Have you seen The Social Network?
I did and I liked it. I read many interesting reviews the week following the movie. Critics were so concerend about how they portrayed a different part of the story than everyone was expecting. It didn't touch on what a cultural phenomenon that Facebook has become.
My mom recently got facebook. It took me a fornight but I finally decided I had toaccept her friend request. Then she was looking at some pictures in an album I had been tagged in. This conversation followed:
Mom "That picture with that girl making a crazy face was so cute"
Me "Yea, I 'liked' it"
Mom "I already saw that"
BAM! It hit me.
I "liked" it is now a verb associated with an action you do on the internet. I go around telling people that I "liked" this or that all the time.
Sometimes just the fact that someone "liked" something on Facebook can be such a funny thing that you call and talk about it with other friends.
Case in point.
One day I put up a link to my friend's blog. His post was hilarious but slightly rude. Another friend read it and took offense and commented on my post saying
"This is horrible, his post is heartless, you need to take that down Aubrey."
He "liked" her comment. Oh my gosh, I was rolling on the floor laughing. I had to call my friend Brittany Anne to discuss. I still crack up when I think about it.
Oh, I just love the like button!
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