QBOddBird
September 9 2007 6:20 PM EDT
I liked that article!
I'm going to grow a plant!
=D
cookie dough
September 9 2007 10:50 PM EDT
not very PG with the critisizm part =P
Flamey
September 10 2007 8:51 AM EDT
I like it.
But one of those examples was quite silly, where it says something about building up a network of friends, and it asks, would you tell them that you got diarrhea on the dancefloor. But honestly, would you tell *anyone* that? even if they were the most best friend on the planet, I'd just say I got sick or felt sick.
QBsutekh137
September 10 2007 11:41 AM EDT
From the link:
"The average number of close friends we say we have is dropping fast, down dramatically in just the last 20 years. Why?"
Before asking why, shouldn't one ask, "Does that matter?" For example, what if the number of friends is dropping fast but quality of friends is increasing? The link seems to be purely quantitative and not so much qualitative (because the latter would be very hard to estimate and turn into spectacle).
Maybe people don't care, or are getting more choosy, or don't think any of this is a bad thing. In other words, the entire article starts with a nasty presumption -- that I am miserable. I could just as easily come up with "7 Reasons You Hate Freedom". Nice straw-man.
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