Was discussing with a friend the meaning of face book. Heres my (as usual snarky) take: What Facebook is for. It is for: 1. Photo journals -- tracking where you went so that in your dotage you can remember 2. Making jokes 3. Political rants that accidentally spilled through from Huffington post, Fox or worse, are directly posted 4. Useful scientific, literary, philosophical etc articles -- though G+ seems to be taking that mantel To these I plead guilty as charged. Theres a 5th category that I seem incapable of: 5. Art, beauty and so forth It is utterly useless for tracking friends lives etc. because it always falls into 4 camps: 1. Socialist realism aka the happy worker syndrome. The fakey smiling face in some cool place sprinkled with hilterian youth -- proud, valiant and ever more accomplished (superior genetics). 2. Public self help. Affirmations, avowals of Gods goodness usually after theres firm evidence that God actually done you wrong buddy (sort of a beaten spouse or Stockholm syndrome). Its not that affirmations dont work, Ive used them to great effect myself -- just luckily prior to full public disclosure. For God, well it would take too long to ring that one out. See process theology ... or even Jethro Tulls Wind Up. 3. Pictures of your food (see my recent post wondering whos going to start posting about the great poo they just had). Again, not that theres anything wrong with this ... and I truly look forward to those bathroom reports. 4. Pictures of pets, primarily cats.
Posted on: Mon, 11 Aug 2014 08:08:11 +0000
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