Levity: Facebook IS the Devil

by Brother to the Night

Yes, lawd, Facebook is the Devil!

I have not blogged in weeks, all because I get email updates saying “Mike commented on your status…” . Multi-tiered , multi-leveled convos about everything from race relations to the best chips you can by at the corner store with people you know very well, very little, or not at all.

And some of these same people will put you on blast as if y’all were still classmates in school. This is a place where hood-rats, business execs, and everyone in between can talk about anything. Is anything wrong with that? Hell no!

Well, if you have a job and actually work at your job it is.

You see….you go on there to see what the deal is, right? Then, someone who told you about the site adds you as a friend, right? Cool.

Then, said friend changes his status on his profile (a status is a short caption that usually asks the question “what are you doing right now?”).

And wouldn’t you know it…someone responds and comments on the status. God forbid its a hottie; now you feel compelled to reply to her comment or comment on your friend’s status. You get greedy; you seek to add more friends.

Oooh! Add some former co-workers! They don’t care if you’re not working. Sure…..so you add your favorite co-workers. Same thing; you change your status, they comment. Its so much fun!!

Oh wait…I can get Facebook on my mobile device!!! I don’t even have to install an application!! Oh SHIT!!!! I AM SO IN LOVE WITH LIFE RIGHT NOW!!

Then you get greedier…how about adding people you used to go to school with? College? High school? Sure! Yeah! You’d love to find out if Myrtle went from an ugly duckin’ to a fucken swan. Suuuuuuuure!

The next thing you know, its been a month, you’re behind on all of your deadlines at work, you have no groceries, and your room smells like Fritos. You aren’t going out, you aren’t talking on the phone, you are doing nothing except reading Facebook messages and statuses. So, good people, do yourself a favor. Say no to Facebook. We are in a recession, damnit. People need to get some work done, craft new ideas, use ingenuity to help drive the next economy-

Oh snap. Um…this blog post is to be continued. This West Coast shorty just commented on my status.

I’ll holla.

by Brother to the Night