09-19-2007, 12:11 AM
I have long said that I think that sites like myspace, livejournal, and facebook will lead to the decline of civilization.
Here are my issues...
1. People lose a ton of productivity at work because they are "checking" for comments all day long. Trust me our country's productivity suffers because of this. I see it all day long and I deal with grads just out of college.
2. People do things the wouldnt neccisarily do in real life when they are online. Meet people with bad intentions, say things they wouldnt, cheat on partners because of the easy facilitation. I have personally seen 4 divorces in friends because of this. The number of predators out there I dont even want to think about.
3. People become addicted. The often stop hanging out with REAL people because they dont want to "miss anything" that happens on this blog. People including their spouses, kids and friends.
4. As a result of #3, people develop less social skills and confidence. Then it starts over at #1.
If you have seen the movie Idiocracy, its like that. If you havent watch it and when youre done laughing, think about how real it is...then cry.
So to my point. I was a Resident Assistant at a Dorm in college. I tried to do everything I could to help them. My friend still lives by the college and is in contact with a lot of the people that are still there. Unfortunately, a young woman committed suicide about 3 weeks ago in the Dorm I was an RA in 7 years ago. She hung herself. When her roommate found her, she screamed and ran for help.
Another student heard the scream, and came out of their room. Guess how they helped the girl...
They helped her out by taking a film of the hanging woman on their phone and then uploading it to Youtube...
HOW ON GODS GREEN EARTH DO YOU EVEN THINK TO DO THAT IN A SITUATION LIKE THIS? What is wrong with people?
I hate people sometimes. We are going to undo our existence, and the scary thing is, I dont think its going to be that long. Mason
Here are my issues...
1. People lose a ton of productivity at work because they are "checking" for comments all day long. Trust me our country's productivity suffers because of this. I see it all day long and I deal with grads just out of college.
2. People do things the wouldnt neccisarily do in real life when they are online. Meet people with bad intentions, say things they wouldnt, cheat on partners because of the easy facilitation. I have personally seen 4 divorces in friends because of this. The number of predators out there I dont even want to think about.
3. People become addicted. The often stop hanging out with REAL people because they dont want to "miss anything" that happens on this blog. People including their spouses, kids and friends.
4. As a result of #3, people develop less social skills and confidence. Then it starts over at #1.
If you have seen the movie Idiocracy, its like that. If you havent watch it and when youre done laughing, think about how real it is...then cry.
So to my point. I was a Resident Assistant at a Dorm in college. I tried to do everything I could to help them. My friend still lives by the college and is in contact with a lot of the people that are still there. Unfortunately, a young woman committed suicide about 3 weeks ago in the Dorm I was an RA in 7 years ago. She hung herself. When her roommate found her, she screamed and ran for help.
Another student heard the scream, and came out of their room. Guess how they helped the girl...
They helped her out by taking a film of the hanging woman on their phone and then uploading it to Youtube...
HOW ON GODS GREEN EARTH DO YOU EVEN THINK TO DO THAT IN A SITUATION LIKE THIS? What is wrong with people?
I hate people sometimes. We are going to undo our existence, and the scary thing is, I dont think its going to be that long. Mason