Poking Becomes Serious On Facebook

Remember when poking your friends on Facebook was innocent and carried no intent or purpose?  Well that was so last year.   There’s now a new Facebook app that allows users to pick which friend they want to ‘poke’ and if said friend agree to their subtle request, ladies and gentlemen, we have a sex match!    Mama mia!

Let me weight in on this as you expect me to.  When I first heard about this, I thought it was a joke.  No way!  How could they?  Well way.  And they not only could, they did.  Remember when things were sacred?  Not saying that I’ve never had meaningless sex, yes I have. So sue me.  Just kidding, don’t sue me.  But seriously, an app to set up sexual encounters with your Facebook friends?

I can imagine this conversation between a couple.  ”Honey, what are you doing?”  ”Oh nothing, just on Facebook.”  The wife comes running up.  ”Why are you going through your friends’ list?  Think I don’t know about that new app called ‘Bang with  friends’ that you can hook up with your friends with?”  ”Babes, I am just deleting some friends.  Cleaning house.  I don’t have that app and never will.  You are all the woman I need. I love you.”   “Honey, I think it’s time we cancel our Facebook accounts.”

Yes, Bang With Friends app is here.  A user, from the comfort of his bedroom, can let Jessica know he has harbored sexual thoughts and pent-up lusts over her.   Should she decide that she shares his feelings somewhat, they can get together and see if the sparks fly.

Why am I not vehement in my objection to this?  Well maybe because nothing like this surprises me anymore.   Love, marriage and sex are not what they used to be.  Self respect is fast disappearing.  It’s appalling to say the least.  It’s degrading but I am so desensitized that I can see the humor in it.   I am sorry if I say it’s funny but it’s my take, remember?  Must I always remind you of that?

Anyways, to each his own.  If consulting adults feel like poking their friends, knock  yourselves out.  It’s happening with or without the app.  The app just puts in more in our faces but it’s been happening while we snooze.

 

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• http://ibnlive.in.com/news/new-facebook-sex-app-lets-you-bang-with-friends/369747-11.html

There’s an app for that but not for that.

Every app but…

I never fully realized how many apps were out there until I was bored one night and explored all the apps I had on my phone.  Granted, they were not that many compared to some of my friends’.  I found that I had a few ‘useful’ and ‘can’t do without’ apps that I had downloaded but never used.  They were extremely useful, must-haves.  I had an app to show me where my friends were located, an app to control my TV, an app to count my calories, an app to let me know where my favorite coffee shop (Tim Hortons) was located.  To me, it seemed like I had an app for everything. Even though, like I said, not as many as some of my friends’.

Isn’t it funny, but not ha-ha funny, how lazy our society has become and how much lazier we are getting?  If we can get an app to help us with our apps, we will buy it.  It’s not enough to have just a TV remote, we need to have our phones turn into remotes as well.

Unfortunately, even though we have so many apps to make our lives better, we have no such app to make us better people.  We are still selfish.  We still show racism and our crimes are increasing.  While we tinker with apps, our lives are messed up.  Too bad there is no app to teach us how to love.  An app to teach us how to be a better parent, son, daughter or just a better human being.  Instead of an app to find our friends, how about one to find ourselves?  We should be checking ourselves before we ‘check in’.   Ironically, we are quick to hit the ‘share’ button but hesitate or refuse to really share as in the true meaning of the word.

They are supposed to make our lives easier and simpler.  Easier = Lazy,  Simpler = Stupider.  So in reality, we are stupider and lazier and incidentally, there is no app for that.