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There is a thing going around Facebook now, “Cleaning out my friends list in the next few days… Do you wanna stay?”. A google search of the phrase had a few interesting results, but first a few thoughts on the “Facebook Friends” issue.
The English language does not have many levels of friend. There is little ground between acquaintance and friend. There is a difference between someone who shakes your hand at parties, and someone who would co sign a loan. There are people you smile at, and people who will tell you the painful truth. It can be tricky to tell the difference. When you can fake sincerity, you have got it made.
The business of having a collection of online contacts, and calling them friends, has always made PG uneasy. Friendship should not be commodity. Add to this a lifelong difficulty in making and keeping friends. As this is written, PG has 125 friends. While this is small compared to some, PG does not feel bad about it. If a few people decide that he does not make the cut, then so be it.
Of 3.2 million results at Google city, the top one is ” best likes “. This seems to be a collection of sayings that get “like” clicked. The top saying, as we speak, is “Why is it that if a guy does football, then he is manly, but if he does cheerleading, then he is gay”. A picture of bobblehead dolls is above this question.
The next choice is How to not suck at Facebook Questions. It seems that if you answer you answer one of those quizzes ( quizi? quizzies? quizzers? quizostomy?) you are likely to get a LOT more sent your way. As you might have guessed, there is a setting you can check that will, allegedly, correct this.
The next result is Cleaning out clothes – stay or throw-away? This clean out the friends business is getting personal. This site advertises hair care products.
The last result we will consider now is How to get THC out of your system Fast. This page has numerous ads, including Green Bay Drug Testing. “Just fallow my simple steps and you will be just fine im positive.” They might not have your best interests at heart.
Pictures for this demonstration are from The Library of Congress. They were taken by Dorethea Lange during the depression, on behalf of the US Government. These people did not make an electronic list of their friends.