Facebook Inspiration. . . No Thanks.

Everybody loves facebook. Old people, young people, rich people, poor people, and me. It is a great way to keep up with your friends when you don't have the time or inclination to actually speak to them. A great way to get quick info without all the small talk.

I have a question though. What is up with the people who only post so called "inspirational" messages or quotes on fb? You know the girl I'm talking about, the one who thinks she is Gandhi, posting messages of peace and self reflection. Or the guy who thinks he is Confucius, posting messages with double meanings. I hate them both.

I don't get onto fb to be inspired. I get on there to see what is up with your life, play mafia wars, and do a quiz. I don't need your dime store inspirational messages. Don't tell me to smile. I smile when I want to smile. What I need is to know what you ate for lunch, and your views on Michael Jackson (great entertainer v. pedophile). I hate reading a profile, thinking I'm about to find out what you ate for lunch and then I realize you are telling me to stop and smell the roses. Bamboozled into reading an inspirational message. . . arrrgh! If I wanted to be smelling roses I wouldn't be on the Internet 10 hours a day. When I want to be inspired, I look at an old girlfriend's profile and thank holy heaven that I dodged that bullet like Neo in the Matrix. That is all the fb inspiration I need.

BTW if you are an ex-girlfriend on fb, I wasn't talking about you. I was talking about those other ex-girlfriends on fb.