I was accused of being a little confrontational and harsh with my assessment that my friends' Facebook statuses are only about 10% interesting. That's not what I intended -- I meant to be very confrontational. So let me be clear: here are the 20 most recent updates -- and, depending on the amount of charity that I feel obligated to extend to my associates, there are somewhere between four and eight that are fully interesting pieces of writing. (So, fine; 20% to 40% interesting. It's still not a lot.) The remainder swerve between nearly-valuable information to not-quite-compelling gossip to why-are-you-telling-me-this.
That is to say: the healthy normal human reaction to nearly all of these tidbits is, "...and?"
- working
- two tickets for goldfrapp purchased
- applying ARG mechanics to virtual worlds
- transitioning back to the real world
- gonna make it through the day with Marlene Dietrich
- wants a choco taco
- prepping a sweater
- one day till spring break
- staying crunchy in milk
- blown away by Barack Obama
- in LA
- voting for American Idol
- never wants to see an Irish Car Bomb ever again
- there's a fucking queue for the bus
- in need of something fun to do
- working
- feeling crappy and the weather ain't helping his flu
- %$@%@$^$%.
- seeing Margaret Cho tonight
- went to a uconn law alum event last night
I know that the people with whom I am friends are capable of being interesting -- otherwise I would have ceased to be friends with them. But the Internet is a relentless dullifying machine.
