Mike Meets Crazy MySpace-Lover Guy
I get that people love MySpace. Its amazing how universally popular it has become, not just with highschool kids, but with the 20-30 age group as well. That doesn’t mean I have to like it though. If you like and use MySpace, awesome. Good for you. I personally think MySpace is simply a ugly, unneeded window back to the 90’s when every website had small, badly repeating backgrounds, played horrible songs, and was filled with s*** no one cares about. But thats just me…if you want to go through the “my first ugly-ass website” phase, I’m happy for you. I went through that phase too, only I did it 10 years ago on Geocities and mine played MIDI music as opposed to MP3s. Whats the point of this confession? Let me relay an experience I had 2 weekends ago at a party / hodown I got dragged to.
[ SCENE: Sitting around in a circle full of people I don't know drinking beers.]
["guy accross the circle from me"]: Are you on MySpace?
[ Me to "guy accross the circle from me"]: No, I’m not on MySpace. I just think they are ugly little things and I’ve already got all the drive to make ugly self-important sites out of my system.
["guy accross the circle from me"]: Its great for keeping in touch with friends and seeing old friends.
[Me]: Yeah, thats true, but I just can’t bring myself to use it…the interface is so bad you can’t help but make something ugly…
["Crazy MySpace-Lover Guy"]: (sitting next to me) What is wrong with MySpace?!
[Me]: Nothing really, I just don’t like it because…this is when I repeat myself…
["Crazy MySpace-Lover Guy"]: Well so what?!?! Tons of people like it!
[Me]: Uh, ok. Thats cool. I just said I don’t like them because they are ugly as hell and the interface sucks.
["Crazy MySpace-Lover Guy"]: (Makes tough-guy scoffing sound)…well…
[Me]: Look, I just said I don’t like it because I think they are ugly. That just comes from being a “web professional”. I’m in the business and most of us just think it is stupid and ugly. If you want to use it, its fine, I just don’t want to. Chill out.
["Crazy MySpace-Lover Guy"]: (Grumbles)…
[Me]: (to my girlfriend) Lets go somewhere else.
I don’t want to state the obvious, but just like the damn LiveStrong bracelets, when the “fans” start getting militant about their love and affection for the fad, the fad has officially jumped the shark.
People suck. Not you though, you’re cool.