I'm feeling kind of dumb at the moment too. I just barely found the spell check thingy for this....
I honestly don't know what I want to blog about tonight. It must be one of those nights I suppose. (then again, it's also 2AM again...I'm officially naming it "Blogging Time") I just know that if I start typing without thinking, that a lot of weird thoughts are going to come out, and it's going to be horribly disorganized.
Let's see....thoughts thoughts thoughts. AH! I have one! Let's talk about Facebook.
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s hard to blog about, because I'm part of the problem as well, but I'm going to do it anyway. Have any of you noticed how much Facebook (or Twitter, or MySpace, or whatever it is, I'll just use Facebook in this context, but I mean them all really...) is taking over the world? It's seriously like the new villian that a superhero is going to have to face or something. EVERYONE seems to be on it, and it's taking over their lives. (yes, you already know I'm on it as well) Some people spend HOURS on it! The media isn't helping either, nowdays you see ads about ANYTHING, and right at the end of the add you hear, "follow this product on Facebook". Even one of my favorite comedians, Stephen Colbert, spent almost ten minutes on one of his show once talking about how he was "Tweeting" something he wanted everyone to look at. I felt so betrayed. Now most phones have applications specifically for these sites (or just phone built just to use social networking sites). All websites now seem to have this bar that allows you to follow their website on all social networking sites. Even in the news now, they have comments that they put on from people "posting" about what they thought of a particular story.Pretty soon the CEO of Facebook is going to be put in the oval office, and no one will notice the difference......(I bet Obama has a Facebook page that no one knows about....)
I seriously think everyone needs to give it a BREAK, slow down a bit, and stop letting it take over their lives. I didn't think it was THAT bad when I left on my mission, but when I got home, and older people began to use it (over 35), younger people began to use it (under 12), animals began to use it (like dogs), and even INANIMATE OBJECTS have started to use it (I'm currently a friend with "Nick's Bed").
Seriously, it's out of control. If you honestly take a step back and look at it, you'll see it.
But what do you think? What are your thoughts about social networking taking over the world? Feel free to comment and let me know! (I'm ending sooner than expected, but I'm falling asleep)
P.S. Just when the world thought it was safe...a new evil appeared....
P.S.S And before you say it, I don't consider my Blog to be part of thise evil. I do it because I like to write, and express my thoughts. In an odd sense, it's like I'm writing for a newspaper. This site just happens to be one that allows me to publish online.
I agree totally with what your saying! Everyone says obj I'm on facenook so I can keep in touch with everyone, but how many people now a days really ever give their friends a call anymore when they have facebook? No one and how many problem have you had with you girlfriend or someone else because they took some thing you said in a different way than what you ment because they could actually talk to you? This has happend to me loads and even just the though of I can just post this on his facebook procrastimates you actually telling someone something so you loose contact with a person or persons over a website'
ReplyDeleteI completely agree with you! It's funny, because I'm on there myself, but I tell anyone who's not, "You're not on facebook? DON'T JOIN!"
ReplyDeleteYou just made me realize I'm like the smoker who tells his kids not to smoke, but can't quit himself. Facebook is ADDICTIVE! And I want out... I just don't know how!
Should we start a support group for this? Maybe on facebook? ;)
Andrew, you have some funny things to say. I, too, am addicted to Facebook, but I'm trying to limit my time on it. Elder Bednar's HUGE article in the June Ensign may have had something to do with that.
ReplyDeleteI would consider blogs a little different from other social networking sites. It is nice to have a place to publish your thoughts. I use my blog for telling stories about my adventures with pictures. Facebook, for me, is more of a place to show pictures or check on who is dating whom.
Why do you think the Facebook thing has gotten out of control? I find myself being incredibly interested in the Facebook lives of people I made a point to avoid in my younger years. I wonder what sort of crazy psychology has taken over the people of planet Earth.