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A baby’s life is on display
with nothing left to hide,
he cannot take his face away
now facebook is his bride.
He’s bagged and tagged and all tied up,
his likes marked down for sale;
if when he’s grown he’s had enough
his mom won’t know she’s failed.
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Facebook is ridiculous. people think accepting the requests actually means those 1, 001 spam bots are their friends.
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(09-20-2014, 04:53 AM)trueenigma Wrote: Facebook is ridiculous. people think accepting the requests actually means those 1, 001 spam bots are their friends.
Yeah, it's incredible to think about how much information they must have too.
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i agree that facebook is silly but it's the easiest way for me to see my grand kids and family on a regular basis.
the sentiment of the poem is spot on though
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(09-23-2014, 02:50 AM)billy Wrote: i agree that facebook is silly but it's the easiest way for me to see my grand kids and family on a regular basis.
the sentiment of the poem is spot on though
Yeah, facebook definitely has some positives. My feed however, is 50 % people posting pictures/statuses about themselves at the club/bar (or selfies before/after/at the bar), 20 % stupid but occasionally entertaining viral media or bullshit celebrity gossip or music, 15 % stupid everyday activities (Going to McD's!!!), 10 % targeted marketing, and only about 5 % actually interesting news/photos about peoples lives who I care about.
This poem was more about the sort of Mommy bloggers I've seen (just one annoying sect of facebook users) who post every intimate detail about their child's life on the web, where it can never be deleted.
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(09-20-2014, 03:31 AM)Wjames Wrote: A baby’s life is on display
with nothing left to hide,
he cannot take his face away
now facebook is his bride.
He’s bagged and tagged and all tied up,
his likes marked down for sale;
if when he’s grown he’s had enough
his mom won’t know she’s failed.
Nice job on the meter with this one. The tied up/enough rhyme didn't jar at all, interesting. I'm not sure why his mom won't know she failed, that's a little weak to me.
It always amazes that those same mama bears who would kill if anyone infringed on their offspring put them out on display for the taking. Thanks for posting it, well done.
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(09-23-2014, 07:48 AM)ellajam Wrote: (09-20-2014, 03:31 AM)Wjames Wrote: A baby’s life is on display
with nothing left to hide,
he cannot take his face away
now facebook is his bride.
He’s bagged and tagged and all tied up,
his likes marked down for sale;
if when he’s grown he’s had enough
his mom won’t know she’s failed.
Nice job on the meter with this one. The tied up/enough rhyme didn't jar at all, interesting. I'm not sure why his mom won't know she failed, that's a little weak to me.
It always amazes that those same mama bears who would kill if anyone infringed on their offspring put them out on display for the taking. Thanks for posting it, well done.
Thanks, yeah, the last line might be a little weak, I'll do some thinking on it.
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(09-29-2014, 09:15 PM)vrryan Wrote: This is a strong message towards the current generation. 
