Comments on: Our Newest Social Addiction. http://www.endodontics.ca/2007/04/05/our-newest-social-addiction/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=our-newest-social-addiction I am Lesion, for there are many. Sun, 15 Jan 2012 16:01:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ameloblast http://www.endodontics.ca/2007/04/05/our-newest-social-addiction/comment-page-1/#comment-340 Ameloblast Sun, 08 Apr 2007 11:44:00 +0000 http://www.enfusion-group.org/~anthony/blog/?p=221#comment-340 Yup, times continue to change and some things go the way of crimped hair and scrunchies.<br/><br/>Facebook is inexplicably addictive once you start finding people from your past. Even The Girl signed up and has been networking with high school friends that she hasn't been in contact with in years.<br/><br/>I never had a large quantity of friends, and my era was just before the time that there was a computer in every home, so the people I used to know aren't highly computer savy and aren't on Facebook. Yet. They probably still send old fashioned lettermail to each other.<br/><br/>So for me, it's nice to be able to see what my cousins and current friends are up to with a glance. I still don't really need to talk to them (as I don't now), but at least my family can't say I don't give a shit because I don't know who's in the hospital, who's had a baby, etc.<br/><br/>That's how the Facebook addiction starts... Yup, times continue to change and some things go the way of crimped hair and scrunchies.

Facebook is inexplicably addictive once you start finding people from your past. Even The Girl signed up and has been networking with high school friends that she hasn’t been in contact with in years.

I never had a large quantity of friends, and my era was just before the time that there was a computer in every home, so the people I used to know aren’t highly computer savy and aren’t on Facebook. Yet. They probably still send old fashioned lettermail to each other.

So for me, it’s nice to be able to see what my cousins and current friends are up to with a glance. I still don’t really need to talk to them (as I don’t now), but at least my family can’t say I don’t give a shit because I don’t know who’s in the hospital, who’s had a baby, etc.

That’s how the Facebook addiction starts…

]]> By: Dr. Mommy, D.D.S. http://www.endodontics.ca/2007/04/05/our-newest-social-addiction/comment-page-1/#comment-337 Dr. Mommy, D.D.S. Fri, 06 Apr 2007 15:38:00 +0000 http://www.enfusion-group.org/~anthony/blog/?p=221#comment-337 i never understood the hype about facebook, to be honest with you. yes, i post my pics here, but that's about all so no one could find me unless by pure circumstance or unless i actually tell people about my blog, of which there are VERY few. actually, internet access in both of the practices i work in has been restricted by the head office because the front desk people were goofing around too much during working hours. they really put a lockdown on all network applications - i even had a hard time getting into dentrix to enter some treatment plans.<br/><br/>i have mixed feelings about facebook, you-tube, and friendster. i have four teenaged sisters and you wouldn't believe the bullying and gossip that gets tossed around. it was bad enough that you'd get laughed at in the halls, now you can get trash-talked on the internet in the comfort of your own home. i could go on for hours about kids having computers in their own rooms, but that's another topic for discussion....<br/><br/>what happened to the days when you'd just pass notes back and forth and sign each others yearbooks? am i that much of an old fart? i never understood the hype about facebook, to be honest with you. yes, i post my pics here, but that’s about all so no one could find me unless by pure circumstance or unless i actually tell people about my blog, of which there are VERY few. actually, internet access in both of the practices i work in has been restricted by the head office because the front desk people were goofing around too much during working hours. they really put a lockdown on all network applications – i even had a hard time getting into dentrix to enter some treatment plans.

i have mixed feelings about facebook, you-tube, and friendster. i have four teenaged sisters and you wouldn’t believe the bullying and gossip that gets tossed around. it was bad enough that you’d get laughed at in the halls, now you can get trash-talked on the internet in the comfort of your own home. i could go on for hours about kids having computers in their own rooms, but that’s another topic for discussion….

what happened to the days when you’d just pass notes back and forth and sign each others yearbooks? am i that much of an old fart?

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