The Dark Knight, musing on internet communication

First one:

I'm not going to attempt to do a review, as I don;t really have anything new to say, and I'll just come across as a blathering fanboy. That said, some not-quite-sentences: Lived up to hype, Heath Ledger brilliant, probably actually DOES deserve oscar nod, if they do another, I wonder what villain will be used, blah.

Second one:

I was talking to someone on the wonderful wild world of the internet, and at some point, they said "damn facebook chat." I said "Huh?"

So, apparently, they had been talking to Paul Draper, from Mansun, a band I have never listened to, but who this person is quite a fan of.

This made me think of writing this.

So, the way facebook chat works, for those who don't know: Your friend list consists of people who you have found on facebook and requested friend status from, or vice verse. When the person being asked confirms status, you are "friends". Facebook chat is the facebook IM thing. When you have facebook open, a little box in the corner can open up to show a list of people online. You can then IM these people.

Funnily enough, celebrities use the internet. Even funnilier, they use popular social networking sites! Funnilier still, people find them on those social networking sites. Lots of people. F'rinstance, there's someone I friend requested whose profile name is Thurston Moore. It may not actually be Thurston Moore, but the profile is fairly credible looking... Anyways, regardless of whether or not Thurston Moore is Thurston Moore and not some irritating teenager with nothing better to do than waste time on the internet, Thurston Moore has, as of this writing, 2,338 friends. That's quite a bit. Now, there are some other profiles under the Thurston Moore name, but I'm not about to add them for the purposes of whatever, and this is legit looking enough for me.

Now, the point of this is, if celebrities and whatnot add people to friendslists, "friends" can facebook-im them. I bet Thurston Moore is always set to appear offline though, that bastard. that makes sense actually, seeing as how many people seem to add him to their friends each day, he would be inundated.

Now, the point of this is... uh.....

hmm.

Something about this makes it easier to talk to your idols I guess.

Of course, it also makes celebrity impersonation a lot easier.

So, more people are happier, I guess.

So, the internet is a good thing.

Because it helps us tell lies and satisfy unhealthy hero worship.

Mmhmm.