Vain-Book would be a better name
Facebook should be called Vain-Book. People post the most inane things about themselves as if anyone cares how busy the supermarket was, that you were stuck in traffic, a photo of what you had for lunch, really stupid jokes, yet another photo of a grandchild (or dog), your new ___ (insert car, house, whatever), the weather, your personal opinions of whatever, yet another selfie, etc. The vain among us seem to enjoy seeing just how many "Friends" they can accumulate whether or not they ever actually knew them (or cared about them). Then there is that someone from 50 years ago. If a person wasn't important enough to you to keep in touch for years and years, why would you give a crap about them now. Everyone seems to trying to outdo everyone else in the vanity race. I am opting out (right after I post a photo of myself typing these comments).
"People speak well of the man who does not speak too much of himself."
- Epictetus (l.c. 50 - c. 130 CE)
"One reason why birds and horses are not unhappy is because they are not trying to impress other birds and horses."
— Dale Carnegie, 1888-1955, author/lecturer
|