Yes, it's been too long. Who knows if anyone is even checking this anymore. There isn't a whole lot going on these days. Just waiting for winter to end. It could get down to single digits again tonight. Fantastic.
But really what I want to do is point you to this article by my idol David Simon. Pretty stunning stuff in my opinion.
Monday, March 2, 2009
Sunday, January 11, 2009
Facebook.....Yuck
Yeah. Just...
Yuck.
Where to begin with Facebook?
I can't say it any better than this guy. He uses some colorful language, by the way. If that kind of stuff bothers you. I don't know how I came upon that rant but it is spot on. Read it and then come back. Don't worry, I'll wait.
All done? Good stuff, huh? In my mind, it boils down to two things.
If you care about knowing all of the tiny little minutia of the lives of people who can barely qualify as your friends...you have a problem.
If you think that all of the tiny minutia of your life are so important that all of these "friends" should be interested in them...you have a problem.
It was confirmed to me that Facebook is an evil thing this past summer when, in the space of a month, I was invited to one social event at the last minute and was not invited at all to another. In both cases, the exact same sentence was spoken as an explanation: "Awwww...you're not on Facebook!" My response: SO WHAT??!! You can't pick up a damn phone? What the hell?
I don't have any idea how long Facebook has been around but I've managed to make it this long without ever signing up for an account. The problem is that in the last couple of months, I've gotten several invitations to join from people who I haven't seen in a long time. Old roommates, etc. People who I would actually like to join Facebook for. Can I just join to see them? I have no idea what "writing on your wall" means. Can I keep people from doing it, whatever it is? If I must become a Facebook user, I want to be the most uninvolved Facebook user I can be.
Ugh...I suppose it was inevitable that I would eventually cave. Even so, I'm still disgusted by the whole thing.
See you on Facebook!
Oh yeah? Not if I can help it!
Yuck.
Where to begin with Facebook?
I can't say it any better than this guy. He uses some colorful language, by the way. If that kind of stuff bothers you. I don't know how I came upon that rant but it is spot on. Read it and then come back. Don't worry, I'll wait.
All done? Good stuff, huh? In my mind, it boils down to two things.
If you care about knowing all of the tiny little minutia of the lives of people who can barely qualify as your friends...you have a problem.
If you think that all of the tiny minutia of your life are so important that all of these "friends" should be interested in them...you have a problem.
It was confirmed to me that Facebook is an evil thing this past summer when, in the space of a month, I was invited to one social event at the last minute and was not invited at all to another. In both cases, the exact same sentence was spoken as an explanation: "Awwww...you're not on Facebook!" My response: SO WHAT??!! You can't pick up a damn phone? What the hell?
I don't have any idea how long Facebook has been around but I've managed to make it this long without ever signing up for an account. The problem is that in the last couple of months, I've gotten several invitations to join from people who I haven't seen in a long time. Old roommates, etc. People who I would actually like to join Facebook for. Can I just join to see them? I have no idea what "writing on your wall" means. Can I keep people from doing it, whatever it is? If I must become a Facebook user, I want to be the most uninvolved Facebook user I can be.
Ugh...I suppose it was inevitable that I would eventually cave. Even so, I'm still disgusted by the whole thing.
See you on Facebook!
Oh yeah? Not if I can help it!
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