Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Facebook is the devil

Yes, its true. Facebook is the devil - an evil enabler of poor choices. "Why," you ask, "Why does she hate on facebook, the portal which brings us all together?" For just that reason.

Back in the day it was much easier to delete things. You could easily loose a number, address, photos etc. If you met someone and you didn't really care to meet them again, all you had to do was not give them your number. Easy. If you wanted to not stay in contact with someone (for your own good) then it was easy enough to make it so you had no connection with their life.

But now we have the Beelzebub Facebook. This wretched invention allows us to be the stage 5 clingers we all are on the inside. It says, "Hey, its ok to look. Check out your news (crack) feed. See what's up, with EVERYONE you EVER knew."

Terrible.

Facebook makes it so easy to remain involved in the lives of people you don't really care about. You stumble across your ex ex ex ex boyfriend who you went out with for a week's profile. And that devil Facebook tempts you take a look. Oh, he has a girlfriend, I'm much prettier. And how about your old friend from middle school. Ugh, she's gotten so fat. Horrific. WHAT! She's engaged. Wft, she is horrid and she's engaged and I'M single. The world is not fair.

I recently was involved with a guy for a while. He was nice and I thought he liked me. Then he disappeared. Being the smarty bitch that I am I deleted his number ASAP as to stop myself from ignoring the teachings of He's Just Not That Into You and continue to communicate with someone who wasn't communicating with me.

Plenty of fish in the sea!

Two weeks later, beastly demon Facebook brings him up in my mini feed. "Send him a message," it tempts me, "it's just a message, it can't hurt. It's only Facebook." I was weak! Feeling protected under the wing of that sinful social network I sent a message, and I will stalk my Gmail until I see a return (which will most likely never happen).

Why! Why did I give in? Why didn't I just delete. Because you can't. There is no way to forever banish someone from your Facebook account. Yes, you can unfriend someone, but it is possible they will show up elsewhere on the site, perhaps on a friend's page, and you are temped again by the crack that is Facebook. You can block someone, meaning you will not see them anywhere on the site, but you can always unblock them. Facebook makes sure to remind you of who you have blocked when you view your security settings, and lets you know the door may be closed, but it's not locked..."You can always unblock him..."

Anyone know where to get a exercision? Because I am clearly possessed by the devil that is Facebook.

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