Friendster. Like Scott Baio's jock at a Playboy party, everyone's on it. But what's real and what's fake? User searches for George Bush and Michael Jackson certify that there are more liars on Friendster than there empty seats at Shea in October.
Hell, even a few people are pretending to be Scott Baio. And check out these profiles of Broncos running back Clinton Portis and Osama bin Laden. The the world's leading goat fucker laments that he doesn't have many favorite TV shows, saying I can only get an Italian sports station from the satellite dish in my cave :(
It appears the celeb-emulating cut-off point is at cheesy heavy metal. There are no profiles for Don Dokken. Yes, I looked.
As for the regular-folk profiles, I highly recommend The Buttafly Guide to Interpreting Friendster Photos, which sorts out what people want to convey with their closely-cropped, blurred or even hand-drawn pictures... and what those people are really like. Face it, nothing hides the fat like a big-ass close-up of the side of your face. Also check out the witty companion piece, An Ode to Friendster, by Jennifer Bishop Fulwiler.
(BTW, I have a Friendster profile. If you know me and want to link up, conduct a user search using my first and last name and follow the instructions. Mine's all real. I swear.)
Other Web Finds
MonoBrow A site dedicated to those sporting one ugly-ass eyebrow. A follow-up to the mullet craze of 2001?
World's Smallest Political Quiz See where your views land on the political map. I've taken a few of these and always end up slightly left of center.
Least Essential Albums of 2003 The Onion ranks the truly rank, including Randy "Macho Man" Savage's rap debut (which I love, by the way).
Badmouth Interviews Fark.com's Drew Curtis A behind-the-scenes look at the wildly popular link site.
Wikipedia Needs Donations A request for support from my favorite, free online reference site.
Thanks for the TrackBack.
Drew normalls spells his name with an "r", though.
Posted by John Marcotte at December 30, 2003 2:10 PM