Once upon a time, (or possibly twice) a facebook friend (ok, it was two friends) complained via their status about the quizzes their friends constantly posted to waste time. I pointed out on each occasion that the quizzes weren’t necessarily a symptom of procrastination, but maybe more about narcissism. That shut them up. Part of me likes to think it’s because if you have a facebook/myspace/bebo/lj/blog then you just might have to admit to yourself that you like to think that people care THAT much about you.
Let’s be honest the internet is a narcissist’s wet dream with various social networking sites, youtube, and of course the blog; and because everyone else is doing it, we can pretend that in reality it isn’t really all about us. Most people that you’re friends with on Facebook, don’t want to see you in your ill-fitting black spaghetti strap on various nights out. If your photos pop-up on our homepage, we’re probably wondering why you always wear black and badly tailored clothing (or maybe not). But I digress, this is all about quizzes invading the homepage and forcing people to learn all about us! Or, what we think we’re like anyway (which in some cases is very different from one another).
I am curious as to who takes the quizzes seriously though. One of my friends recently took one where the result stated they were empathetic, socially aware, and observant. I kept thinking, “ummm, no they aren’t!” While I embrace the “me, me, me” attitude, I say it should stop at thinking we’re way better than we actually are.
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