Guest Posted June 13, 2019 Share Posted June 13, 2019 The one on Instagram or the porn? Also, I think I might need bifocals. I blame all of you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 I deleted Twitter a while ago but went back pretty quickly, mainly because it was a way to simulate human interaction. I finally deleted it for real a week or two ago, and I swear my life has improved dramatically. I'm less anxious, I'm in a better mood, and I'm better able to like the people in my life who are also on Twitter. I have another account that I set up a while ago to be private, but my mother-in-law somehow found it. My wife keeps asking me to delete that account too, but I keep telling her that I don't know the login information, so I can't delete it but it may as well not exist because I can't even log in. Not even sure what email I used to sign up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tank Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 Right with you. I still have my account for press stuff, but taking it off my phone made my life SO much better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 I pretty much just use Twitter to like a bunch of conservative stuff and I follow a ton of sports stuff and use that for breaking news. Facebook I keep pretty private. And only share photos of me and my son, really. Instagram, Im just there for the gym moms honestly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceheart Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 I ditched Facebook and Twitter at the same time, in June 2018. Twitter, I never looked back. Facebook took a solid month of genuine cravings to get over. I kept Instagram. I know, its owned by Facebook... I dont like Facebook as a company, per se, but I left for my mental health, not as a boycott. I still like taking pictures and having a place to share them. My Instagram is private and my follows are heavily curated, though. And I keep Pinterest because I like looking at recipes and pretty clothes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 I think I still have an Instagram account, but I don’t remember the last time I used it. It was probably about 6 years ago. Same with Pinterest. Facebook’s been gone since 2016, although we did sign up for a joint account in order to use a local buy/sell and freecycle group. My wife uses it occasionally but I almost never log in. I was doing Imgur for a while, but I posted something that was marginally political, just barely, and of course got slammed and people wishing death upon me, so I haven’t done that in months. It was right around the time I wanted to avoid Endgame spoilers, so it had a double benefit. At this point Nightly is my only social media, which is obviously a very select group of people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odine Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 Instagram is the only social media I use, but being a painter it's kind of essential. It's helpful quite often but it's also a constant source of self dissatisfaction and esteem erosion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zerimar Nyliram Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 I marvel hearing stories from the fresh-out-of-college kids I work with, where they talk about meeting new people as prospective dates and getting their Snapchats. I tell a similar story, and they ask me why I didn't get her Snapchat. I explained that I do not have Snapchat and I firmly believe that getting someone's phone number is just fine. "You need to get with the times, man," one of them said. "Why?" I asked. "If someone wants to talk to me, are they going to turn me down just because I don't have Snapchat? That's a pretty stupid reason not to want to get to know someone. They are shallow and not worth my time if something like that were to happen. I like who I am, and if someone doesn't like it, screw them."They shut up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destiny Skywalker Posted October 18, 2019 Share Posted October 18, 2019 I have a theory that social media, and Facebook in particular, harms us by trying to enforce more relationships than we can handle. The friend terminology in Facebook especially drives home the relationship factor. We can really only have a maximum of ~150 relationships, and by the time you add friends, work, any other organizations, and then you add the guy you sat next to in algebra 20 years ago, it becomes too much for the human brain to track.Oh hey this came full circle last week when someone set up a 20-year high school reunion planning group. Now I have friend requests from people I haven't even thought about in 20 years. My husband was like way to hold a grudge but I just dont care. I know I've reached that Facebook relationship limit, I have to really like you to add you now. Not just be someone I played softball with in 5th grade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 18, 2019 Share Posted October 18, 2019 That was my feeling about high school. I couldn't go to my reunion due to illness, but I also had no desire. Seeing the pictures online drove home that I didn't care. Mostly it was the preppy kids that I didn't like, but there was no animosity on my end, just glad that I dodged a bullet of spending an evening with people I don't care about. There's no joy in reconnecting with people you never really connected with. I'm also fairly certain that in the modern age high school reunions are for people who peaked in high school. I'm pretty sure I still haven't reached my peak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odine Posted October 18, 2019 Share Posted October 18, 2019 Imagine peaking in high school. ****ing hell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceheart Posted October 18, 2019 Share Posted October 18, 2019 My next door neighbor peaked in high school. Hes a grandpa now. Id feel sorry for him if he wasnt such a jerk. Every so often I run into people who remember me from high school, but I dont remember them at all. They dont at all make me want to attend a reunion. Man, I dont consider my life anything special, but I may well be the brightest star of my class if everyone turned out the way the people I run into did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Krawlie Posted October 18, 2019 Share Posted October 18, 2019 Yeah a lot of people I knew back then peaked in high school too. Some even married each other, which is a horrifying thought. Every time I visit my parents I dread who I'm gonna run into in town. Fortunately it's been a while since I've seen anyone outside of my friend who still lives there that I WANT to see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tank Posted October 18, 2019 Share Posted October 18, 2019 I am going to my next reunion just to show off what it's like to peak in middle age like you're supposed to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destiny Skywalker Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 I mean I'm the boring type of happy and successful. I kind of peaked in college or right after. Not that I've been unhappy since, just kind of got busy with adulting. Not too much glory in driving to soccer games and Girl Scout meetings, and taking my youngest to 500 doctor appointments only to get a big shrug. I'm not super focused on myself right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ms. Spam Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 I have a theory that social media, and Facebook in particular, harms us by trying to enforce more relationships than we can handle. The friend terminology in Facebook especially drives home the relationship factor. We can really only have a maximum of ~150 relationships, and by the time you add friends, work, any other organizations, and then you add the guy you sat next to in algebra 20 years ago, it becomes too much for the human brain to track.Oh hey this came full circle last week when someone set up a 20-year high school reunion planning group. Now I have friend requests from people I haven't even thought about in 20 years. My husband was like way to hold a grudge but I just dont care. I know I've reached that Facebook relationship limit, I have to really like you to add you now. Not just be someone I played softball with in 5th grade. Whew. Glad I made the cut. I love getting my kiddo news! I have never been invited to my high school reunion but usually crash my former middle schoolers high school reunion as I know those people better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Krawlie Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 I quit Facebook again last night after letting myself get dragged into a stupid thing with extended family and Im getting stressed just thinking about it again now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 Facebook should have the motto "getting into stupid things" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tank Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 I quit Facebook again last night after letting myself get dragged into a stupid thing with extended family and Im getting stressed just thinking about it again now.I'm glad it came after my couples Halloween costume idea post since it was pretty much for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Krawlie Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 Damn, I mustve missed that. Dont tell me Im gonna have to log back in now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tank Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 You liked it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Krawlie Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 Shit. I wasnt even drinking yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 You liked it...Now I know you’re lying, Krawlie hates everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tank Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 He likes my stuff on FB, but he won't on nightly since we battle for top likes spot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 The combined total of Tank and Driver blows everybody out of the water. But I’m beating Krawlie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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