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<p>facebook is not necessary in any way. If you can't make friends without a facebook then you have some personal issues. You should probably work on some people skills. If you're not hearing about events and you think a facebook might help you... you know what else would help you? having some friends that like you enough to invite you to these events by person or by a telephone.</p>

<p>cell phones are pretty useful these days because of possible emergencies. also because, let's face it, the american public is generally complete idiots so they might need immediate help if, say, they need directions or something. unfortunately, that's why things like gps have been invented... for all the idiots living in this country. </p>

<p>however, you can be a total idiot and get by perfectly fine without a facebook. all facebook has done is eliminate people skills--making everyone around me much more anti-social. people sit on these things and stalk people's lives they hardly know for hours, desperately searching for ways to stir up drama/spread rumors. i've never had a facebook, and wow, am i glad! I would feel so pathetic if i ever found myself being sucked into the biggest load of crap known to man (facebook). The funny thing is they call it a social network... social my ass. Get off you lazy fat butt and go make a friend the real way so people know what you're like based on your words and actions..... not by what is written on a stupid, and probably false in many ways, web page.</p>

<p>I applaud Dean5150 for being stubborn and not having a facebook. I hope you never do get one. here's what you can expect... looking down on a lot of idiotic people in college. i see facebooks on people's laptops during lectures instead of a word processing program where they can actually take notes. somehow, i don't think looking at pictures of your friends getting drunk and/or high will help you pass a college course in any way. but that is just a guess, i've never had a facebook so i guess i'd never know.</p>

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<p>^ Elitest much?</p>

<p>Look, it all depends on the person.</p>

<p>I got a cell phone my senior year of high school, and it's proven extremely useful. I only make/receive a phone call on it an average of once a day, but when someone really needs to get ahold of me, there I am, and vice versa. It definitely adds a nice level of flexibilty.</p>

<p>Facebook can be very useful, and can also be very dumb. Use sparingly, check it maybe once a day. It's a great way to stay in touch with people and to learn about all sorts of random things going on.</p>

<p>And avoid 99% of all those random applications. Please.</p>

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<p>People who think that Facebook isn't useful <em>at all</em> are kidding themselves. I have friends who'll send one message to a large group of friends about some event they're planning, and that way people can respond to it on their own time. This avoids the inconvenience of calling ~15 people to say "hey, do you want to go to the aquarium," each call taking about 4 minutes assuming you chat for a little bit too. That's an hour on the phone, instead of 10 seconds spent on the computer--and the rest of that hour could be spent doing homework or meeting people for lunch. And Facebook is free for people who already have internet, so it makes texting, which for some people is expensive and difficult, rather inconvenient in comparison.</p>

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<p>Zamzam is right on every count.</p>

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<p>atlbraves104 is correct.</p>

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<p>dean51550, you're just old school dude.... nothing wrong with that. you're gonna be just fine.</p>