - willing to take a bullet for me, and die for our cause. If they can answer affirmatively to either of those - hey sure, let's be friends.
Well, this post is getting to the point where it's long enough that I'm sure many of you looked at it and thought twice before reading the whole thing, but there is one last thing that kind of strikes me as add about facebook.
Everyone seems to love facebook because "it's a way for me to keep in contact with people who I don't see." Here is my thought - and I could be wrong on this one, but just hear me out - If you really wanted to keep in contact with someone wouldn't you call them or something? If this person is really that important to you, wouldn't you find a way to keep in contact with them other than poking them or sending them electronic door hinges?
