I'm taking a short break from simultaneously Facebooking, watching and singing along to "Sister Act", reading Missed Connections and desperately wishing I had some raspberry ginger ale to bring enlightenment to our legions of fans. And YES, I CAN do all these things at once. Obams taught me that...yes, we can. But Michelle, Michelle - why you lookin' crazy with that crazy eyebrow? Seriously, have you seen that Leslie Kritzer sketch? YouTube it. Now. I'll wait.
But back to the topic at hand ya'll. I wanted to say a few words on the subject of friend adding. I, along with the rest of my compadres, have been Facebook members for quite a while - years actually. To be perfectly honest, The Gay could be single-handedly credited for bringing to our alma mater. And for that I am eternally grateful to him, I'd probably give him my first born if I thought I could raise a child without neglecting it because I need a nap or there's a highly important ANTM marathon on.
Wow, I am all over the place today.
But seriously, I've had Facebook for a long time - it has been with me for most of my college career and beyond. Suffice it to say that I've got quite a few friends...on Facebook that is. We all know that number of friends on a website is not equal to ACTUAL POPULARITY. I'M TALKING TO YOU TILA TEQUILA. I know, I know, that was MySpace but WHATEVER. You get the point.
But if we've never met in real life, it is absolutely NOT OK to add me as a friend. This is not match.com, eharmony...what have you. Those websites force you to pay money to admit that you prefer to screen the people in your life before you actually meet them. Not that I would know that or do that. Um.
Seriously, I'm picky about my friends in real life so what makes you think I wouldn't be picky on Facebook? If you are a friend of a friend, it is entirely plausible that we might meet in real life and even enjoy one another's company. But until that time comes, I prefer to stalk you from afar. Or not at all. My stalking you is a privilege, got it?
I'm just saying I define "being friends on Facebook" as having actually spoken or met face to face. And really, if that is the only interaction we have had, it might not even qualify you.
We in a recession. Less is more people.
Smooches,
The Blonde
Thursday, January 29, 2009
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Hello everyone! I have stumbled upon this blog randomly (I think somewhere on Facebook, actually) and I could not agree with this last entry more. I CONSTANTLY have debates with people over adding random people they don't know, and no one seems to get it. If I don't know you, that's exactly it, I DON'T KNOW YOU. It also makes me very upset when I see people from very different parts of my life that are "friends" online. I know they don't know each other and probably just added each other because they think the other person is hott. I truly despise people sometimes.
ReplyDeleteBut yeah, that's my rant on that. Thanks for discussing it. :-)