Help an old lady across the street, will ya?

Carrie's mom signed her up for Facebook so she could better keep in touch with some of her relatives. A nice gesture.

Carrie was playing around on the site and I was looking over her shoulder while she looked up a bunch of people from her high school. We did a fun little search and found a bunch of people from my high school, too.

Now, we all know that though I am relatively young, I am not hip and never have been. So, someone tell me...what's the purpose of Facebook? What does it do, besides make Carrie groan about how all of her ex-boyfriends got hot (hey, two of my exes are doing time...I fail to see the big deal here)? Is it just a way to find out people are still alive and on the interwebs or is there some higher purpose?

Yes, I could probably look all this up on my own, but that's why I have you, flist. That's why I have you.