Facebook killed my high school reunion

Yahoo News ^ | 5-16-14 | Darren Murph

[Paladin2]

"comment on how lucky we all are to still be living, remember those who are gone, and just reconnect with a real live human being."

Nice...

[Caipirabob]

What’s ‘Facebook’?

Oh wait...never mind...

[Nifster]

It is. We lost one of ours last week, very suddenly, and we all feel the loss of someone special

[discostu]

FB was instrumental in organizing ours. And updates are nice but actually SEEING your friends is far superior.

[Caipirabob]

Facebook is a place you can catch up with old high school companions, learn that some of them have become liberals and spend your time infuriating them on every liberal commentary by shredding every statement they make.

If they unfriend you, so what?

[windcliff]

Video killed the radio star.

[dfwgator]

Or you find out that girl you lusted after in high school turned out to be a lesbian.

[upchuck]

Facebook. Another reason to stay from the evil.

[chajin]

Funny, Facebook enabled mine.

Yahoogroups enabled mine 15 years ago, and that was a feat because it was the DOD school in Yokohama (now Kinnick High in Yokosuka), and so unlike most high school classes, we were literally scattered around the world, without any contact with each other until the internet brought us together. But FB keeps us in perpetual connection, which provides an incentive to scheduling a reunion so we can f2f those whose lives we have been more connected to because of FB.

[MuttTheHoople]

Or you find out that girl you lusted after in high school turned out to be a lesbian.

That actually happened with me.

[editor-surveyor]

>> “Facebook is a place you can catch up with old high school companions, learn that some of them have become liberals and spend your time infuriating them on every liberal commentary by shredding every statement they make.” <<

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I do that, but with my “gimmie sumthin fer nuttin” relatives.

[wally_bert]

400 or so in mine of the class of 89. Out of that, I sort of keep in touch with a handful via facebook.

I’ve never been to a reunion and have no real desire to go to one. From what I heard, people just go back to their original circles, get loud and very drunk.

[Lazamataz]

Well, since I lusted after so many, it was bound to happen — but yeah.

[Gamecock]

I had 699.

What happened in high school can stay in high school. If there if someone I want to contact I will find them.

[Political Junkie Too]

Find out after 20 years that they still won't sleep with you? Who wants that? ;-)

-PJ

[Paladin2]

"Or you find out that girl you lusted after in high school turned out to be a lesbian. "

Maybe you are the causative element? /lame humor

[yarddog]

There were two girls in my class who were world class beauties. In fact they may have been even prettier than most world class babes.

One of them did about what I would have expected. She became an airline stewardess, then became head of the whole stewardess part of the airline, married a very wealthy and decent fellow. She is now a widow.

The other one just seems to have fallen off the face of the earth.

[PistolPaknMama]

If this author’s group is so shallow that a page on a computer is all they need to feel like they are connected I feel sorry for them.

That's exactly how I feel, too. My class was only 180 students. Probably 90% of them were in elementary school with me as well. We keep up on facebook, but it surely doesn't take away from actually getting together.

[Political Junkie Too]

Or you find out that it was really true.

-PJ

[andyk]

you can be narcissistic 24/7, thanks Facebook!

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