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(Unverified)Mar 16th 2010 12:10PM

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Barcodes? Geez...
Facebook is just a sad reflection of the general lack of true content in people's lives, a lack of substance, purpose and meaning, if you will. As such it also reveals that pathological, collective need for pitiful self-promotion. Sacrifice your privacy, your intimate sphere of life, sure, it's all ok, who cares. Make your life public in all ways possible. Get your self out there! Maybe someone will notice you or even better - photoshop your profile picture to death and you'll finally get laid!
I think that's all just pathetic.
Barcodes? Sigh.
People are cattle. Cattle, I say.
We'll get what we deserve, that's for sure.
It's all becoming very "David Icke-ish", you know.
Barcodes. Great.
I mean I know everything in life is like a double sided coin, but in case of Facebook - one side is way thicker than the other.

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(Unverified)Mar 16th 2010 1:28PM

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I'm not sure how one side of a coin can be thicker than the other... would that be like flipping a coin and having it land on its edge?

Deep thoughts, though. Deep and perturbed. Hang in there; it's not all bad!

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michaspiMar 16th 2010 10:31PM

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@Carlos:
Thank you. I am happy that I am not the only one with those thoughts about social networking.

Minute details about our very existence reduced...to barcodes. Brave new world, indeed.

Read "Amusing Ourselves to Death" by Neil Postman, if you haven't already.

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