Sellers' Scruples

I, like every other college student I know, spend a ridiculous amount of time on the computer looking at Facebook’s live feed to see what my friends are up to or read one of the nine million bizarre things posted on the web each day to make myself chuckle. The one thing, however, I have yet to follow is the crazy of Facebook weeks (or months). Not too long ago there was a span of time where you were supposed to change your profile picture to your favorite Pokémon character. This caught on quickly; it was astounding. I saw an array of older characters from the original set of Pokémon to ones that I’ve never seen before, nor would I be able to pronounce their names.

The next fad was a week where people changed their pictures to photos from their childhood. This week was awesome because we got to observe the differences in people from years ago to now. And some people just don’t change. But yet again, I missed this week. Mainly because the only picture I have on my Facebook from childhood isn’t one I took and I’m in the middle of a class of twenty. I thought it was pointless. And so, another trend slips by me.

But the best trend of all has been the Doppelganger week. This is the time where everyone put up photos of who they have been told they look like or photos from a generator that looks at faces and tells you who you look like. My favorites were those that were not of real people, but of doppelgangers of a toy or cartoon variety. I, being someone who has never been told she looks like someone famous, found this week a little disappointing. And to top it off, when I finally decided to put my picture in the generator to find my doppelganger, I was not pleased with the results. So, I have successfully missed at least three Facebook Fads. But, rest assured, dear friends, that if there is a “Pick your favorite ‘70s band and change them to your profile picture” I will most definitely be jumping on that band wagon!

Michele Sellers is Opinion Editor for the Pierce Arrow and can be reached at arrowopinion@gmail.com.