In the day of social networks being the in thing, not quite taking over real social interaction, but undoubtedly creating a whole new grammar... there is a rather disconcerting development. The word ' Like ' has been hijacked by the ultimate 800 pound gorilla of social networks, Facebook. ' Like ' in of itself isn't so much of an epilepsy inducing word. It's rather pleasant. I use it all the time(when it fits of course). The matter of contention here however, is that there is nothing other than ' like '. Seriously? what about love? or hate? or even dislike? This 'dumbing down' of the language and social interaction is rather depressing. Just with a snap of the finger, or rather a click of a mouse, the multitude and diversity of expressions in the English language... exterminated by Facebook and it's denizens of the ' like ' brigade. I wouldn't make such a fuss if there was a scale of how much you like d something or a sort of ...