Posted by
Lance Cordill on Thursday, December 04, 2008 12:00:00 AM
As most people know by now, the Internet is now abuzz with self-advertising "Hey, look at me" mediums such as Facebook. The question has now become, "Has Facebook added drama to my life?" So, has Facebook added drama to my life? I guess it all depends. Depending on the amount of time I have to devote to Facebook, this medium fullfills all of the fantasies that I can not live out in real life. I mean, if I wish for self-publicity and want to think ever so highly of myself that someone really gives a hoot about the daily dissertations of my life, Facebook affords me that opportunity. If I want to reinforce that no matter how lousy any given situation may get in my life, I have this tool to look upon someone else and say, "it can always be worse!". If I want to convince myself that I could possibly attract the leanings and interest of an incredibly gorgeous raging hottie female (who, BTW, chances are I shall never meet), Facebook gives me that. Plus, with using Facebook comes the realization that I NEVER, EVER HAVE TO GROW UP! Who has time for maturing when I have this time consuming potentially drama filled tool to vent with? From a sociological perspective, Facebook gives me the opportunity to (shall we say) judge a book by its "cover". Primarily, because this is what Facebook provides not only for the content provider, but for the audience as well: cover. Cover for who the person probably really is not (if in fact this is so, not even President-elect Obama can help them!). Cover to create the illusion that....Ah, there it is, Facebook is all an illusion! Why haven't I been able to surmise this previously? Hmmmn, maybe because, and this is just a guess, when you get right down to it, Facebook is exactly just like what The Seinfeld Show was all about. I once read in an inteview with Jerry Seinfeld, he was asked the question, "What was the Seinfeld Show all about?" Seinfeld answered, "It was a show about (now hear this) n-o-t-h-i-n-g." Facebook is all about nothing. It contributes nothing to growing and expanding ones self. In fact, it potentially is a dangerous distraction to one maximizing and fullfilling their potentail personal economy. Oh, dear, what a shame. I just have received two library books I have been waiting for. One is "Basic Economics" by Thomas Sowell. The other is "Rebound Rules" by legendary basketball coach Rick Pitino. Now, here is where my drama begins and ends: Do I devote time and energy to improving my lot in life and read these books and put the information to use; or do I continue to bang away at my keyboard and click of the PC mouse getting lost in the "nothingness" of Facebook (or MySpace and the like)? Anymore, this is a rough choice. But, when I get right down to it, I can honestly say that if I previously hadn't spent so much time devoted to being a part of the Facebook phenomenon, these books would have already been read, put to good use in my career and I would be sitting in front of a congressional comittee asking for a federal bailout!