Thank You, Facebook
posted under I Can Say Fuck, Idiot World, Scribbles 31.5.2006
For allowing me to be spoon-fed my opinions via a invitation system where I can be bombarded daily with appeals from parties right, left and centre wanting to induct me into their neatly compartmentalised mindset. For making it so easy for people who think I might be vaguely interested in supporting their beliefs to invite me, along with whatever other unfortunate souls happen to be connected to them, to join their I-wear-my-opinons-on-my-sleeve Facebook Group, because remember: if you said it on Facebook, It Can Really Make a Difference.

A Three-Step Plan for Facebook Groups
1. Get to know me first, so you have some vague idea as to my beliefs and opinions. Want to know what I think? Ask me.
2. Don’t bother inviting me anyway. Unless your Group is incredibly witty, chances are I’m not interested. My joining a Facebook Group is not going to influence who becomes the next US President; it is not going to stop war in the Middle East, and it sure as fuck isn’t going to resolve the current AUT strike.
3. Should I - for some unimaginable reason - decline your invitation, have a guess at what the most annoying thing you could do would be. That’s right, inviting me again. Please die.

For those unsure who this applies to, follow this simple test: Are you content to select your political stance from a drop-down list of eight options? If you answered Yes, you have a career waiting for you as a Facebook Group spammer.

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