Two Facebook Complaints

[Bullet Magnet]

I know, I know... I shouldn't even have a Facebook account. It serves no higher purpose than to annoy me and encourage my delusions of grandeur. That being said, I'm still an active participant (mainly so I can track my better half's every move and stalk her continuously while she's away from me), so over time, I've accumulated a nice list of annoyances that drive me batty each time I take a leap of faith and log in.

Let's get started with #1 - "hacking." It's become a popular thing among Facebook enthusiasts to log in to a friend's account and post a status while posing as them. For example, many of my college friends devise little schemes to wait until their roommate is out of the room and then jump on their computer and post a status that transcends the normal behavior of said roommate. This is typically followed by a confirmation message from the actual owner of the account that explains he/she was "hacked." Another pseudo-hacking method comes in the form logging onto a friend's account and posting something using the actual account information provided by the friend. Let's go ahead and get this out of the way: THIS IS NOT HACKING. Using account information provided by the friend requires absolutely NO technical skill or logical thinking. Using an open computer requires NO technical skill or logical thinking. Heck, I'd even be willing to give credit to someone who used the "Saved Passwords" feature of the main web browser to retrieve the password, but no one ever goes that far. That is, at the very least, an attempt at hacking. So, to all my Facebook friends and potential hacker wannabees, just stop. Sure, go ahead and post an annoying message from a friend's account to show your resilience and dexterity, but don't even think about claiming yourself a hacker. It bugs me and probably the rest of the tech divines.

Time for #2 - female sports fans. Actually, let me rephrase that... female football fans. It never ceases to amaze me that on game-days, my Facebook news feed is cluttered by rah rah's and supportive cheers from both man and woman. Men look like idiots too when they do this, but we're supposed to. It's our nature to treat football as a secondary religion on Saturdays. Women, on the other hand, need to rise above this silliness. First of all, it's a man's sport. Sure, women can watch it all they want, and I'm even naive enough to believe that there are true football fans that are women. However, the vast majority of these supportive females simply attend the games as a social event or to dress up around a hoard of mindless men. As such, it's sickening to see women all over Facebook yelling WOO PIG SOOOIE (Razorback battle cry) and even actively commentating the games. It gets worse. Some women go as far as to engage in Facebook debates/chats about the games and feel the need to comment on EVERY status/article that is posted. It's my honest belief that after engaging in these activities for a certain amount of time, women start to feel too involved and begin to go overboard, i.e. decorating an entire house in sports paraphernalia. Being a fanatic is a chore for men, while women need to retain the role of "responsible, prioritized adult" and protect the family from being "that family."

Thank you for your time. Join us next week for another episode in Bullet Magnet's rants in which we analyze effective ways to quarantine gays in a safe, secure environment.

[BlackCat]

People saying they've been "hacked" also drove me nuts when I existed on Facebook. I think it's just called typing something in a box while being logged in as someone else. And you're actually wrong, BM. In this current age, doing something like that requires skill because there are many mindless people out there now, especially those who hold Facebook near & dear to their heart; the process of posting something in a box and while not being logged in as themselves is pretty complex if you ask any 13 year old girl.

I think the real problem is that younger people are not being challenged enough. To compensate for the lack of advanced brainpower, if we redefine the word "hack" into something that doesn't require any thought at all, we will seem smarter.

Perhaps in the future mankind will have to create a different word for the traditional meaning of "hack" given its current and frequent misuse that now makes it a cliché thanks to all of the people on Facebook who have no idea what they're talking about. Few or no one is willing to correct errors like this because out of X number of friends, the chances are high that someone is going to be offended.

Social pressure needs to be destroyed for the sake of people talking sense. Good thread, BM.

I hope you find these videos in relevance...



ATTN: Pause, haha.

[Zorro]

Some data to back up BM's claim...

LINK: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/hack?s=t

hack
verb (used with object)

[...]

7. Computers.

a. to devise or modify (a computer program), usually skillfully.

b. to circumvent security and break into (another's server, Web site, or the like) with malicious intent: Skilled criminals hacked the Bank of America's servers yesterday, jeopardizing thousands of accounts.

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[BlackCat]

It was satire.

[Pause]

I went looking for an MSU downer, but of course, there isn't one...bs

[BlackCat]

lol, nope.

[Pause]

its all bs

[aliceaod]

In light of your rant, using your fiance as an excuse not to friend me on FB was dirty pool and I'm going to tell on you.

[Zorro]

Maybe we can cause a divorce before they ever even get married!

[BlackCat]

He said he was joking but actually he wasn't.