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Do You
Remember Real Life?
by Liana Magliocco, Staff Writer
"OMG comment my pics?" Does this sound familiar? Since 2002, an
pandemic has erupted known as Myspace.com. For everyone who has one,
he or she knows how addicting they can be and how much of your time
goes to posting comments or sending messages. But, whatever happened
to the good old days? Since the popularization of Myspace.com, the
sidekick, and cell phones, it seems people have less time for real
life and more time for e-life (internet life). Days are no longer
spent going outside to take pictures of nature but instead getting
dolled up to go outside and take pictures of yourself. Does anyone
remember life before Myspace.com?
No one can go a day without hearing
"Ugh, she deleted my comment to her!" or "Did you add me yet". It's
getting old. If the only way you can ever talk to your "friends" is
by commenting a picture or promoting someone else's page then that's
not a very healthy relationship. The obsession about how many
friends you have or how many comments you get is ridiculous, thus
the birth of a "Myspace celebrity". Everyone reading this article
knows who Jeffree Star is. We even have a few "celebs" at our
school, but why add so many people if you don't have any interest in
talking to them? Or to further my point, why let someone only think
of you as a number?
Speaking of numbers, do the words Top
Eight come to mind? Why is it such a big deal if you're number one
on someones top eight? If you know your good friends with someone,
the order they put you on a website shouldn't be a big deal. The
fact that people have literally ended relationships over a top eight
(you know it happens) really scares people because what is that
saying about friendships today? Do they only go as far as a computer
screen? Not to mention dealing with the ever-popular "Myspace
drama". Is someone you're really fighting about something because
someone said something about you in a comment? Get over it. People
can say one thing and mean another. If someone has a problem with
another person, ask them, because how much emotion can you get out
of a message.
People, who are addicted to Myspace,
have lower grades. Why is that you can memorize urls, and codes more
than memorizing a simple math concept? The focus people have on
getting home as fast as possible to see what new things they have on
Myspace instead of worrying about how low their grade in math is,
shows that kids today definitely dont have their priorities in
order. Then there are the people who own a sidekick, who have no
worries about having to go home to check their Myspace, they can
easily log on at school or in the car.
It's taking over peoples lives. This
article is not completely knocking Myspace.com.
It's a very smart idea, and people
can honestly say it's a reason they ever became friends with
someone. It keeps people in touch with friends or loved ones they
hardly see. In addition if someone is an aspiring musician or
fashion designer it's a really fast and cheap way to get your name
out there. I know people who use it to promote friends' bands and
clothing lines. The youth of America should be out having fun with
friends instead of spending all their days inside on the computer
and worrying about who's said what on whose Myspace. People need to
grow up, get over it and get a real life.
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