Social Media

 

I had to giggle at a recent Facebook post I saw by a friend of mine.  She was wondering out loud on her page and her post was asking her friends about whether she should make cake balls for an upcoming surprise birthday party.  Apparently she forgot that the person who was supposed to be "surprised" was on her list of Facebook friends who could see the post.  The birthday girl even commented on it -- haha!   This was  funny, but I'm constantly amazed at what I see posted!  For the most part it's entertaining and informative, but every now and then I just stop and scratch my head.  Then there's Twitter, which for the life of me I can't quite figure out.  The only reason I try is because if Lindsay Lohan and Kim Kardashian can do it, then I KNOW it can't be that difficult.  Don't even get me started about Pinterest.  That's a whole 'nother post!  

It's hard to remember that it was not all that long ago that I would not have been able to fathom any of this.  I kept my encyclopedias updated and my phone book was very well worn.  Now the phone books go straight into the recycle bin and I gave up the encyclopedias to charity years ago.  All this technology makes things way too easy., and in turn I retain less of what I look up because I know that I can easily and quickly look it up again when I need to. I think all this technology is making me use my brain less or maybe it's making me brainless.  Wonder what would happen if it all went away tomorrow?