Martin Pentreath wrote:
Miserable old buggers, the lot of you! No doubt other miserable old
buggers were saying exactly the same sort of thing when

- telephones were in their infancy ("Why do you want one of those
things, ringing bells at all hours and destroying the peace? What's
wrong with actually TALKING to people, those things will destroy
PROPER human interaction. And anyway it's so easy for the government
to listen in")

- mobiles were invented ("what's the point? I don't want people
phoning me up in the street")

- texting came in ("what are you supposed to say in 160 characters?
Why can't you just call people?")

- Oil lamps were invented ("Why do you want those things stinking away
and filling the place with smoke? You should just go to bed like
normal people, why do you want to stay up all night? It's not natural.
And it will make it much easier for the government to find you in the
dark.")

Etc, etc.

Cheers!

Martin (not a Facebook user)
Hula hoops were invented "why do you want to wreck your muscles swinging
a pointless and expensive hoop round your torso"

Fortunately enough people shared the same view.


Facebook makes a bit of sense if you simply have nothing better to do.
The terrifying implication of its success, is that no one seems to.