Published on
August 16, 2006

myspace: noun

1. A personal profile for the individual.
2. The outside is for losers.

See Also: "purgatory"
syn: Boredom
ant: 'Free Time'

myspace: verb

1. The act of exchanging your soul.

See Also: "Blog, Bulletin, Comment, Repeat"
syn: Death, Emo
ant: Reality

Suffix: -ing

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Myspace is now a verb. That's all I have to say.

1. Riddled with Quizzes, Chain letters, and 'random surveys'...bulletins have now become an easier way of using email. Because now we don't have to put an address on the email, all we have to do is simply "click submit" (I'm putting that on a shirt) and it get's sent to all our friends.

Which, aside from Bands, are usually pretty useless.

So...same as most email is used for, except now there's a new way of wasting my time.

2. Emo pictures riddle the display pics. Everyone has atleast one.

It's all about the eyes.

Either your smiling, and looking away from the camera,
or you're frowning/pouting, and looking directly at the camera.

An alternative, and most popular, to this would be the standard look with no emotion, and the eyes are unable to be seen...for one reason or another.

Anything else that is overly dramatic is obviously an emo pic, and therefore does not have to be described.

3. Blogs are a form of expression.

Song
Poetry
Diary?!

(if you're blog is only able to be read by "the blog owner" You are wasting everyone's time, including yours.)

Also, how much of your "preferred list" actually reads your blogs?

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So the junkie has hit an all time low, in that it's no longer about spending more than 10 consecutive minutes on the website...that's just the first step.

To be a junkie you have to meet the following requirements stated above, and that's just the minimum requirements.

Overly abusing these things is what they do, and they are the reasons why we have news crews and parents needing to nitpick at things that are just beyond their control.

Myspace is meant to be a place to keep in contact with friends, and to keep up to date with them and their events.

If I really wanted to know all the secrets about your life, or if I really wanted to get to know you period, I'll hang out with you outside of myspace...maybe at starbucks...or a movie...that's always fun.

I don't want to play your little survey game.

Show me pictures of you...well...not being so lonely.

So what if your smiling, you don't look at the camera because you are looking for someone to hang out with...and wishing you weren't doing that in the first place.

Either that or you're looking at my brother, because he told me the truth!

Just admit it, you spend your time on myspace because you love the attention, and you aren't able to have a life offline.

Don't meet people on myspace...atleast...don't go looking for people...random...people.

I used to do that when myspace didn't exist...go on chatrooms...hang out with strangers...I was 13...get a life.

(either that or I talked to people my friend knew using instant messenger...or vice-versa...that's lame...and myspace is worse.)

i think males are the worst hit.

Emo pansies trying to be cool and flirt with girls online, trying to be accepted, yet you can't talk to a girl face-to-face.

If I have to get in another conversation (or over hear one for that matter) where someone starts talking about "putting that on myspace" or "Well did you go to my Myspace?" (there's a redundancy brent...we're using that one.)

Give it a rest...and when you can use myspace properly, for what it was meant to be...then come back...it'll be a happier story then.

Because myspace, I still believe, is a good thing, but it's the people that have made it a bad thing...a pop culture thing...a self-centered thing.

Thank you Junkies...for you give me the reason to write this...thing.

Mattias is an actor, writer, filmmaker, and editor currently living in Los Angeles, CA. He often writes about his observations about life, the human condition, spirituality, and relationships. He also enjoys writing about movies, pop culture, formula one, and current events. Often these writings are 'initial thoughts' and un-edited, as authentic as possible, and should be considered opinions. If you're interested in commenting on his work, or continuing the conversation, you should consider following him on Twitter or share an article on social media, where he would love to engage even further. Consider subscribing via RSS for more.