Why Facebook is like fight club

Recently I have begun to notice a similarity between the rules of fight club and of Facebook. Mainly do not talk about Facebook outside of Facebook. Try talking to someone, even a close friend about their posts. For some reason it does not work. That is mainly (aside from obvious awkwardness) because there is a difference in the discourse that you use on the internet and how you actually speak. We tend not to speak in the small declarative s  or the small used to comment on a post. "Meme" has probably been typed more times than it has ever been said out loud (there is an on going debate on how to pronounce it).

If Facebook was like real life, conversations would be halted and frankly weird. Imagine a friend walking into a room saying "The awkward moment when you mistake gravy granules for coffee. Lol." then someone shouting "LOLZ!" and other single word replies, that mainly focus on questioning the intelligence of the OP. It would seem strange as it doesn't follow natural speech patterns.

However the lines are not always clear. Everyone knows at least one friend who will say out loud LOL, maybe accompanied with a small smirk or perhaps in a deadpan voice. These people are in the minority however. The internet, for its purpose being to share information, is a strangely personal thing. Its not really a group activity, akin to reading it is done in spare time. Even in social media and networking one can still control interaction with others. You can choose whether or not to post, comment on a status or answer the "Heyy" that pops up. Its much harder in reality where if you ignore the elongated y, it is deemed rude. 

So when the language of the internet starts to leak into real life what do we do? Nothing really, the internet has become an extension of our lives. I am not going to say if that's a good or bad thing but the reality is that the language we use on Facebook is different to real life therefore is not a threat. Although terminology and internet jargon may lead to certain words becoming part of the general lexicon no damage has come of it.