tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4328390965492317026.post1999919076608123511..comments2023-06-13T07:25:26.630-07:00Comments on Things You May Have Missed: Zadie Smith Takes On Facebookseana grahamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4328390965492317026.post-90795099855548754252010-12-06T22:14:11.289-08:002010-12-06T22:14:11.289-08:00I don't know-- If it doesn't annoy me, it&...I don't know-- If it doesn't annoy me, it's not annoying. I'm sure that's annoyingly self-centered.Peter Rozovskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09977933481463759162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4328390965492317026.post-17120051086220076122010-12-06T22:09:15.346-08:002010-12-06T22:09:15.346-08:00Do. Annoyances are amusing if you're not the p...Do. Annoyances are amusing if you're not the person involved.seana grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4328390965492317026.post-60279962918847895042010-12-06T22:06:34.092-08:002010-12-06T22:06:34.092-08:00An experienced finder of annoying things, yes, par...An experienced finder of annoying things, yes, particularly this week. I was thinking of making a post about some of them.Peter Rozovskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09977933481463759162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4328390965492317026.post-57945814057494493812010-12-06T22:03:12.431-08:002010-12-06T22:03:12.431-08:00No--only of noticing the things that annoy you.
Y...No--only of noticing the things that annoy <i>you</i>.<br /><br />You might be a connoisseur, though.seana grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4328390965492317026.post-31552614366835110842010-12-06T21:54:32.140-08:002010-12-06T21:54:32.140-08:00I think I'm the world champion at noticing ann...I think I'm the world champion at noticing annoying things.Peter Rozovskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09977933481463759162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4328390965492317026.post-42809967937011517412010-12-06T21:23:45.220-08:002010-12-06T21:23:45.220-08:00I didn't say rocked your world. I think he'...I didn't say <i>rocked</i> your world. I think he's changed all our worlds, though I don't mean to imply that he did it alone. I just mean that the social context in which we live is different because of these guys. <br /><br />I tend to notice the more annoying ones...seana grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4328390965492317026.post-7980904304303673562010-12-06T21:13:14.098-08:002010-12-06T21:13:14.098-08:00He hasn't changed my world.He hasn't changed my world.Peter Rozovskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09977933481463759162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4328390965492317026.post-16923984396055601592010-12-06T20:22:26.514-08:002010-12-06T20:22:26.514-08:00He has changed the world. Just not necessarily for...He has changed the world. Just not necessarily for the better.seana grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4328390965492317026.post-10013867071363761642010-12-06T19:41:53.600-08:002010-12-06T19:41:53.600-08:00Yeah, my trouble is that I take words seriously, s...Yeah, my trouble is that I take words seriously, so when Steve Jobs says he has changed the world, I presume he intends people to believe him. And I never fail to be shocked that people appear to do so.<br /><br />I may have said this before that one decided result of the proliferation of cell phones is that it gives bores one more subject to talk about. I actually did hear a man bragging to his friend on a street corner that "mine is smaller than yours."Peter Rozovskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09977933481463759162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4328390965492317026.post-86760021980807194762010-12-06T19:23:04.394-08:002010-12-06T19:23:04.394-08:00It's probably just as well I never particularl...It's probably just as well I never particularly liked Kool-Aid, then.seana grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4328390965492317026.post-72867880860767394672010-12-06T19:19:51.383-08:002010-12-06T19:19:51.383-08:00There are enough Kool-Aid drinkers out there watch...There are enough Kool-Aid drinkers out there watching out for technological and consumer-electronic heresies. The companies don't have to do their own watching.Peter Rozovskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09977933481463759162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4328390965492317026.post-19881410376936234682010-12-06T18:59:57.997-08:002010-12-06T18:59:57.997-08:00You're right but you better not say it so loud...You're right but you better not say it so loud, or they'll shut us down.seana grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4328390965492317026.post-37055148045174264622010-12-06T18:55:02.110-08:002010-12-06T18:55:02.110-08:00Facebook ... Amazon ... Apple ... Microsoft. It...Facebook ... Amazon ... Apple ... Microsoft. It's all bad!Peter Rozovskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09977933481463759162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4328390965492317026.post-39339528696172305332010-12-06T18:39:30.187-08:002010-12-06T18:39:30.187-08:00I don't think it's just kids. Most people ...I don't think it's just kids. Most people I know think of Facebook as a benign or at least neutral thing, probably a little like how I mislead myself into believing Google, aka, "We're Not Evil!" is.seana grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4328390965492317026.post-35701546529223628692010-12-06T18:22:05.993-08:002010-12-06T18:22:05.993-08:00I suppose if she includes tattooed, artsy kids who...I suppose if she includes tattooed, artsy kids who think they're rebellious when they're really tied into the whims of corporations far more than their parents and grandparents were, she's right.<br /><br />Of course, the (formerly) mainstream media, desperate to jump on any trend, will not have noticed this, so there's room for statements like Zadie Smith's.Peter Rozovskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09977933481463759162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4328390965492317026.post-15473925972658433522010-12-06T18:20:36.697-08:002010-12-06T18:20:36.697-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Peter Rozovskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09977933481463759162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4328390965492317026.post-25533793162940683342010-12-06T18:14:34.252-08:002010-12-06T18:14:34.252-08:00Of course you are right, Peter, but for me the sal...Of course you are right, Peter, but for me the salient point was the solipsism with which we enter the social networking world, thinking that the whole game is actually about us.seana grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4328390965492317026.post-15556346358267097252010-12-06T14:50:06.443-08:002010-12-06T14:50:06.443-08:00I haven't read Zadie Smith, I'm not on Fa...I haven't read Zadie Smith, I'm not on Facebook, and I find nothing exceptionable in the excerpt you quote. But I find nothing exceptional either. What she says seems obvious.<br /><br />Why would anyone <i>not</i> believe that "To the advertisers, we are our capacity to buy, attached to a few personal, irrelevant photos."?<br />======================<br /> Detectives Beyond Borders<br />"Because Murder Is More Fun Away From Home"<br /> <a href="http://www.detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com/</a>Peter Rozovskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09977933481463759162noreply@blogger.com