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Nobody is forcing you to friend everyone and their cat. Personally I have exactly 42 friends on facebook. They were chosen carefully to create what I call the "facebook context". It allows me to act stupid and not care.

Quite liberating.

Alternatively, you could argue that we should, collectively as a society, realize that humans act differently in different contexts and that that is awesome. I'm fairly certain your grandma realizes you talk dirtier to your friends than you do to her ... so why can't "real important professional-like" people understand the same?



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