Here is it, another new blog... I believe this is my 10th blog floating around now between BlogSpot and tumblr. However, I love them all equally. I love to write. I'm not very great at it, and I get distracted easily, but nonetheless I love it. This current blog I have just created is meant to be a place where I can release and write my opinions and feelings on different topics. Some of it may be harmful, but I want it to challenge me. If you are offended easily by others than following this particular blog is probably not for you. My intentions are not meant to offend people - but it still may happen.
For my first topic I would like to discuss the trashy yet alluring world of... Facebook. We've all said it before but it's turned into the new MySpace. You can even have profile banners now! But what I really want to talk about is it's fascinating hold that it has to us; and I know we all suffer from it. I'll admit it, I'm addicted. I wake up in the morning and while I'm laying in bed I'm checking Facebook, as I pull into my work parking lot I'm checking Facebook, before I even leave my work to go on lunch I'm checking Facebook, as soon as I head home from work I'm checking it, and once I get home I'm glued to Facebook all night..
The sad thing is, I'm not even doing anything pertaining to status updates or uploading photos. I'm just simply lurking others profiles - reading the witty things they post, checking out their wedding photos or adorable pictures of a new puppy. I have so many people added on Facebook that I could not tell you what classes I had in High School with them however I could inform you of their first child’s name, their cats name, and probably their aunts name. Can you imagine if I was actually some terrible person that would use this easily obtained knowledge to my advantage? It's so easy for people to find out your whole life story by just one glance at your profile.
And onto my next concern... I always wonder if all of the people I know that post drunken updates all throughout the day and night, have family added on Facebook. I for one would be mortified to have my parents, aunts, uncles, cousins, neighbors, read something like that. As the saying goes, "that's what Twitter is for" haha. Not to mention all of the underage drinking photos that get posted after every weekend, have these people ever thought of an Undercover Cop being one of their Facebook 'friends'? I guess not. Because every weekend without fail, there they are, being posted once again.
Finally, my last thought is - does dressing that trashy in your profile photo really make some guy want to be with you? He may want to sleep with you, so if you're not looking for anything long term either than I guess continue posting them! And I just love the girls that post status' such as, "all my guy friends want to do is f*%# me, I'm so sick of it". Wow... for one, does anyone care? Secondly, maybe if you didn't act that way, people wouldn't treat you that way. Am I right? What happened to girls having self-respect for themselves?
Facebook has caused us to lose so much respect in each other - we fight over catty comments, we judge ourselves based on how many comments someone gets on a photo compared to us, and we snicker at those who post things and have no idea what they're talking about... it's a cruel world, and for some strange reason we love to be a part of it.
-Brittni
