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"you need to get off facebook " by Ross Gardiner
serious crayons:
What a cutie! If only I could "friend" him. :-\ ;D
Actually, I had two less-than-wonderful Facebook experiences ... just yesterday!
First, this woman who lived across the street from me 25 years ago -- this kind of creepy, stalkerish woman who used to watch when I went in or out of my apartment and call me the moment I came home -- sent me a friend request out of the blue. She also sent a note, that said, all in caps "DID U USED TO LIVE ON" with my street and town from back then. Back then, she was just sort of a druggie. Now, apparently, I subsequently learned from a mutual acquaintance, she has become a conservative Christian outspoken homophobe.
Shudder. I didn't friend her.
Later in the day, I posted a status update that referred, obliquely, to the fact that I'm divorced. And this OTHER Facebook "friend" who is actually a total stranger -- I usually try not to friend people I have never even met, but this is one I let slip through -- responded by asking, "Do you mind being divorced?" As if I would get into a big discussion of something so personal and complex on my Facebook wall. I made a little joke trying to get past it. And she, apparently realizing I might have been put off, wrote a long response about how she didn't mean to get too personal but she thinks that divorce is always harmful to the children involved, blah blah blah.
I may have to unfriend that one.
Jeff Wrangler:
I'm glad I've never been on Facebook.
And I presume "interfering with himself" (ref. the bio) means just what I think it means. ;D
serious crayons:
Watching this video put me in the mood to watch Bob Dylan's card-flipping "Subterranean Homesick Blues" video. I couldn't find it on You Tube, for some reason, but I discovered there's a whole genre of parodies, including this classic Weird Al one below. Plus of course the commercial Google made from the original when Dylan sold out.
[youtube=425,350]
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serious crayons:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on January 29, 2011, 12:18:15 am ---I'm glad I've never been on Facebook
--- End quote ---
I should clarify that, those two unpleasant experiences notwithstanding, mainly I love Facebook.
Aloysius J. Gleek:
--- Quote from: crayonlicious on January 29, 2011, 12:24:21 am ---Watching this video put me in the mood to watch Bob Dylan's card-flipping "Subterranean Homesick Blues" video. I couldn't find it on You Tube, for some reason, but I discovered there's a whole genre of parodies, including this classic Weird Al one below. Plus of course the commercial Google made from the original when Dylan sold out.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nej4xJe4Tdg&feature[/youtube]
--- End quote ---
You might find this 'interesting,' Katherine.... ::)
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFUEgFdP5zE&feature=youtube_gdata_player[/youtube]
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