In my spare time, I do stand-up comedy and I get some of my best material from the status updates people post on Facebook and Twitter.
It is shocking that people will disclose as much as they do and I wonder if those people would really be as candid if they actually knew all the people that read those updates. It is all part of the power of social media. People feel comfortable being behind closed doors but really in front of a virtual crowd. Some of the business pages that I work on address topics that incredibly sensitive issues to many people. Yet, the engagement is extremely high and the comments are never ending. It is obvious that people want to feel connected to other people going through the same thing. Whether it is about the trials and tribulations of infidelity or the hardships associated with care giving for an elderly person, people want support and commonality which is what social media provides.
The material I use in my stand up sets is more along the lines of someone that posts this as a status update:
Bryan Land No joke. I think I have Irritable bowel syndrome… I poop way to much –
Ashley Maines all those farts……now i have to poop
Jenna Cauvin-Bamfield I have to poop
Chris Baker ok so i need to get laid. Who wants it?
Garrett Cook I hate it when I’m in class and I need to fart.
Doesn’t anyone want to remain a mystery? Every bowel movement does not need to be accounted for on Facebook.
