Sunday, September 27, 2009

The Stereotypical Facebook Profile: Conclusion


I just kept putting off this post because I always do better posting on the fly and not really planning what I'm going to write. So somehow, knowing what I needed to write actually deterred me from writing...F'ed up, I know.

So I guess I ended with TV shows, which always angered me. But what people put for their favorite movies pisses me off almost as much. First off, there are several movies on everyone's lists, Old School, 40 Year Old Virgin, Wedding Crashers, Talladega Nights, Superbad,I have a serious problem with people who see a brand new movie once and claim it's their "favorite movie of all time." Screw that!! All of my favorite movies are at least 3 years old, meaning I've had plenty of time to watch them, analyze them, and compare them to other classics on my list of favorite movies. I really enjoyed "The Dark Knight", but it's not my favorite movie. I've seen it twice. Can I really call a movie I've seen twice my favorite? However, when looking at the list I put on the "Stereotypical Facebook Profile", one would have to look closely to see the real humor. The last several of those movies hadn't even been released when I posted that profile, including: The Hangover, The Taking of Pelham 123, The Proposal, Year One, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince. Some people are stupid enough to put a movie down as their favorite based solely on hype and trailers. Idiots!! One thing I will say is that I will make an exception for "The Hangover" because that movie was phenomenal.

Favorite books. I get so damn pissed when I see people making fun of reading on their Facebook profile. Do people not realize that reading a damn book every once in a while will keep your mind sharp, and is a great substitution to all that TV that they supposedly don't watch. Don't make fun of reading just because you don't have the intelligence to sit down with a book. There are people in this world who still do it, and they're smarter than you!!

Favorite quotes: I don't really remember why I put those first two quotes other than the fact that most people put something stupid that is totally unrelated to their own lives just to make themselves look deep. Then they always throw in a poem or an entire damn song, again to make them look like deep thinkers!! Guess what, assholes?? You look like idiots putting entire songs for your "favorite quotes." A quote is an excerpt, not an entire song. If I had the space, I would put my favorite quote as the entire script for "Back to the Future" on my Facebook profile just to top all those deep thinking assholes and their favorite quotes.

About me: Another place to put an entire song and make you look smart and deep. Once again, you just look like an asshole. Just put a short description or a link to your MySpace page or something. Don't pretend that Kenny Chesney or Taylor Swift wrote an entire song just for you. Whatever song you put that supposedly describes you for your "About me" section was written for the sole purpose of making money, and is in no way about you. I thought it was fitting that the song I used was in fact, "Songs About Me" by Trace Adkins. (No I did not know off the top of my head that it was Trace Adkins, I had to look it up. I do not enjoy country music).

Finally, Facebook Groups. This was kind of fun to write because there are so many damn groups that everyone is a part of. All of the 1,000,000 strong groups, or the "6 degrees of separation" groups are amusing. My favorite, however, are the groups people join that basically say, "I Hate Facebook." Why the hell would you be a member of Facebook, only to join a group that says you hate it. You don't hate Facebook, otherwise you would not spend all of you supposedly limited free time (that time not spend "chillin', watchin' TV, and hangin' with friends) on Facebook.

So I hope this was enlightening to all of my loyal followers. Sorry for the long delays. I will work on doing a better job of making some shorter, more regular posts. Good day to all of my followers.

Wednesday, July 22, 2009

The Stereotypical Facebook Profile: Explanation



I know I posted this a long time ago, but I truly planned on making my Facebook post a 2-part series, one with the actual post and another with the following explanation. But I got sidetracked, first by Michael Jackson's death, and then by a ton of damn work that had to be done, along with moving and losing internet access for 2 weeks. So now, the long awaited explanation of my Stereotypical Facebook Profile.

First off, I think the motivation for the post needs to be explained. It had been my intention to actually do this on my own Facebook profile, but I was afraid no one would get it unless I posted it somewhere else less serious. I had noticed so many similarities in profiles, and so many of them seemed so fake that I decided to call people out on it. I'm not saying that having one, two, or even like 5 of these things on your profile makes you an asshole, but if you look up and down this profile and see over half of them on your Facebook page, you are officially a tool and should either delete your profile, or consider a change of lifestyle.

First, I need to start with the picture. No, this is no one I know. I just typed in "tool surrounded by girls" into google, and this was one of the first pictures to pop up. This is because half of the pictures of guys you see on Facebook, they are surrounded by girls. As if this is the story of their lives and all they ever do. I figure the guy in this picture probably has a camera he takes to every party he goes to and makes it a point to get a picture taken with every girl there (unfortunately I've known people to do this). Then he sends the pictures home, as well as posts them on Facebook, showing all his friends and family back home: "LOOK AT ME! I have friends...and they're GIRLS!!!" Loser.

Next, did you know everyone on Facebook is a political genius, and their political views are meant to be known and examined by everyone. It was no worse than during this past November's election. Everyone posted when they voted and who they voted for. Isn't voting supposed to be a private thing, not meant for the masses to know. Shut up about your fucking politics, I don't care!!!

Next, the activities and interests. How the hell many different ways can you say that you like to sit around and not do shit. Just say hanging out, don't indulge us with 10 different ways of saying the same damn thing. You have friends who you like to hang out with, I get it. Just say you like to hang out. And this shouldn't take up all of your activities and interests. Don't you have anything else you do in your life? I guess not...you're spending too much time "chillin" and screwin' around on Facebook.

Also, I've noticed that the letter "G" is at a premium on Facebook. No one says "hanging out", or "chilling." G's have been replaced by apostrophe's, such as chillin', relaxin', chillaxin'. Finish your damn word you lazy bastards!!

Music. Most people on Facebook are actually closet musical experts. Somehow, they like every kind of music, but then they list genres they don't like. However, when you go into their favorite bands and favorite songs, they have bands from within the fucking genre they said they hate!! WTF?? My favorite is when people add a band as one of their favorites because they know one song by the band. I think I say this in part because I like 80's music so much, but the average Facebook user only has a vague knowledge of 80's bands. So they put Def Leppard or Journey as their favorite bands because they like "Pour Some Sugar On Me" and "Don't Stop Believing." And on top of this, it seems that the world is obsessed with Nickelback. I HATE Nickelback, but they show up on everyone's favorite music list. Fucking assholes!!!

Well, this post is getting long, so I'll end this and continue later, but not before I discuss the TV shows category. This one was easily my favorite to write because of how big an asshole everyone is when they write this section. The average Facebook user somehow believes they cram 36 hours of activities into a 24 hour day. So this being said, no one believes they have time to watch TV. "I don't watch much TV" is one of the biggest fucking cliche's out there in this generation. MY ASS!!! It's because of today's high school and college students that there are so many crappy shows on TV...you fucking watch TV whether you SAY it or not!! The average Facebook profile starts out with that one line, "I don't watch much TV." Then they proceed to list 15 of their favorite TV shows, which they watch regularly. News flash assholes: if you have time to watch that many different weekly TV shows, then you watch A LOT of TV!! Get over yourselves, you aren't more imporatant than the rest of the world, and your lives are definitely not busier.

To be continued...

Friday, June 19, 2009

The Stereotypical Facebook Profile


Name: John Q. Facebook

Basic Information:
Networks: Louisville, Ky
Sex: Male/Female
Birthday: 1/1/1990
Interested in: Women/Men
Looking for: Dating, friendship, a relationship.
Political Views: My way is the only way.

Personal Information:
Activities:
Hanging out, chillin' with friends, cruisin' with my buds, playin video games, sports, rollin' with my posse, workin' out, relaxin' with my pals, chillaxin.

Interests: meetin' new people, partyin', music, video games, women (men), and just about anything else I can do in what little spare time I have.

Favorite Music: I like just about anything....except rock, country, rap, pop, R&B, blues, jazz, ska, oldies, bluegrass, opera, techno, musak. Favorite bands are Dave Matthews, Nickelback, Keith Urban, Nelly, Justin Timberlake, Journey, Rascal Flatts.

Favorite TV Shows: I don't have time to watch much TV, but when I do, I like Grey's Anatomy, NCIS, Family Guy, The Office, CSI, American Idol, The Amazing Race, The Real World, Dancing With the Stars, Lost, One Tree Hill, 90210, Sportscenter, Scrubs, 24, America's Got Talent, So You Think You Can Dance, Extreme Makeover.

Favorite Movies: Old School, 40 Year Old Virgin, Wedding Crashers, Talladega Nights, Superbad, The Hangover, The Taking of Pelham 123, The Proposal, Year One, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince.

Favorite Books: reading?? What's that??
Favorite Quotations:
Dance like no one is watching, Love like you'll never be hurt, Sing like no one is listening, Live like it's heaven on earth.
"Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall."
- Confucius-
TWO roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,
And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.

About Me:
I met a guy on the red eye
He spotted my guitar
and said what do you do?
I said, I sing for a living,
Country music mixed with
a little rock and a little blues
He said I'm sorry
but I've never been crazy
'bout that twang and trains and hillbilly thing
What ever made you want to sing stuff like that?
I just looked at him and laughed and said

cause it's songs about me
and who I am
songs about loving and living
and good hearted women and family and God
yeah they're all just
songs about me
songs about me

So I offered him tickets
I said you'll see what I mean
if you show up tonight
he said I doubt you'll change my opinion
I'll be kind of busy, but hey man, I'll try

Then later on when we finished our songs
about scars and cars and broken hearts
I saw him, he was standing there
right next to the stage
and he shouted
man you were right
it was like you sang those

songs about me
and who I am
songs about loving and living
and good hearted women and family and God
yeah they're all just
songs about me
songs about me

So I'll just keep on singing
'til I hear the whole world singing those

songs about me
and who I am
songs about loving and living
and good hearted women and family and God
yeah they're all just
songs about me
songs about me

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