Normally, every thought in my mind comes to an end one day. Fortunately this one was some sort of transformer and ended up on my blog. I can’t really tell if it was smart or completely stupid before, but as any kind of thought, it started somewhere. That’s the major key point that sometimes I forget: the starting point. It allows me to spend marvelous moments of loneliness just seating in front of the screen sticking words together. By the way, what do I mean by mentioning this so called “starting point”? It is quite simple. It comes from the stars. They just send me a magical message and as soon as I look up I am totally screwed, because I start wondering about millions of things, of which I have no idea whether the people around me wonder or not, like Facebook® posts.

After reading a few posts, there is not much time needed to realize that Facebook® must be one of the greatest inventions for shrinks in this planet. It is possible to learn and understand a lot about human behavior just by browsing your friends’ pages, looking at their pictures, and even less, just by reading what they publish on their statuses. Of course, shrinks know it and people working in marketing as well, that’s where the social network becomes dangerous and tricky. Amazingly, I can also have some space and sneak in the cover of these stories, to play the psychologist for a while.

Classifications are the norm sometimes, but I don’t really appreciate them. That’s how a war can start, plus they add some sort of contempt and it is a proof, at least for now, of higher stupidity (or lower intelligence). So, just to defy the norm and my own and temporary definition of lower intelligence, here a few classes:

Complaints: “It is so rainy”, “It is so hot”, “It is so cold”, “Problem X in country Y”, “I hate guys”, “I don’t like my country because of reason W”, “It is Monday again!”, etc, etc, etc. I have counted more than five complaints from girls about the weather just in a few minutes of Facebook® browsing, unbelievable, isn’t it?.

Me, me and me: “I speak so many languages”, “I am so good that I got a job in company Z”, “I feel so great and have so many friends”, “I am so this, that and those”. It seems like taking some lessons of self esteem with some personal branding as well. I wonder if it is possible to achieve such targets on Facebook® though.

Sharing is caring: “I am so happy today”, “I love you, me, my family or my friends so much”, “I am full of energy”, “I miss you”, “I like you”, “I love product X, city Y or person Z”. Spreading the love has never been so public. Then you really start wondering why this particular Facebook® profile is so happy. Perhaps he or she smoked some weed, is totally drunk after a few hours of yoga or had loads of sex last night. Then you also start wondering if the personal situation equals the Facebook profile. For sure, we all use masks in front of the people around us. The keyboard and the screen are one of the most popular masks nowadays. Anyway, this kind of post seems to receive a lot of attention and quite a few “I like” clicks.

Attention and pity: “I need this”, “I am so unlucky”, “My life is so bad”, “God, help me”. “He did that to me”… What to say, again some self esteem?

Nobody: “…”. This is one of best groups. I love these people. They simply don’t post anything on Facebook®, not even for Christmas. Then, you really start wondering how come they don’t have time for Facebook®. Perhaps they are not really best friends with technology; perhaps they are shy, on holidays or even dead. If you have a life, then you post on Facebook®, right? or was it the other way around?.