My Life - As Seen On Facebook

Why is it that people post everything they are doing at every second of the day on Facebook? Do I care if you're about to take a shower? No. Do I care that you can't choose what outfit to wear so you post pictures of each asking "Which outfit"?. No. Do I care if you're going to bed? NO! Frankly, I do not care about what you're doing at any given point in time. If I did, I would text you. Simple as that. People who posts their lives on Facebook need a reality check. I wish someone would comment stating that we don't need to know every aspect of what you are doing. It is beyond annoying. 

I am the type of person who only will post statuses once in a while if I am extremely bored. I only post them if I want people's feedback who feel the same thing such as when I post a status saying I miss my best friend that passed away, if I am going out with a group of people (this happens on occasions), or how much I want school to be over. I do not post "Going in the shower! Text me!". There is no reason to post such things! Also, I post pictures. Of course I will have albums with pictures of fun times with my friends. That's what I like about Facebook - uploading pictures for others to see. That is completely okay with me because it is not revealing my everyday routines. I think people need to start limiting what they post of Facebook for others to see. I honestly hate going on Facebook because I am bombarded with pointless and annoying statuses by other people. Facebook is the reason I like Pinterest so much. No annoying statuses or video posts. Just pictures. Yes, people can post annoying pictures but its a lot better than annoying videos or status updates. 

There is not much more to say on this issue. I think this will be my shortest blog yet - hopefully it gets the point across to people. Some people may not like this post and what I have to say. If not, then don't read it. I only state my opinions on aspects of life and they are not meant to offend anyone. I think the world of communication should not become technologically dependent through Facebook or Twitter. Again, no one cares if someone is about to take a shower or if someone just went to the bathroom. Sorry, but no one cares. Live your life - don't advertise it on Facebook.

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Blog Prompt #4 - Filter That S**t!

Filters. What kind you ask? Well, there are filters for coffee, potty-mouths (ha), water, cameras, television, and hmm I think I am forgetting one .. oh yeah, for the internet of course. 


Do you have a filter on your computer? Do you think they are necessary and effective? Who should be responsible for filtering information on the internet? The government or the parents of young kids going on the internet? Well, what's your answer?


Okay, I will give you my opinions. I think filters are a great thing to put on young kids computers at school and at home. I wouldn't want my kid searching inappropriate things when I wasn't near them. The technological world is becoming more advanced and the young generations are too. I know when I was in elementary school and junior high no one was searching for porn or nasty things on Google. Now-a-days, kids are searching the internet for anything inappropriate they hear from other kids at school that is considered "cool". It's gross. We never really had internet filters in my house until they became popular - by that time my two sisters and I were at the junior high/high school level. However, my little brother was just starting elementary school. So, my dad - being the computer goo roo he is - put on a filter for the Internet on the computer. It sucked! Goodbye MySpace and goodbye any website that had an "inappropriate" word on it that the filter caught. Yes, I think filters are effective when it comes to keeping young kids "innocent". Yes, I think parents should be responsible for these precautions. Yes, I think the government should be responsible for filtering and protecting some aspects of the internet too. Should there be regulations of what content should be posted on the internet? In my opinion, no. The internet allows freedom of speech and I guess many other known freedoms people think they have. Yes, I think it is DISGUSTING that a person would want to put naked pictures online or videos of them doing the nasty. But, it's their freedom to do so. Or is it?


That is exactly what filters on the computer should be put in place for. I will tell you a story of when a filter on my computer would of been greatly appreciated. I was looking for gym shoes online - so what site did I want to go to? A sporting goods store - duh. So, I searched Sports Authority and they didn't have what I wanted. I then searched Road Runners Sports and they didn't have what I wanted. Next place was Dick's Sporting Goods (when I say I am running to this particular store I usually say "Hey {person's name} I am running to Dick's to look at some shoes"). So, not thinking I typed in www.dicks.com. Oh yes, it was quite a surprise. There were d**** everywhere! That's when I instantly went BACK ARROW! BACK ARROW! WHY ARN'T YOU WORKING BACK ARROW!?!" Finally the page was gone. Where was the filter when I needed it? Imagine if a young kid did that same exact thing. I mean I am twenty years old and I was horrified! 


That is why filters should be a must for young kids on the computer. 


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Taken Too Far

For those of you who do not know, I am a four-time walker in the Susan G. Komen 3-Day for the Cure breast cancer walk. This past week, the SGK Foundation took a beating from people across the country for financial decisions they have made in regards to their grants. After listening to the news, reading articles about the situation, and talking to my fellow teammates, - I decided to visit the SGK and Nancy G. Brinker's Facebook pages. It was those two places where I could not believe was I was reading. It was there that I saw how careless and rude people can truly be despite the fact they are stating their opinions. 


I have ABSOLUTELY no problem with other people's opinions and comments toward situations. However, when people take their opinions too far and begin to be slander and rude - I have a HUGE problem. Let's just say the posting of comments on the SGK and Nancy G. Brinker's (founder of the Susan G. Komen foundation) walls were never ending. It was when I began reading the comments to pages that I truly felt I needed to step in and voice my opinion on the situation. It was amazing the rude things people thought they could say online. Just because you are hidden behind a computer screen does not give you the right to bash people and the hard work they have done. I bet that half of the people commenting hurtful things to these pages have never walked the 60 miles or have had breast cancer effect them or a family member. 


Breast cancer has effected me personally. My Aunt Katrina is a three-time breast cancer survivor. Without the Susan G. Komen foundation, I don't know if I would still have my aunt with me today. The SGK foundation is the base layer of breast cancer research and mammogram funding. The people slamming the foundation and Nancy Brinker personally pissed me off BIG time. Some would post comments saying "Susan is probably rolling over in her grave right now" or "What would Susan say?". The thing that irritates the s**t out of me is that not one of these people probably knew Susan G. Komen. Not one of these people probably know Nancy Brinker personally. Nancy is also a cancer survivor - she watched her sister die from breast cancer. She herself battled and fought hard for her life. She PROMISED her sister she would do whatever she could to save men and women from losing their lives to breast cancer. She kept that promise. The SGK foundation has saved thousands. 


Harmful names and rude comments do not make anyone look good. In my opinion, they make someone look pathetic and uneducated.Facebook is one way for individuals to hide behind their computer screens and say whatever they want without physical backlash from people who disagree with them. Sure, anyone can comment back to them - this is indeed what happened - but the people saying these rude things are not confronted face-to-face. I think if these individuals were to come out from behind their computer screens they would not say half of the hurtful things in person to someone. I was/am appalled at the comments people have the nerve to post. Attacking someone personally and slamming all the wonderful things their foundation has done from men and women is horrible. 



Any person who has been affected by breast cancer should know that the SGK foundation is MUCH MORE than the politics people are forcing upon them. It is about saving men and women from this horrible disease. It is about making sure no child, sister, husband, mother, father, or friend has to lose their loved one to breast cancer. It is about finding a cure. It is about ending breast cancer once and for all. Participants of the SGK walks or runs should know this. If not, I think doing these events was nothing more than an attention-seeking ego booster. Sorry, that's my opinion of it. Slam me for it if you please - I will not back down with my support for Susan G. Komen and all they have done for saving my aunt. I know what Susan G. Komen for the Cure is about. Do you?


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Blog Prompt #3 - Why lie about it?

10 year olds on Facebook? What? Why? How? Let me try to answer these questions.


What - Yes, there are young children making profiles on Facebook. 
Why - They think it is cool and everyone has one. Don't they so why shouldn't they?
How - They lie about their age when registering for a Facebook account.


There they are answered. Millions of young kids have lied about their age to create Facebook profiles. The number of young teens and children on Facebook has escalated. My brother, 12 years old, has had a Facebook for about a year and a half now. It is so STUPID! We were not allowed to have a Myspace (yes, I had a Myspace) until we were at least 15 years old. Now he has a Facebook at 12? Ridiculous. Why do 10 and 12 year olds need a Facebook profile? What could they possibly have to post about? For me, I post mainly pictures of when I go out with friends, etc. What fifth grader goes out with friends and takes pictures? I never did - in fifth grade I am pretty damn sure I was still watching disney movies. Not going to lie, I am almost twenty years old and I am still watching disney movies. Don't judge me.


Bottom line, why are parents allowing their 10 to 12 year old kids to make profiles in which it is technically illegal - you have to be 13 or older to make a Facebook - and where perverts can check out and become friends with them? I will never know, I am not a parent. Age limits are set on things for a reason. In my opinion, young kids do not have the maturity level for Facebook. Hell, half of the people on Facebook do not have the "normal" maturity level. Let's be real here. Facebook should have some sort of system that verifies the actual age of an individual when they register for a profile. This past weekend, I was "friended" by my brother's best friend on Facebook. I contemplated on whether or not I should accept his request. Why would he want to be friends with me on Facebook? Would he be yet another person I have to block from pictures and "mature" (ha!) statuses? My brother for instance, is blocked from any statuses or pictures that are college related or have things he doesn't need to know about. Facebook is a world that no person with the maturity level of a junior high student should be part of. Facebook is a place where everyone - no matter the age - is a part of. It is becoming stupid. I don't care about what my brothers friends are doing, where they are, and what pictures they have taken. Let me be honest, I don't care about what anyone is doing on Facebook. I think most of people's post are annoying and I bet people feel the same about me.


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