We actually agree on something. I finally suspended my FB account. I found the excessive "check ins" really annoying. I don't mind if someone checks in at the Rainbow Hilton @ Waikiki, but I really don't give a shit if they're in line at Taco Bell, or that they paid too much for their pickles.

The world is indeed getting dumber. Chat rooms and text messaging are a great contributor to the dumbass epidemic in this country. I can always tell when someone acquired the sum of their see more linguistic skills in a chat room, or via sms. Everybody wants to design their user interface so even the dumbest person on earth can use it. As the old saying goes, Build a system that even a fool can use, and only a fool will want to use it.