Tagged along for a drink with some people when the subject of facebook came up when it came to hooking up. And I thought I would write a post about it because it is sadly all truth.

Picture the scene. You’re in a bar/club whatever, meet someone, you go through all the talk/dance and all that, and when it’s time to go home you exchange contact details. Phone number? What are you from 2008? What’s your last name? I’ll look you up on facebook.

The advantages to this are far reaching:

#1: You avoid that awkward call. “Hello uhhh I met you the other night… what’s up?” And you also avoid the call from the other person. Now you can contact said person and take the time to write something witty. No more awkwardness, no more embarrassment.

#2: You will be able to remember the first name of the person and the last name as well.

#3: You can stalk the shit out of said person. Look through a dozen odd pictures and the “Did the drink cause me to see someone I wanted to see?” turns into “Phew it’s all good, she’s still hot.” For some reason this is perfectly acceptable compared to sneaking up to the person’s house and monitoring their movements. Probably because you won’t get caught and they’ll never know…and they can do it too.

#4 Have a complicated name? No problem. Just stick in a typo in there and the person will never find you. Unless they’re determined of course and whatever you do they’ll find you.

God damn… if only I knew. I really would have invested in facebook when it was still small.