This Status Post Was Too Big to Tweet...

... and I already stole someone else's status and credited it as a tweet. Jacked from William Penn:

Three reasons the expression "NO HOMO" is stupid: 1. It's supposed to be used to preempt your statement so saying it after the fact is dumb. 2. When you use it you are actually saying "I thought of this in a 'Gay' way and don't want you to have the same reaction". Which ruins the point because even if they didn't the listener now does. 3. Quit being so damn homophobic.

A Conversation Between 2 Students in the year 2059

Setting: In a library, year 2059. Brenda and Al are partnered up for a presentation about health care reform during the Obama administration.

BRENDA: Damn. People would let other people die if it costed them an extra buck?
AL: Talk about crazy!
BRENDA: What if some shit happened to them? Nobody can predict something like cancer from happening to them.
AL: Good thing we found a cure alongside AIDS. Can't believe the medical industry held off on finding the cure because they made more money on just medicating people.
BRENDA: But still. I love my Blue Cross insurance. A lot more than the Obamacare but paying for it is well worth it.
AL: Can't you believe that your operation would've cost 3000 bucks in 2009 as opposed to 300 today?

BRENDA: That's too crazy. Even with Obamacare, it still wouldn't pass 3000 bucks.

AL: Hell I want to make money. But damn, it's not like our health is like some sort of product, like food from the supermarket. But then again, it is. After all, Obamacare is like Albertsons. Your Bluecross coverage is like Whole Foods.

BRENDA: Psh yeah. It's like, hey triple bypass for that coronary - 5000 bucks! Can't afford it? Too bad! You'll just die sooner!

(Brenda and Al look at a youtube video of the protesters during the townhall meeting)

AL: These guys can't be serious. Do you see their picket signs?

BRENDA: Oh, you mean "I don't want the government to tell me how I shall live"

AL: Look how fat is she! She pretty much does not want the government to tell her to stop eating burgers with her fat ass or else she'll have another stroke.

BRENDA: Hey that's mean! But it is kinda scary for people to think like that.

AL: Well, we can't be too comfortable with the government telling us when to take our meds. What if they're deliberately trying to kill us?

BRENDA: Al, we're too critical of other nation's approach to human rights to even let that happen.

AL: But it's still a possibility!

BRENDA: Well hello! That's why you should not purposely do your health in like that. That's why we exercise regularly and eat healthy so we won't have to use our health insurance cards more than we should like they did back then!

AL: Yeah. It's hard to see the image of an American as fat, lazy, and always bitchy these days.

BRENDA: I don't know about fat, but I still see laziness and bitchiness. Just be glad the government doesn't have a gun to our head to exercise.

(Watching Obama's Health Care speech to congress)

BRENDA: Geez. After reading all these speeches opposing health care reform, I still can't find an alternative solution that the Republicans were proposing at the time.

AL: Did you hear that!

BRENDA: What?

AL: That house member straight up called President Obama a liar during the meeting!

BRENDA: You must be kidding me! Is that our government or a zoo?

(Al rewinds the video)

BRENDA: What party was that guy who called Obama a liar?

AL: Um. His name is Joe Wilson, representative from South Carolina.

BRENDA: Al! What party is he?

AL: Republican

Trolling Out the Unwanted Friend Requests pt. 2

As promised, I sent out a friendly greeting to my 37+ odd friend requests to which I don't have a mutual buddy with. The message is as follows:

Hello. I do not think we ever met in person, so do I know you? And if I do not know you why are you interested in adding me? Thanks.

Amazingly I had interesting replies. Of course not everyone replied but I have enough to classify each of them in the following categories: Honest, Fronting, and a special third category to which I personally classify as Argumentative. Honest is honest obviously, who is not afraid to admit they're just adding just to add. Fronting is straight up not being honest. These are the more entertaining replies which led me to think these people really thought long and hard to come up with a story. Here are my replies.

Honest Replies:

"my bad b.......i was just trying to get people off this site to hear my music."

"Hello, yeah you right. we never met before in person. And I don't think that you know me. Actually I don't remember why I adding you.. :) But i just wanna make a friend with everybody. So, thanx for asking.. and I thank you if you be my friend on FB

Let me introduce myself : I am *** from Indonesia, I am 23 years old.

Regards,
***"

"I dont know u but just want u as a friend.thanks too."

"hi! en many people actually ask me that and my answer is always the same, I command request to all if I do not care who they are or not ... bye"

"Hmmm... been adding people for my game - Vampire Wars. Could have been a friend or fb suggestion. Sorry for any bother."

I got a kick out of the fronting replies. Chances are they may be honest, but it is a stretch on the reasons they gave in trying to add me. Here are the Fronting Replies:

"I was one of the fans of Walt Disney
,, and I want to reproduce a friend, especially from people animation, I animator from Indonesia"

"Cause you look like someone who works at disney

Cause that's were I work and you look like a guy from there"

"I dont think that we met in person, but maybe I saw yr nick in a discussion group about VNese food or something like that. I just cant reamember it well, so much,lol. nice to meet u"

Now with this third category, I only have one of these. Her comment on this blog post pretty much sums up much of the reason why I have been spammed by these friend requests (I was an employee of Disney from March 2008 to March 2009.) Here is the Argumentative Reply:

I agree from the standpoint of adding people to add people is just ridiculous. But, also remember that this is a networking site and some people look at their common items and then ask folks they don't know to be friends in order to get to know them, for networking purposes. For example, Christian and I have our place of work in common. This was the only group of folks I tapped into to attempt some networking with people I don't know, but I wouldn't be offended if that wasn't an interest of the other person. Everyone else on my list I actually know. I hope this adds another perspective to the blog... I say this with respect. Best, ***

The reason why this would be classified as an argumentative reply is that this person was probably the only one who justified sending a random friend request with a good argument. I do agree that Facebook is a networking site and it is not necessarily a place for just friends to convene. While many of my friend requests come from people around the world looking for friends, as with anybody that wants to get to know me, I do request an introduction as I do with my other friends on Facebook (which was done in person to add). I am still hard pressed as many of my other friends to add strangers, even if it is a means for networking. After all, what is the reasoning for me to add if you do not introduce yourself to me? Isn't that what networking is in the first place? Now there are people who sent me messages without requesting to add me as a friend, but even if cyberspace where chatting is very informal, I still request you sound educated if you even want to engage in some sort of conversation that may convince me to add you as a friend. Messaging with "So you are from the walt disney company" and nothing else will not even want to keep your message in my inbox.

I understand Disney is a huge company but I suggest you add me on LinkedIn if you want to simply network. I have too many friends to keep up as it is, I'm in a relationship so I'm not looking to hook up, and Facebook is simply my way of keeping in touch with friends that I have met already so I can keep up with whatever birthday parties I may be invited to, to sharing and discussing whichever article they read.

ED. NOTE: I apologize to anyone if I use this situation as blog fodder, but it is interesting to see what people have to say about this. I love dedicating time writing about these frivolous topics because it does bug us from time to time but while many others ignore it, I chose to blog it. =) I will now commence to clearing my inbox of these requests, while keeping some for the sake of continued conversation.