Spring Break
The damning effects of Facebook
Kristi Relaz
Issue date: 1/30/08 Section: Opinion
Hmm, then why did you put it on there?
What continues to fascinate me most is the pictures people post, especially those that should have never been taken and attract the wrong kind of attention. I do understand wanting nice pictures of yourself available for your friends (not stalkers), and maybe possible suitors to see, but I don't understand why people post pictures of themselves passed out next to a toilet.
I sometimes think people who publicly highlight how drunk they get on Facebook have that confused as a sort of right of passage to being "cool." College is universally associated with drinking, so having hundreds of pictures of yourself doing awesome beer bongs or passed out with penises drawn on your face doesn't make you "cool."
In addition, posting pictures of yourself looking hot in a bathing suit doesn't make you look sexy. It makes you look conceited and/or insecure.
On the contrary, perhaps you just like the way you look and want to show off your hot, sexy bod. If you truly are that confident and secure about yourself, then there should be no need to prove it to others by making albums entitled, "Playboy - Here I Come!" or "Portfolio Pics" and filling them with soft-core amateur porn.
Now ask yourself, will you be one of those people who tag pictures of their weddings and/or the birth of their children? If so, it is safe to say you're addicted. I suppose Facebook is one of the safer online communities to belong to, but it is not something that should take over your emotions or life.
Still, Facebook can be a good tool to stay connected; however, it should not influence your emotions or be used as a means of publicly exploiting yourself.
What continues to fascinate me most is the pictures people post, especially those that should have never been taken and attract the wrong kind of attention. I do understand wanting nice pictures of yourself available for your friends (not stalkers), and maybe possible suitors to see, but I don't understand why people post pictures of themselves passed out next to a toilet.
I sometimes think people who publicly highlight how drunk they get on Facebook have that confused as a sort of right of passage to being "cool." College is universally associated with drinking, so having hundreds of pictures of yourself doing awesome beer bongs or passed out with penises drawn on your face doesn't make you "cool."
In addition, posting pictures of yourself looking hot in a bathing suit doesn't make you look sexy. It makes you look conceited and/or insecure.
On the contrary, perhaps you just like the way you look and want to show off your hot, sexy bod. If you truly are that confident and secure about yourself, then there should be no need to prove it to others by making albums entitled, "Playboy - Here I Come!" or "Portfolio Pics" and filling them with soft-core amateur porn.
Now ask yourself, will you be one of those people who tag pictures of their weddings and/or the birth of their children? If so, it is safe to say you're addicted. I suppose Facebook is one of the safer online communities to belong to, but it is not something that should take over your emotions or life.
Still, Facebook can be a good tool to stay connected; however, it should not influence your emotions or be used as a means of publicly exploiting yourself.
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Ben Dover
posted 10/06/08 @ 12:22 PM CST
Facebook is the shit. Youre stupid
me
posted 10/06/08 @ 5:52 PM CST
hahaha but its so true
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