People Of Walmart

I don't have many websites that I visit everyday. There's the one's i have to look at (blackboard, scholar,etc...) and then there's the lifeblood of existence that is Facebook. One day I happened to stumble upon a new, different site that instantly became one of my everyday favorites, www.peopleofwalmart.com. I enjoy spotting a good townie over at the Christiansburg Wal-Mart as much as anybody, but this site allows me to appreciate the classy customers of the mega store throughout the country. The stars of the site are no doubt hard working, blue collar, god fearin' Americans and I personally don't care what kind of life they pursue. I'm not judging them, but I am appreciating the amusement they bring me everyday. As mentioned earlier, the social networking site Facebook has become such an integral part of many of our lives that I wonder if it's a good thing or not. Are people actually losing people skills by communicating mostly through Facebook and sites like it? I don't think we do, but I am also pretty biased considering I spend a bunch of time on there myself. Instant messaging, adding people as friends i've never met but i know someone who has, creating pointless groups (e.g. "I turn on the lights when I can't see!"), and being excited when you log on and find fifteen notifactions that all turn out to be photo comments that don't exist are all priceless treasures you only get on the Facebook. Of course there is downsides to it, such as if you procrastinate and take a quick look on your page to see if you have any notifications this will most assuredly turn into you asking yourself where did the last hour go and why am i not asleep yet. Another is the awkward, "not real friend, but facebook friend" eye contact. I don't know about all incoming freshmen, but I joined the Virginia Tech Class of 2013 group on facebook this summer. Everyone is so excited about starting their college careers and to meet new people and think "Hey I'll add most everyone on here as a friend". I got loads of requests from people that were going to be living in my dorm, had common intrests, and yeah on the opposite side I added people too. The realization that you don't actually know any of these people came when you meet them face to face and try to hold conversation, but find out that you've already covered all your ice breakers thanks to the almighty facebook.