As I peruse Facebook I often become annoyed by the abundance of those little cartoons with sayings on them. You know the ones. “It’s okay to kick people’s bar stools out from under them as long as you yell JENGA before they hit the floor,” or “Yes, I’m THICK, you got a problem with that?” Ugh! Those things are so annoying! Sure, sometimes they are really comical, but doesn’t anyone have an original thought anymore? I wonder if the folks who are posting these little tidbits realize that they haven’t shared an original thought in weeks? What ever happened to good political debates, updates on family feuds or Family Feud, and personal interests and recent events? Where did all the good stuff go? I would like to say that we should ban those things, but then I might never hear from my “thick” pals, the girls with no self-esteem, the overly confident single guys, and the emo’s on my “friends” list. I guess that might not be such a bad thing (considering that I have more intelligent conversations with my dogs), but there is a little part of me that likes my Facebook peeps. They are great company when I’m waiting in line at the grocery store, make me feel less lonely when I’m home alone, and give me that little connection to the outside world when I’ve been trapped at work for 10 hours. Maybe I should spend my extra moments (the few that I have) reading a blog or chatting it up with a stranger. But, am I ready to give up my Facebook attachment? Can I really move the icon from the front page of my phone and scoot a different one to the beginning? I think I’ll give it a try. We’ll see what happens.
I’ll report back. Until then…
