Social Networking and Social Life Are Not The Same Thing. Real Friends Hang Out In Person.

I finally have proof that no one is special and no one has truly original experiences.  I may even have proof that is better than those  at Psychology Today.  What makes me so smart?  Well, because there was a question posed to The Friendship Doctor that seemed to have her–the psychologist–perplexed and me, being the freak that I proudly am, have had this experience and can tell this person all about it.

Mulder and Scully Aren’t The Only Ones Who Want To Believe

In my endless obsession with all thing sociological and psychological, I was perusing Psychology Today.  On the site’s front page, they were doing a special on Conspiracy Theories and the psychology behind it all.  Having a curiosity about conspiracies (I’m one of those people who still believe there was a conspiracy behind the JFK assassination and I’m pretty sure there’s something going on at Area 51 that we should probably all be aware of).  I started reading of few of the articles…and I’m a little more interested in it all now.

Notification: Someone You Haven’t Talked To In 10 Years Commented On Your Status

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So sometimes I’m a bad sociologist because sometimes I get a little self-centered and care more about the individual than society as a whole.  Therefore, I was bored and scrolling through the articles on Shine when I came across The Psychology Behind Status Updates.  I was instantly curious because I actually don’t update my status all that much.  No one really cares what I’m doing every single day and they probably care even less about any random thoughts I could put in the little box (Unless it’s some complaint about our school that the general population has reached a consensus about.  Ahem, Guitar Boy).  Unless it’s song lyrics (Love you, BG), I don’t update.  So what drives a lot of other people to do it and not me?