Don't get me wrong, online social networks are great for interesting things. Foursquare is nice when used in moderation. For example, say that you go on a holiday, and update every now and then about which sites you are seeing, or which hotel you might be staying at. This way, if I am interested in travelling to the same country, I can know a little about where to go, and the little tid bits about places.
I can also understand when people are genuinely excited about sharing where they are, because it's a special place and it might be a once in a lifetime opportunity, like visiting Madrid or something. Or even when you are going to an exciting location for the first time, like a swanky new club, or a fancy restaurant. I will still find you boring and useless, but I understand why you would do this.
What I don't understand is people who think it is exciting to go to a fast food burger stall, and before even ordering anything, flipping out their bloody iPhone to check-in using Foursquare, hence letting everyone on their Facebook and Twitter network know that they are about to get diarrhea from that crappy burger. Or people who check-in every single time they walk into a new store in a mall, or even when they walk into a grocery store. And they do this every single goddamn time.
I don't get it - what possible pleasure could this give you? What possible practical purpose can this serve in the real world?
But even then, I can still tolerate that behaviour fairly well (even though my Facebook and Twitter get flooded with bullshit about Dairy Queen). But what really ate the cake is this: there are now people (no names mentioned) who check into individual buildings - buildings which are placed right next to each other, buildings which are not exciting in any way whatsoever.
For example, there is this one guy who lives in the college dorms, like me. The buildings are placed right next to each other, something like this:
Oh wait, I know why. Attention whoring.
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| Attention whores make me feel like I am infected with the rage virus. |
It's all about trying to make other people know how very sociable you are, and how many friends you have. How your life is so very *exciting*. Even walking a few steps from one building to the next requires Your Majesty to let everyone know exactly where you are.
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When will these people realise the cold, hard facts of life? No one cares about you (except your mum). No one cares about where you are. Do you hear that sound coming from your computer? Yeh, that's the deafening sound of crickets chirping, the decibels being inversely proportional to the number of people who give a damn about your location.
Anyways, inspired by Mr. Twatface above, I wondered what it would be like if I went on a Foursquare rampage. I guess it would go something like this...
There you go. This is what I would be like if I was an even bigger bastard than I am now.
Hahahahahaha.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you, too much of anything is good for nothing. I had to hide couple of people because of this every second useless updates.
I absolutely hate this too, and I refuse to take part in it. I would, however, monitor this thing like a HAWK if I was a burglar.
ReplyDeleteSingle, rich friend who clearly lives alone: Just checked in at FatBurger 30 miles away, LOL! NOM NOM!
Me: Awesome, that means I have at least 1 hour to steal your Porsche and take all of your rolexes while your house is empty, you dumbass.
Also, I'm commenting since you asked a question and I didn't want to answer on Monday when we post again (like a douche), so here's what we write: satirical fiction: Our latest novel, which we just finished and are in the process of trying to sell, is a look at what would happen if the Internet went down for good. Our answer? The world would destroy itself. Thankfully, a band of homeless people, who have never needed the Internet to survive, rally to save the day.
lol @ the crickets coming from the computer..i'm checking into 4th dimension parallel dimension dairy queen (lleH).
ReplyDeleteI know what you mean. I didn't know what foursquare was until one of my study abroad buddies explained it to me.
ReplyDeleteAnd ever since he told me, there was this one boy who keeps signing in WHEREVER he goes. but i think it was that tourist-syndrome, can't really blame him. I mean I want to take a picture at everywhere i've been. But then again, that's a whole lot of different story.
Hope your semester is going well so far!
P.S. if you want to collaborate with me on one of my projects, I'd love that! you get crdit too cause I'll put your name down. let me know!
@meandmythinkingcap: Yeh, me too, I hide all tose people. Of course, now I deleted my FB, so even better!
ReplyDelete@beer for the shower: exactly! All this online data must be a gold mine for stalkers and burglars.
That novel idea is totally awesome! Always knew a bunch of homeless people as heroes had a place somewhere... :D
@GreyBlots: =D That combination of physics and Foursquare totally made my day XD
@Roz: Tourist syndrome is understandable. I mean, it gets annoying sometimes, but it's understandable.
Tell me more about what the project is about :) Sounds interesting