#21. The YOU NEVER SEEM THIS HAPPY IN REAL LIFE Update

EXAMPLES:

"Nora Leo loved spontaneous salsa dancing in the park today! Yay, sunshine!!"
"Vicky Tabor had the best ever DQ Blizzard and now gets to see Cheryl and Tyler at the Toby Keith concert!!!! Life rocks."

The You Never Seem This Happy In Real Life updates come from the mopers and Negative Nellies in your life who never say anything positive to your face, but suddenly from the protection (or perhaps under the pressure) of their virtual identity, they get all ga-ga over cheap gas or good weather.

Facebook is full of giddy people bouncing off the walls, often over very simple pleasures. In fact, the simple pleasures often take up a disproportionate amount of the spotlight, because there is pressure to make something out of nothing, and because many truly thrilling moments aren't appropriate for a status update: "Yay, my cancer is gone!" "Yay, I got into Harvard and my best friend didn't!" "Yay, my wife is finally losing all that extra weight!" So instead, we revel publicly in the small things. And in the case of some people, a friend's online persona can be more uplifting than actually being in the same room with them.

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