Dear Readers,
Today we are going talk about the high and mighty getting off of their high horse.
In other words, we’re talking about Alex Day.
But for those who don’t know who Alex Day I’m going to rename him Mr. Pretentious so you can imagine him as whoever you want who acts like him.
First of all, lets get the disclaimer out of the way: I like Mr. Pretentious. That being said, I'm opinionated and so I'm going to talk about him like he will never find this (which he probably won't).
Mr. Pretentious has been talking about the silliness of social media for years, about how he doesn’t think it’s worth the trouble. He’s basically that grandma, (not necessarily your grandma but the grandma) who is always complaining about how she doesn’t understand that Internet nonsense and why can’t you just go over to your friend's house like she did back in her day.
The catch: Mr. Pretentious has just signed up for facebook and twitter.
I almost dropped dead from laughing so hard.
Now, Mr. Pretentious doesn't have a problem with the Internet or social media sites. . He just believes that social media has the ability to consume your time and hinder you from doing something productive and that it's not a real viable way to connect with people.
He’s basically that parent who is always complaining about you being on facebook when you should be doing your homework. Meaning, he has a valid point, but you wish he would shut up, because it's not like he's ever tried it.
Social media can, and has been used for so many great things! My first post, Don’t 4get 2 Vote talked about ways to use it for the political process. Facebook was a critical factor in the pre-production of my short film. Without twitter I would have missed John’s live show. Yeah, it has the ability for great evils procrastination, brain crack and developing antisocial tendecies among them, but it also the ability to just be great, bringing unlikely people together and exposing talented people.
And it annoyed me that he wouldn’t even try it first. Not enough to fight him over the Internet, because it's his life and its not like we're friends. But enough where I rolled my eyes every time his superiority complex popped up, by way of him letting everyone know he did not own a twitter or facebook account and he had no intention of getting one.
But now he has one. It's official.
Facebook official in fact.
Okay, now that I've sufficiently made fun of Mr. Pretentious, I will mention that I am impressed.
He allowed himself to consider a different opinion, and was willing to change his mind over something he felt strongly about out of respect for his fans.
That's very cool.
It's kind of like we're that friend who forces you to try their favorite food, even though you told them nine zillion times you don’t need to try it to know you don’t like it.
Maybe he’s gonna be that friend that admits he was wrong and the snack is as awesome as we claimed. Or maybe he'll be the one who goes “HA! I WAS RIGHT!”.
I'm hoping for the former, but only time will tell.
Sincerely,
Elle
