25 random things u don't wanna know

i'm sure you've all been tagged by the '25 things' meme on facebook. at first, i wanted to be tagged. Then when i was, i thought "ok, i'll do it in a few days". but then it multiplied exponentially and suddenly there were 25 things coming out of ppl's ears. it was just too much. while i do like the idea of learning something new about my friends (i did fall prey to the similar questionnaire email meme going around a few years ago), to me, this is a superb example of a fad. at the beginning, you envy the early adopters; then you start to participate; then when it's past the peak, no one wants to touch it. With facebook, it got positively viral. in fact slate did a comparison between it and a virus. they tried to survey and discover who was the 'patient zero' who sent out the first note. they couldn't quite determine that one person, but discovered that it started out around November last year as "16 Random Things About Me". Then the number changed around until the magic '25' which no one seems to know why it works. Plus most ppl who do answer it, will do so within the first 3 days of receiving it. i find it interesting to see how throughly 'random' the success of this type of virus is.