Goldman Answers Why People Log On To Social Networking Sites
Today, instead of some arcane chart showing in some complex fashion the simple fact that only excess liquidity drives excess returns, we present something more in tune with the latest bubble du jour: social networking. As part of its social media survey Goldman Sachs asked respondents what is the main reason for people to "log on" to various social networking venues. The answer, by a wide margin, is the expected one: namely to spy, and to compare whether our lives are more boring, less glitzy and exciting, with fewer gadgets, gizmos, smaller houses or cars, and generally more in debt, than our "friends." Of course, the politically correct way of saying this is "to see what my friends are doing." In other words, there is nothing new about social media but a millennia-old regurgitated phenomenon- it is merely a new locus of exhibiting and observing social status, to see and be seen. One which can be enjoyed 24/7. At least, until something better comes along.
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Where's the option for "Had to find something to do while pooping"?
Black gold, bitchez?
I am trolling for snark. There's a massive school of snarks right here.
Another americentric pissing contest wrapped in an advertising platform wrapped in a CIA database patrolling for mouth breathers
FB is just another voluntary metal detector equivalent, where the government can see what you are hiding under your balls sack.
Turn your brain to unquestioning mush with mutually enforcing conformity. More zombie, more sheeple.
Nature does not care. Neither do I (well until they come for me.)
I go on so my friends can see what I'm doing
You have friends?
I log onto Zero Hedge in no small part to find out the nationalities of ladies trav has banged. So far my spreadsheet "travswomen.xls" contains India, Ethiopia and Kosovo. If I've missed any updates pls help me out buddy.
Face it, trav is smart and has an acerbic wit when he wants to break it out. If I were a chick I'd probably spread for him. You would too!
Re: the article it seems like women get onto FB to pretend how great their life is...posing on and on. I still haven't figured out why a man would be on that site. Maybe because the chicks they wanna fuck or stalk are on there?
Pretty much; they want to know why you aren't on there telling them what you are doing, then get pissed off when another Woman says something to you.
A nightmare for Men; a societal disease of juvenile narcissism, but that is the path we are on.
Fake posts are the best, just make shit up, drives 'em all crazy.
I link Zero Hedge articles and comments (and pics stolen from William_Banzai7), as well as other news, in an effort to wake them up.
Amazingly, I still have an amazing number of FB 'friends'.
I do the same, but I was discussing whit a friend about the fact that in this way you are clearly recognized by the architect/CIA as an awaken dude, so I doesn't know if it is a smart thing to do...
they don't need FB for this. Your browsing habits and posting history aggregated from different forums is more than enough to find this out. You're already most probably tagged for contributing to this website's comment section.
Once you realize this, the incentives switch massively. If you're already tagged why not go ahead and do your best to wake people up?
If you're on the Internet, you're being profiled. Social networking sites just make it more efficient.
Hehe Trav has a point. I think this is the main reason people post shit on sn sites - to let people know what they are doing and then they log in to check if there are any responses. Women seem to regard Facebook as a support group to prop up their self confidence. Have you noticed all the "you're so beautiful" comments they send to each other even if they are total hags? These sites plug into our petty need for approval.
yeah and the way superficial and insecure hot chicks post slutty pics of themselves so they can get 100 "OMG ur so hot" replies from desperate dudes thinking they can grovel their way into the girl's pants
Well, that about sums it up. The women are attention whores, and the men are desperate. I long ago left Facebook and then Google+ more recently. Even using them for networking to spread the truth was a waste of time. Most people on them do not give a shit about the truth. They use it as an interactive replacement for the TV. My wife is on a couple of the more popular sites. My earlier statement applies to her too of course.
Coke and Hookers, too frigging funny. Menopausal-onset cognitive dissonance.
"Have you noticed all the 'you're so beautiful' comments they send to each other even if they are total hags?"
You idiot Gentiles volunteer all your personal information on our Zionist spy network because we tell you to.
Only wish we chose a more seasoned sociopath figurehead, Zuckerberg seems to fold under pressure...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3hu3iG8B2g
Can't believe he lets that Goy bitch flash his Star of David/Synagogue of Satan emblem in front of the tv.
The giggling Goys have no idea... LOL!
"It's a company hoodie..." Wow! Why, yes, it is..! Such an interesting emblem...
I log on to fool my handlers into thinking I'm occupied with bread & circus, and raging against the machine/venting through cathartic snark, but in reality, unbeknownst to my handlers, I am building an army.
Well played.
I spend 3 hours a day chronically masturbating to Asian gangbang..
www.spankwire.com is a social media?
Bukkake...bitchez
bukkake..? You got it.
http://www.pornhub.com/view_video.php?viewkey=1677722803
Now there's an idea for Zynga.
No, that's why people come to Goldman
People go to Goldman to have sex with sheep.
We called her Skippy (spreads easily). That's what we called her behind her back. Hot cheerleader that earned her name. She is my friend on facebook. And she posts everything about her life. Talk about an amusing distraction for me and my really close friends. That's what FB is fucking worth.
if that wasn't too long ago, hit me up with her contact info
Are you building an army too?
FACEBOOK BY DOUCHEBAGS FOR DOUCHEBAGS, EXCLUSIVELY.
(THE BEST PEOPLE I KNOW REFUSE TO HAVE FB ACCOUNTS.)
"Seek the truth" - 0.0001%
We need FaceHedge. On a short enough timeline everyone ceases wanting to see your status updates, your likes, your game achievements, and your face.
so...bullish?
But Mr. Zuckerberg already knew that, didn't he?
i got better things to do than get in pissing contests with people on facebook. Fuck facebook.
So of course we all come to Zero Hedge to get into pissing contests with other Hedgers. Which means we all have urine soaked shoes......or in my case bunny slippers. :)
Pretty in pink.
Can somebody friend Molly Ringwald and let me know what she's up to these days? Maybe Phoebe Cates too.
they're up to about 50
Probably more like 2 fity
I'm with ya on the Phoebe Cates; but Molly Ringworm?!?!?! (*shudders*)
Phoebe Cates is still cute in pic though born in 1963; Molly Ringwald has her new album... well no more, just unfriend both of them :) get bored
Upside to Facebook. I like to look up old girlfriends from a few decades back. If they haven't aged well, it makes my day.
Is not Phoebe married to the aged Kevin Kline ( some 16 years her senior ) ? She more or less became a matron and dropped out of sight after she married him.
Whither the old Ridgemont High days...
http://thedaleygator.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/phoebe_cates_08.jpg
touche`
CogDis- I've been wondering where you were. Good to hear from you. Old fan. This site needs you.
But at zerohedge, nonconformity, independent thinking and critical reasoning and contrarian viewpoint are encouraged.
So you see, i disagree with your dissonance. We are nothing like facebook.
No they're not. You're an idiot if you think this site supports critical thinking.
Didn't you read Fight Club?
But at zerohedge, nonconformity, independent thinking and critical reasoning and contrarian viewpoint are encouraged
Ha! Reminds me of back in the 80's this chick (who was all decked out like Madonna 'Like a Virgin') was interviewed and asked...
So why do you dress in this provocative way?
Answer: "To express my individuality"
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!
We're not allowed these in Auzdralia, so we jam our feet up the arses of kangagaroos. Man do they jump.
Now those are good. Would post 'em on FB if I had an account.
***Queue theme from Rocky in 3...2...1...*** Oh but you're missing the best part of FB. Once you spend time on ZH, you become -as so many here say- a member of "fight club". Not to mention your overall knowledge capability about todays real world rises considerably faster than John Q. Facebookuser. I LOVE crashing FB's socialist-Marxist-demoncat-loser sites and giving them the sh*t. They don't know how to handle real debate with the gloves off. They are pathetically ill-equipped for straight-up truth. I feel it is my duty to enlighten them. It should be every ZH members' duty. Bring that MotherF***er down!
https://twitter.com/#!/JWnFL
http://www.facebook.com/#!/james.edward.workman
http://www.youtube.com/user/JWnFL?feature=mhee
Agreed.
Agreed
+100
"Hey, you sound upset? I gave you a 'like', does that help? Have you seen that really cute video with the two cats and the jar of Vaseline? It's SOOO cute! OMG! C'mon, let's go play Farmville and then post some pictures of each other smiling and sharing a mocah jizz almond prostrate cream latte at Starfucks."
That is the funniest post ever. I pissed my pants. Thanks.
"It ain't no fun unless you piss someone off." Me
Like posting on ZH.
Yeah what he said.
Depressing.
only if you think about it
..try just vedging like most Americans/Europeans ...go round in a Bernanke blown recovery bubble of US Govt fabricated 'green shoot' statistics.. zombie sheep 'living the coma'
My social networking is confined to the comment boards on the Hedge. Make the government work a little bit to collect my beliefs instead of just out right handing them over. Besides its a lot more fun.
What's a social network?
think volunteering to be corporate factory farmed chickens
it's where you freely give your personal data, photo ID and lifestyle to a corporate monopolist and they flog it for all it's worth (you're a chip adding value to FB/GS's empire)
Google now has face recognition they can scan the web for further evidence of you and share across all their platforms and with whomever
i simply can't wait to be plucked by Google, love those guys
(This is not directed personally at you, Zero Govt; I've read and agreed with many of your comments.)
Getting out of facebook, or refusing to join, is meaningless. If you really want meaningful nonparticipation, and if you really want to be out of the grasp of your local fascist government--I mean 'you', Americans, in particular--then stop feeding the war machine/slaughtering the world with your tax dollars and then get your selves out of the national jurisdiction of your passport issuer. There's actual freedom out here, UNLIKE inside the USuckAss, where all residents are presently SuckingAss, with bernank, bam-bam, and mittens in rotation, and every worker finger painting with Arab blood because there's so much on every tax-paying hand.
Do you have some destination suggestions? Truly curious; I've been wanting to get out of Dodge for quite a while but haven't settled on a place. I have a family to care for as well. Thanks.
Northern Canada, look to the margins (in more ways than one)
It's a huge world, and most countries ought to be viable options. I guess I'd suggest checking out wherever sounds interesting to you. For me, it's Asia; I've passed most of the previous sixteen years living and traveling the seaboard. Lots of jobs with good salaries to be found in the 'tigers', and even the emerging economies, too. Good luck, bro.
And Google will soon be able to reconize faces in all the amateur (read "porn") videos posted on the net, as well.
Jesus, people are dumb!
The other day I was @ a party for people that work for NBC. Is that a "network social"?
Does anyone find it odd that Judge Napolitano wrote an open letter imploring his listener's NOT to follow their 1st amendment right to write in to FOX and let their thoughts be known?
Yeah - he doesn't want them to unwittingly put themselves on The List.
"at the mall"...." taking a shit"...... "Picking up my sister from the airport".... These are the awesome things you get to read your friends are doing.
Every click "see what my friends are doing" is worth $10 in FB's market cap.
And how is this going to make a few bucks for GS?
1. research fb
2. sell fb shares to clients after picking it up in size earlier
3. profit!
BREAKING: Kurt Haskell Exposes Government False Flag Operation During Underwear Bomber SentencingExclusive: Personal Statement from Kurt Haskell, Delta 253 Passenger
Kurt Haskell
Infowars.com
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Every victim of a crime in Michigan is entitled to make a statement in open court regarding the impact of the crime on their life. The statement is limited to the victim’s physical, emotional and financial well being as it relates to the crime. Keep that in mind as you read my statement. Below is a copy of the victim impact statement I gave today at the Underwear Bomber sentencing hearing. When reading my statement, keep in mind that I am a practicing attorney in the State of Michigan. In addition, I regularly practice in the Court the hearings are taking place at and therefore, I am somewhat limited as to what I can say. We were limited to 5 minutes each.
I wish to thank the Court for allowing me these 5 minutes to make my statement. My references to the government in this statement refer to the Federal Government excluding this Court and the prosecution. On Christmas Day 2009, my wife and I were returning from an African safari and had a connecting flight through Amsterdam. As we waited for our flight, we sat on the floor next to the boarding gate. What I witnessed while sitting there and subsequent events have changed my life forever. While I sat there, I witnessed Umar dressed in jeans and a white t-shirt, being escorted around security by a man in a tan suit who spoke perfect American English and who aided Umar in boarding without a passport. The airline gate worker initially refused Umar boarding until the man in the tan suit intervened. The event meant nothing to me at the time. Little did I know that Umar would try to kill me a few hours later as our flight approached Detroit. The final 10 minutes of our flight after the attack were the worst minutes of my life. During those 10 minutes I sat paralyzed in fear. Unfortunately, what happened next has had an even greater impact on my life and has saddened me further.
When we landed, I was shocked that our plane taxied up to the gate. I was further shocked that we were forced to sit on the plane for 20 minutes with powder from the so called bomb all over the cabin. The officers that boarded the plane did nothing to ensure our safety and did not check for accomplices or other explosive devices. Several passengers trampled through parts of the bomb as they exited the plane. We were then taken into the terminal with our unchecked carry on bags. Again, there was no concern for our safety even though Umar told the officers that there was another bomb on board as he exited the plane. I wondered why nobody was concerned about our safety, accomplices or other bombs and the lack of concern worried me greatly. I immediately told the FBI my story in order to help catch the accomplice I had seen in Amsterdam. It soon became obvious that the FBI wasn’t interested in what I had to say, which upset me further. For one month the government refused to admit the existence of the man in the tan suit before changing course and admitting his existence in an ABC News article on January 22, 2010. That was the last time the government talked about this man. The video that would prove the truth of my account has never been released. I continue to be emotionally upset that the video has not been released. The Dutch police, meanwhile, in this article (show article), also confirmed that Umar did not show his passport in Amsterdam which also meant that he didn’t go through security as both are in the same line in Amsterdam. It upsets me that the government refuses to admit this fact.
I became further saddened from this case, when Patrick Kennedy of the State Department during Congressional hearings, admitted that Umar was a known terrorist, was being followed, and the U.S. allowed him into the U.S. so that it could catch Umar’s accomplices. I was once again shocked and saddened when Michael Leiter of the National Counter terrorism Center admitted during these same hearings that intentionally letting terrorists into the U.S. was a frequent practice of the U.S. Government. I cannot fully explain my sadness, disappointment and fear when I realized that my government allowed an attack on me intentionally.
During this time, I questioned if my country intentionally put a known terrorist onto my flight with a live bomb. I had many sleepless nights over this issue. My answer came shortly thereafter. In late 2010, the FBI admitted to giving out intentionally defective bombs to the Portland Christmas Tree Bomber,the Wrigley Field Bomber and several others. Further, Mr. Chambers was quoted in the Free Press on January 11, 2011 when he indicated that the government’s own explosives experts had indicated that Umar’s bomb was impossibly defective. I wondered how that could be. Certainly, I thought, Al Qaeda wouldn’t go through all of the trouble to plan such an attack only to provide the terrorist with an impossibly defective bomb.
I attended nearly all of the pretrial hearings. At the hearing on January 28, 2011, I was greatly disappointed by the prosecution’s request to block evidence from Mr. Chambers “as it could then be able to be obtained by third parties, who could use it in a civil suit against the government”. It really bothered me that the government apparently was admitting to wrongdoing of some kind as it admitted that it was concerned it would be sued. It further upset me to know that the government was putting its own interests ahead of those of the passengers
When I attended the jury selection hearings, I questioned why versions of the same two questions kept coming up, those being:
1. Do you think you’ll be able to tell whether something is actually a bomb? and? 2. Do you realize that sometimes the media doesn’t always tell the truth?
I continued to be greatly saddened at this point as I felt the truth continued to be hidden.
When Umar listed me as his only witness, I was happy to testify, not on his behalf, but on behalf of the truth. I never expected to testify, as my eyewitness account would have been too damaging to the myth that the government and media are putting forward. A mere 5 days after I was announced as a witness, there was an inexplicable guilty plea which exasperated me as I no longer would be testifying.
In closing I will just say that regardless of how the media and government try to shape the public perception of this case, I am convinced that Umar was given an intentionally defective bomb by a U.S. Government agent and placed on our flight without showing a passport or going through security, to stage a false terrorist attack to be used to implement various government policies.
The effect this matter has had on my life has been astounding and due to this case, I will never trust the government in any matter, ever.
In regards to sentencing, nothing I’ve said excuses the fact that Umar tried to kill me. He has waived his valid claim to the entrapment defense. Umar, you are not a great Muslim martyr, you are merely a “Patsy”. I ask the court to impose the mandatory sentence.
Kurt Haskell is a badass. I hope Ron Paul makes him Attorny General.
As long as he stays away from hot tubs and ledges until then.
No private planes or Amtrak trains, either
kill switch - kudos to you for posting that.
I honestly hadn't a clue about any of that testimony regarding admissions by U.S. officials.
Our media is just so intentionally incompetent....no....,make that an aiding and abetting accomplice of the crimes being committed against the American Citizenry.
I wonder if ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX, CNN, etc. will run a primetime special to reveal this to the general public? /sarc
Thanks for posting this, Kill Switch. Learning the man's testimony above was a baby step in my wife's awakening process. That's the reason the media does not give attention to such events of course. The facts of such events would wake too many people up.
"Conspire to control the masses is your goal,
The lies we've bought, you've sold but we're watching you
And every grassy knoll and bell tower too...
Who's you next patsy?
The lies caught up to you, speak 'till you're
Blue in the face, but we'll never believe you.
We've weighed the evidence and what we conclude is...
In the land of the free
If you stir things up, you'll be put to sleep
By the bureau of investigation,
They'll plan your annihilation.
The click of a sniper trigger,
We'll put the blame on a lesser figure,
To confuse and distract,
Fuck the First Amendment Act."
great post. Reminds me of that time that rascally russian (?) stole that rascal code that for that extra rascally high frequency trading. The Federal Prosecutor was asking for rascally high bail and conditions. The judge was balking. When prompted to explain, the prosecutor said, but you don't understand your honor, in the wrong hands, this software could be used to manipulate the market. Do these people ever listen to themselves?
Why doesn't Haskell sue? He has all the evidence he needs to make a case.
The subliminal message here is that resistance is futile. If even a hometown lawyer and eyewitness can't get a fair hearing then nobody can.
The less subliminal message is that justice and truth will never see the light of day under the rule of (those purporting to represent the) law; the institutions cannot be changed; humanity's only hope for freedom is that they may yet be destroyed.
Americans are pussies. Kurt will swear to it in court.
He likes breathing and knows it is a lost cause?