Unfortunately this is only available in the USA.
Burger King are running a promotion where they will give you a voucher for a free Whopper if you delete 10 friends from Facebook.
Awesome.
Nov 20
The last couple of weeks have been a little traumatic to say the least.
I’m not going to go into any detail at all here, it’s not the place and I think more than enough words have been wasted with the whole thing. I can’t say I’m overly happy about the end result or some of what was said (by either party) – I think some of it was more than a little unfair but I’m not going to dwell on it. I’d love to completely vent my spleen on here and get it all out in the open, but I’m better than that and I don’t think it’s fair – I’m not lowering myself to that.
It’s put a few things into perspective for me, made me question what friendship actually is, think about what I what I feel constitutes a good friend.
It also gave me a kick up the arse and do something I’ve been wanting to do for a good few months. Way back when in April 2002 (thats getting on for seven and a half years ago) I started playing a little game called Jedi Knight 2. It was my first proper online gaming experience, I met quite a few people and made some really good friends.
We even formed a guild, Tie fighters. We had a tag <-0-> (how cool is that?) We also had variations, one of them being (-o-)
For one reason or another things came to a head with one of them last year, words were exchanged and we went our seperate ways. I’ve always regretted what happened there. One of the best friends I could ever wish for and we were no longer talking. The events of yesterday made me send the email I’ve been meaning to send for the last couple of months and we’re now talking again – at least over email.
I don’t know if we’ll be able to build up the same level of friendship as we had before but I’m going to try my hardest to make the best of it that I can. He’ll probably read this at some point anyway :p
Building bridges is the way forward. Especially if you’re faced with an impassible chasm. If you’re stuck in 1855 though and the bridge isn’t finished though, you should be able to use a train to push the delorean up to 88mph before the end of the bridge, arriving safely back in 1985.
It’s not a case of lose a friend/gain a friend. I don’t want the reaquantance with my <-0-> buddy to be cheapened by the way that sounds. It’s just I know that losing a good friend hurts, a lot. Life is just too short to make enemies, you need all the friends you can get.
I can’t tell if that sounds anal or not. Hopefully the general gist of what I’m trying to say will make sense though.
So, Friendship.
I remember when they brought the friendship finishing moves into Mortal Kombat. Rather than sticking your hand into someone’s chest and ripping out their still beating heart, you’d hand them a bunch of flowers. Completely ruined the whole thing for me. Friendship, pah!
I guess different people want different things out of friendship. For me I guess the main thing is the companionship, the camaraderie. I love talking to people, emailing, texting – its all good. Anything that’s remotely intellectually stimulating. It also helps if you’re interested in similar things. There’s nothing better than discussing the latest episode of Top Gear or Doctor Who.
Having someone to listen when you’re having a bad day, being there for someone when they’re having a rough time. I think there’s a lot to be said for someone that can listen with an empathic ear. Someone that can offer advice, make you feel better.
I like to think I have some of those qualities. Certainly the listening bits and pieces. I can listen and quite often I try and offer help and advice when I can. I’m not saying it’s the right advice, but I try my best :p
I mean, if we look back a few months – take Facebook as an example. I had 250+ “friends”. People I used to go to school with, people I’ve worked with, people I’ve met on nights out, people that I’ve met once or twice through other people.
I decided to have a clear out. The problem with Facebook is that people have a tendancy to collect friends. I’ve now got 125 friends. Notice the lack of “” there :p
There are still a few people I went to school with in my list. When faced with the decision of who to keep and who to bin, I thought about whether or not I’d actually spoken to the person a) ever b) in the last 6 months. The a’s were deleted straight away, the b’s were trimmed down over a few weeks.
There are some lovely people that were in my list of “friends” (they’re back again). It’s in no way a derogatory thing that they’re not in my list anymore – it’s just, what’s the point? If we never really spoke much at school, we’re hardly going to be the best of friends now. If you chat to me every now and again on Facebook or out and about then fine, we’re cool. Just the whole collection thing really got on my wick.
It’s like an e-penis. Nobody cares how many friends you’ve got or how big your e-penis is. Get. A. Life
‘epenis’ means electronic penis. It is a term that can refer to someones conputer skills or a measure of computer equipment / internet connection / technological prowness. It can be used to indicate that someone is l33t or technologically adapt. It can also be used as an insult, to imply that someone is a newbie or that their computer is lacking.
It was funny – I think I had two people re-add me as friends when they saw I wasn’t on their list any more. I declined at first, I got another request – so I relented and added them. They didn’t so much as say hello so a week later they were gone again. I haven’t had another request since :p
I can’t remember what I was saying now, I went off on a tangent again. Stupid brain.
Oh yeah, friends and stuff.
I can be a good friend, but I’m not perfect – it depends if you catch me on a bad day (the bad days are becoming rarer and rarer now thanks to most of the causes for my SAD symptoms being removed).
All I can do is try my best, if that isn’t good enough for you then I’m sorry.
The word count on this post is insane – over 1100 words. That’s an essay. Congratulations if you read all the way down to here! You can have a cookie 
