Social media destroys civilization!

For stuff that is general.

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"Sorry, it's just a tool and it's just too bad. At least we recover in 1000 years."
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I think the mail could come once a week, and my life wouldn't change significantly. If it weren't for that 1 damned client who mails me a check, I'd said even less frequently.
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I live 250 yards from an actual post office, but I don't get home delivery. Also, UPS usually just delivers stuff there and my alert says "get it at the post office." I'm there several times a week. A lot of people outside the cities, are.

My mother's tax office has a couple hundred clients who moved away, but still mail in their tax forms in/want them mailed back. The PO is an active part of a lot of people's lives. People notice when it gets shittier, but charges more. It doesn't make them happy.
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Cox Media Group brags about listening to our private conversations.

Other companies are immediately denying knowledge.
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So, aside from the constant anonymous negativity and willful spread of disinformation, what are your thoughts about....

If a normal human is social creature, and craves a certain level of human interaction, how healthy is it if 95% of that interaction now comes through a screen?

I saw a meme today lamenting the loss of the "good old days" when, among other things, people sat on front porches to encourage human interaction with neighbors. I never personally did that, but I wonder if people have been getting their fix through the screen , and becoming more isolated and insular because of it, and even if their screen drip into the vein isn't full of poison (and we know it is), is it healthy in and if itself?

I also read the other day that like 50% of young people have never approached the opposite sex in real life.

Rising mental illness rates suggest it isn't healthy.
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I block a lot of people on FB. I think like 800 people and groups, this year, so far. Some people are never going to be worth your time or attention, so it's nice to know you can disappear them. I know the universe is creating new assholes way faster than I can block them, but even so. Maybe someday we'll be able to append our "Block Lists" with each other and get ahead of them. IDK. Identity Bit would help.

When you cursor over a user's name to see the "Block" function, you get "Followed by X number of people." I'd love to also see a "Blocked by X number of people." Just for funsies.

My own number would probably be high. Sometime I can't help but point out logic flaws in their "All intelligent people know" statements/memes.

I'd really like to be completely and totally segregated by assholes from all platforms, including real life.
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GORDON wrote: Wed Sep 25, 2024 6:09 pm If a normal human is social creature, and craves a certain level of human interaction, how healthy is it if 95% of that interaction now comes through a screen?
Insanely unhealthy by pretty much every metric.
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WTF is this, Facebook? And why are you showing it to me? (Slightly NSFW)

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I wonder if it's because I recently called you grandpa... :D

Seriously though, this is pretty concerning on many levels. Why did FB think you needed to see this? What if you were a kid? What if your wife see it and thinks you're surfing single ads or something? Why is this woman posting near nude photos of herself anywhere? Has she responded to your DMs yet?
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Leisher wrote: Wed Oct 23, 2024 9:29 am Has she responded to your DMs yet?
Lol. FB just showed me another in that same group. I assume it's all scammers. (I assume most of FB is scammers outside of the people I know).

I honestly have no idea how this got on my feed. Like hot half-naked women? Sure.
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TheCatt wrote: Wed Oct 23, 2024 9:36 am I assume most of FB is scammers outside of the people I know
Preach.
TheCatt wrote: Wed Oct 23, 2024 9:36 am I honestly have no idea how this got on my feed. Like hot half-naked women? Sure.
Look at your activity across all platforms. FB spies everywhere. It knows you like the nudes. Have you searched for anything for an older relative? Anything related to retirement? Anything involving swinging/singles/etc.? Have you or your wife searched the Golden Bachelor or whatever that bullshit is on TV?
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I recently learned FB has a dating app built in. I have not yet explored. But I assumed the pic was from that.
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BTW, that lady needs to dye her hair. For 65 she's got a good body, but white hair is just a major turn off.
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Leisher wrote: Wed Oct 23, 2024 10:04 am Look at your activity across all platforms. FB spies everywhere. It knows you like the nudes. Have you searched for anything for an older relative? Anything related to retirement? Anything involving swinging/singles/etc.? Have you or your wife searched the Golden Bachelor or whatever that bullshit is on TV?
One thing I've noticed is that once I get past "people I know updates," FB tends to just throw random ass shit on the wall. Like the other day I got 4 pictures of Keanu Reeves with various political t-shirts. Or some "history of BMW" thing that was weirdly copy-pasta'd across different accounts. Or people from India posting picture of reddit posts for engagement. So I chalked it up to that.

The only ads I remember clicking on lately were lingerie ads (and, man, you click on one, you get 100 more) to buy some stuff for photography.
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Leisher wrote: Wed Oct 23, 2024 10:16 am BTW, that lady needs to dye her hair. For 65 she's got a good body, but white hair is just a major turn off.
You just pretend she's a Targaryan.
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My feeds this morning.

Twitter: Tech stuff, rage bait, and insane political people. Also, a squirrel was killed.

Facebook: My friends and family, lots of photography stuff, hot women.

FB wins.
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If negative energy always follows you...

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"Why do these morons keep reacting with anger when I tell them how stupid and hateful they are?"
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"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
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I agree with that completely and we see it in action throughout the world right now.

Although, to be fair, they're not coming out of it unscathed either.
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