[ThisIsMyPanic]

maybe you just have lame friends.

[deanster321]

Get new friends.

[prospekt]

Originally Posted by Theseventhson

Having friends and not being a total loser like yourself and a couple of pop punk nerds makes people trolls? OK bud.

Oh, there's the other bitter kid. Almost forgot about you.

[aboyandhiscurse]

Originally Posted by ThisIsMyPanic

maybe you just have lame friends.

no u lol

[rawesome]

I used to whine about how Facebook, etc. ruins real relationships, too. Know what I did? Got off Facebook.

Know what happened? I make a real effort to reach out to people all the time now to hang out or just talk. I even sometimes use my phone to call people, and for no reason. My most important relationships have been dramatically improved without Facebook, and that's not hyperbole.

Not that I want this to sound like one of those moderately pretentious "Get off Facebook" rants, but if you're going to complain about the negative role that technology plays in your life, just stop using it. The hypocrisy of hating Facebook but having a profile was what drove me off of it in the first place.

[ChristianLFTW]

How insightful. You should apply for your Ph.D. in Sociology.

[phillipjacob]

My friends and i have a rule that we put away our phones when we hang out. The rare occasion we check them is needing directions, looking something up, or if someone calls and it's important enough to call them back. It's honestly helped everyone reconnect their friendships together.

[xcloud66x]

ever consider some of your friends are just shy :/

[herestoyoufla]

Originally Posted by t.web4

So true. And then half the time when you finally hang out everyone checks their phone every few minutes like they're the busiest fucking person on the planet. My closer friends will invite me to go out though.

This is a pet peave of mine. A bunch of my friends have iPhone's now, and as everyone knows that if you have an iPhone, you can constantly be entertained. We could just be watching TV and I'll look around and almost everyone is on their iPhone/iPad just googling shit, checking facebooks, or playing some dumbass game. It annoys the fuck outta me. Especially when you're trying to start a convorsation and they just respond with"....what?" 10 seconds later.

Damn, i sound like a whiny old man, but this is a HUGE annoyance of mine. Maybe i'll understand if i ever get a smartphone.

[wecameaswaffles]

agreed. i feel like its mostly people around my age, but the amount of adults sucked into this trend astounds me. as a kid that has grown up with independence instilled in me, i feel obliged to keep away from this craziness at all costs. i'm grateful to be able to keep 'old fashioned'!

[Moses Malone]

Originally Posted by wecameaswaffles

agreed. i feel like its mostly people around my age, but the amount of adults sucked into this trend astounds me. as a kid that has grown up with independence instilled in me, i feel obliged to keep away from this craziness at all costs. i'm grateful to be able to keep 'old fashioned'!

Like, fight the power, man.

[pinkfrosty]

clearly the best way to stop people from being obessed with social media is to write about it on a social networking site. why not just create a FB page called 'I hate facebook". lol j/k

it's just the era we live in. In 10 years we'll all be talking about what a collossal waste of time FB was.

[CallMeTroy]

Originally Posted by pinkfrosty

it's just the era we live in. In 10 years we'll all be talking about what a collossal waste of time FB was.

It's probable Facebook won't be used in ten years, but there's no doubt social networking sites will continue to play a substantial role people's lives.

[pinkfrosty]

Originally Posted by CallMeTroy

It's probable Facebook won't be used in ten years, but there's no doubt social networking sites will continue to play a substantial role people's lives.

until something new comes along

[xxemo_kittyxx]

I've always thought it was because people get more awkward when they're older.