I’m sure you have all seen some of the more recent Facebook status chains and wanted to kill yourself. For the past couple of weeks I’ve noticed that many of my “friends” *cough* have become extremely politically aware. More importantly, everyone on my friends list is apparently going to fall terminally ill immediately because health care is suddenly more than an issue than MTV reality shows, whiny song lyrics, and lolcatz combined.
“Politically aware” Facebook statuses bother me just as much as Green Day’s self-important political rants and Pink’s supposed political career. I’m not exactly sure if people are trying to pass themselves off as smarter or more aware, but the point is that you will never be taken seriously for what you put up on Facebook. Jesus Christ, at least get a .com and legitimize yourself (*cough* www.whyisthispopular.com *cough*). For those people that are too useless to get a real soapbox, Facebook, Twitter, and MySpace remain to be fantastic forums of anonymity and fail. For the rest of us, there’s Mastercard Why Is This Popular DOT Com.
NV/R,
Maria
It’s amazingly easy to be politically aware when you can do it in under 140 characters!
NV/R,
Margo
hahaha i like all the self-promotion.
i’ve pretty much given up on facebook statuses all together.
“…that you will never be taken seriously for what you put up on Facebook. ”
Really? According to who? True, we can’t expect to change the world through our Facebook statuses, but what’s wrong with expressing political/personal/religious/social views? And sometimes expressing an opinion so simply does have an impact in that it provokes others to consider their own views. After all, we can’t all dedicate ourselves thoroughly to every single cause we encounter.
And to be honest, how does this website make any more of an impact than political Facebook statuses?
It’s pretty easy to sit back and “comment” on popular culture. Don’t be fooled into thinking that this makes you anymore “enlightened” or “aware.”
The only thing Facebook statuses provoke me to consider is suicide. Don’t be hurt because your liberal arts major is rendered useless when people don’t care about your opinion on whether or not people should get healthcare.
I would be more sympathetic if these views weren’t always something obvious like “I don’t think children should die.” WOW you are such a liberal hipster; teach me your ways. Even Viking cannibals are all pretty much of the opinion that people living and being happy is good. Say something relevant (uhoh, liberal arts major!) and we’ll stop making fun of you.
NV/R,
Margo
Yea, I knew even as I commented that it would end up here (*omg soroity drama i hate you forever ra ra ra* <3) and looked forward to it. This reminds me. I made the mistake of having the news on the other day. I saw a woman literally CRYING at the very thought her child might have to listen to the president. I thought, then, "she is one of those people that posts political article links in their Facebook statuses, and I hate her"
she probably takes stupid fucking quizzes about what kind of mom she is too.
While I agree that generally speaking Facebook statuses are little more than claptrap, I feel it can’t all be relegated to nincompoopery. The very fact that a person feels it is necessary to reply to such posts demonstrates that it is a valuable medium on a political level. It may be somewhat silly to copy and paste a prepared statement to your status, but it allows a unity of voice that might not be there otherwise. It is true that many people will post that statement and it will be entirety of their political action. If it inspires just a few to act and make those important calls to their congressmen and senators it was worth all of the the cynical fanfare it provoked.
I think I’d have a few words for whoever posted the second one. Like: If you got sick, would you want us to kill you?
When I see something on the news, I don’t run and post it on Facebook. I go talk about it with someone who actually cares.
wowe party poopers. yes the world loves facebook give it up. if you cant stand the features facebook has then just get rid of it. Like those who think they’re cool for writing what they were doing at the mall you guys are also part of a trend of Oh I hate these people on facebook that blah blah… if you really wanna talk to someone who cares then maybe you should be actually doing something about it instead of commenting on how much u hate when people do that. News flash we`re over you guys too…Im too cool for school. What people choose to share is their judgement not yours. Stop judging people by the standards you hold for yourself you guys are just a bunch of complainers. WOMP WOMP. Go be productive.
"…that you will never be taken seriously for what you put up on Facebook. "
Really? According to who? True, we can't expect to change the world through our Facebook statuses, but what's wrong with expressing political/personal/religious/social views? And sometimes expressing an opinion so simply does have an impact in that it provokes others to consider their own biews. After all, we can't all dedicate ourselves thoroughly to every single cause we encounter.
And to be honest, how does this website make any more of an impact than political Facebook statuses?
It's pretty easy to sit back and "comment" on popular cultu5e. Don't be fooled into thinking that this makes you anymore "enlightened" or "aware.";
Its tremendously easy to see why someone who legitimizes themselves with a real dotcom feels superior to facebook status updates. Afterall, real dotcoms are much more reliable and factual sources of information. People are not only forgetting f/b is just a networking site, but also presupposing self-importance due to the fact that they have a friends list.
People need to be more considerate to other users and not spew cockamamie into the beauteous interweb. Because people who say their opinions in real dotcom form didn’t only buy a domain, they bought importance, legitimacy, intelligence, and admin rights, which equals infallibility.
I’m gonna go update my facebook status to: I’m tired of all these people voicing there “political opinions” on facebook. They should just watch fox news and burn some books and start a falsely legitimized revolution acting as an homage to something completely unrelated.
These people might give me something to complain about and give myself some self-importance but that doesn’t mean they aren’t more annoying than I am when I voice my opinions about what is annoying and stupid.