Friends

I have to say something about Facebook and how it's degrading what the word "friend" truly is.  It is another opportunity for stalkers to stalk, gossipers  to gossip , and malingers to malinger.  We are being sold something on that site and we are't even aware of it. It's a total time waster, and time we can't get back.  People are living online instead of real life. They are playing another virtual game, living a lie.  What got me started on this rant is I was researching a story that I'm writing and so I've been reading suicide notes, including some on Facebook and You tube.  It was sad that the only connection those poor people had to the world was Facebook and what makes us so different from them,  we all are trying to find human contact, in my opinion we are looking in the wrong spot for fulfillment.  It wasn't enough for those poor souls who decided that this life wasn't worth living. Why is it enough for us? We deserve better than that,  we need more than that, we are human after all.   I don't feel  most people are connecting through Facebook I think it only allows for an excuse to not connect, like with a click of the mouse, we can ward off loneliness,  keeping love and friendship at arms length, to disconnect from the guilt we feel when we don't have time to see people or get to have a conversation with those we haven't talked to in awhile.  As for the good it has done, I'm happy lost people are found and important information gets to where it needs to go. But it's sad when all we have to offer our "Friends" is a status update that says,   " I'm sooo bored" or "the cat peed on the floor again" , both of these quotes are from the website  www.cracked.com , they have compiled" The Top Ten worst Facebook Status Updates",  who needs to know that your cat peed, you are at the gym, or sleeping...  Really?  Human beings require meaningful connections,  to be happy.   

I'm just saying... time will tell the cracks will begin to show.

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