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Tyrone Slothrop · 10-22-2008, 06:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Pretty Little Flower

You have circles?

Circles within circles. Epicycles, if you will.

ThurgreedMarshall · 10-22-2008, 06:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?

Then I guess it doesn't surprise me that the people who weren't that cool in HS seem to have the most friends on facebook...

Honest question, and I think I know the answer: do a lot of people still dwell on HS? It rarely even crosses my mind. It seems like another world that really wasn't all that great (and I was fairly popular). Now, college is a different story. I can relate to it and remember it well (and fondly), and I was probably less popular in college (if one can be "popular" in the college setting) than in HS.

I have the feeling someone on facebook is going to remind me of how much of a dick I was to him/her in HS, and I'm not going to remember who that person was/is.

For the record, I was a dick.

2 on all of it.

(And what's really weird is when you ignore someone you barely know and they ask for a friend request again. Why?)

TM

Pretty Little Flower · 10-22-2008, 06:03 PM

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Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield

I was at a party a few months back with a couple dudes who made silly, silly cash on the sale of an internet start-up and they still talked about being geeks in HS. Dwelled on it almost at times. I was tempted to say, "Dude, you won. I mean, really, REALLY, won the game. You can do anything you want. Why on earth would you even think about HS?"

Exactly! And Joey's dead now, so that's, like, the icing on the cake.

Not Bob · 10-22-2008, 06:03 PM

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Originally Posted by bold_n_brazen

Why are geldings uh... gelded?

(Yes, I know google is my friend,but I am lazy.)

Based upon my extensive knowledge of The Sport of Kings (translation: I read Jane Smiley's "Horse Heaven" and Hunter S. Thompson's "The Kentucky Derby Is Decadent and Depraved"), it is to make it easier to keep the horse from having an aggressive and nasty personality around people and mares, and is seldom done if the owner and/or trainer thinks that the poor stallion's DNA is going to be worth anything.

eta: Scroll, then post, Not Bob. But your re line makes it totally worth it. I'm singing "Luck, Be A Lady Tonight" as we speak. Carry on.

Pretty Little Flower · 10-22-2008, 06:07 PM

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Originally Posted by ThurgreedMarshall

2 on all of it.

(And what's really weird is when you ignore someone you barely know and they ask for a friend request again. Why?)

TM

Because one of these times, in a moment of weakness, you will accept my friend request. Then, I will slowly but surely pique your interest with a relentless stream of occasional witty messages. Soon, you will realize that you were wrong for thinking me a loser and a geek for all of these years. You will probably even think to yourself, "Wow, he has really turned out to be a cool guy. I'm surprised, but mostly I am disappointed in myself for pre-judging him the way I did." Then, we'll become good friends, go out for drinks, and share a few laughs over Joey's tragic and untimely passing.

Replaced_Texan · 10-22-2008, 06:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop

Circles within circles. Epicycles, if you will.

Certainly there's a Venn diagram that would be helpful.

Pretty Little Flower · 10-22-2008, 06:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop

Circles within circles. Epicycles, if you will.

I will not.

Hank Chinaski · 10-22-2008, 06:10 PM

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Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield

I was at a party a few months back with a couple dudes who made silly, silly cash on the sale of an internet start-up and they still talked about being geeks in HS. Dwelled on it almost at times. I was tempted to say, "Dude, you won. I mean, really, REALLY, won the game. You can do anything you want. Why on earth would you even think about HS?"

look at the back of Kiss Alive! Two stoners are holding a poster. That's Bruce and Lee from my graduating class. Behind you can see Tommy and Bob!

They were very cool after that came out.

Over the years, when Kiss came to Detroit they always invited Bruce and Lee backstage.

At our 20 year reunion that's still all they could talk about. I don't think it gets them as much pussy now as it did in the 70s.

ThurgreedMarshall · 10-22-2008, 06:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Pretty Little Flower

Because one of these times, in a moment of weakness, you will accept my friend request. Then, I will slowly but surely pique your interest with a relentless stream of occasional witty messages. Soon, you will realize that you were wrong for thinking me a loser and a geek for all of these years. You will probably even think to yourself, "Wow, he has really turned out to be a cool guy. I'm surprised, but mostly I am disappointed in myself for pre-judging him the way I did." Then, we'll become good friends, go out for drinks, and share a few laughs over Joey's tragic and untimely passing.

Nah. Thanks, though.

TM

Not Bob · 10-22-2008, 06:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Pretty Little Flower

Exactly! And Joey's dead now, so that's, like, the icing on the cake.

You can try to hide the pain with the witty quips, but we know better, Flower. It's ok to admit that you need a hug.

Hank Chinaski · 10-22-2008, 06:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Pretty Little Flower

Because one of these times, in a moment of weakness, you will accept my friend request. Then, I will slowly but surely pique your interest with a relentless stream of occasional witty messages. Soon, you will realize that you were wrong for thinking me a loser and a geek for all of these years. You will probably even think to yourself, "Wow, he has really turned out to be a cool guy. I'm surprised, but mostly I am disappointed in myself for pre-judging him the way I did." Then, we'll become good friends, go out for drinks, and share a few laughs over Joey's tragic and untimely passing.

even Jay Leno knows a third joke is the end, and that's for a good schtick.

Pretty Little Flower · 10-22-2008, 06:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski

even Jay Leno knows a third joke is the end, and that's for a good schtick.

I am glad to see you have discovered irony.

sebastian_dangerfield · 10-22-2008, 06:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski

look at the back of Kiss Alive! Two stoners are holding a poster. That's Bruce and Lee from my graduating class. Behind you can see Tommy and Bob!

They were very cool after that came out.

Over the years, when Kiss came to Detroit they always invited Bruce and Lee backstage.

At our 20 year reunion that's still all they could talk about. I don't think it gets them as much pussy now as it did in the 70s.

You mean they can't jerk off as much these days due to arthritis?

I'd blame it on tennis elbow, but I don't want to kill any of the street cred those cats built up digging Kiss.

sebastian_dangerfield · 10-22-2008, 06:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Not Bob

Based upon my extensive knowledge of The Sport of Kings (translation: I read Jane Smiley's "Horse Heaven" and Hunter S. Thompson's "The Kentucky Derby Is Decadent and Depraved"), it is to make it easier to keep the horse from having an aggressive and nasty personality around people and mares, and is seldom done if the owner and/or trainer thinks that the poor stallion's DNA is going to be worth anything.

eta: Scroll, then post, Not Bob. But your re line makes it totally worth it. I'm singing "Luck, Be A Lady Tonight" as we speak. Carry on.

"A riot? My God, no! Not on derby day!"

"Black Panthers, peace freaks... they're all over the place, lurking, waiting..."

notcasesensitive · 10-22-2008, 07:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Replaced_Texan

That you're not a friend anymore. But if he's friending any and everyone, then he's likely not going to notice that you're gone.

This reminds me of the story my friend (on facebook and in real life) told me the other day about defriending some guy who she dated a few times, slept with and then didn't hear from for two weeks. Apparently when she defriended him, he noticed (sounds like the type to have been scouring her page fairly regularly but not actually calling her) and sent her some creepy e-mail asking why she didn't want to be his friend. If nothing else, this makes a strong case for not friending casual dates. I'm glad not to be casually dating in the age of My Space and Facebook.

As to who uses it, it may be because I've moved around so much, but there are people who I lost touch with from high school, college, Dallas, family members (I haven't done a great job of keeping in touch with my dad's family in the 20 years since his death), etc., along with all the local friends who tend to use it. But by far the most active group of people -- people who actually plan most of their outings on facebook -- are people from my graphic design classes. I have no problem with accepting friend requests from people I didn't know that well in high school (the only friend requests that have been of the "who is that again" variety so far have been people from my high school). I don't care if they know what is going on with me and it isn't like I really interact with them other than occasionally seeing their status updates scroll by.

It has been far better for me than My Space ever was, though I'm still there too mainly for a couple of people who are there but not on the Facebook bandwagon yet. And for some bands that I follow.

Some people fear the internet connections thing and some don't. I guess I'm squarely in the camp that doesn't. Probably because e-mail is by far a preferable means of keeping in touch over talking on the phone for me.