The Off Topic Topic

[MadImmortalMan]

Depends on whether more people become comfortable with Facebook-level info mining or if there is a backlash as they find new ways to gather more. Already they are weirding people out.

[garbon]

I actually wonder at this point to what extent the personal information piece is relevant (for users).  Totally biased but personally the only parts I pay attention to on facebook are photos and communications from various friends on the feed. Rarely if ever do I actually look at people's personal details (beyond when we first become friends).

[MadImmortalMan]

Yeah me either. But I can't remember how many times I've seen the types of users who share all their stuff and like everything and all that react badly when they find out what that is actually doing info-wise.

[garbon]

And if anything, facebook has encouraged this trend. I mean at first you only interacted with the site by going to people's pages - and thus always saw that personal info.  Even when news feed appeared at least that info was still quickly viewable when you went to someone's page. Now in the timeline format, all that personal stuff is rather obscured.  The format has almost been asking people to no longer share personal info, apart from if you like something like an artist then you are eligible to get updates from them in the feed.

[Josephus]

I think Facebook is here to stay.

What does that even mean? Almost all companies eventually go away (or become completely unrecognizable from what they were).

Oh it will evolve. It will change. But for a while it will be THE social networking site. It shows no sign of abating. Other attempts to copy it (Google Plus) have not succeeded. FAcebook is now all over the place, the amount of people with an account is overwhelming. Not being on FB is like not having email (and fb would like to think it makes email irrelevent).

What I'm trying to say is that people keep saying "It's just a passing fad, look at myspace." But myspace never had the numbers FB does.
Let's bring this up again in say, 10 years, if message boards aren't around then, we'll just use our FB page.

[Ed Anger]

Every time that World of Warcraft commercial with the Panda Bears show up on my TV, I want to punch a nerd in the balls.

[Jacob]

Impending bacon shortage 

http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/story/2012/09/25/bacon-shortage-pigs.html

[Eddie Teach]

Alarming!

[Caliga]

That cannot be allowed to happen. 

Wait... doesn't human meat taste like pork?

[FunkMonk]

Played intramural soccer yesterday and today I found out the other team consisted of the school's anime club. They had about 20 people compared to our 8.

We beat them 11-4. Fucking animes. 

[Ed Anger]

I'm surprised they could tolerate that much exposure to the sun.

[FunkMonk]

I'm surprised they could tolerate that much exposure to the sun.

It was indoor.

I was amazed they were able to find the gym.

[Neil]

Every time that World of Warcraft commercial with the Panda Bears show up on my TV, I want to punch a nerd in the balls.

Someone at Blizzard really liked Kung-Fu Panda.  It's like some kind of joke.

[Eddie Teach]

Better to have one's screen littered with pandas than with androgynous looking elves with fabulous hair.

[CountDeMoney]

Every time that World of Warcraft commercial with the Panda Bears show up on my TV, I want to punch a nerd in the balls.

Someone at Blizzard really liked Kung-Fu Panda.  It's like some kind of joke.

I'm really, really, really trying to fight the urge to download it.