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osprey_archerFacebook has been masquerading as a communication device for years, but never before has it driven me to a “Someone is wrong on the internet!” moment quite like this.
I got an invitation for a group called “Ultimate Social Experiment,” which suggests that an organization is going to fund a school in an impoverished country if and when the group grows to 1.21 million members.
WTF? I mean, really. If there is an organization planning to build a school in Africa, why in the name of God would this organization tie their money to getting 1.21 million Facebook users to click the little “join” button? What would they do if Facebook doesn’t reach this ambitious goal, send the money back to the donors with an “Oh, sorry, we couldn’t get enough support on Facebook”?
This is assuming that this group is the real deal, which I doubt. I bet the group was created by either a misanthrope or an idealist curdled into cynicism, who is sitting at her computer mocking the mounting list of people who want to help starving children in Africa without doing anything more taxing than a click of their mouse.
Admittedly that’s somewhat mockable, but not nearly so much so as creating a group for the sole purpose of having your own private “I hate humanity” party.
I suppose inviting other people to an “I hate humanity” party would defeat the purpose. But still.
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In happier news, Starbucks has a salted caramel hot chocolate. Yes, salted. I find this almost as fascinating as I found the salt and olive oil gelato at the local ice cream shop (gelaterie?) last year.
I got an invitation for a group called “Ultimate Social Experiment,” which suggests that an organization is going to fund a school in an impoverished country if and when the group grows to 1.21 million members.
WTF? I mean, really. If there is an organization planning to build a school in Africa, why in the name of God would this organization tie their money to getting 1.21 million Facebook users to click the little “join” button? What would they do if Facebook doesn’t reach this ambitious goal, send the money back to the donors with an “Oh, sorry, we couldn’t get enough support on Facebook”?
This is assuming that this group is the real deal, which I doubt. I bet the group was created by either a misanthrope or an idealist curdled into cynicism, who is sitting at her computer mocking the mounting list of people who want to help starving children in Africa without doing anything more taxing than a click of their mouse.
Admittedly that’s somewhat mockable, but not nearly so much so as creating a group for the sole purpose of having your own private “I hate humanity” party.
I suppose inviting other people to an “I hate humanity” party would defeat the purpose. But still.
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In happier news, Starbucks has a salted caramel hot chocolate. Yes, salted. I find this almost as fascinating as I found the salt and olive oil gelato at the local ice cream shop (gelaterie?) last year.
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Date: 2008-10-04 10:06 am (UTC)(I now feel very shallow for commenting on the hot chocolate and not the social observations, but it's more my area of expertise.)
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Date: 2008-10-04 03:48 pm (UTC)It's always hard to know what to reply to social observations anyway. I always feel like there's nothing to say if I agree with the poster, and if I disagree I don't really want to comment "Have you stopped taking your meds again? Because those are some SERIOUS hallucinations you're having" (or some gentler equivalent), especially if the original poster appears to be on an emotional rampage.
But it doesn't really matter. You know in your heart that hot chocolate is at LEAST as important as social commentary.