Musings of an Ignorant American

Danielle convinced me to get facebook. For those that don't know, it's a network that essentially allows you to post your existence on the web, so that people either from college or high school can find you. In theory, I suppose it's a practical sort of service. As Shkins pointed out, he has gotten a lot of information about his friends from high school out of it already.

That being said, I have some qualms with facebook. Before I start, I again remind you all that Danielle convinced me to be a part of this cult, and she did it while sitting in my lap. If you aren’t aware, I have a hard time saying no to a beautiful woman sitting in my lap. On with the qualms…

1. The sheer number of e-mails I get from facebook is ludicrous. The other day I checked my e-mail after classes and had 37 e-mails from facebook. That’s not healthy. Honestly…I would rather get some more spam mail about how I can triple the size of my penis and where I can buy vicodin through the mail. And trust me, those e-mails got really frustrating once they turned out to be bogus.

2. Why are some of these people trying to list me as there friend? In the first couple days I probably got a half dozen “adds” each day from people that I haven’t even seen on campus. Just because we attend the same school does not make us friends. It doesn’t even make us acquaintances. It does make you a tool for bothering me when I haven’t met you. Just wait a couple weeks until I am forced back into Garlock for some asinine reason, and introduce yourself. Then ask if you can be my friend on facebook. I will probably still say no, but at least it was a legit question at that point.

3. The addictive nature of facebook is bothersome. Some people are spending entirely too much time on facebook. I’ve heard so many people saying, “Yeah, my roommate spends a couple hours on there a night.” Good Lord. If you even sort of like your roommate, you should help them out and get them off. Off facebook I mean. Make them not be on facebook for hours at a time. Signing walls and adding friends is a blast…for twenty minutes. Then its time to actually go make friends in the real world.

4. And finally, it seems to me that this is just the latest internet cult for people to get excited about. Once upon a time it was Xanga. Then LiveJournal. Then communication stopped being the important end of things, and it was MySpace. Now people can while away there time by posting a single picture of themselves with some basic info, and then wander through cyberspace poking people at their leisure.

Isn’t it great that e-mail, cell phones and AIM aren’t enough ways to avoid regular human interaction, now we can even set up parties through facebook. Why don’t we just get rid of human interaction altogether by putting a fridge, computer and tv in the bathroom. That way you can do everything you could ever want to do right in the confines of a poorly lit 8x10 room. Mmmm….future here I come.

Posted by Pastahjay on Thursday, September 29, 2005 at 7:20 PM | Permalink