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BJE80
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Correct. If you don't want it public in front of everyone of the world you best not post it.
Is Facebook as stupid as I think it is - or am I just old?
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Reagan
5 year old buck +
My wife is on it but I am not. If there is something from the family that I need to see, she lets me know. Otherwise I don't care to read about what people ate for lunch or what they think about anything. I can't believe how people announce vacations and travel. Why don't they just put a sign in their yard that says rob me.
One must also consider anything they put on line as something that will be around forever. Potential employers look at it. Stupid stuff posted by the young could have an effect years down the road.
One must also consider anything they put on line as something that will be around forever. Potential employers look at it. Stupid stuff posted by the young could have an effect years down the road.
SD51555
5 year old buck +
Facebook is a very valuable site. Some of the things you can do include...
-Wildly exaggerate the awesomeness that is your life and seek much needed affirmation.
-Wildly exaggerate the tragedy that is your life and seek much needed pity.
-Post pictures of your children on the hour instead of cooking your old man a decent dinner.
-Lip off to people like you're the biggest bada$$ on the planet.
-Prove you're patriotic and charitable without having to actually do anything of substance (ice bucket challenge?).
-Keep tabs on your ex's to make sure they are at least as fat and miserable as you are.
-Avoid real communication with relatives you'd never pick up the phone to call anyway.
-Be disappointed daily that the people you actually like and want to hear from don't post anything to facebook.
I quit almost three years ago. I'm 33, and none of my friends use it anymore. Obama and the NSA are going to have to work harder to find out how I feel about things.
-Wildly exaggerate the awesomeness that is your life and seek much needed affirmation.
-Wildly exaggerate the tragedy that is your life and seek much needed pity.
-Post pictures of your children on the hour instead of cooking your old man a decent dinner.
-Lip off to people like you're the biggest bada$$ on the planet.
-Prove you're patriotic and charitable without having to actually do anything of substance (ice bucket challenge?).
-Keep tabs on your ex's to make sure they are at least as fat and miserable as you are.
-Avoid real communication with relatives you'd never pick up the phone to call anyway.
-Be disappointed daily that the people you actually like and want to hear from don't post anything to facebook.
I quit almost three years ago. I'm 33, and none of my friends use it anymore. Obama and the NSA are going to have to work harder to find out how I feel about things.
Native Hunter
5 year old buck +
Facebook is a very valuable site. Some of the things you can do include...
-Wildly exaggerate the awesomeness that is your life and seek much needed affirmation.
-Wildly exaggerate the tragedy that is your life and seek much needed pity.
-Post pictures of your children on the hour instead of cooking your old man a decent dinner.
-Lip off to people like you're the biggest bada$$ on the planet.
-Prove you're patriotic and charitable without having to actually do anything of substance (ice bucket challenge?).
-Keep tabs on your ex's to make sure they are at least as fat and miserable as you are.
-Avoid real communication with relatives you'd never pick up the phone to call anyway.
-Be disappointed daily that the people you actually like and want to hear from don't post anything to facebook.
I quit almost three years ago. I'm 33, and none of my friends use it anymore. Obama and the NSA are going to have to work harder to find out how I feel about things.
Great list. You only left out one - tell everyone how wonderful your marriage is just before your old man runs off with another woman....:)
never been on it, never will. I don't need a daily affirmation to get me through the day. And people that take selfies?? Seriously?? Top selling item at Best Buy right now?? The selfie stick, that says a lot about our society. complete waste of mental resources. Like my Dad would say.. "if you want to talk to someone go over to their house. "
bueller
Moderator
I know of more than a couple people that have had their homes broken into while they were away and posting pictures of themselves on Facebook. Some weren't even on vacation, just out for the evening. Many people don't realize that a large percentage of break ins are done by somebody you know, probably a Facebook friend if you are on the site and have a large number of them.
Jordan Selsor
5 year old buck +
I avoid the drama but drag myself into the political crap sometimes. I find it useful for buying and selling things. I have bought several guns and a tree stand at a great price. These are on groups. Many of us from the area I live in started a bowhunting group. We are all throwing in 20 an doing a big buck contest this season and gonna have a cook out at the end of season. Their are also free gear giveaways often. My buddy got a dozen arrows awhile back.
SD51555
5 year old buck +
Ah! I forgot selfies! That close to a perfect post.
We got a guy at work that has a habit of doing selfies while the rest of us are running around with our hair on fire trying to salvage the fiscal year.
pick up the phone and call them. Do I really need to know the details of every little thing everyday of what people do? Hell no. I could careless what they had for dinner or what theme park they go to on their vacation to cuddle up to a couple of big black rats smiling. I like the concept of visiting with people on a face to face basis and showing me some pictures and having them talk about it and have a conversation. If people want to share their stuff that is the time to do it. I can't tell you how many times I have heard in casual conversations, "oh did you see what I posted on facebook?" and the answer from someone else is "yes". The conversation is over right than and there. To me it is the continued dummy down of our society making us even more and more impersonal and getting away from face to face interaction.
Look around at the kids today, they sit around on their fricking phones and can't even talk to each other. I just spoke (on the phone) to a very close friend of mine in Waupaca a week ago. He said his son and his friends were in the basement all quiet. He went down there and they are all on the phones with them in their face. He TOOK every one of their phones and locked them in the gun cabinet for an hour and said.. "you guys need to learn how to talk with out this crap in your face." Within 10 minutes...the laughter was heard.... the boys started talking about hunting...they decided to go in the back yard and play football and the next thing you know... his house phone rang... one of the moms.. "is my boy there I couldn't get ahold of him??" Yes.. he is in the back yard playing football and if you need him to come home call the house as I have his phone in my gun cabinet. The mother said... "thank you for being a good parent and I am so happy you did this I can't wait to post this on facebook." He says... don't waste your time".. click and he hung up.
j-bird
Moderator
Lots of things change and time marches on. Like I said I can see how it would really benefit those that are greater distances apart - and that is becoming more and more common. I will post when I feel like it - but will more than likely only follow family. Didn't mean to stir the pot. It's a tool and how or if you use it is an individual choice.
wiscwhip
5 year old buck +
I would generally have to agree with the fact that it can be a tool and can be used in many different ways by many different people, much like the wife and I using it to get pictures of the grandbabies who lived across the state and nothing else...ever. Works great for us in that capacity and that is the extent of our use of FB. On the other hand, many folks are now using it as a "social crutch". Overuse and reliance on things like FB is becoming more and more prevalent in todays society. With increases in social mental diseases such as social anxiety disorder, public panic disorders, and other social phobias, current studies are now showing that FB and other sites like it are perpetuating and enabling these disorders to rise to ever increasing levels.
biglakeba$$
5 year old buck +
I am at the cabin now with my daughter and her friend. I told them phones stay inside.
And they dont stay inside to be near the phones.
It drives me absolutely crazy watching them in a group all staring at phones. Grrrrrr
And they dont stay inside to be near the phones.
It drives me absolutely crazy watching them in a group all staring at phones. Grrrrrr
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MoLandOwner
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As you stare at your phone........;)
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bat man
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Text Zuckerberg and ask him how stupid he thinks Facebook is. You don't get that kind of money if lots of people don't see the value.
I wish I had some ideas as stupid as his.
I wish I had some ideas as stupid as his.
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bat man
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Where the hell is Hmong anyways?
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BJE80
Guest
Every generation is annoyed with the next generation. It is just part of changes in society and values.
West Branch
5 year old buck +
My parents had boxes of old Reader's Digest magazines, over 10 years ago I was looking at some old ones and there was a letter written in from a teacher talking about how students no longer had any respect for teachers and how bad parents were at raising their kids, etc. etc. It was from the early 1950s...
