12:12 12/12/12

Facebook is full of these today! "OMG! 12/12/12!! Last repetitive date!!" "The world is ending!" We'll as I've mentioned in my previous posts Facebook is good for telling you what's going on...and after a sea of finals I'm glad I saw it was 12/12/12 I guess.
Well the original topic of my blog to see if Facebook was a must or a bust and honestly I'm not totally sure. I mean I completely HATE Facebook sometimes but other times its really helpful. For instance one of my friends engagements just fell through and I, along with everyone else, found out on Facebook. I think people's main problem with Facebook is that there's a lot of drama so basically the solution to every problem...stop doing it. Lets all follow gunthars rule shall we? "If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all." It's really as simple as that, I promise.
So in the end, I think it remains a tie, Facebook and no Facebook, is the same

breakups and makeups

DRAMA!!! Holy cow! Okay, so I was scrolling down my News Feed when all of the sudden I came upon this post that said "I'd rather be happy and single than be with and miserable." My first thought was that it was from a song or something but I clicked on the comments....it wasn't from a song. I read 60 comments of the purest form of a facebook fight. It was horrible.
Back Story: This guy that I graduated from High School with has been dating this girl that's 2 years younger than him off and on for a while and rumors have been going around that she cheated on him and that she constantly lies to him. Well while all of her friends are commenting for him to take it off of facebook he's throwing her down and cant keep his story straight of whether or not she actually cheated. And then guys were commenting saying "bro this isn't right, take it off of facebook." OH. MY. LANTA. he flipped out when they said that. He was telling the guys to come and talk to him and that he has something to say and to stop hiding behind the keyboard and so on. To which the guy who said to take it off of facebook, his ex-girlfriend commented telling the main guy that he cant because he doesn't live there anymore and that he is being stupid. Needless to say there was a TON of drama and nothing got resolved....it was a pointless fight but a lot of fun to read. I don't have a tv in my apartment because im poor as junk so facebook fights are like soap operas...I got my fill for the next 3 years with this fight...

failbook

These pictures are from a hilariously funny website called failbook. Unfortunately we've all had these kind of Facebook fights show up on our newsfeed but we wouldn't dare blog about them because well that's tacky. So here are a few that I don't have to be tacky to blog about because they aren't on my newsfeed....so its different right?

politics and problems

HOLY COW!!!! So the election was two days....I have never seen more posts within 5 minutes in my life! Only reason is because while the president was announced for the nation, some referendums were announced for certain states. Being from Washington we are one of the few states that legalized weed and gay marriage. While neither seriously affect me because I am neither gay nor do I smoke my friends on FaceBook were going WILD!!! It was seriously a feeding zone...so many pictures of bongs saying "legal now mother f***er!!! I can do whatever the hell I want now!!!" umm yeah....good luck with that....I mean am I the only who has seen movies like batman? You can't do whatever you want....there are consequences. Same sex marriage does not affect me at all, its not like gay people are like high people, they don't kill you while they are practicing. So I mean really, lets all be kind; however, with that being said, since my closet connection to a gay person is my best friend Josh I don't feel like I can really comment on it.
On Tuesdays I saw so many of "well four more years of hell" "let the unfriending begin" "Mormons are idiots are must be pissed haha f*** them!"
A post of FaceBook is yours, people like to treat it like a journal even though it isn't. But nevertheless anyone has the right to put whatever they want on facebook. But seriously you are going to trash Mormons? One of my friends who is also a member commented on that post and said "umm how about republicans are mad, not Mormons. The church does get involved with politics. Kthanks." And people went off on her! Saying that "obviously they don't know how to take a joke" "pull your head out of your a**" "wow, what a little b****" wow. that is all I have to say. wow. This goes along with my last post, just because no one can actually see you behind the keyboard does not mean that 1, they don't know its you and 2, it hurts less. Lets not cyber bully? Its obviously rude and the person who is doing it looks like an idiot, its not like it makes you look cool....you just look like an ass.

CALLED OUT!

So as I was scrolling through my news feed today I came upon this lovely little post (I changed the names to spare them further embarrassment " STUPID BETH SAYS I HATE HER NOW I DO BETH IF UR READING THIS U R THE MOST HORRIBLE FRIEND EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Okay here's the thing about that, one I had to spell a lot of the words correctly, and this kind of thing is unacceptable. It is posts like this that make the older generations think that we only communicate over Facebook and that we can not have a conversation face to face. I heard a horror story a few weeks ago about this guy who asked this girl out on a date but was to scared to talk to her so he just texted her the whole time....texted her. WOW.

No Shave November?

So with no shave November I have a lot of friends that have decided to let themselves be "free" and not shave... So I posted today ( first time in a while) "Happy please shave November! And remember, not all hair is created equal." This one girl that I am Facebook friends with, we used to be friends but then she got married...and now we are way different got offended and commented "DISLIKE!!!!!! I won't be shaving!" ugh. we all know that, you posted that earlier. Here is the thing with Facebook right now, it has become twitter. Like seriously? Did you seriously just make a post about how you will not be shaving for a month?
Facebook Posts "thanks for all the birthday wishes, I had a great day with all my friends!"
Tweets "brushing teeth" "teeth brushed" "driving to friends house" "at friends house"
You could easily stock someone with their tweets.
OH and I know that with the younger generations turning to technology a lot of people may have forgotten....but there is this WONDERFUL thing called...drum roll please!! A JOURNAL!!! A journal is where you put things such as "oh my heck, I freakin hate Becky! she is such a UGH I don't even know how to describe it! I just hate her! but oh my lanta Joe looked at me today! he is soooooo dreamy <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 I could spend the rest of my life with him! Other than that today was alright. Chem sucks but I have a doctors appointment tomorrow so I get to miss it! heck to the yeah. huh, well I think that's good for tonight! goodnight <3 "
see the difference?

Facebook

Facebook is the largest social networking site, with 955 MILLION active users, according to Wikipedia. There are lots of people to friend, or defriend for that matter. On Facebook you can let all your friends and family know what you’re doing by updating your status, in return you can see what they're doing, you can message each other, play games and reconnect with people. So why then do people have problems with it if it’s "bringing us together?" Is it because while you have 800 friends on Facebook you might actually talk to 30 of them? Because Facebook can cause immense amounts of drama? After talking to some old people about it…it’s because they feel like the “younger generations” rely on it too much. They think that we don’t make “real” friends anymore. As a member of the younger generation I feel like Facebook actually helps relationships. Being 1,000 miles away from home its hard staying connected with my family and friends back home, I can call them all which according to the older generations is more personal but that gets tedious! Saying the same thing over and over again!! BUT with Facebook I can just post a status or a picture about how my day is going…let my family know that I’m alive. While old people say that Facebook tears relationships apart I think that right now it’s bringing all of my relationships together. Another example of how it’s brought me closer to some people is, I made friends with a girl named Anna while we both lived in New Mexico, well I moved back to Washington and she moved to North Carolina- total opposite sides of the country. We never thought that we would friends again but one day, three and a half years ago, I got on Facebook and noticed that I had a friend request from Anna, I accepted it of course and we reconnected pretty fast and have spent every summer together and talk everyday ever since. Without Facebook we would still be on opposite sides on the country and have no idea where the other person is now. Right now… Social Media helping: 1
Social Media hindering: 0