I have been trying to wrap my head around this whole social networking thing. I can't say that I am doing all that well, as it seems to be a large concept and I seem to have a tiny mind. But one of the routes to better understanding was sticking my toe in the waters of this thing, and my particular water choice was Facebook.
As I attempt to grok this, I thought one of the things I would do is only be friends with my friends, or at a bare minimum, people I know. That is until today.
Today I got a notification saying that Jonathan Bates wanted to be friends with me. The first thought that floated up in my under-caffeinated mind was that my account had somehow been compromised, either my email or my Facebook. My next thought being that maybe my uncle had joined and found me.
After logging in and confirming all seemed to be well, I looked at the invite. Some kid in the UK (named, oddly enough for this story, Jonathan Bates) has formed The Jonathan Bates Appreciation Collective, with a motto of
"Strictly for members called Jonathan Bates!!!Go on, run with it, it'll be grand."
The pure arbitrariness of my father choosing to name me after his youngest brother has finally paid off.