Comments on: Facebook is for old people http://www.thechurning.com/2009/02/18/facebook-is-for-old-people/ Another Reason to Hate the Internet Thu, 29 Jul 2010 01:42:05 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Eddie Haskel http://www.thechurning.com/2009/02/18/facebook-is-for-old-people/comment-page-1/#comment-39378 Eddie Haskel Mon, 02 Mar 2009 17:02:08 +0000 http://www.thechurning.com/?p=1553#comment-39378 There's a reason George Bernard Shaw saying "Ah the pity that youth is wasted on the young" is famous and why the expression "folly of youth" is too ancient to date and too universal to attribute to any single source. It's all oh so very sadly true. And it's also true that "there's no fool like an old fool," but only because being a young fool is excused by the notion that the young are expected to be ignorant. In the end though, a fool is still a fool at any age. It's just that the vigor and vitality of youth lets people delude themselves so much easier into mistaking the accumilation of regrets for having a good time, being cool/hot, and other such worthless obsessions. "We grow too soon old and too late smart" -- an old German proverb There’s a reason George Bernard Shaw saying “Ah the pity that youth is wasted on the young” is famous and why the expression “folly of youth” is too ancient to date and too universal to attribute to any single source. It’s all oh so very sadly true.

And it’s also true that “there’s no fool like an old fool,” but only because being a young fool is excused by the notion that the young are expected to be ignorant.

In the end though, a fool is still a fool at any age. It’s just that the vigor and vitality of youth lets people delude themselves so much easier into mistaking the accumilation of regrets for having a good time, being cool/hot, and other such worthless obsessions.

“We grow too soon old and too late smart”
– an old German proverb

]]> By: Jack Oh Fuck It http://www.thechurning.com/2009/02/18/facebook-is-for-old-people/comment-page-1/#comment-39320 Jack Oh Fuck It Fri, 20 Feb 2009 07:03:41 +0000 http://www.thechurning.com/?p=1553#comment-39320 You do have one foot in the grave. embrace the cold earth and enjoy the dirt nap. fucking facebook.. You do have one foot in the grave. embrace the cold earth and enjoy the dirt nap.

fucking facebook..

]]> By: MacBros http://www.thechurning.com/2009/02/18/facebook-is-for-old-people/comment-page-1/#comment-39308 MacBros Wed, 18 Feb 2009 17:02:00 +0000 http://www.thechurning.com/?p=1553#comment-39308 This is funny because it's so true. I don't go Facebook crazy, but I do use it to stay in contact with old friends. I just happen to recognize somebody on there that looked familiar, and it ended up being the little brother of an old friend of mine that drowned when we were kids. He's all grown up now and we chatted and talked about the good times we had when his older brother was alive. It brings us old farts back together doesn't it? :P <abbr><em>MacBros´s last blog post..<a href="http://www.macbrosplace.com/when-good-cats-attack/" rel="nofollow">When Good Cats Attack!</a></abbr></em> This is funny because it’s so true.

I don’t go Facebook crazy, but I do use it to stay in contact with old friends.

I just happen to recognize somebody on there that looked familiar, and it ended up being the little brother of an old friend of mine that drowned when we were kids. He’s all grown up now and we chatted and talked about the good times we had when his older brother was alive.

It brings us old farts back together doesn’t it? :P

MacBros´s last blog post..When Good Cats Attack!

]]> By: Myspace » Blog Archive » Facebook is for old people http://www.thechurning.com/2009/02/18/facebook-is-for-old-people/comment-page-1/#comment-39306 Myspace » Blog Archive » Facebook is for old people Wed, 18 Feb 2009 14:04:42 +0000 http://www.thechurning.com/?p=1553#comment-39306 [...] The Churning - Another reason to hate the Internet wrote an interesting post today on Facebook is for old peopleHere’s a quick excerptTIME magazine ran an article called Why Facebook is for Old Fogies . It grabbed my attention because a lot of my 30-something peers still avoid Facebook, thinking it’s strictly for people in their teens or early 20’s (people who are either in school or recently graduated). Not even close. Moms and dads are on there. What college kid wants to be on a social networking site with their parents? You wouldn’t want your dad to see pictures of you drinking underage with a group of degenerates he’ [...] [...] The Churning – Another reason to hate the Internet wrote an interesting post today on Facebook is for old peopleHere’s a quick excerptTIME magazine ran an article called Why Facebook is for Old Fogies . It grabbed my attention because a lot of my 30-something peers still avoid Facebook, thinking it’s strictly for people in their teens or early 20’s (people who are either in school or recently graduated). Not even close. Moms and dads are on there. What college kid wants to be on a social networking site with their parents? You wouldn’t want your dad to see pictures of you drinking underage with a group of degenerates he’ [...]

]]>