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Post by LongPlayer on Feb 28, 2015 21:48:06 GMT -5
Hello, I've appeared also, thereby killing the momentum ("Oh, no! Our first "unwanted"!).
Totally agree about Facebook. I have an aversion to posting because most of the people who reply these days are crazies from the past. Right now, I'm debating what I should do with this good friend from high school that I haven't seen in 35 years. He's been claiming for months on his page, messaging me, etc. that he's IN LOVE with this girl who just turned 18 who was on a reality show called "Dance Moms". I don't have the whole story, but from my perspective, it appears as though he's stalking her. He is now "engaged" to her, despite (I'm 99% percent sure) never having met her. He even, apparently, took out an engagement notice in the Pittsburgh paper a couple of weeks ago. Yes, I've been officially creeped out for months now, but I also can't seem to look away because I potentially have a front-row seat to the first Facebook stalking trial. I kind of wish the journalist that lives in me would die already.
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Post by boots on Feb 28, 2015 23:46:00 GMT -5
Lol!
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Post by Darren on Mar 4, 2015 15:53:56 GMT -5
So is it just me or is the world REALLY going to shit in a hurry? Has it ALWAYS been like this and I just wasn't old enough to see it, or are we literally sprinting toward our own extinction more carelessly than ever? The dumbing down of the masses, the bail outs, the rich getting hella richer, unarmed black kids shot in cold blood by white cops, the ISIS thing, Iran/Israel, Russian/Ukraine/US...fuck, where does it end?
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Post by LongPlayer on Mar 5, 2015 19:32:40 GMT -5
Call me naïve, but I think our 24 hour news cycle only exacerbates the feeling that we're going to hell in a handbasket quicker than ever.
I think, ultimately, the world has always been like this, people just used to be a lot better at keeping secrets/shutting up. Because it was "the thing to do". I'm not really convinced that people have somehow become "more evil" over time.
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Post by Hazza on Mar 5, 2015 20:51:08 GMT -5
I think that the modern world is a spectrum. What everyone is building up to is different. The ones that are ahead are so far past the others that we are left with only a few options. Someone will set off another bomb. Social media is a bomb many countries are trying to.. delay.. I can't see how anyone can be with the glass half empty when you start to see the bigger picture. The glass is almost full and ready to burst. Social media is moving faster than some can control or repress. Humanity has never seen times like this and it will be interesting to see how it holds up. We all remember life without the internet, close your eyes and think about those times, open them up and see how far and quickly things have leaped forward.
Hammered. I'm going to want to delete this in the morning.
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Post by Darren on Mar 6, 2015 0:49:26 GMT -5
That was pretty damn brilliant, Haz. Please don't delete.
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Post by boots on Mar 7, 2015 14:50:03 GMT -5
My dad (old wiser person) says it's always been this bad we just never heard about it 24/7, and someone wasn't making a fortune off of scaring the hell out of the weak and feeble,minded through so called "news". I tend to agree with him.
In other news, I think I must be getting old because I find myself wanting to retreat more and more away from technology, constant content being shoveled at me, and fucking people. Oops, I said that.
And for the record, "Night Fever" just came on the iPod. Gotta go dance.
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Post by DannyA on Apr 3, 2015 23:00:26 GMT -5
My dad (old wiser person) says it's always been this bad we just never heard about it 24/7, and someone wasn't making a fortune off of scaring the hell out of the weak and feeble,minded through so called "news". I tend to agree with him. In other news, I think I must be getting old because I find myself wanting to retreat more and more away from technology, constant content being shoveled at me, and fucking people. Oops, I said that. And for the record, "Night Fever" just came on the iPod. Gotta go dance. I totally agree with/endorse everything here except the "Night Fever" crap. Girl?
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Post by Merc on Apr 4, 2015 23:48:23 GMT -5
Danny, you handsome bastard. Think of you often, very glad to see you lately here. I've been terrible at keeping in touch. Hope you're damned well. Best to you!
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Post by boots on Apr 5, 2015 11:46:42 GMT -5
My dad (old wiser person) says it's always been this bad we just never heard about it 24/7, and someone wasn't making a fortune off of scaring the hell out of the weak and feeble,minded through so called "news". I tend to agree with him. In other news, I think I must be getting old because I find myself wanting to retreat more and more away from technology, constant content being shoveled at me, and fucking people. Oops, I said that. And for the record, "Night Fever" just came on the iPod. Gotta go dance. I totally agree with/endorse everything here except the "Night Fever" crap. Girl? Liquor- Sigh.
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Post by DannyA on Apr 10, 2015 19:28:38 GMT -5
Danny, you handsome bastard. Think of you often, very glad to see you lately here. I've been terrible at keeping in touch. Hope you're damned well. Best to you! I am, but damned busy too. Gotta say I love teaching language arts to middle-schoolers, except for the days when I hate it! Come May 22 you'll be seeing a lot more of me on the Interwebs.
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Post by Merc on Apr 15, 2015 0:56:23 GMT -5
Looking forward, Danny.
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