I used to be of the opinion Facebook was teh evil, but, I don't have the full details so I might get some crucial aspects wrong here, they've invented a FASTER form of Facebook called Twitter, and it's the penultimate stop on the Internet's journey to Hell.
So, I always considered LiveJournal to be trite [because it's basicalled "what I did at the mall today" followed by current mood, current song choice], but then Facebook comes along and it's like 'Now it's easier to communicate, people! More users! Shorter sentences! More one-click-apps!
And it became apparent that I was missing out on finding out what my friends were doing/planning, because I didn't have Facebook, so I got on Facebook and never installed an app or checked it more than once a week as a form of guerilla protest of the inherent stupidity of such a network [Che Guavera would be so proud of me right now] and NOW apparently there's a new network called Twitter that takes only single sentence updates [and probably only works with iPhones].
Penultimate step to Internet Hell, folks. Next [and last] step? EmotiConverse - use handheld devices to upload a single ASCII emoticon [this is the EMOTICON bit of the name] to converse with fellow friends [this is the CONVERSE part of the name] who're also connected on the online emoticon universe [this is the EMOTICONVERSE segment of the name]. And where will I be when the entire net is booking its tickets at InAHandbasket.com? I'll be making the final post, a decisive and everlasting o< ...
So, I always considered LiveJournal to be trite [because it's basicalled "what I did at the mall today" followed by current mood, current song choice], but then Facebook comes along and it's like 'Now it's easier to communicate, people! More users! Shorter sentences! More one-click-apps!
And it became apparent that I was missing out on finding out what my friends were doing/planning, because I didn't have Facebook, so I got on Facebook and never installed an app or checked it more than once a week as a form of guerilla protest of the inherent stupidity of such a network [Che Guavera would be so proud of me right now] and NOW apparently there's a new network called Twitter that takes only single sentence updates [and probably only works with iPhones].
Penultimate step to Internet Hell, folks. Next [and last] step? EmotiConverse - use handheld devices to upload a single ASCII emoticon [this is the EMOTICON bit of the name] to converse with fellow friends [this is the CONVERSE part of the name] who're also connected on the online emoticon universe [this is the EMOTICONVERSE segment of the name]. And where will I be when the entire net is booking its tickets at InAHandbasket.com? I'll be making the final post, a decisive and everlasting o< ...
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