Do you facebook?
The most common questions that friends ask me nowadays is "Do you Facebook?" In the beginning I wasn't aware what it was and often replied,"No. I prefer to read the book rather than facing it." And as expected they thought I was making a lame joke and ignored me.However I soon learnt that it was all about and this term was so popular that it is now accepted into the dictionary and has its own meaning. I am not about to jump onto the bandwagon though. The reason is because I have absolutely no time for other forms of distractions while I am working and studying at the same time. Plus these trends only last for a while and when another new technology toy pops up, everyone jumps again. Remember Friendster, wholivesnearyou, ICQ and Mirc?
I have friends who suggested that I join Facebook so that we can chat online. But the problem is we hardly even chat in msn much less sms each other, will it make a difference if we hop onto another tool of communication? I do know Facebook has got many other functions like photo-sharing but why would I want your photos? Lol. Just kidding. It is just me and my rejection for technology. I remembered I had one entry before regarding why I shun technology.
Just a couple of days ago, I accidentally overheard a conversation between 2 friends on the MRT. Friend A was telling Friend B how he stayed up the entire night training his monster from level 6 to level 20 or something like that. And they seem to be in their early twenties already. Aren't monster fighting meant for kids below the age of 16? Hello! Entire night leh! Surely there are better things to do than training monsters?
Another friend was telling me how there are so many pretty girls in Facebook and you can get to know them and even 'buy them drinks' online. But the problem is I seldom trust the photos I see online. The reason is because you can paste any photo you want but you will never know what the person who is typing behind the screen really looks like. Also so many people photoshop nowadays and a 36 inch waistline can become 26 after some cropping and editing.
One conversation between me and a friend sums up everything.
Friend: Got facebook?
Me: Nope. What about it?
Friend: Sign up lah. We can chat online mah.
Me: You can talk to me also in MSN mah.
Friend: Facebook different leh. Got more functions. Can take photos also and play games together.
Me: Photos you just send to my email can liao lor. Why Facebook?
Friend: Aiya. Still can play games somemore mah.
Me: Games like what?
Friend: Erm..we can..we can fight dinosaurs together mah.
Me:.........................
Enough said.
posted by malmoncolo @ 9:10 AM
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