I was recently chastised by a dear reader for not updating my blog more than once a month. To remedy this egregious error, I've set a goal of blogging at least 3 times a week.
Yeah, we'll see how long that lasts.
Last night I was on the phone with a good friend who was telling me about a girl he'd begun dating. A girl who'd broken up with him roughly three times in the past 10 days. Each time, she called the next day, begging him to forgive her and give her another chance.
The reasons for these break-ups seem rational enough. For instance, one time he left song lyrics as his AIM away message, which she interpreted to be him reminiscing about his ex-girlfriend. In reality, it was just a song he liked that was playing when he left the house. Yup. Absolutely rational.
Stories like this one lead me to wonder if the Internet revolution won't be the undoing of our society. Look at Facebook and MySpace. How many people do you know who've broken up over, gotten into huge fights about, or spent hours over-analyzing something they saw on their love interest's webpage? Heck, this girl my friend dated actually yelled at him for not putting her in his "Top 8" list on MySpace. And really, how dare he? They were dating for like, a whole minute!
I imagine the people who design these sites spend considerable effort adding features that will simply manufacture drama. A "Top 8 Friends" list? what purpose does this serve, except to piss people off? An "In a relationship with [Insert Fling's Name Here]" field? You know that's only going to make the switch back to "Single" status that much more painful for someone.
We know way too much about each other nowadays. It's our own fault, some of us - we publish it freely for the world to consume. And it's handy and fun, in terms of being able to keep in touch with friends. It is, however, a little unnerving that you can meet a someone at the bar one night, and, if he's enterprising enough, the next day he will know your last boyfriend's name, your favorite breed of dog, your entire work history, and probably even your bank account numbers.
That is, if he doesn't know them already.
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4 comments:
I think you are in danger of becoming cynical.
Listen, don't look a gift horse in the mouth. :)
Huh, that is totally an inside joke. I mean, it is such a complete inside joke that it flew right over my head on the first couple of passes.
It was so inside that it was the first thing I said in the post. You do realize that, aside from doctor random, you're the only actual reader of this blog, right?
Good for you, doctor random - stay strong and fight the good fight!
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