Facebook Arseholes
As far as I can tell, Facebook has four types of user. None of which is worthy of anything but contempt.
First off, you have the self-indulgent egomaniacs that think every thought that enters their head is worthy of broadcasting to as large a group of people as possible. Quite simply, these people are in need of a serious reality check. As I’ve touched upon before, it would be a huge improvement if they would just think for a second whether their comments are actually interesting. It’s the same kind of mindless “blah” mentality that people use to justify their watching of soap opera television.
“It’s on, so I watch it” becomes “It occurred to me, so I posted it”.
Well, I’m just not interested. It’s just another manifestation of the total, enveloping neediness that these social networking sites encourage in people.
“Comment on my status! Validate me! Grade me! Make me feel I’m worth something! I’m sad and lonely! Make me feel important!”
It’s totally pathetic. The MOST interesting these status updates get are when people make such ridiculous comments that even their friends start mocking them … and it’s even a stretch to call those “interesting”.
The second type of user is the “Self-Promoter”. Facebook is awash with celebrities of all levels and sorts shamelessly plugging themselves. Does no one have any self respect anymore? Do they not see how it looks to those with any brains at all when their only comments to their so-called “Facebook Friends” are essentially adverts for their latest CD, tour, book, TV Programme and God knows what else? It’s such a cynical use of something that was designed for a totally different purpose.
Then we have the third type of user. People that add the celebrities to their friends list in order to feel that they are something other than a source of income to these “famous” people. Their lives are so empty and devoid of any human connection that the only way they can feel closeness to anyone is through electronically stalking people they’ve never met and leaving inane comments on their fan pages.
If the psychiatric profession ever becomes short of patients, they should scour Facebook for people with dozens and dozens of famous “Friends” because chances are, those users are on the verge of suicide.
And finally, type 4. The type that I find most annoying of all. I’ve recently been contacted by quite a few people that seem to be using Facebook in a thinly veiled attempt to make friends with people that they know they treated badly in the past. When Facebook became popular, the people in my age group were just turning thirty and it seemed like a great way to catch up with old school friends with whom we’d lost contact over the previous ten years. Imagine my surprise when I started receiving these messages from people that made my school days a living hell.
“Hey! How’s it going! Not seen you for years!”
… from people that treated everyone not in their immediate circle of school friends like shit for the entirity of their time in secondary school.
Well, I don’t care how guilty you might feel about the way you treated me or anyone else during our school years. I don’t care whether you’re absolutely mortified when you look back and see yourself as the total cunt that you were. You will just have to live with that. Don’t look to me for forgiveness. I just hope you realize the extent to which you damaged people’s childhood and education with your general fuck-headed behaviour and outright bullying … because, believe me, however bad you REMEMBER being, for the people on the receiving end it was a hundred times worse.
If there were a hell, I’d say I hope you rot in it – but, as there’s not, I’ll just hope you find yourself under the wheels of a very large truck sometime soon.
MisterShouty 