An ode to the Facebook 'is' |
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 Dec 13 2007, 03:43 PM
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 Senior Member  Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 4,095 Joined: Jul 2005 Member No: 171,080  |
Sad day, seeing you go
You used to make me hate typing in status updates I couldn't do it without talking in present tense I complained about you when Facebook revamped But apparently you were a part of their heart But alas, I'll carry on, my wayward son |
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Dec 13 2007, 03:50 PM
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 Jake - The Unholy Trinity / Premiscuous Poeteer. Group: Member Posts: 1,272 Joined: May 2006 Member No: 411,316 |
^gay.
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Dec 13 2007, 03:56 PM
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Senior Member Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 4,095 Joined: Jul 2005 Member No: 171,080 |
Only for you
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Dec 13 2007, 03:58 PM
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 cB Assassin Group: Official Member Posts: 10,147 Joined: Mar 2004 Member No: 7,672 |
uh...
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Dec 13 2007, 04:03 PM
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te quiero Group: Banned Posts: 472 Joined: Sep 2006 Member No: 467,840 |
Everytime I hear that song, I think of Guitar Hero II.
But yeah, I kinda miss the "is." My statuses weren't supposed to make sense and now... they almost have to. |
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Dec 13 2007, 04:04 PM
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cB Assassin Group: Official Member Posts: 10,147 Joined: Mar 2004 Member No: 7,672 |
OH I GET IT NOW! It's the song. LOL
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Dec 13 2007, 04:05 PM
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Senior Member Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 4,095 Joined: Jul 2005 Member No: 171,080 |
No Eddie, it's about the removal of the 'is' from the Facebook status update thing.
One of my friends flipped out when they saw that you could delete it now, so I thought I'd overreact about it, too. |
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| *CowerPointyObjects* |
Dec 13 2007, 04:06 PM
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I might be in the minority, but I rather liked the "is."
It was very, um, facebook. Although, it might be best, because sometimes I start to think in facebook status terms. ...I didn't just admit that. |
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Dec 13 2007, 04:07 PM
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cB Assassin Group: Official Member Posts: 10,147 Joined: Mar 2004 Member No: 7,672 |
Well the Myspace system still has that as well. I guess if you're creative or you're good with grammar, you can turn "_____ is" to anything.
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Dec 13 2007, 04:08 PM
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Senior Member Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 4,095 Joined: Jul 2005 Member No: 171,080 |
I don't use Myspace.
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Dec 13 2007, 04:09 PM
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te quiero Group: Banned Posts: 472 Joined: Sep 2006 Member No: 467,840 |
QUOTE I might be in the minority, but I rather liked the "is." It was very, um, facebook. Although, it might be best, because sometimes I start to think in facebook status terms. ...I didn't just admit that. Haha, that's funny. I think I might do that subconsciously once in a while. The most nerdy facebook moment was when I was discussing forking with a friend of mine and he didn't believe you could "fork" somebody and I was like... "yeah, you can, fork is totally a verb in the superpoke application on facebook." |
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Dec 13 2007, 04:09 PM
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cB Assassin Group: Official Member Posts: 10,147 Joined: Mar 2004 Member No: 7,672 |
Oh, well...um...no one's perfect? lol.
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Dec 13 2007, 04:09 PM
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 Addict Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 3,918 Joined: Jun 2007 Member No: 538,522 |
Yeah I heard about this - there was a group on Facebook with millions of members campaigning to get the 'is' removed. Wow. And I thought *I* had time on my hands.
/flips out. |
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| *CowerPointyObjects* |
Dec 13 2007, 04:09 PM
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I don't use myspace either. I don't like it at all. Therefore I really have no idea what you're talking about, Eddie.
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Dec 13 2007, 04:11 PM
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cB Assassin Group: Official Member Posts: 10,147 Joined: Mar 2004 Member No: 7,672 |
DAMMIT!
::sits down in corner:: |
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Dec 13 2007, 04:49 PM
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 no u Group: Member Posts: 135 Joined: Sep 2005 Member No: 237,372 |
What? This is crap. The final straw making facebook like that other, abominable social networking site. The "is" always gave me a grammatical challenge, a chance for me to flex my most erotic muscle. You could say anything you wanted, you just had to edit the tenses and phrasing a bit.
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Dec 13 2007, 05:04 PM
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 ALLISON Group: Official Designer Posts: 3,372 Joined: Nov 2005 Member No: 310,259 |
You can still type "is" into it.
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Dec 13 2007, 05:52 PM
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 we go a-drowning Group: Member Posts: 964 Joined: Apr 2007 Member No: 519,725 |
i miss the simple uploader thinger whatever.
now its called interface. so boring |
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Dec 13 2007, 05:56 PM
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Addict Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 3,918 Joined: Jun 2007 Member No: 538,522 |
QUOTE(sheridan_whiteside @ Dec 13 2007, 04:49 PM)  What? This is crap. The final straw making facebook like that other, abominable social networking site. The "is" always gave me a grammatical challenge, a chance for me to flex my most erotic muscle. You could say anything you wanted, you just had to edit the tenses and phrasing a bit. Haha, funnily enough you're not alone. There was an article in the paper recently about the challenges of starting each status with 'is'. Personally, I'm glad it's gone - though for the life of me I don't know what to put myself as doing now. |
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Dec 13 2007, 06:00 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Head Staff Posts: 18,173 Joined: Mar 2005 Member No: 108,478 |
I prefer Facebook without the "is," but I'll kind of miss it, haha.
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Dec 14 2007, 12:17 AM
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Jake - The Unholy Trinity / Premiscuous Poeteer. Group: Member Posts: 1,272 Joined: May 2006 Member No: 411,316 |
QUOTE(Spencer @ Dec 13 2007, 03:56 PM) Only for you But it's still gay. Face book is for fags who who have nothing better to do in life. For example... When I had a face book, I would see a new application in my notifications every god damned day. You know how annoying that is? Yeah, I hear you can turn it off, but it's the principle of the matter. And the matter is that Facebook if for homo's, and homo-friendly people alike. To think that some one actually sits there at his computer, assembling such a "masterpiece" so that two people will actually use it, and a week later, completely forget he added it to his profile. Not to mention that they sold out and now let everyone, in college or not, use Facebook. Wow. That's all I have to say. Just back away, and keep it cool, mah man. Just back away. |
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Dec 14 2007, 12:26 AM
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 <3<3<3<3 Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 3,177 Joined: Feb 2004 Member No: 3,779 |
woooooooooot.
I told all my friends and they made fun of me for being so excited for it. ahahah. |
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Dec 14 2007, 01:53 AM
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 Pokeball, GO! Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 2,832 Joined: Jul 2006 Member No: 433,009 |
Yeah, Facebook is nothing but annoying to me anyway. All those stupid app invites and everything and I hate that you can't customize. I'm a creative person. I need to create. Only reason I have one is because some of my friends use it as opposed to MySpace. I still like MySpace a lot more than Facebook.
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Dec 14 2007, 02:16 AM
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 in a matter of time Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 7,151 Joined: Aug 2005 Member No: 191,357 |
^ I actually like that you can't customize (not much, anyway). I hate blinding background and ugly font. Annoying applications aside, Facebook is awesome.
And about the "is" being gone...about freaking time. |
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Dec 14 2007, 02:25 AM
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 :) Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 1,636 Joined: Jul 2004 Member No: 34,459 |
Wow, I didn't even realize it was gone until just now. xD I suck at life.
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