Sunday, February 22, 2015
Opinion: My thoughts and opinions about the pros and cons of facebook
Here are some thoughts and opinions I have on ways Facebook is both good and bad.
Mark Zuckerberg is about my age by now. Around 29 or 30 years old. He invented the most popular social media page that has pretty much replaced and outlived MySpace by now. Here are my thoughts on the good and bad things about this invention.
Here are some Pros:
It's a good way to keep in touch with people you know--including friends and relatives. Facebook has revolutionized how we keep tabs on our friends, relatives, and acquaintances. It's good to see how other people are doing. Sometimes without even asking.
Here are some Cons:
Seeing what other people are doing inhibits real life conversations where we just ask them what they're doing. It's also depressing to see some old friends of yours doing things without you and going places that they didn't invite you to. Do you really need to know all that?
Oh, good. You went to the concert without me. Nice of you not to give me a second thought. Do the rest of you not have jobs or what? Where do you find the time anymore?
Another Pro of Facebook:
It helps business and it lets people know when good things happen to you. It's nice to know people will support you when you try something or when you succeed at something. It's good that Facebook can let people in on the good things that happen in your life.
Most people are pretty supportive of what you're up to and will help you out along the way. These are your true friends.
Starting groups or promoting businesses or local music bands is also a great thing about it.
Another Con of Facebook:
Studies have shown that Facebook and social media can make you depressed or less happy. Positive psychologists have shown how seeing other people you haven't talked to in a while doing or accomplishing things that you didn't get to can bring you down. It can also give off the appearance that other people are better off than you or have better social lives--even if this isn't true. They may just be people who post more photos and things going good in their lives than you do. Some people use Facebook more than others.
People rarely gripe about their problems on Facebook for obvious reasons. Nobody likes an Eyore or Debbie Downer letting them down.
Facebook can sometimes show you how judgmental and superficial A FEW of its members are. Defriending and refriending certain people for the smallest things. Ugh. And sometimes defriending without explanation, leaving you scratching your head. Facebook is a popularity contest that way.
Anyway just thought I'd share my thoughts tonight. I've been meaning to blog about some other topic but I'll save that for another day.
Mark Zuckerberg is about my age by now. Around 29 or 30 years old. He invented the most popular social media page that has pretty much replaced and outlived MySpace by now. Here are my thoughts on the good and bad things about this invention.
Here are some Pros:
It's a good way to keep in touch with people you know--including friends and relatives. Facebook has revolutionized how we keep tabs on our friends, relatives, and acquaintances. It's good to see how other people are doing. Sometimes without even asking.
Here are some Cons:
Seeing what other people are doing inhibits real life conversations where we just ask them what they're doing. It's also depressing to see some old friends of yours doing things without you and going places that they didn't invite you to. Do you really need to know all that?
Oh, good. You went to the concert without me. Nice of you not to give me a second thought. Do the rest of you not have jobs or what? Where do you find the time anymore?
Another Pro of Facebook:
It helps business and it lets people know when good things happen to you. It's nice to know people will support you when you try something or when you succeed at something. It's good that Facebook can let people in on the good things that happen in your life.
Most people are pretty supportive of what you're up to and will help you out along the way. These are your true friends.
Starting groups or promoting businesses or local music bands is also a great thing about it.
Another Con of Facebook:
Studies have shown that Facebook and social media can make you depressed or less happy. Positive psychologists have shown how seeing other people you haven't talked to in a while doing or accomplishing things that you didn't get to can bring you down. It can also give off the appearance that other people are better off than you or have better social lives--even if this isn't true. They may just be people who post more photos and things going good in their lives than you do. Some people use Facebook more than others.
People rarely gripe about their problems on Facebook for obvious reasons. Nobody likes an Eyore or Debbie Downer letting them down.
Facebook can sometimes show you how judgmental and superficial A FEW of its members are. Defriending and refriending certain people for the smallest things. Ugh. And sometimes defriending without explanation, leaving you scratching your head. Facebook is a popularity contest that way.
Anyway just thought I'd share my thoughts tonight. I've been meaning to blog about some other topic but I'll save that for another day.
Saturday, February 21, 2015
Seinfeld - The Library Cop
Here's a funny scene from Seinfeld concerning overdue library books! Hilarious!
Quote of the Day
The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it. -Neil Degrasse Tyson
Thursday, February 19, 2015
The Keystone Oil Pipeline is a Useless Piece of Twisted Metal: Here's Why
The keystone oil pipeline is one the worst ideas for America. Here are some reasons why:
1) It kills transportation jobs:
Good news! Instead of having to hire truck drivers and trains to transport oil the pipe will do the job for free! Isn't that wonderful?
Unless you're the CEO or one of the corporate heads of one of the big oil companies that supports this pipeline and is only interested in how it might save money in the long run, it's really not. Some truck driver somewhere will complain when he loses his job to a pipe. Nice going on the job creation politicians who support the pipeline! Way to go! Thanks for voting for it. You've made some insatiably greedy dickwad very happy. And yes, I'd be willing to say that to somebody's face (some oil tycoons face) just to see it turn beat red with indignant rage.
2) Private property and farmland issues: The pipeline would cut through farmland and private property. Lawsuits are pending. It seems like the oil industry really enjoys getting sued because it's always one bad mistake after another.
If you really want to save money in the long run, why so stupid?
3) It's bad for the environment: This reason for opposing the pipeline goes without saying. I know that there are Americans who don't give a crap about the environment but you know... It's not as if we rely on clean drinking water or the environment itself to survive or anything like that. Right now I'm drinking a steaming cup of biological sludge because all the clean water got polluted. I think it's mutating me because I have six fingers on one hand now and I'm functionally retarded. I now think the pipeline is a good idea.
I'm being sarcastic. In case you couldn't tell.
Those are the reasons the Keystone Oil Pipeline and all the politicians and business owners who support it can go straight to hell where they can reap the benefits of what they've sown.
"Pass the biological piss water, please! I wonder why those farmers got mad about the pipeline ruining their crops."
Here's the bottom line. The only intelligent people who support it are those who will benefit monetarily. But at what cost and at whose expense?
1) It kills transportation jobs:
Good news! Instead of having to hire truck drivers and trains to transport oil the pipe will do the job for free! Isn't that wonderful?
Unless you're the CEO or one of the corporate heads of one of the big oil companies that supports this pipeline and is only interested in how it might save money in the long run, it's really not. Some truck driver somewhere will complain when he loses his job to a pipe. Nice going on the job creation politicians who support the pipeline! Way to go! Thanks for voting for it. You've made some insatiably greedy dickwad very happy. And yes, I'd be willing to say that to somebody's face (some oil tycoons face) just to see it turn beat red with indignant rage.
2) Private property and farmland issues: The pipeline would cut through farmland and private property. Lawsuits are pending. It seems like the oil industry really enjoys getting sued because it's always one bad mistake after another.
If you really want to save money in the long run, why so stupid?
3) It's bad for the environment: This reason for opposing the pipeline goes without saying. I know that there are Americans who don't give a crap about the environment but you know... It's not as if we rely on clean drinking water or the environment itself to survive or anything like that. Right now I'm drinking a steaming cup of biological sludge because all the clean water got polluted. I think it's mutating me because I have six fingers on one hand now and I'm functionally retarded. I now think the pipeline is a good idea.
I'm being sarcastic. In case you couldn't tell.
Those are the reasons the Keystone Oil Pipeline and all the politicians and business owners who support it can go straight to hell where they can reap the benefits of what they've sown.
"Pass the biological piss water, please! I wonder why those farmers got mad about the pipeline ruining their crops."
Here's the bottom line. The only intelligent people who support it are those who will benefit monetarily. But at what cost and at whose expense?
Wednesday, February 18, 2015
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