Nah just kidding. This post is actually about an odd occurrence that left me with the desire to clarify the difference between Facebook and Skype. Now, at the moment, I have 677 friends on Facebook. I've been trying to keep it at a constant 666, but that takes a lot of effort. Here's the thing though, most of those 677 people are not really my friends. Here's the breakdown (I would provide a pie chart if I had the ability):
- About a quarter of the people I've never talked to.
- Another quarter I've probably talked to once.
- Most of them are disgruntled in some way towards a past action of mine.
- And about twenty-four of the people I consider real friends.
So here's what led me to write this post: I logged on to Skype the other day with the intention of video chatting my mother, when I noticed the presence of a small red circle containing a white number one nestled in the corner of my contacts list. It was someone requesting to be my Skype contact. I was jubilant. Someone wants to have the privilege of not only hearing me speak but also looking at me! Without hesitation, I clicked on the request, to which afterwards I became puzzled. Starring back at me was the name of someone, who while they are my friend on Facebook, they are in no way my friend in real life. This person would fall under the first category of people with whom I am Facebook friends but have never actually spoken. I was baffled. Why does this person want the ability to video chat with me? We've never spoken face to face, for what reason could said person desire to speak "face to face"?
My apologies, faithful reader, but this is a ridiculously long post, so in an effort to not clog up the home page, hit the jump to read the entire entry.
My apologies, faithful reader, but this is a ridiculously long post, so in an effort to not clog up the home page, hit the jump to read the entire entry.
