I don't like the limitations of the forum - I don't honestly consider myself a writer but sometimes I have more to say than what can be printed on the average fortune cookie slip or bumper sticker. When it became apparent that I could no longer frame my own thoughts before providing a link to a piece of news, the rigidity of the new and improved lost me once and for all. I see no reason to expect any further "improvements" to do anything more than continue to winnow out people until there's nothing left but stupid people making repetitive observations about whether they had good days or bad days until the entire cyber language can be reduced below clever announcements like "i c u 2! xoxoxo. lmao" to something even more grunt-like.
I am tired of fucking illiterate people being celebrated for shortcutting through the sudden light-speed of information. I want solid goddamned words again. I want words with fucking MEANING.
In an age where I believe we are bombarded - no, suffocated - with the most superficial form of useless crap through our politicians and media and yes, trickling through each other, I cannot indulge in taking any further part in something that becomes nothing less than hideous self-mockery.
On the other hand, I suppose I should feel lucky for what I have... But I don't. Because I KNOW I used to have even more.
The rest of you can settle for settling for less continuously until you don't have anything at all but smiles on your faces.
Not me.
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So, Can I post this on facebook? Just kidding. I thought I had a bunch of witty shit to say, but much of it faded as I attempted to log in with passwords and emails I can no longer remember, and finally giving up to use the less personal, but sufficient unuser comment interface.
I totally fucking agree with you. Facebook makes me want to vomit. It is very much a lowest common denominator type of situation, like so may other social and commercial equations and institutions in our culture.
Facebook feels like I remember high-school. I hated high-school.
What shines through on facebook is really whats worse about us. Our superficiality, our genuine stupidity and lack of insight. Our need for approval and to be seen by others and groomed even (and often) without merit. A flaunting of "status" up to and including the restaurant you may be dining in(that I am not - im so happy for you (i will "like" this to show you!)) via the location app etc, etc (yawn).
Maybe most insidiously (for me), facebook encourages us to carry the psychoscoial lie that everything is ok all the time, and that if it is not, that it is not ok to express it openly or publicly(read as socially awkward, taboo, abhorrent, whatever, etc). Business as usual really, who am I kidding.
On fb we can pretend to be who we are, And we do. The us that wont make waves. The me that is ok and socially acceptable. Anything more than that, is quite frankly unwelcome, and may even be against the rules(who reads the fine print anyway). To be in the club, we are encouraged, restricted, and subtly cajoled into shutting up, dumbing down, checking out, and lying about a depth of feeling and experience we have in the world that is to inappropriate to "share."
Enough said. In my humble opinion (thats imho).
* during the course of composing this response, I figured out how to log in, and change my profile picture. Take that Fuckers!
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