Faceless Facebook

Real life humor. I still have more than 20 friend requests I haven't responded to. In some cases I have searched in vain for what the person looks like or who we might know mutually. Ever notice how some people have a stuffed animal for their profile picture? Or maybe it's a video game Avatar. You look at their posts and every one of them is some sort of Candy Crush or online Slot Machine award they've won. Are they even aware that they have a Facebook page? It's quite funny. But I have to ask myself why a person is so secretive on Facebook. It's understandable that most of us don't like the way that we look. One of my favorite profile pictures is friend of a friend who has a collection of monkeys on top of a baby piano. Some are stuffed animals while others are toys. I searched through her profile because she liked a remark I made on my friends page and I'm delighted at how she's created other profile pictures from different animal themes and used as her profile picture. She might be 29 or 99, but does it really matter? I mean she's a stranger, so I think I understand now. We have a right to privacy until the time that somebody actually connects with us by "Friending." And it's kind of cool when you finally approve a friend request and you see that the person does have human pictures and posts on thought-provoking topics. They really do have hair, two eyes, and a mouth like a regular human and you find that they like to visit the beach with their family. You think back to a time when you were both in high school and barely knew one another. So it's weird in a sense. You know their name but you don't really know them. "Oh yeah', you say, "There's Linda Delvecchio." and she doesn't look a thing like you remember her in the yearbook photos or in your mind as you visualize her and her football player boyfriend sitting on top of the hood of his Camaro. The Letterman jacket with medals. And you see that she has grown children. Back to the anonymous friend request. Who is this person named "Po Po Chronic"? Is it a male or female? Is the person a saint or have they served jail time? Probably neither, but who wants to take a chance? Or the infamous "Bryan_mo_monye"? (I've changed the names slightly).