I Need To Stop Reading Facebook
It's just pissing me off. Seriously.
Now, I think you all know me to be a technophile. I am just waiting for the day when the chip in my forearm will keep me from ever filling out another form. So I get the tech part of FB. I think it's kinda cool to be able to share photos and conversations and play games and chat with people you may not have seen in years, or family that you want to stay in contact with, or friends whose schedules don't match ours for whatever reason.
That's the cool thing about FB.
What I don't like is all the dumbasses on FB. You know who I'm talking about.
"Joe Smith feels so sad today." Know what Joe? Say what you mean. A better post is Joe Smith's uncle died today. Very sad. See how that makes a point? Your post doesn't do that. Your post says "Whoever cares about me will immediately comment and ask me what's wrong and if you don't, then I guess you don't care about me." And I don't appreciate those manipulative games, Joe. It's childish.
"Betty Jones' whole world is falling apart." and "Bob Jones just thinks there must be more to life." Bob. Betty. Seriously? You're breaking up on FB? Could you not get enough attention by doing it at Wal-Mart?
"Oh really?" So what? Now we're all suppose to ask you what that means? Do you think being cryptic is the same as being interesting? Hm? That might be part of the problem.
"(Blah Blah Blah religious or political opinion you got from someone else's status update) If you agree/love God/have a mother/love America, post this to your status. I dare you!" Maybe it's me, but if it's your opinion, shouldn't it have come from your mind? I'm pretty tired of seeing the same three statuses on all my FB friends'/relatives' feed.
Okay. Maybe I wouldn't be so offended by those status updates if they were 1)spelled by someone familiar with the English language, 2)at least somewhat accurate, or 3)Well, okay. I probably wouldn't be okay with them any time. They're kind of stupid.
I guess what I'm trying to say is not really that FB is bad. Just that there are a lot of dumbasses on FB. And I guess it's not really that bad, at that. My rule of thumb: If it's just stupid dumbass stuff, I ignore it. If it's really offensive, I let the person know it's offensive. But after that, I unfriend anyone who can't hold civil discourse in a public forum.
Because that's what it is. Public. I think as many people who think FB is a place where everyone wants to (figuratively) see them naked--there are just as many who don't realize that everyone can (figuratively) see them naked.
That's why I don't post naked pictures any more.
Now, I think you all know me to be a technophile. I am just waiting for the day when the chip in my forearm will keep me from ever filling out another form. So I get the tech part of FB. I think it's kinda cool to be able to share photos and conversations and play games and chat with people you may not have seen in years, or family that you want to stay in contact with, or friends whose schedules don't match ours for whatever reason.
That's the cool thing about FB.
What I don't like is all the dumbasses on FB. You know who I'm talking about.
"Joe Smith feels so sad today." Know what Joe? Say what you mean. A better post is Joe Smith's uncle died today. Very sad. See how that makes a point? Your post doesn't do that. Your post says "Whoever cares about me will immediately comment and ask me what's wrong and if you don't, then I guess you don't care about me." And I don't appreciate those manipulative games, Joe. It's childish.
"Betty Jones' whole world is falling apart." and "Bob Jones just thinks there must be more to life." Bob. Betty. Seriously? You're breaking up on FB? Could you not get enough attention by doing it at Wal-Mart?
"Oh really?" So what? Now we're all suppose to ask you what that means? Do you think being cryptic is the same as being interesting? Hm? That might be part of the problem.
"(Blah Blah Blah religious or political opinion you got from someone else's status update) If you agree/love God/have a mother/love America, post this to your status. I dare you!" Maybe it's me, but if it's your opinion, shouldn't it have come from your mind? I'm pretty tired of seeing the same three statuses on all my FB friends'/relatives' feed.
Okay. Maybe I wouldn't be so offended by those status updates if they were 1)spelled by someone familiar with the English language, 2)at least somewhat accurate, or 3)Well, okay. I probably wouldn't be okay with them any time. They're kind of stupid.
I guess what I'm trying to say is not really that FB is bad. Just that there are a lot of dumbasses on FB. And I guess it's not really that bad, at that. My rule of thumb: If it's just stupid dumbass stuff, I ignore it. If it's really offensive, I let the person know it's offensive. But after that, I unfriend anyone who can't hold civil discourse in a public forum.
Because that's what it is. Public. I think as many people who think FB is a place where everyone wants to (figuratively) see them naked--there are just as many who don't realize that everyone can (figuratively) see them naked.
That's why I don't post naked pictures any more.
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