Facebook

               We all use it. Don’t lie; I know you do. Or, if you are stubborn, you use something like Twitter, Live Journal, a blog, Youtube, Reddit, Tumblr, or any other online forum site or social network (but never Myspace). I myself am guilty of a few of these things. I admit, I’m slightly addicted to Facebook, and this new blog thing promises to be pretty exciting. However, there are a few things I need to get out there before it’s too late:

                People – especially young people – need to learn that what they post online stays online forever. You may delete the post at the source but it will never, ever, be gone for good. This includes all sorts of posts, from videos and comments on videos, to status updates and blog posts. You know that rude tweet complaining about your job? It could get you fired for real. And that blog post or video ranting about the “B****” that goes to your school? Colleges that you apply to could see it and deny you simply because of it. And believe me; universities and employers will look you up online before they accept or hire you, especially prospective employers. They will Google you like nobody’s business.

                It’s also really annoying and offensive.

                As a specific message to younger people, please refrain from posting pictures of you at your last “ragger” or posting a status saying how much alcohol you had last night. Not only should you not be drinking in the first place but you’re making your case worse by bragging about it. And trust me, it doesn’t make you any cooler to be stoned or drunk every weekend. Also, talking about how much you love your ‘boyfriend’ after only dating for two weeks or so gets a little old, and it’s kind of gross, especially when you’re still in middle school. I mean really? Do you really love your boyfriend that much? Your rambling and obscure posts are getting on people’s nerves. Seriously.

And that’s just a chip off the ice block; people do so much crazy stuff online that I’m starting to believe that they actually do them in reality. For instance, grammatical and spelling errors. Yeah, yeah, I know I just posted on how I hate the English language, but if you’re going to speak it, at least speak it properly. And in some cases, spell things phonetically. Ghoti. But if you’re going to get anywhere in life, you need to learn how to use the language correctly; no more treating ‘there’, ‘they’re’, and ‘their’ as interchangeable, no more using letters to replace whole words, and definitely no more oF tHiS cRaP. Last time I checked, capital letters are only used at the start of sentences, in titles, and with proper nouns, not in every other letter of a word. Do you write like that in your English class? Sadly, I’ve seen papers written as such. Come on people; take your time and read over what you’ve written before you post it! It will improve your public image! And by the way, numbers do not work as letters in English like letters work as numbers in math.

                Also, would you mind putting in a little punctuation? Even a period would do some good. Or a question mark when you’re asking a question. And commas; commas are good. “Let’s eat, Grandma!” vs. “Let’s eat Grandma!” proves that grammar saves lives, so let’s use it. Use it often but use it wisely.

                Today’s is a short post because I have been super busy and could barely find time to write and/or edit anything. Please start using proper English guys! If not for me than for yourself; it makes you look so much better to the rest of the world!

                Maybe, if I have time, I will try condensing my immense list of things that bug me about people on Facebook and post it for – as they say on the Net – “teh lolz”. In the meantime, I suggest you go look at “Annoying Facebook Girl” memes; they make me laugh and cry at the same time because they are so sadly true. As always, thanks for reading!

                xoxo