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In response to "yeah, kind of amusing. the world is smaller every day because of facebook. -- nm" by amanda jones

true that, but it's nothing new, really.

Posted by znufrii Jan 25 '11, 07:22

I have a theory that it's the natural progress of communication, to increase interconnections among people. Facebook is simply the latest tool to do so...

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do you also have a theory that the earth will continue to turn on its axis, or that snow is really made of frozen water? -- nm - TFox Jan 25, 07:30 11
- more along the lines that it si due to something intrinsic in the human condition, rather than something that just happens that way. -- nm - znufrii Jan 25, 07:31 10
  - you should try to publish this. "People Don't Like Feeling Lonely", by znufrii. with footnotes. -- nm - TFox Jan 25, 07:33 9
    - yes, and why is that? - znufrii Jan 25, 07:36 3
      - my guess: gravitational pull. -- nm - TFox Jan 25, 07:37
      - the penis ? -- nm - decline Jan 25, 07:36 1
        
        interesting hypothesis. -- nm - znufrii Jan 25, 07:37
    - dude. -- nm - loosilu Jan 25, 07:35 4
      - "dude, don't give him ideas" or "dude, this is a fabulous idea"? or something else? -- nm - Beryllium Jan 25, 07:36 3
        
        dude is being an ass. -- nm - loosilu Jan 25, 07:36 2
        
        he has a theory that people want to know other people. it's a hypothesis, really. if he doesn't test it, how could we ever know it was true?! -- nm - TFox Jan 25, 07:38
        
        It's *TFox*. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 25, 07:38
facebook : visualized friends -- (link) - decline Jan 25, 07:29 [Image]
yeah, I am seeing it more and more frequently with my non-ST friends. Very strange connections sometimes. -- nm - loosilu Jan 25, 07:23 2
- people probably had the same reaction in the early days of telephone service - znufrii Jan 25, 07:29 1
  - I'm from California. "That's awesome, do you know Joe Smith?" "From Rancho Carne? Of course, that guy is awesome!" -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 25, 07:33

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true that, but it's nothing new, really.

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