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bayareabadger

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« Reply #2142 on: January 31, 2021, 10:18:24 AM »
Just no longer interested as being part of that awful machine.
I kind of want to ask what makes it an awful machine, just because I'm curious. But I imagine that might spill out into something. 

Not that it's not awful, but it's awful in a range of ways, often very different ones from different people. 

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« Reply #2143 on: January 31, 2021, 10:18:57 AM »
I use facebook mostly for birthdays

I pause folks for 30 days if I tire of scrolling by their political posts
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« Reply #2144 on: January 31, 2021, 10:34:00 AM »
I kind of want to ask what makes it an awful machine, just because I'm curious. But I imagine that might spill out into something.

Not that it's not awful, but it's awful in a range of ways, often very different ones from different people.
Let's say I deleted all the posts here that I didn't agree with. How would that be taken?
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« Reply #2145 on: January 31, 2021, 10:38:53 AM »
How Facebook is run doesn't bother me, but then, not much does.


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« Reply #2146 on: January 31, 2021, 10:43:31 AM »
Facebook is for posting pictures of your new cars, fabulous vacations, kids, pets, etc.  It's for making people understand that my life is better than theirs.  ;)

They, of course, should do the same to me.  It's fun.

I don't ever post politics on Facebook, and I block anyone that does.  I don't unfriend them, because they still need to see my pictures of fabulous vacations and whatnot, and envy me and wish their lives were as great as mine, but I don't want to see their political hawt takes no matter which particular echo chamber they choose to reside in.

But I do find it really handy for keeping up to date with friends and family that I don't see regularly, keeping up with their kids, and letting them know what we're up to as well.  When you eliminate all the political shit-posting, it's really a pleasant experience.



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« Reply #2147 on: January 31, 2021, 11:05:26 AM »
I have never been on Facebook or had an account. Same with Instagram.

I honestly don’t feel like I’m missing a damn thing as a text directly to all my friends and family and get pictures and updates all the time.  

I generally like humans but it is waning. Social media just reinforces how many human traits and elements I find extremely distasteful.
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« Reply #2148 on: January 31, 2021, 11:05:52 AM »
I enjoy the political postings.  And of course I enjoy the ones that are clearly incorrect factually.  I don't think the posters enjoy when I correct them much.

It's a window into the human condition and psyche.

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« Reply #2149 on: January 31, 2021, 11:17:56 AM »
Scary shit here.

U.S. intelligence officials say Chinese government is collecting Americans' DNA - 60 Minutes - CBS News
U.S. intelligence officials say Chinese government is collecting Americans' DNA - 60 Minutes - CBS News
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« Reply #2150 on: January 31, 2021, 11:26:54 AM »
I've been told 60 minutes is not trustworthy

I quit watching
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« Reply #2151 on: January 31, 2021, 11:27:50 AM »
That DNA article title is very misleading in my view.  The article doesn't say that.

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« Reply #2152 on: January 31, 2021, 11:30:40 AM »
most titles are very misleading
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« Reply #2153 on: January 31, 2021, 11:31:42 AM »
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« Reply #2154 on: January 31, 2021, 12:24:37 PM »
I've been told 60 minutes is not trustworthy

I quit watching
That only works if whoever told you is more trustworthy than 60 minutes, lol.
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« Reply #2155 on: January 31, 2021, 12:29:48 PM »
You guys are funny, talking about facebook like that.  If you think it's bad, check out twitter.  It's the ultimate cesspool.  It's basically the most vile comments from a  youtube video transmorphing itself into news.  Facebook is for old people now and twitter is the current platform for people to see what's happening in the world...while wading in knee-deep sewage.
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And then there's reddit, which is like the worst people alive have taken truth serum and share EVERYTHING horrible they've witnessed or done themeselves.
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And there's twitch, which you really won't like if you don't like young people expecting money for doing nothing.  Most of it is girls in bikini tops playing video games as men watch and hand their money over. 




"We the poeple" are really pretty disgusting.  Hance my lack of respect and optimism about "the masses."
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