43. Explain how your experiences a teenager significantly differ from those of your friends. Include comparisons. (University of Puget Sound)
Last Friday night, someone asked me, "Have you watched "The Social Network," about facebook?" I shook my head and said "No, why does everything revolve around facebook these days." The answer I got was a puzzled look. So I decided to sit down and watch the movie. Honestly, I thought it was going to be much better than it actually was. When it first came out, everyone praised it as though it was some kind of holy book - I didn't understand why. The movie is practically just about some angry guy who lost his girlfriend because he was acting like an "asshole" (The Social Network). To take revenge he went and created a website which would compare girls to make himself feel better. In the end, he stole someone's idea and then betrayed his friend. Honestly, that is exactly what the modern day Facebook is to me, cruelty and lack of expression.
I see my friends always on Facebook during school, during classes, during lunch, during study hall, and before they go to bed. It seems like all their life revolves around is Facebook, Facebook, and Facebook. Get over it. When I first got my account I was excited as everyone else. I will agree, that it is a great place to meet friends that you haven't seen in forever and get to know about their lives. But there is a limit to how much you can spend staring at one computer screen and chat and send a wall post and look at peoples' pictures. I asked someone a couple of years ago "Don't you get bored on Facebook from time to time?" The person's answer goes like this, and mind you, this is exactly what she said "Yeah, of course I do. But when I get bored, I just stalk people and read the conversations they have with other people on their wall." I was awe-stricken. I honestly, was ashamed to call her my friend. The way I see it, people obsess over facebook like their life depends on it. I really don't understand why this is or what caused people to suddenly turn into Facebook Zombies, but it really pisses me off. One of my biggest pet peeves, is when I'm talking to someone and they are on the computer, and I ask them what they're doing and he or she answers "Oh, nothing, just checking my facebook."
I don't understand what is so great about it. There are some people who take pictures and post them up immediately after he or she has taken it. They don't even consult the person before putting the picture up. I mean, hello, its the internet, NOTHING gets deleted. IT'S PERMANENT. If I'm ever tagged like that, I just take my tag off. But that doesn't mean that the picture still isn't up there. People are mean to others of facebook. They write mean things on the wall, the tag mean pictures of others, they make "bitchy" comments and they take away their own creativity. I mean, whatever happened to writing emails in this day and age? When I ask someone what email address should I send this email in, they just reply "Oh, Facebook me." I don't want to facebook you. I want to write you a nice, normal email, on a regular email address.
People have become ADDICTED to Facebook, that I honestly feel that it's time for some people in 11th grade to get some help, either by therapy or some sort of medication. I see my friends, on facebook, never working, and then eventually complaining about being on academic probation. No one told you to go on Facebook. It's your own fault.
At the end of last semester, duringe exam time, one of my friends asked me "Can you be a good friend and change the password to my Facebook account?" I said sure, why not? If it was going to help the person, then I was willing to do it. Two days later, someone tells me that the person was on Facebook already. When I asked the person how he or she did it, he or she just answered simply "I went on my email and said forgot password and then logged in. By the way, the password you put was quite simple to guess." I then asked "Why did you go on Facebook when you asked me to be a good friend and help you study?" The person answered "I was bored."
You can guess what happened.
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Last Friday night, someone asked me, "Have you watched "The Social Network," about facebook?" I shook my head and said "No, why does everything revolve around facebook these days." The answer I got was a puzzled look. So I decided to sit down and watch the movie. Honestly, I thought it was going to be much better than it actually was. When it first came out, everyone praised it as though it was some kind of holy book - I didn't understand why. The movie is practically just about some angry guy who lost his girlfriend because he was acting like an "asshole" (The Social Network). To take revenge he went and created a website which would compare girls to make himself feel better. In the end, he stole someone's idea and then betrayed his friend. Honestly, that is exactly what the modern day Facebook is to me, cruelty and lack of expression.
I see my friends always on Facebook during school, during classes, during lunch, during study hall, and before they go to bed. It seems like all their life revolves around is Facebook, Facebook, and Facebook. Get over it. When I first got my account I was excited as everyone else. I will agree, that it is a great place to meet friends that you haven't seen in forever and get to know about their lives. But there is a limit to how much you can spend staring at one computer screen and chat and send a wall post and look at peoples' pictures. I asked someone a couple of years ago "Don't you get bored on Facebook from time to time?" The person's answer goes like this, and mind you, this is exactly what she said "Yeah, of course I do. But when I get bored, I just stalk people and read the conversations they have with other people on their wall." I was awe-stricken. I honestly, was ashamed to call her my friend. The way I see it, people obsess over facebook like their life depends on it. I really don't understand why this is or what caused people to suddenly turn into Facebook Zombies, but it really pisses me off. One of my biggest pet peeves, is when I'm talking to someone and they are on the computer, and I ask them what they're doing and he or she answers "Oh, nothing, just checking my facebook."
I don't understand what is so great about it. There are some people who take pictures and post them up immediately after he or she has taken it. They don't even consult the person before putting the picture up. I mean, hello, its the internet, NOTHING gets deleted. IT'S PERMANENT. If I'm ever tagged like that, I just take my tag off. But that doesn't mean that the picture still isn't up there. People are mean to others of facebook. They write mean things on the wall, the tag mean pictures of others, they make "bitchy" comments and they take away their own creativity. I mean, whatever happened to writing emails in this day and age? When I ask someone what email address should I send this email in, they just reply "Oh, Facebook me." I don't want to facebook you. I want to write you a nice, normal email, on a regular email address.
People have become ADDICTED to Facebook, that I honestly feel that it's time for some people in 11th grade to get some help, either by therapy or some sort of medication. I see my friends, on facebook, never working, and then eventually complaining about being on academic probation. No one told you to go on Facebook. It's your own fault.
At the end of last semester, duringe exam time, one of my friends asked me "Can you be a good friend and change the password to my Facebook account?" I said sure, why not? If it was going to help the person, then I was willing to do it. Two days later, someone tells me that the person was on Facebook already. When I asked the person how he or she did it, he or she just answered simply "I went on my email and said forgot password and then logged in. By the way, the password you put was quite simple to guess." I then asked "Why did you go on Facebook when you asked me to be a good friend and help you study?" The person answered "I was bored."
You can guess what happened.
Number of words: 753
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