with the advent of technology, most people have gotten extremely lazy. "U" instead of "you", lots of apostrophes. most people are probably well on their way to grammar hell with half of the emails and text messages they send on a daily basis. (i take full responsibility for the lack of capitalized letters in this post.) so why oh why, do people feel compelled to write long-winded "catch-up" postings for facebook and myspace that everyone in their network (or on the web) can read?
the ones i'm talking about are the messages that many people in my generation trade for any substantive conversation. they're akin to the awkward encounter one may face when bumping into someone that they can't quite place, or a person they have no real intention of ever wanting to talk to again. it's similar to the half-assed promise to hang out with someone who you haven't seen in 3 years and then exchange numbers when you are at the same party or out christmas shopping with your sibling when you're home visiting your parents. the classic facebook posting goes something like this:
"hi jeni!
how are you? i haven't talked to you in so long! it's been _______. i hear you're in NY. things are good. after i graduated school i ______ and now i'm ______. i live in _______ with my _________. if you're ever in _____, let me know. we should hang out.
- ______ (fill in name here)
the kicker is the signing of the name. the other stuff can be well-meaning and nice, and i truly apologize for offending anyone who over the years my have written this on my wall in an attempt to reconnect (i hope i crafted a nice response). but why the name? your post is linked to your entire profile. with one click, i can have access to a photo montage of the last 6 years of your life. i know who you are.
*in an effort to save time, i welcome anyone to fill in the blanks and copy and paste onto my facebook wall.
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