I have 106 friends on Facebook.
This is a strange world in which we live. This friend count is more or less accurate. Some of these people I haven't seen in years, perhaps decades, but I do know all of these people.
I guess where I run into problems is that word "Friend." I think that friends are something that are all too often taken for granted. I have a Facebook friend in San Francisco, a Facebook friend in Mexico, and other Facebook friends all over. I really don't think you can cultivate deep friendships with people across these massive expansive distances, even when connected electronically.
I have very few friends I hang out with on a regular basis, and that's kind of the way I prefer it. But at the same time, I lament the distance between many of the other friends who I only ever see on Facebook. I'd love to be in Istanbul with my friend Shay (totally heart you, girl) but I am willing to settle for browsing through her holiday snaps on her Facebook page.
Instead of the classic telephone call, I suppose Facebook really is the new way to Reach Out and Touch Someone.
2 comments:
Awww, I heart you too, Tom. *kiss*
And btw, this is the most high-security blog I've ever seen. Are you hiding from a stalker or what?
More or less. I don't want my family to read it because I may get a bit off color and leftist at times.
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