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Hey, that’s me! (She says stupidly, just having woken from a nap.) So, you’re OK with average, everyday fetishists like me? Whew!
You’ve gotten photos of twigs and berries? Gosh, stuff like that never happens to me. You lucky dog.
I have recently been contemplating a similar post, to the tune of “Get Together” (“Love one another right now …”), about jerks on the Internet. I am so tired of people who, like insects, exist primarily to annoy others.
I don’t think MySpace is all it’s cracked up to be. I’ve tried with all 5 of my accounts (rich kid, poor kid, athlete, loveable computer nerd, rock musician) and couldn’t get a single prom date.
I LOVED this post, Meg. Couldn’t agree with you more. The whole MySpace thing just seems to be further evidence of the decline in Western civilization. Makes me ill.
and now a 14 year old victim of sexual assault is suing MySpace for $30 million because “the site does not take sufficient steps to protect underage members.” while i do feel for anyone who has been victimized, i have a hard time believing that MySpace is at fault for her assault, especially when taken into context the type of “social networking” that takes place on that site.
I am SO jealous you met Patia!!
Great post!
This is an excellent post, Meg, but I’m a little surprised by aspects of some comments provoked. The fact that paedophiliac activity sells papers is neither here nor there. So do war, starving African babies & street gangs. It’s because the phenomena are real & people suffer as a result of them. When the people are kids, our interest should be acute & focussed, our intelligences should be fully engaged & our responses should be rational & proactive.
I love the sardonic little song too.
Meg,
This one, too.
Thank you again!
~Kurt
Personally, I’m all about the hideously tacky page designs and animated doodads in forty-seven colors, all of which blink and twirl as though they had just touched a bare wire.
Also the sites that spontaneously begin playing music at me, without my asking them to.
I am going to race out and make a MySpace page RIGHT NOW!
And, since I’m here: The song was hilarious.
…and your hair looks GREAT!
MySpace is unlikely to die in a massive server meltdown, unfortunately. That kind of thing only happens to Yahoo e-mail and Blogger.
YES.
YES!
you are SO right.
(and such a talented word smith)
Well done, Meg, well done.
MySpace is, due to its trendy nature, way past its 15 minutes of fame. And, like most things on the internet, has gotten just plain icky.
This is awesome! I think I now have a whole new song stuck in my head!