Imagine my surprise when I saw this ad on Facebook. The flash doesn't work on here, but it had been adding "and still get a degree" at the bottom.There's a few strange things about this. Some of them are too obvious to even mention, but...
First off: Are they saying that players of these games are too stupid to get into real college? Or just that, while they might not be accepted in most of society, this place understands them and their fantasy ways?
Second, why is this ad on Facebook, where most users have already been to real college? Doesn't it have Myspace written ALL over it? (When I think of Myspace, I get horrible visions of those backgrounds that have fairies and elves dressed in Hot Topic-worthy attire, complete with accompanying death metal music, and things like "Aragorn" and "Nosferatu" listed under "Who I'd like to meet")
Update: Kenny pointed out something that probably should have been obvious, especially to one with knowledge of the /pizza option in Everquest. What the ad is really saying is that you don't even have to stop playing your online fantasy video games to get your degree. So, in other words, it's even sadder than I first thought.
Too obsessed with World of Warcraft to stop playing? Even to eat or to go to college?
Never fear!
Just type in "/college" in your toolbar! You won't even have to sign out of your game! You'll be Dr. Level 70 Night Elf Druid in no time!
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Actually, FaceBook has been opened up to the whole public. Just like MySpace. It happened 6-9 months ago, I can't really remember exactly when.
I just remember listening to it in my car on NPR going "man, you just sold your only selling point, so to speak. Exclusivity. You poor bastards."
Except that they aren't poor after the massive deal they cut with the media conglomerate that I am pretty sure owns them now.
-Rachel
Ha oh, believe me, I know. My elitism was struck quite a blow with that one. But still, the differences between the typical Facebook and MySpace users remain. They've even done studies on it (they just love doing these useless studies) to prove that the average Facebook user is much more likely to be either college educated or likely to go to college if they're still in high school. So I can keep being elitist for now. (And by that I just mean use my Facebook profile more than my MySpace one)
I would believe that in a red-hot minute.
I also am on MySpace so that I can "keep in touch" with all of the people I grew up with.
Because, you know. They aren't really on the FaceBook.
Long live your strident standards?
-Rachel
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