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Thank The Ever Loving Jeebus

by John Cole|  November 19, 20109:27 pm| 24 Comments

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Sitting around watching the Penguins game and knocking back a couple eleventy drinks with a bunch of 40-somethings at my house (It’s like Thirtysomething, but without the good looking people or the sex), rocking the Cult, and generally having a good time, but we have all come to the same conclusion.

Thank fucking god there was no Facebook when we were teenagers or in college.

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  1. 1.

    flukebucket

    November 19, 2010 at 9:30 pm

    Ain’t that the god damn truth.

  2. 2.

    slag

    November 19, 2010 at 9:32 pm

    I’m pretty sure Facebook’s present existence proves that there is no God.

  3. 3.

    beltane

    November 19, 2010 at 9:36 pm

    Facebook is good for keeping up with my son’s high school gossip. It was the absolute last thing I would have wanted my mother doing when I was in high school, but the kids these days don’t seem to care about things like that. Living in a state of constant surveillance is normal to them.

  4. 4.

    Redshirt

    November 19, 2010 at 9:39 pm

    Everyone’s got babies/kids now. I love the little ones, but wow does it change the whole vector of “having fun”.

    Friends came over with their newborn the other day, lay her on my bed for a nap, she promptly projectile vomits over her small blanket onto my bed. Thanks!

  5. 5.

    Mnemosyne

    November 19, 2010 at 9:43 pm

    This week was INCREDIBLY crappy, so I got home and made some risotto. It turned out okay, though I probably undercooked it. Not bad for a first effort, though.

  6. 6.

    South of I-10

    November 19, 2010 at 9:43 pm

    I have photo albums full of pictures from college if anyone gets crazy with their scanner. Do not mess with me, you have no idea what I have in there.

  7. 7.

    Mnemosyne

    November 19, 2010 at 9:48 pm

    Is it weird that my cell phone company sells wine now? Or is it yet another move towards world domination by Richard Branson?

  8. 8.

    JenJen

    November 19, 2010 at 9:49 pm

    I love listening to the Friday edition of “NHL Live” on XM, simulcast on the NHL Network. Today, they had Alyssa Milano as a guest, and I think she’s at the game tonight; she was cutting the ribbon on a new Pens gear store featuring her line of women’s fan wear.

    Loved the way she said that when it came to fan clothing for women, the motto used to be “pink it and shrink it.” Count me as one fangirl who adores Alyssa and what she’s done for sporty girls like me who also happen to love fashion. Before her line, if you wanted to look cute wearing team colors instead of the dreaded pink, you had to buy a man’s jersey and take it apart your damned self.

  9. 9.

    Linda Featheringill

    November 19, 2010 at 9:50 pm

    Having this blog is risky enough.

    You realize, don’t you, that the internets never forget.

  10. 10.

    Hunter Gathers

    November 19, 2010 at 9:53 pm

    @slag:

    I’m pretty sure Facebook’s present existence proves that there is no God.

    No, it proves that God has a sadistic sense of humor. And he loves to play Mafia Wars.

  11. 11.

    Davis X. Machina

    November 19, 2010 at 10:02 pm

    Huge Irish extended family. Six sibs. Nineteen nieces and nephews. Inlaws, outlaws, and Hubert Laws. (Not really Hubert Laws….)

    I don’t know how it all got done before FB, but FB’s a godsend.

    The trick is to go to confession once and a while, so you can still tell the difference between FB and it.

  12. 12.

    Redshirt

    November 19, 2010 at 10:16 pm

    @JenJen: I love Alyssa Milano! She’s awesome in so many ways, not least among them having threaded the needle of childhood celebrity.

    She’s entirely and utterly hot, also, too.

  13. 13.

    Stooleo

    November 19, 2010 at 10:23 pm

    rocking the Cult,

    Nice, I hope you’re listening to “Love” cause that is an amazing album.

  14. 14.

    TooManyJens

    November 19, 2010 at 10:23 pm

    @Redshirt: Last year during the Iran election protests, a lot of people were trying to figure out how to help Iranians get the information out despite their censored internet access. I remember Stephen Fry trying to be helpful and sending his gazillion Twitter followers the list of known proxy servers. Which of course was exactly the wrong thing to do, because you didn’t want to make the addresses public. Meanwhile, there’s Alyssa Milano posting the actual useful information about how to set up proxy servers and TOR nodes. And that was when I discovered that she is awesome.

  15. 15.

    Kevin

    November 19, 2010 at 10:31 pm

    I’ll try a different approach than from the previous thread:
    Tunch’s diary:

    http://www.thepoke.co.uk/index.php/2010/11/16/cats-vs-dogs/

    A rare glimpse into his thoughts…

  16. 16.

    Redshirt

    November 19, 2010 at 10:33 pm

    @TooManyJens: Exactly what I’m referring to. She’s a remarkable person.

  17. 17.

    THE

    November 19, 2010 at 10:49 pm

    The Internet is evolving into God.

  18. 18.

    Jeffro

    November 19, 2010 at 10:57 pm

    @Stooleo: Love AND Electric…

    …and “The Witch”…

    …and the remixes…

  19. 19.

    Redshirt

    November 19, 2010 at 11:00 pm

    Love Removal Machine

    is one of the best rock songs ever. All time. There, I said it.

  20. 20.

    sb

    November 20, 2010 at 12:08 am

    “Thank fucking god there was no Facebook when we were teenagers or in college.”

    High School English teacher here. I don’t get a chance to talk like this during the day so I thought I would say, “Fuck yeah! You go, motherfucker, you go!”

    I’m not great at swearing so I hope that sounded okay. Bravo, sir.

  21. 21.

    Yutsano

    November 20, 2010 at 2:08 am

    @Mnemosyne:

    This week was INCREDIBLY crappy

    Seconded.

    so I got home and made some risotto

    Did you ever see my risotto cheat I sent BHF? If not I can post it again, takes twice the time but it’s about a tenth of the work plus it works perfect every time.

  22. 22.

    Comrade Kevin

    November 20, 2010 at 3:44 am

    Gotta agree with that Facebook comment, John. I use it, but only because it’s a good way to keep up with my relatives in Ireland, and a few friends here I don’t see very often.

    You’ve got Crosby and Malkin, we’ve got Thornton and Marleau. I’ll give you a slight edge there.

  23. 23.

    JenJen

    November 20, 2010 at 4:06 am

    Gosh, here we were just minding our own business and talking about how awesome Alyssa Milano is (and she is, dammit), and all around us the board was blowin’ up or something.

    I’m afraid to look at the other threads after being away this evening. Yeeks.

  24. 24.

    mumu

    November 20, 2010 at 12:42 pm

    Dearest Mr Cole.

    Regarding that Penguins game…. that overturning of the non-goal, where the refs ignored their own whistle (much less the ‘intent to whistle’ rule), was complete bullshit.

    I am so going to Twitter furiously about this.

    Sincerely,
    A Canes fan and Balloon Juice reader.

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