#3 The "like" Button

If you're reading this blog, you're probably familiar with Facebook. Now, for those of you that are not familiar with said site, I have a lot of respect for you and I'm a little jealous, but that's beside the point.My point is that you may not know that Facebook recently added a new feature: liking.

Basically, it's a new way of acknowledging someone else's activities. For instance, let's say you see that your friend Billy has posted a new status, "I love Twilight!", and you just need to let Billy know that you saw this and that you could not agree more. Well, you (and let's give you a name... hmmm, how about Patricia?) could press the "like" button; then, under Billy's status, it would read "Patricia likes this." Simple as that.
Again, if you're not familiar with Facebook, the non-cyber way of communicating this message would be through, you know, speaking.

WELL, it just so happens that it's really easy to accidentally "like" something. After all, it only takes clicking on this damn button to express all of your thoughts.

Now today, I refreshed my minifeed (the melting pot for all updates involving my friends), and apparently someone I don't know very well was recently listed as single. A few hours later, I refresh the page again, and see that I have many a notification, informing me that lots of other people I don't know have also commented on this relationship update. I'm confused, I go to her profile, look at the post that says "[Insert name here] is listed as single", and see that I have accidentally pressed the "like" button under it.

Now, I don't know about you, but when I get dumped, I don't want some girl that I don't know very well to come and be all happy about it. Well, that's exactly what I did to this poor girl. I can only think of a few other situations where this could have been any worse:

"[Insert name here] my grandma died. RIP. Love you, nana"
- Wynn Van Dusen "likes" this.

BAD.

"[Insert name here] just got rejected from every college I applied to. Mom kicked me out of the house and told me I'm a failure. :("
- Wynn Van Dusen "likes" this.

NO!!!!

"[Insert name here] just broke every bone in my body and will never walk again. There go my dreams of being a dancer. Also, my insurance isn't helping, I just found out I was adopted, and my house burned down"
- Wynn Van Dusen "likes" this.

STOP! WHY?!

This post has a moral: be careful where you accidentally click, because it WILL lead to an awkward situation where you have to talk yourself out of seeming like a horrible person.