With the creation of Facebook, comparisons to the previously most student-used social-networking site, Myspace, were bound to occur. While similarities were present, differences abounded. Not only did you have to (at the time) be a student attending college at the time to become a member on Facebook, but it wasn’t considered “creepy” to meet people on Facebook during its original inception. Over the years, however, Facebook has grown increasingly similar to the sewer-world that is Myspace and its inhabitants. With the recent phenomenon of “Doppleganger Month,” I am convinced that this transformation has reached complete fruition.
As if Facebook wasn’t getting bad enough, people now came up with the bright idea that for 28 days out of the year (so far), it is entirely acceptable to compare yourself to a celebrity you ultimately look nothing like, and usually look 98% worse than. You would be hard pressed to find a guy’s picture comparing himself to Steve Buscemi – instead, he is John Mayer. Women who fall between a 3 and a 5 on the classic 1-10 scale are now Megan Fox, Jessica Alba, Kate Beckinsale and Adriana Lima. Excuse me while I lose myself in my laughter. What’s next, it’s cool to be overweight month? How about for March, everyone posts a picture of a celebrity closest to their actual weight and looks – I think we will all be blown away by how many Mimi Bobeck’s we are friends with.
-E
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