No shiat, I had this girl I knew about 15 years ago in HS message me out of the blue saying she had a dream about me. I would have friended her, but between then and now she'd gained 200 something pounds and after seeing her pic I was no longer interested in finding out what that dream was about.

rcain: No shiat, I had this girl I knew about 15 years ago in HS message me out of the blue saying she had a dream about me. I would have friended her, but between then and now she'd gained 200 something pounds and after seeing her pic I was no longer interested in finding out what that dream was about.


My advice to you is to reconnect, kick back, relax, close your eyes, and let your penis become the ice cream cone.

brap: My advice to you is to reconnect, kick back, relax, close your eyes, and let your penis become the ice cream cone.

Un-THIS! There's no amount of "Well, she used to be hot" you can make me swallow that will convince me to let Jabba the Former Prom Queen gobble my knob.

Reconnect, be nice, and be friends if you want, but keep it zipped.

\been there
\\done that
\\\had to burn the sheets to get the smell of rancid Arby-Q out
\\\\never again!

For the record, that was a joke.

I have enough trouble keeping up my rep as a complete ignoramus in the real world to have my rep ruined by the complete ass on the interwebby.

The People You May Know feature is one of the worst additions to Facebook for this very reason.

I've refused to accept a few requests on Facebook, and I was just wondering if they get a message back saying that I've declined their request?

Anyone?

GungFu: I've refused to accept a few requests on Facebook, and I was just wondering if they get a message back saying that I've declined their request?

Anyone?

No, but if you show up later in they're People You May Know, they'll know you refused. Or deleted them.

their*

As someone who generally tries to be a nice guy, I have to say it was a guilty pleasure to get a friend request from someone who I always thought was a dick and to click "no".

I ended up putting all my settings on private because I got way too many requests from old "friends" who just never figured out why they were "old" friends. It is just a high tech address book for me now that I never use.

Too bad there isn't a Hermitbook.

FTFH: "just because I hung out with you 7 years ago doesn't mean I want to be your friend now"

Actually, I encounter an amazing amount of "just because we barely, vaguely knew of each other fourteen years ago doesn't mean I want to be your friend now".

What's up with that? Just people wanting to bump their numbers, I guess?

I can't even find anyone I know on facebook except people from college, or their parents...those people look old.

I don't want to hang with them anyway, they all have like 10 kids and are on the mission field.

Karma Chameleon: GungFu: I've refused to accept a few requests on Facebook, and I was just wondering if they get a message back saying that I've declined their request?

Anyone?

No, but if you show up later in they're People You May Know, they'll know you refused. Or deleted them.

For some insistent mf'ers who just can't take a hint, I've just never touched their friend requests. That way you'll never get another e-mail saying the guy added you as a friend again.

Seriously, some of these people I didn't even consider friends when I did know them. What makes them think I care now?

I swear..if one more dude pokes me.....

brap: I have enough trouble keeping up my rep as a complete ignoramus in the real world

I thought I was alone in maintaining that "facade".

Arkanaut: Karma Chameleon: GungFu: I've refused to accept a few requests on Facebook, and I was just wondering if they get a message back saying that I've declined their request?

Anyone?

No, but if you show up later in they're People You May Know, they'll know you refused. Or deleted them.

For some insistent mf'ers who just can't take a hint, I've just never touched their friend requests. That way you'll never get another e-mail saying the guy added you as a friend again.

Seriously, some of these people I didn't even consider friends when I did know them. What makes them think I care now?

Exactly. Say, I like the way you think. My friend request will be forthcoming.

Heroic Poser: I swear..if one more dude pokes me.....

Poking is the anal sex of facebook. You may not like it, but if I can see you, it's gonna happen.

exactly three people from high school are on my Facebook page. I don't want any more than that. I see no reason to wallow in the past. I am not the same person I was in high school and neither are they. What would we have in common now. It's funny I was having this same conversation today with someone in my Sociology class (college 15 years after HS) and we both agree it's stupid to dwell in the past...especially high school

TallyGirl: I can't even find anyone I know on facebook except people from college, or their parents...those people look old.

I don't want to hang with them anyway, they all have like 10 kids and are on the mission field.

this. got an add request the other day from some dude...friend of a friend. i don't remember him, so no deal.

why in the hell am i just going to add someone just to have someone else on my list?

Jakevol2: exactly three people from high school are on my Facebook page. I don't want any more than that. I see no reason to wallow in the past. I am not the same person I was in high school and neither are they. What would we have in common now. It's funny I was having this same conversation today with someone in my Sociology class (college 15 years after HS) and we both agree it's stupid to dwell in the past...especially high school

Tell that to small town yokels. Their lives peak in high school.

Karma Chameleon: GungFu: I've refused to accept a few requests on Facebook, and I was just wondering if they get a message back saying that I've declined their request?

Anyone?

No, but if you show up later in they're People You May Know, they'll know you refused. Or deleted them.


Cool. One idiot knows my email but has never written to me on it but kept on requesting to add him as a friend on Facebook. I don't consider you a friend, dumbass.

Most of the people I have friended on Facebook are either people I know from church, high school, family. For some odd reason, I have my old high school yearbook teacher friended.

I have rejected a girl five times in the last four years since we graduated high school. I don't think she's tried for about a year-and-a-half. She was generally an obnoxious biatch and she once got in front of a room of 100 students and told my friend to go walk in front of a train, because she didn't want him dating her friend. Don't these people KNOW why I don't care to be their Friends?

I really don't give a shiat who wants to be my friend on Facebook; I'd probably accept them. I've only sent about four or five requests, and my privacy settings are medium-high, so my friend count is still pretty low.

I'm just glad they let me block most of the 'application' spam, now. FFS, some people add EVERYTHING.

browntimmy:

Tell that to small town yokels. Their lives peak in high school.

Well, if they finish.

I haven't talked to you in 15 years, your "friendship" no thanks.

Just started this whole facebook thing and I'm finding myself accepting people just to block them from seeing anything. I think it may not be the thing for me.

In before the attention whores arrive to defend/justify having a 500+ friend count while simultaneously pointing out that they have breasts.

BumpInTheNight: In before the attention whores arrive to defend/justify having a 500+ friend count while simultaneously pointing out that they have breasts.

If I had breasts, I wouldn't have ANY friends.

/Except my breasts.

Zulu_as_Kono
As someone who generally tries to be a nice guy, I have to say it was a guilty pleasure to get a friend request from someone who I always thought was a dick and to click "no".

THIS!!

/ i couldn't have said it better.

Relatively Obscure: BumpInTheNight: In before the attention whores arrive to defend/justify having a 500+ friend count while simultaneously pointing out that they have breasts.

If I had breasts, I wouldn't have ANY friends.

/Except my breasts.

Me either, wouldn't even leave the house.

browntimmy: Tell that to small town yokels. Their lives peak in high school.

The pattern I've noticed is that if you went to college (regardless of whether you ever finished), you're more likely to think that high school is the worst time of your life. On the other hand, if you never went to college, you're more likely to think that high school is the best time of your life. My personal opinion is that it's as good as what you make of it, but I've never heard anyone else describe a similar sentiment.

I hate getting friend requests from people who remember seeing me in high school but were never my friend and never talked to me ever.

BumpInTheNight: Relatively Obscure: BumpInTheNight: In before the attention whores arrive to defend/justify having a 500+ friend count while simultaneously pointing out that they have breasts.

If I had breasts, I wouldn't have ANY friends.

/Except my breasts.

Me either, wouldn't even leave the house.

Ya, know. I don't think I'd leave the house if I had a penis. I think I'd have celafane and targets all over my house to though so that might get wierd.

I don't see facebook as having any point other than to connect with people you've lost touch with. If you have a (current) friends contact info, whats the point? just call or email. Facebook is pretty farking stupid anyways, it'd be completely pointless if you didn't have old friends on it.

I've yet to get any friends from high school trying to look me up on facebook. I didn't want them looking for me, so I didn't list my high school. Has worked well so far.

People like the author of TFA annoy me. I have an ex-boyfriend who, every year or so right around the time we split up, digs out my IM handle and messages me. Just to check up on me, am I in school, hows the family. There are old friends who I'm sure would do the same, like the author does. But there is a reason they are old friends. Not because we "just grew apart" or "there was too much distance to talk pre-internet". Nope, they are old friends because shiat blew up. Broken hearts, or worse. There is no nice way to go back to just those 'good memories' like Mrs Author would like.

The friends that "just grow apart" are because someone is too lazy to keep the lines of communication open. Or, in certain cases, because you know that if you had taken their last invitation to see them, at their wedding, you would have made an ass of yourself by confessing the crush you had on them.

Zulu_as_Kono: As someone who generally tries to be a nice guy, I have to say it was a guilty pleasure to get a friend request from someone who I always thought was a dick and to click "no".

yep.

myalias1845: BumpInTheNight: Relatively Obscure: BumpInTheNight: In before the attention whores arrive to defend/justify having a 500+ friend count while simultaneously pointing out that they have breasts.

If I had breasts, I wouldn't have ANY friends.

/Except my breasts.

Me either, wouldn't even leave the house.

Ya, know. I don't think I'd leave the house if I had a penis. I think I'd have celafane and targets all over my house to though so that might get wierd.

If I had breasts, I think I'd starve before I left my room/home. I would probably sit there skin and bones, fading away with my own pair of luscious bewbs. Probably would try putting different hats on them.

ykarie: I've yet to get any friends from high school trying to look me up on facebook. I didn't want them looking for me, so I didn't list my high school. Has worked well so far.

People like the author of TFA annoy me. I have an ex-boyfriend who, every year or so right around the time we split up, digs out my IM handle and messages me. Just to check up on me, am I in school, hows the family. There are old friends who I'm sure would do the same, like the author does. But there is a reason they are old friends. Not because we "just grew apart" or "there was too much distance to talk pre-internet". Nope, they are old friends because shiat blew up. Broken hearts, or worse. There is no nice way to go back to just those 'good memories' like Mrs Author would like.

The friends that "just grow apart" are because someone is too lazy to keep the lines of communication open. Or, in certain cases, because you know that if you had taken their last invitation to see them, at their wedding, you would have made an ass of yourself by confessing the crush you had on them.

I can't think of a better way of putting that. Well thought, and true.

b-maz: myalias1845: BumpInTheNight: Relatively Obscure: BumpInTheNight: In before the attention whores arrive to defend/justify having a 500+ friend count while simultaneously pointing out that they have breasts.

If I had breasts, I wouldn't have ANY friends.

/Except my breasts.

Me either, wouldn't even leave the house.

Ya, know. I don't think I'd leave the house if I had a penis. I think I'd have celafane and targets all over my house to though so that might get wierd.

If I had breasts, I think I'd starve before I left my room/home. I would probably sit there skin and bones, fading away with my own pair of luscious bewbs. Probably would try putting different hats on them.

Oh the hats are definitely a hit. I have mostly bigger hats for the boob, but when I'm feeling extra crazy, I bust out all the mini hats for the nipple.

/derbys FTW

myalias1845: b-maz: myalias1845: BumpInTheNight: Relatively Obscure: BumpInTheNight: In before the attention whores arrive to defend/justify having a 500+ friend count while simultaneously pointing out that they have breasts.

If I had breasts, I wouldn't have ANY friends.

/Except my breasts.

Me either, wouldn't even leave the house.

Ya, know. I don't think I'd leave the house if I had a penis. I think I'd have celafane and targets all over my house to though so that might get wierd.

If I had breasts, I think I'd starve before I left my room/home. I would probably sit there skin and bones, fading away with my own pair of luscious bewbs. Probably would try putting different hats on them.

Oh the hats are definitely a hit. I have mostly bigger hats for the boob, but when I'm feeling extra crazy, I bust out all the mini hats for the nipple.

/derbys FTW

That'd certainly explain the whole 'rack' slang thing eh? I'd be all about squishing them together to make a combined epic boob like voltron but sexier.

Targets around the house eh? You've given me an interesting and I'm sure wholly dangerous idea involving beer, paper, tape and the cat... ;)

myalias1845: BumpInTheNight: Relatively Obscure: BumpInTheNight: In before the attention whores arrive to defend/justify having a 500+ friend count while simultaneously pointing out that they have breasts.

If I had breasts, I wouldn't have ANY friends.

/Except my breasts.

Me either, wouldn't even leave the house.

Ya, know. I don't think I'd leave the house if I had a penis. I think I'd have celafane and targets all over my house to though so that might get wierd.

Hitting the target isn't tough, but maintaining a good grouping with all of the recoil can be a challenge.

There have been a lot of people who helped me along the way, in big ways, that I always wanted to thank or acknowledge. Luckily, Facebook has let me do that and reconnect with many of them.
Obviously, if you had no real connection with them, or any bad blood at all, you're sorta walking into an emotional bear trap expecting the red carpet from them.

My general rule with facebook is I only add people I keep in touch with outside of facebook. The friends that I occasionally call, or email, or see in person from time to time still are worth adding. Someone who I haven't spoken to since high school or my freshman year of college is not going to be added just to up my "friends" count.

pxlboy: TallyGirl: I can't even find anyone I know on facebook except people from college, or their parents...those people look old.

I don't want to hang with them anyway, they all have like 10 kids and are on the mission field.

this. got an add request the other day from some dude...friend of a friend. i don't remember him, so no deal.

why in the hell am i just going to add someone just to have someone else on my list?

douchebaggery: annoying people who'll friend anybody to bump up their friend count

epic douchebaggery: farkers who mistake this for obsession/stalking and complain about how many people want to be their friend

I like facebook. I enjoy talking to people I haven't seen in a while. There's a group for my college house. There's a group from my boarding school. I'm glad to hear that most of my friends/classmates are doing well. It's no big deal if someone I didn't really like messages me or something. I just say hi and move on. Rtards here act as if that's some huge imposition and/or catastrophe. It sounds like a lot of people here never really got past hs themselves.

Seriously, if you don't want to be someones facebook friend then farking tell them that. Don't be a passive aggressive wanknacho and ignore them as they make request after request. Grow some balls and sever some ties man, burn some bridges. Oh wassat? You're a chickenshiat and you might want to be their friend one day ... you know if they become wealthy or famous? Fark you.

Facebook is quickly becoming this huge class reunion for old people, and I am beginning to get sick of hearing its name...it was great when it was only for college students with '.edu' addresses because we could use it for school, personal networking, etc., and then when they opened it up to professional networks...still cool cause now one can bring that communication medium into post-grad life and network in the field.

But then they open it up to everyone, and suddenly it's a newer, more obnoxious myspace with my parents (and grandparents!!) on it, writing such myspace bulletin-esque "25 Random Things" and attempting to validate themselves to that high school bully that now they have 3 precious snowflakes, live in the BEST neighbourhood, and drink organic tea because their lives are soooooooo much better now than back then.

Jesus.

sockeatingdryer: Facebook is quickly becoming this huge class reunion for old people, and I am beginning to get sick of hearing its name...it was great when it was only for college students with '.edu' addresses because we could use it for school, personal networking, etc., and then when they opened it up to professional networks...still cool cause now one can bring that communication medium into post-grad life and network in the field.

But then they open it up to everyone, and suddenly it's a newer, more obnoxious myspace with my parents (and grandparents!!) on it, writing such myspace bulletin-esque "25 Random Things" and attempting to validate themselves to that high school bully that now they have 3 precious snowflakes, live in the BEST neighbourhood, and drink organic tea because their lives are soooooooo much better now than back then.

Jesus.

THIS

/a thousand times over
//not on facebook
///never will be

sockeatingdryer: Facebook is quickly becoming this huge class reunion for old people, and I am beginning to get sick of hearing its name...it was great when it was only for college students with '.edu' addresses because we could use it for school, personal networking, etc., and then when they opened it up to professional networks...still cool cause now one can bring that communication medium into post-grad life and network in the field.

But then they open it up to everyone, and suddenly it's a newer, more obnoxious myspace with my parents (and grandparents!!) on it, writing such myspace bulletin-esque "25 Random Things" and attempting to validate themselves to that high school bully that now they have 3 precious snowflakes, live in the BEST neighbourhood, and drink organic tea because their lives are soooooooo much better now than back then.

Jesus.

I was on Facebook when it was restricted to colleges. We were not, in any way, better than your grandparents with it. Some of us just think too highly of ourselves.

That said, I liked a lot of aspects of the ollld format a lot better, and most of the "applications" make me stabbity.