Okay, look. I remember what myspace was like when I was in high school. I was totally obsessed with that piece of crap. And there were quizzes and 'surveys' about yourself that you could post to everyone who cared to read it, and they got passed around a lot too. But this '16 somethings' thing spreading around facebook like an STD is irritating me. I've read several now and done one of my own (albeit secretly) and I've come to the conclusion that it is nothing more than a vehicle for showing how
unique and
quirky and
special you are. Yeah, myspace quizzes were bad, but at least they were just about hinting at gossip you knew but your world didn't know, or the kind of melodramatic life you had- not a way to show off your individuality while doing
a chain survey on facebook. So being tagged in a note like that is vaguely interesting and almost obligates you to do it. I've felt it. But when it becomes a quirk-contest, I'm done, and having now read something like my 8th of these, I can't even enjoy the irony of youth any more.
XKCD said it best:
Sometimes I think I miss the fifties, when the cool thing to do was fit in.
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I don't know becky, I was trying to come up with something to say about it, but it's kind of paltry. Just this; When I wrote my 16 things, I liked coming up with quirks about me. It's true. All of those were true and I enjoyed putting little bits of my personality into the light. The method? not unique, but it gave me a little boost. That's all it is. Reading other peoples is all well and good, but it's more for themselves than for others.
@Jacob - When it's for yourself, I don't mind very much. I did the same thing, basically. But when it's up on facebook for the world to see, it's a coin toss whether someone is doing it for themselves or for others, and some that I've read have definitely just been for others. I have no problem just writing things about yourself for the sake of it- look at what I do here! <3