Day 186

They say facebook has changed a lot of things, but I'm pretty sure that it hasn't. Give it another year or so; people will be sick of it and it will drop in popularity like so many social networkers before it. Remember the old days when everyone had ICQ, and nobody thought it would ever go out of style?

Though, facebook is the new 'officializer' of relationship statuses. Aside from a select few like myself who keep their relationship status off facebook altogether, and another select few (usually girls) who are "married" or "engaged" to their best friend of the same sex, relationship statuses are usually quite accurate, and serve as a romantic news feed for all of a person's friends. The rest of the so-called newsfeed on Facebook is pretty much useless and made-up.

Another interesting phenonenon is this new gauge of popularity; a person is a popular as the number of photos there are of him or her, and as popular as the number of his or her friends.
Ever added someone, noticed they have 75 or so friends, and thought "this person must be a real loner!"?
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I had a dream last night that McCain lost the election to Obama. And in the dream, nobody was surprized one bit. So today I'll hold to my political prediction from a month or two ago (before Obama won the nomination) that he will win overwhelmingly; he'll sweep the electorate and McCain will get trounced. But, McCain will lose with dignity, and he won't go down firing negative attack ads. His run for office is a sure-lose situation, so his goal, in truth, is to redeem the republican party's image, such that when people get tired of the democrats in 4 or 8 years they will have good memory of an alternative. Obama is up 5 points nationally right now, and he's winning over the swing states. Watch as it all goes even more in his direction in the months to come!

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And in other news: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,376423,00.html COmpetitive eater Joey Chestnut won back his world champion hot dog eater status from Takeru Kobayashi, eating 64 hot dogs in a little over 10 minutes for the win. The two tied at 59 hot dogs after ten minutes, and were forced into a 5 hot dog sudden death round which Joey won.

"He wanted it, but I needed it" Said Joey after the victory. Well said, Joey, well said.

I remember as a child, having adults give me a look of disgust at my ability to eat 7 or 8 hot dogs, but that really does pale in comparison. I mean, 59 hot dogs in 10 minutes? Seriously? That's a hot dog every 10 seconds.

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Anonymous said…
Facebook has been around for over 5 years and its stil increasing in popularity.
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