wed week 9

reflecting on this theme of alternate identity in technological space age that we are in, i would have to say that people are living as different personas left and right. let's start with facebook. i personally detest facebook. i deleted mine at the beginning of winter quarter so, i've been without it for almost 6 months and i feel so much better.  the thing about facebook is that everyone just tries to make themselves look a certain way. key word try - they are not profiling themselves to look exactly like who they are. rather, they are creating an image, an alternate persona basically who they want to be, or who they want others to think they are.  people say that it's about keeping in contact with certain people who you otherwise would have lost track of. this may be true, but i feel as though the people who you really want to stay friends with and the people who really want to stay friends with you, will remain in touch with you no matter what. similar to twitter, posting statuses is just stupid, it's like NO ONE FUCKING CARES about when you shower, brush your teeth, fart, poop, shop, have sex, whatever. you are all just making yourselves look like retards. especially in pictures. pictures where people pose a certain way so that their boobs look big or their ass does or they look buff or whatever. not to mention how annoying it is why you're trying to enjoy a nice dinner or are on a ride or at a party or something and all you see is FLASH FLASH FLASH and hear "FACEBOOK! *CLICK*" "FACEBOOK *CLICK* *FLASH*"!!!!!!!! and i hate being asked to pose in photos and re-takes and more re-takes when people around me are eating or reading or doing something in which they would rather not be disturbed. how do you think someone who you haven't seen in a long time is going to react to you if you look nothing like your pictures?! not well! lastly, i think fbook and twitter can be the foundation for a lot of bullying as well as for making people feel badly about themselves. also, the daily nexus did an article about 'last night's hook up turning into a perverted stalking situation' or something like that...SOOO TRUE.  here's a vid that i think illustrates why people need to give up the nasty habit:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UouP8cRYZ8&feature=related