Where’s the charm?

November 2, 2009

A lot of people seem to be in agreement that facebook does help you keep in touch with your friends and loved ones. However it does mean that you lose a bit of that element of surprise when you haven’t seen a guy for a while and then you bump into him on the streets and you get into a genuine “Hey, haven’t heard from you in a while” type warm conversation, and you proceed to catch up, maybe sit for a quick coffee and banter a bit. I got two kids now. Wow, who’s the lucky lady? Where you attached to nowadays? (it’s the polite way of figuring out how much he makes, as is the nature of people, so you can clear the field of landmines to drop your own “I just bought a BMW” bombs. Not everyone does that. But I know a few who do. )

With Facebook though, everything’s just out there. You now probably know more about what he’s up to than his girlfriend does. Unless his girlfriend’s on Facebook too, in which case you’re likely to know more about what he’s up to than even he does.

I suppose it might even change the player’s and playette’s game a bit. The hunt is now made a lot easier, I should imagine, with the prey’s information just a click away. Not that I’d know about these things. I’m just guessing. Let’s just say the internet hasn’t been very generous to me as a medium for ‘hooking up’ so to speak.

But in any case, the way people communicate has certainly changed. It’s evolved quite a bit in fact that actual one-on-one conversation is now given a term. It’s called “facetime” now. You used to just meet a guy and talk. Now you’ve got to book some “facetime”. Shit.

Just makes you wanna *facepalm*.

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