Again, I am avoiding my course work because I am a terrible student. The thoughts that are in my mind right now relate to facebook and school (sorry Classics, you’re back of the brain).
When I procrastinate, I go on facebook. I’m not a massive facebook addict (I’m stupidly proud of how little activity there is on my page) but when you’re bored, it’s a good go-to site. And during my most recent skimming, I came to the conclusion that I am SO SO GLAD that I am not at school anymore. Or rather, that I am not a 13 year old girl anymore.
13 was a shitty age. I’m pretty sure it was for everyone. You’re at that stage where you’re slightly grown up so you think you’re ~so sophisticated, when in reality you’re still a child, still annoying, and have an undeserved sense of entitlement*.
I’m still facebook friends with people who are still at school and who will be there for several more years (lol sucks to be them). All the time, they’re adding new photos of them either duck facing or cam-whoring**. I’m all for doing what you want rather than what other people want you to do, but HONESTLY. Is it really necessary to take 30 pictures of you and your friends that only differ because of slight angle changes? Another pet peeve is when those photos are clearly taken on PhotoBooth and the parties involved act like it’s so new and inventive to take Warhol-style pictures and that the fish eye tool is so funny.
(It’s really not.)
I think really what I’m trying to say is that I would never upload crazy amounts of self indulgent photos that rate about a .07 on the originality scale***. And that, even though uni is so much harder and a total time-leech, I’m so glad to leave school behind.
*Or something along those lines. This post clearly is a procrastination method rather than a brilliantly written piece of wonderment.
**For anyone who doesn’t know, I use the term “cam-whoring” to mean “taking a shitload of pictures of yourself looking ‘hot’ or ‘cute’, generally in the hopes that your innumerable facebook friends will like said photos and comment ‘omq ur so hawt’!”
***Scale runs from 0-1000, with 0 being “clone” and 1000 being so unique you make hipsters cry with jealousy.
My sister does it, the cam-whoring. And she does get heaps of comments and likes. … And she’s thirteen.
haha it’s so typical of 13 year olds! i was exactly the same (luckily on my long deleted bebo page so all the evidence is gone), which is why i’m thrilled to have grown out of it now.
Well yeah you might say their activities are a bit OTT,maybe even stupid..
But,if they enjoy doing all that who are we to rant about it?
Its not always about making sense,its about being happy,even if you end up doing stupid things!
i completely understand what you’re saying, which is why i chose to “rant” about it on my own private blog, rather than directly starting a flame war with the girls involved. i put “rant” in quotation marks because while i find it annoying, it’s just a pet peeve and not something i actually care about all that much.
you and my daughter, who’s 14, think exactly the same about this.
your daughter sounds like a wonderful person with great taste :P
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