Yay first post! Here is my first rant.
As many of you know, Facebook is the infamous social networking site. I will admit that I have become a “facebook addict” ever since I moved away for college. It’s basically a way for me to connect with people who I cannot see every day. Other people use facebook in this same way, as well as writing on people’s walls and uploading photos. It seems that every time I look at my news feed on facebook (which I look at alot sadly), someone has uploaded a new photo album. Instantly, I see the photo album, become intrigued with what story the photos are telling, and I click on the photo album to look at all the pictures. However, lately I have been completely disgusted and annoyed with every photo album that I see.
It seems that every photo album shares the same story. People gather together at a party or whatever, take pictures of themselves with as many people as they can, with as many alcoholic drinks in their hand. Red plastic cups, blue plastic cups, Bacardi, Smirnoff, Budweiser, martini’s, beer pong,etc, etc. It’s almost as if they take their camera to parties/clubs just to say “I’m going to take all these pictures with all these people and all these drinks and post them on facebook, just to prove that I am accepted by other people!” How pathetic. But the worst part is all of these kids are under 21, getting away with fake I.D.s
I understand that drinking is the “college thing to do”, but what these people do not realize is how horrible they look and the extreme negative consequences that come from the photos. For example, during my senior year of high school 6 of my classmates almost lost their scholarships because of drunken, nude photos that were posted on facebook and then emailed to the high school principal by someone from another school who found them. Last month, my RA got fired from an inappropriate drunken facebook picture. In addition, not to mention, all the employers out there just looking to find pictures such as these and rejecting to hire you. Also, being at art school, I see that many art students feel the need to be drunk or high in order to get inspiration for their art projects. This is completely bullshit, and they know that. They just use this ill-logic as an excuse. (Sorry for the language, but it was fitting.)
I know that I shouldn’t judge, but I feel like this generation is hungry for attention. Their main goal is to be accepted by others, no matter the cost. But what about being accepted by christ? Isn’t that far more important than being accepted by other people?
Anyway, I just wish that these people could see how unoriginal and ridiculous they look, but of course they won’t come to that realization until the negative consequences occur. I apologize if this post offends anyone, but I actually don’t care if this offends you. I feel that I have a valid point and you should know that you’re ridiculous for posting such pictures up on the internet for the whole world to see.
I’ve been wanting to post this topic for awhile, and now I just avoid looking at these pictures.
Actually during the time that I have written this post, two more photo albums with this criteria have popped up on my news feed.
Facebook, you disgust me sometimes.
-LaurenMae
You know that’s a good point about the employers. All my co-workers and my boss have me added as a friend on Facebook. It really makes me wonder what fallout will become of people who are in the same situation but with photos like that.
Facebook is a good example of how thirsty the world is for a Saviour. Many of the people will not admit it, but I agree with the point you say that they are just craving attention. I am also disgusted with a lot of the stuff I see on facebook. Usually I ignore all photo albums with titles such as “so-and-so turns 21!” or others like it.
However, I think facebook shows us the integrity or lack thereof of all of its users. Not that I endorse the posting of this material, I just notice that it can really say a lot about where a person’s heart is.
On a side note, I hate getting spammed for all the Facebook applications. It is ridiculous!
yeah, oh my gosh if i get spammed for one more facebook application im going to rip out someone’s spleen.
Luckily the legal age here in Australia for drinking is 18. Totally agree with your comment that there’s a generation of internet attention seekers. Disgusting really.