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Thursday, August 4, 2011
Are You a Facebook Narcissist?
Narcissist Defined-
1. self-admiration: excessive self-admiration and self-centeredness
2. personality disorder: in psychiatry, a personality disorder characterized by the patient's overestimation of his or her own appearance and abilities and an excessive need for admiration.
I came across an article, which claims you can tell how narcissistic a person is by their Facebook profile. The researchers at the University of Georgia conducted a study on this. They got over a hundred FB users and had them answer personality questionnaires. They also asked random people to comb through FB profiles and rate how narcissistic the profile owners were.
A couple of the tell-tale signs of facebook narcissism are:
1. “Quantity of social interaction”
In other words, do you have a lot of stuff on your wall or not? Apparently, the more stuff you have on your wall and the more ‘friends’ you have, the more narcissistic you are. They said, and I quote: “This is similar to how narcissists behave in the real world, forming numerous but shallow relationships with others.”
Well, that just made me feel a whole lot better about only having 116 Facebook friends. :)
2. “Degree of self-promotion in your main photo”
Apparently, most FB users post simple snapshots of themselves while narcissists post really glamorous pictures. So, if you have a photo of yourself wearing diamonds, faux furs or false eyelashes, you are a narcissist for sure. (hehe)
To find out if you are a Facebook narcissist, read the article in it's entirety at Science Daily. Just click the folowing link:
Facebook Profiles Can Be Used To Detect Narcissism
1. self-admiration: excessive self-admiration and self-centeredness
2. personality disorder: in psychiatry, a personality disorder characterized by the patient's overestimation of his or her own appearance and abilities and an excessive need for admiration.
I came across an article, which claims you can tell how narcissistic a person is by their Facebook profile. The researchers at the University of Georgia conducted a study on this. They got over a hundred FB users and had them answer personality questionnaires. They also asked random people to comb through FB profiles and rate how narcissistic the profile owners were.
A couple of the tell-tale signs of facebook narcissism are:
1. “Quantity of social interaction”
In other words, do you have a lot of stuff on your wall or not? Apparently, the more stuff you have on your wall and the more ‘friends’ you have, the more narcissistic you are. They said, and I quote: “This is similar to how narcissists behave in the real world, forming numerous but shallow relationships with others.”
Well, that just made me feel a whole lot better about only having 116 Facebook friends. :)
2. “Degree of self-promotion in your main photo”
Apparently, most FB users post simple snapshots of themselves while narcissists post really glamorous pictures. So, if you have a photo of yourself wearing diamonds, faux furs or false eyelashes, you are a narcissist for sure. (hehe)
To find out if you are a Facebook narcissist, read the article in it's entirety at Science Daily. Just click the folowing link:
Facebook Profiles Can Be Used To Detect Narcissism
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Facebook Stalking
Katelyn was sitting on the sofa with her laptop last night, when she suddenly blurted out, "Oh my gosh. I think Brian is engaged!" My daughter was obviously facebook stalking, something she enjoys doing whenever she has a spare minute. Immediately, Katelyn began chatting, via facebook, with her best friend Kaitlen. (Yes. They have the same name. Try not to get confused.)
Before I show you their actual conversation, which they kindly gave me permission to use, let me set up the scenario for you. (Names have been changed to protect the guilty.)
It was only a few short weeks ago that my daughter, Katelyn, was dating Brian, a boy she met in her biology lab. Things kind of fizzled out between the two of them because Brian preferred "hanging out" in large groups and playing volleyball. Katelyn thought that was just weird. She also didn't like the fact that Brian didn't have a job and still lived with his parents in their humongous mansion bought with multi-level marketing money (a sore subject within our family).
From the way Katelyn and Kaitlen (girlie girls) describe Brian, he is a twenty-something year old Hugh Hefner except, Hugh likes pretty women and apparently Brian prefers the butchy type that live in sweat pants and don't wear make-up or shave their legs.
Now that you've got the low down, here are Katelyn and Kaitlen's texts, for your entertainment...
Katelyn- Brian's engaged!
Kaitlen- Shut your mouth!?!!!
Katelyn- Look at his wall!
Kaitlen- Hahaha. Are you kidding me? I cannot stop laughing.
Katelyn- He has to be. It only makes sense. I looked at his older posts and a lot of people are saying congrats!
Kaitlen- Are you KIDDING ME?!
Katelyn- I am pissed. Hahahaha. I want to just rant on his wall.
Kaitlen- Oh my gosh. Me too!
Katelyn- I am dying. I need to say something! What do I say? What do I say?
Kaitlen- Oh, you definitely do. Just text him or something. I don't know if I want to laugh, or cry, or vomit.
Katelyn- He is so two-faced. They haven't been back together more than two months, because that's how long it's been since we stopped dating, and Abbey broke up with him like forever ago. Why the hell is she back with him and marrying him so suddenly? I don't know what to do. I don't know what to do!
Kaitlen- Let's take him a congratulations cake and shove it in his face....and kick him in the nuts so Abbey feels no pleasure.
Katelyn- I should write on his wall and "kick him in the nuts so Abbey feels no pleasure" might be the best thing I have ever heard you say! My mom (she's talking about me here) says, "I wonder if Abbey will wear sweats to her wedding. Better yet, I wonder if she'll wear sweats on her honeymoon night?"
and now for the punchline...
Kaitlen- I can almost guarantee it. They probably won't even have sex. They'll probably just play some volleyball!
I don't need to watch 'Big Brother' or 'The Hills' for entertainment. I live with a teenage girl. :)
Before I show you their actual conversation, which they kindly gave me permission to use, let me set up the scenario for you. (Names have been changed to protect the guilty.)
It was only a few short weeks ago that my daughter, Katelyn, was dating Brian, a boy she met in her biology lab. Things kind of fizzled out between the two of them because Brian preferred "hanging out" in large groups and playing volleyball. Katelyn thought that was just weird. She also didn't like the fact that Brian didn't have a job and still lived with his parents in their humongous mansion bought with multi-level marketing money (a sore subject within our family).
From the way Katelyn and Kaitlen (girlie girls) describe Brian, he is a twenty-something year old Hugh Hefner except, Hugh likes pretty women and apparently Brian prefers the butchy type that live in sweat pants and don't wear make-up or shave their legs.
Now that you've got the low down, here are Katelyn and Kaitlen's texts, for your entertainment...
Katelyn- Brian's engaged!
Kaitlen- Shut your mouth!?!!!
Katelyn- Look at his wall!
Kaitlen- Hahaha. Are you kidding me? I cannot stop laughing.
Katelyn- He has to be. It only makes sense. I looked at his older posts and a lot of people are saying congrats!
Kaitlen- Are you KIDDING ME?!
Katelyn- I am pissed. Hahahaha. I want to just rant on his wall.
Kaitlen- Oh my gosh. Me too!
Katelyn- I am dying. I need to say something! What do I say? What do I say?
Kaitlen- Oh, you definitely do. Just text him or something. I don't know if I want to laugh, or cry, or vomit.
Katelyn- He is so two-faced. They haven't been back together more than two months, because that's how long it's been since we stopped dating, and Abbey broke up with him like forever ago. Why the hell is she back with him and marrying him so suddenly? I don't know what to do. I don't know what to do!
Kaitlen- Let's take him a congratulations cake and shove it in his face....and kick him in the nuts so Abbey feels no pleasure.
Katelyn- I should write on his wall and "kick him in the nuts so Abbey feels no pleasure" might be the best thing I have ever heard you say! My mom (she's talking about me here) says, "I wonder if Abbey will wear sweats to her wedding. Better yet, I wonder if she'll wear sweats on her honeymoon night?"
and now for the punchline...
Kaitlen- I can almost guarantee it. They probably won't even have sex. They'll probably just play some volleyball!
I don't need to watch 'Big Brother' or 'The Hills' for entertainment. I live with a teenage girl. :)
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Un-friended
Have you ever had a facebook friend who's statuses made you feel like gagging? I did. She would post things like...
"I had a wonderful Saturday. This morning my husband, who happens to be the sweetest man on earth, took me on a hike. After we got home, I bottled 48 pints of peach jelly, while my husband cleaned the garage, mowed the lawn, and washed both of our cars. I am such a lucky woman. (I sure hope I get a foot rub tonight.)"
Gag.
"This morning I'm going to volunteer at the hospital. I look so cute in pink scrubs. After my art class, I plan on meeting up with some girl friends for brunch. After I scrub all three bathrooms and clean out every closet in the house, I'm going to prepare a five course meal for the family. I'm hoping my husband will agree to take the kids bowling (I'm sure he will because he's such a wonderful man). I plan to spend my evening soaking in a bubble bath with a good book."
Gag.
"I'm thinking about becoming a Girl Scout Leader. What do you think ladies? I have all of the skills needed to teach the girls. I can even set up a tent. Not just any woman can do that, right?!"
Gag.
Am I envious? I don't think so. Am I resentful? Maybe, but I got tired of reading her facebookbullshit updates, so I un-friended her. Nobody, not even Martha Stewart, has a life that perfect.
Please, tell me I'm not the only one who has discarded a "friend" with no regrets.
"I had a wonderful Saturday. This morning my husband, who happens to be the sweetest man on earth, took me on a hike. After we got home, I bottled 48 pints of peach jelly, while my husband cleaned the garage, mowed the lawn, and washed both of our cars. I am such a lucky woman. (I sure hope I get a foot rub tonight.)"
Gag.
"This morning I'm going to volunteer at the hospital. I look so cute in pink scrubs. After my art class, I plan on meeting up with some girl friends for brunch. After I scrub all three bathrooms and clean out every closet in the house, I'm going to prepare a five course meal for the family. I'm hoping my husband will agree to take the kids bowling (I'm sure he will because he's such a wonderful man). I plan to spend my evening soaking in a bubble bath with a good book."
Gag.
"I'm thinking about becoming a Girl Scout Leader. What do you think ladies? I have all of the skills needed to teach the girls. I can even set up a tent. Not just any woman can do that, right?!"
Gag.
Am I envious? I don't think so. Am I resentful? Maybe, but I got tired of reading her facebook
Please, tell me I'm not the only one who has discarded a "friend" with no regrets.
Saturday, November 27, 2010
"I'm Never Gonna Hang With You Again!"
We've been having problems with our garage door. Sometimes it opens with the remote and other times it gets stuck and we have to get out of the car to open it manually. It's bothering Cody like crazy. This morning, when Don came home from running errands, Cody (who has a keen sense of hearing) greeted his dad and the conversation went like this...
Cody- "Dad. How come you keep starting the garage and stopping the garage?"
Don- "I couldn't get the stupid thing to open Fred (one of Don's many nicknames for Cody)."
Cody- "I'm never gonna hang with you again." (Cody said with all the drama of a teenage girl.)
Don- "Okay Cody. If I can't hang with you, what am I suppose to do today while mom and Katelyn go shopping?"
Cody- "I guess you'll have to do facebook or something."
I'm not sure exactly what the two of them did while Katelyn and I were gone. Don rarely sits down at the computer so I highly doubt he "got on facebook". And, since they had Wendy's Junior Bacon Cheeseburgers and Fries for lunch, they must have "hung out" a little bit. :)
Cody- "Dad. How come you keep starting the garage and stopping the garage?"
Don- "I couldn't get the stupid thing to open Fred (one of Don's many nicknames for Cody)."
Cody- "I'm never gonna hang with you again." (Cody said with all the drama of a teenage girl.)
Don- "Okay Cody. If I can't hang with you, what am I suppose to do today while mom and Katelyn go shopping?"
Cody- "I guess you'll have to do facebook or something."
I'm not sure exactly what the two of them did while Katelyn and I were gone. Don rarely sits down at the computer so I highly doubt he "got on facebook". And, since they had Wendy's Junior Bacon Cheeseburgers and Fries for lunch, they must have "hung out" a little bit. :)
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