Facebook Connected

February 8, 2011

So connected that he already knows her phone number?

Original: Facebook (300), Connected (807)

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Transcript

Mildly sleazy uses of Facebook, part 14: Looking up someone's profile before introducing yourself so you know which of your favorite bands to mention.

The comic shows two people, one male, one female.

Male: Favorite bands? Hmm... maybe Regina Spektor or the Polyphonic Spree.

Female: Whoa, those are two of my favorites, too! I bet no two people in the history of the world have ever been so connected!

Caption: I'm not sure why we romanticize "young love".

Title text: So connected that he already knows her phone number?