So classy
I don’t know what disgusts me more: that “Do you think a woman can be as effective a President as a man?” is an actual, non-ironic “Political Debate” question on Facebook, or that 21% of people who responded said no. Even though I’ve found the site itself valuable for getting back in touch with old friends and classmates, I think we’re nearing the point at which I delete my fucking account. I can’t even log in without being repulsed by something sitting on the homepage anymore.
It’s astonishing that anyone could even have that backwards thinking when you look at all the other countries that have been lead by women. Britain, Germany, India. I think in general a woman would probably make a better leader than a man, less likely to be hot headed and reactionary.
While friends and colleagues have insisted that I have a Facebook account, I’ve found it ultimately of little use; every time I log on it seems I’m being bitten by another zombie or vampire, being asked to choose between ninjas and pirates or something equally banal. I really *don’t* find it that useful for staying in touch with people — for that, I’ve been using LinkedIn. But I admit, my interest is more professional than social, so LI is a better match in that respect.
As far as the question itself is concerned, ugh.
Jesus created women to make babies and sandwiches.
Peter: Yeah, the app spam drives me batty, too. It’s a shame because for a while I had pretty high hopes for Facebook, but now it’s about as ugly and useless as MySpace, and possibly even creepier. I’m still waiting for everyone to switch to Virb.
No, Scott. Jesus created women to make baby sandwiches. Please pay better attention in Sunday school.
I’m reaching the fuck-you point, too, but so many people from my old job use it that I keep in touch with them through it.
It may, for me, become just a web-based pseudo-email system to stay in touch with old co-workers.
Since it’s so widely used and people I know respond there a lot faster than they do by email, I feel practically forced to use it. But if I have to suffer through one more human interest news story about it, I might just have to start sending bitter, angry emails to the CBC.
Like pretty much every killer app in history, Facebook was awesome until they fucked it up.