What does Facebook have to with me Liking?

This really gets me riled!  Do some people not read articles unless they have to "like" them first on Facebook?  Apparently so, since there are people writing about the affect Facebook is having on our culture and society- AND it isn't good!  What if your favorite widget is made by a company that doesn't have Facebook presence (just presence of mind, probably)? Is that a reason NOT to buy that widget anymore? How shallow of our culture and society!  One could say that "resistance is futile...", but I'm a believer in the Social Bubble.  As soon as the NEXT-BEST-THING comes along, Facebook will fall- HARD.

So Facebook users, in most cases, appear surprised that their revered automated director of social relations (i.e. Facebook) would turn on their trusting involvement with the biggest privacy invasion in history just to make money!  Trust in me (for free); this is just the beginning.  Remember when they wanted to register gun owners, and the owners were worried that when the Russians came, they would know where all the guns were.  Well, put this in another arena, a similar arena....

Last night, on the pretense of a dinner invitation, I was surprised with a poker/birthday party.  It was a hoot... and sure was surprised.

"We've all done this because we're so mature. You see a cow on
the side of the road, stick your head out the window, and go,
"Mooo!" Like we expect the cow to think, 'Hey there's another cow
driving that car! How can he afford that?"
- Garry Shandling

Actual Newspaper Headlines

· Something Went Wrong in Jet Crash, Expert Says
· Police Begin Campaign to Run Down Jaywalkers
· Safety Experts Say School Bus Passengers Should Be Belted
· Drunk Gets Nine Months in Violin Case
· Survivor of Siamese Twins Joins Parents
· Farmer Bill Dies in House
· Iraqi Head Seeks Arms
· Is There a Ring of Debris around Uranus?
· Stud Tires Out
· Prostitutes Appeal to Pope
· Panda Mating Fails; Veterinarian Takes Over
· Soviet Virgin Lands Short of Goal Again
· Eye Drops off Shelf
· Teacher Strikes Idle Kids
· Reagan Wins on Budget, But More Lies Ahead
· Squad Helps Dog Bite Victim
· Shot Off Woman's Leg Helps Nicklaus to 66
· Enraged Cow Injures Farmer with Ax
· Plane Too Close to Ground, Crash Probe Told
· Miners Refuse to Work after Death
· Juvenile Court to Try Shooting Defendant
· Stolen Painting Found by Tree
· Two Soviet Ships Collide, One Dies
· Two Sisters Reunited after 18 Years in Checkout Counter
· Killer Sentenced to Die for Second Time in 10 Years
· Never Withhold Herpes Infection from Loved One
· Drunken Drivers Paid $1000 in `84
· War Dims Hope for Peace
· If Strike isn't Settled Quickly, It May Last a While
· Cold Wave Linked to Temperatures
· Couple Slain; Police Suspect Homicide
· Red Tape Holds Up New Bridge
· Deer Kill 17,000
· Typhoon Rips Through Cemetery; Hundreds Dead
· Man Struck by Lightning Faces Battery Charge
· New Study of Obesity Looks for Larger Test Group

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