The Facebook Generation (and Why Society's Future Might Be Fucked)
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[QUOTE=meatballfish;29004475]People are like sheep. Sheep are dumb.[/QUOTE]
i dunno i saw a sheep that got meatbals out of a can i think he was pretty smart
I only have like 42 friends on FB. I talk to maybe 10-15 of them.
It's a good idea to have friend purges every once in a while. Just remove anyone on your friends list that you don't like. If you really want to, you can also remove anyone that you don't talk to often. I once went from 300 friends to around 50 doing a friend purge (that was when I was taking off people I didn't talk to often).
[QUOTE=The Mighty Boatman;29014856]i dunno i saw a sheep that got meatbals out of a can i think he was pretty smart[/QUOTE]
They've been trying to fly for a while now.
Society's future is already fucked, thanks to myspace etc etc.
i use facebook for knowing what homework i have to do
get information about sports training and put my opinions on events or put informative post just to get overshined by one that is more inaccurate
wait why do I even care about being overshined
After careful analysis, i have come to the chief flaw in your logic
[quote]I'll take my ex for instance.[/quote] One example out of millions
[quote]Oh and she's not alone, there's another few dozen or so from my feed who engaged in the same activity.[/quote]
A few dozen out of millions
[quote]What happened to us? As a society? Or just as people?
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Christ man you just went from a few dozen personal examples to generalizing the entire facebook userbase!
[quote]Suddenly, [b]everyone's a celebrity.[/b] [b]Everyone[/b] now has the delusion that [b]everyone else[/b] ACTUALLY CARES about every insignificant minuscule detail of their day and that you should feel obliged to share it with the world.[/quote]
Wow you've upped the game, now [b]EVERYONE[/b] partakes in rampant attention whoring
[QUOTE=ItchyBarracuda;29003034]For instance, the current generation of kids (and even the one behind us) seem to be becoming less and less motivated to want to achieve something due to what I like to call the "Facebook" syndrome.[/quote]
So many millions of people with different personalities views opinions lifestyles and generalized
1933 called, they want their Hitler back
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In fact, it's borderline (if not full blown) avant-garde narcissism.[/quote]
A new innovative scene in experimental narcissism?
ITT: OP doesn't know what he's talking about, and posters agreeing because they dislike camwhores. LOOKS LIKE FACEPUNCH MENTALITY IS GOING TO DESTROY OUR GENERATION OMFGGGGG.
Based on a lot of responses that I have received in this thread, I think a lot of people are taking what I said in completely the wrong way.
I'm not making a rant that's saying "OMG I FUKIN H8 FACEBOOK AND ANYONE WHO USES IT IZ UH IDIOT". The information I'm presenting is based on a hypothesis on observations made out of sheer interest regarding the behavior of people using Facebook versus real life.
Some would say "get new friends" or new "aquaintences". These people were as normal as any back in college and school and elsewhere. And those I singled out do not represent the majority of everyone's mindset in my "network" either.
The point I'm trying to make is the repercussions that a tool like Facebook would have on THIS generation's development as opposed to the previous generations. I am not a "fear monger" trying to prophesize doom and gloom for the world. I just find it merely silly though to dismiss it's impact on society. I'll give you an example. If you were to just take away Facebook right now, from everyone, what would you think would be the collective reaction?
I'd almost guarantee it wouldn't be positive in the slightest. That's the real point I'm making. Has this generation become reliant on this tool so much to the extent that it would be able to live without? This, of course, is not taking into consideration the next "big thing" that will inevitably turn up and take everyone's interest away (like Facebook did to MySpace). The difference between MySpace and Facebook is that Facebook has grown to "Google" or "Microsoft" like proportions in terms of use. It's one of those seemingly "too big to take away" businesses now.
You're the same guy who had sex in public, and you're seriously bitching about keeping our lives private? You're like what, 17-20? You nor I have any right to say jack shit about anything because we're still children.
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I mean seriously. Kids always do dumb and goofy shit. What is with facepunch scientists and trying to be austistic superminds and trying to ploy the down-fall of humanity with their dumb teenage garbage
[QUOTE=ItchyBarracuda;29017784]Stupid[/QUOTE]
Anyone who is able to obsess about facebook at the level you're talking about clearly has other issues, facebook isn't the cause.
Why is it bad that we rely on a tool to make everyday life easier? It seems to me that people have been doing this since the dawn of man, but we seem to have progressed a lot since then.
Think before you talk, next time. :)
Oh okay, now you're bitching we can't have more than 150 meaningful friendships in our lifetime.
Alright, that's your problem. I can handle having friendships with more than 150+ people.
Like honestly, friends come and go. It's not something you need to base on a hard number on evolution. The whole part of us being human is that we are not bound by genetics or evolutionary traits anymore.
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I mean holy shit, some friendships are nothing more than small acquaintances, but goddamn people. Don't go fucking blaming childish innocence (Teenagers are nothing more than grown children) and people with social skills for your fucktarded problems.
[QUOTE=doommarine23;29017872]Oh okay, now you're bitching we can't have more than 150 meaningful friendships in our lifetime.
Alright, that's your problem. I can handle having friendships with more than 150+ people.[/QUOTE]
[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunbar's_number[/url]
You too. Refer to the last sentence of my last post.
If you want to limit yourself as a person to some "number" or "genetics". Than that's your fuckin problem. I can handle 150+ relationships in my life time. Not all of them will be super best buddies. But I can definitely handle that.
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And I mean shit, no shit closing down Facebook would invoke negative reaction. People use it to gather, to organize, to find old friends, to do this and that.
[QUOTE=doommarine23;29017909]If you want to limit yourself as a person to some "number" or "genetics". Than that's your fuckin problem. I can handle 150+ relationships in my life time. Not all of them will be super best buddies. But I can definitely handle that.
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And I mean shit, no shit closing down Facebook would invoke negative reaction. People use it to gather, to organize, to find old friends, to do this and that.[/QUOTE]
No you can't; refer to the article which I've linked.
I know you're a special little flower, but please read the article.
[QUOTE=Zee!;29017924]No you can't refer to the article which I've linked.
I know you're a special little flower, but please read the article.[/QUOTE]
I rather not. I respect and adore science. But I rather not just read something and go "okay. I guess this limits me".
You know how many fuckin kids with aspergers I see get ass-coddled and end up acting like morons because jackasses like to drill negative reinforcement into their mind that because of "this" or "that" they are hard-wired?
My point is this. You want to believe you can only handle 150 or have 150 relationships in your life time? That's great. Me? I'll just try living my life and not giving a single fuck.
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And yes, I am a special little flower, so are you and everyone else on this planet.
ITT: 13 year old boys or old people with Alzheimer's
[QUOTE=fuuan;29017950]ITT: 13 year old boy or old people with Alzheimer's[/QUOTE]
You, I love you
[QUOTE=doommarine23;29017940]I rather not. I respect and adore science. But I rather not just read something and go "okay. I guess this limits me".
You know how many fuckin kids with aspergers I see get ass-coddled and end up acting like morons because jackasses like to drill negative reinforcement into their mind that because of "this" or "that" they are hard-wired?
My point is this. You want to believe you can only handle 150 or have 150 relationships in your life time? That's great. Me? I'll just try living my life and not giving a single fuck.
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And yes, I am a special little flower, so are you and everyone else on this planet.[/QUOTE]
You clearly have no idea what I'm saying; read the article and then think before you post.
[QUOTE=Zee!;29017957]You clearly have no idea what I'm saying; read the article and then think before you post.[/QUOTE]
I rather not bother. I'm not here to argue with you. But fine, I'll be nice and read it.
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"Dunbar's number states the number of people one knows and keeps social contact with, and it does not include the number of people known personally with a ceased social relationship, which such a number might be much more numerous and likely depends on [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memory"]memory[/URL] size."
It's a variable number and not a hard-limit, and "social contact" is debatable. Does it mean 24/7? Every day? what about once a week? Or twice a month?
I don't have time to talk to everyone 24/7.
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I mean come on man, I understand what it's trying to say and your argument, that I can't process billions of people and how they relate, and you're right. But I think I can (and you can) handle more than "150". Humans aren't something you can just give hard numbers and stats to.
[QUOTE=doommarine23;29017964]I rather not bother. I'm not here to argue with you. But fine, I'll be nice and read it.[/QUOTE]
Well clearly you're a perfect example of what fuuan stated because if you can't even read a simple article, you're clearly just talking out of your ass and generalizing what I said by not reading it in it's entirety and I honestly don't find the need to respond to your arrogant vitriolic behavior any further until you do :)
[QUOTE=ItchyBarracuda;29017986]Well clearly you're a perfect example of what fuuan stated because if you can't even read a simple article, you're clearly just talking out of your ass and generalizing what I said by not reading it in it's entirety and I honestly don't find the need to respond to your arrogant vitriolic behavior any further until you do :)[/QUOTE]
Well, I was talking to someone else, not you.
But I don't really want to argue with someone who is young and stupid like me and is coming up with a crazy idea on how to judge an entire generation and the generation after him. Who also says he wants people to keep their lives private, but not only has sex in public, but tells facepunch all about it.
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I mean dude, you're 20. You don't know how the world works and nor do I, but I think I grasp one thing you don't. That Facebook is nothing more than a childish fad and a useful tool. It's not the downfall of our generation.
its funny you think society is going down the shitter cause of facebook. That won't happen
I use facebook all the time, but I don't care about how many friends people have or whatever.
I use facebook for what it is, a social networking tool. It's nice to be able to say "Any parties tonight?" and get a dozen messages in my inbox with information. It's nice to have a question about something and be able to post it knowing there's a good chance at least one person on my friends list can answer it.
The only people I see taking it too far are teenagers and celebrities. As a young adult with primarily young adult friends, I rarely see attention whores and whatnot on my wall, despite having 450+ friends.
[QUOTE=doommarine23;29017964]I rather not bother. I'm not here to argue with you. But fine, I'll be nice and read it.
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"Dunbar's number states the number of people one knows and keeps social contact with, and it does not include the number of people known personally with a ceased social relationship, which such a number might be much more numerous and likely depends on [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memory"]memory[/URL] size."
It's a variable number and not a hard-limit, and "social contact" is debatable. Does it mean 24/7? Every day? what about once a week? Or twice a month?
I don't have time to talk to everyone 24/7.
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I mean come on man, I understand what it's trying to say and your argument, that I can't process billions of people and how they relate, and you're right. But I think I can (and you can) handle more than "150". Humans aren't something you can just give hard numbers and stats to.[/QUOTE]
Bravo, you failed to properly process the article, I will devote no more posts to you.
[QUOTE=Zee!;29018013]Bravo, you failed to properly process the article, I will devote no more posts to you.[/QUOTE]
Good, :smug:
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Rating me dumb?
:smug:
It's not just limited to youths, I have work colleagues (30+ age wise) who will dedicate far too much time to letting everybody know everything about them through the wonders of facebook and twitter. Now everyone is that overly loud guy who yells about his new spannish villia in one coversation then recounts getting shitfaced and vommiting on a hooker just as loudly the next.
What's worse is people claiming I'm a dick for not adding them (mainly people from school and old apprentices) these people who I hardly spoke to when I met them, and can only vaguely recall now later on.
[QUOTE=TheHypnotoad;29019454]It's not just limited to youths, I have work colleagues (30+ age wise) who will dedicate far too much time to letting everybody know everything about them through the wonders of facebook and twitter. Now everyone is that overly loud guy who yells about his new spannish villia in one coversation then recounts getting shitfaced and vommiting on a hooker just as loudly the next.
What's worse is people claiming I'm a dick for not adding them (mainly people from school and old apprentices) these people who I hardly spoke to when I met them, and can only vaguely recall now later on.[/QUOTE]
People seek attention? Whoa tell me more.
ITT: Discussing how people act on the [i]internet[/i] MIGHT AFFECT OUR CURRENT AND FUTURE GENRATIONS
THIS IS SRS BZNS GAIS. :v:
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