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Re: “That's It, I'm Done With Facebook”
I highly dislike reading about people downing Facebook. Calling it boring, over crowded, and no longer "cool". The advise he got from his social media expert friend is spot on. People who are tired of Facebook are lazy with it. Take a few minutes to tweak your settings and make it worth your time. If you do not want to take some time to make it better, then stay off and stop complaining.
There are 1.1 Billion people on Facebook, so if there are a few million people tired of it, then be tired of it. It's not our fault you have moved on, so please stop making it seem like Facebook is bad. Just admit you lost interest and move on.
PS. Twitter only has 5.7 Million users. And Twitter is completely different than Facebook, so it tough to sell Twitter as an alternative to Facebook.
Re: “That's It, I'm Done With Facebook”
FB was never a decent platform to begin with. Nothing more than a glorified Myspace that marketers latched onto because of the large user base and promoted in a bid to make themselves some cash. Suddenly we have Social Media "experts", gurus who'll tell you how to make your business explode using FB, for a fee of course, and all sorts of insanity. Social media is nothing more than a huge joke on the masses that wastes time, serves no real purpose, and simply gives people yet another meaningless and pointless way to turn off their brain and let it fill with static for a few hours. Now if you don't mind, I have to go check my feed.:)
Re: “That's It, I'm Done With Facebook”
I've debated Facebook with my wife quite a bit, and I find it to be particularly discouraging. In my opinion, Facebook and other social sites are about validation to many people: they post things that you consider dull and boring because they want someone to pay attention to them. Much like your article (which, sadly, you got my attention with).
So, really - buck up. Don't want to give your friends the attention they're looking for? They really aren't your friends, then. That's what friends do - they suffer through the minutia because caring about what is going on in another's life is being a friend.
It looks like what you're expecting from people is relevant social commentary and interesting things. If you had a good friend of many years who didn't have anything interesting to say, what would you do with them? Sit across the table from them and say, "You know, you're just not doing it for me anymore, and I don't really care that your dog stepped on a thorn last week," or would you smile and be a friend?
Subscribe to some RSS feeds or, as you say, Twitter, and find relevant information from sources who aren't your "friends," instead of expecting your "friends" to do a monkey dance for you and keep you giggling away on your throne.
Re: “The Doors Don't Suck”
People under 60 really can't appreciate them, obviously.
Re: “That's It, I'm Done With Facebook”
Google + IT'S REALLY AWESOME! and it's full of smart people, nerds, geeks, artists, photographers, and so much more! Aunt Mabel is NOT on G+. Your FB friends aren't on G+ either but there is a rich community of people from around the world to talk to, share information with and join in communities with. Check it out.
Re: “That's It, I'm Done With Facebook”
Yes FB has become boring an inane but puuleeze Twitter as an alternative, its even worse. I closed my "Twatter" account after a month of reading Twat's inane blather about absolutely nothing.
Re: “That's It, I'm Done With Facebook”
The sad reality of these social media sites is that they tend to separate people rather than bring them closer. True your grandmother can see your graduation pictures and your sister in law can share her recipe for apple pie, but for the most part social media sites have done nothing to bring people closer. Yes they band some people towards common causes, they help in a very very minute way to bring to light social injustices and the likes, expose some things, but the truth is they effect little change. The big winner is Facebook itself, the investors and the advertisers. Spend the time you waste logging your life and your problems and talk to your kids instead, face to face. Hop in the car and drive the six hours or a day to see your loved ones. Call them and chat face to face on skype or better yet go see them, give them a hug and kiss them. If you are a stamp collector, antique dealer then great, Facebook is the best thing since sliced bread. These friends you boast off you have, are they really friends? You think posting the same motivational or de-motivational images over and over again or a poem you saw is that being social? Its a total waste of time. Go touch someones life for real, go spend time with someone, call them, touch them for real, instead of hiding behind the wall.
Re: “That's It, I'm Done With Facebook”
I just stopped using fb. I started realizing I don't care bout ANY of the crap in the news feed, yet I was constantly sucked in and checking it almost impulsively. Now I feel so 'meh' about it.
Re: “That's It, I'm Done With Facebook”
You want to know what I'm tired of? People who complain about other people posting the utter minutia of their lives on Facebook, and do it by writing "articles" on the utter minutia of their own lives (i.e. their decision to stop using Facebook).
WHO CARES???
Don't like facebook anymore? Fine. Stop logging on. That's it. Problem solved.
Writing articles and/or blog entries about your decision makes you as much of an attention whore as the people who supposedly instigated your decision to stop using Facebook.
Re: “The Doors Don't Suck”
@Joe no, are they good?
Re: “The Doors Don't Suck”
Probably one of the worst, most misguided articles I've ever read about The Doors. Have you even listened to this band?
Re: “The Doors Don't Suck”
To say that The Doors "were" Ray Manzarek is as misguided as saying that they "were" Morrison. They were a true ensemble. Morrison is overrated and the other three are underrated, but the best songs feature the best of all four of them.
Re: “Sex, Love, and Brooklyn: Cum On My Tits and Other Sex Habits of the Highly Effective Man”
"They think they'll offend us, or somehow jinx the whole thing."
Really? That's amazing. Things must be very different in America. Or perhaps I'm just (as usual) so out of touch with general etiquette that I make up my own rules as I go along.
I've almost always got a couple on me. And if I was ever challenged about expectations, I'd just claim (falsely) to be a gentleman. And I'd say that a gentleman has no expectations, but plenty of hopes.
I ripped that off from a film I once saw.
Re: “A Booze Playlist: The 20 Best Drinking Songs”
I really wanted to see something by Nick cave in here. There's loads to choose from, but "Brother, my cup is empty" and "Thirsty dog" spring to mind. Though, admittedly, both of them are about the destructive elements of drinking and alcoholism - but you can still sing "Thirsty dog" loudly and boisterously, so it reclaims some ground with that.
Or "Oh, Jean" by The Proclaimers. Not actually about drinking, exactly, but if you ARE drinking and if it IS playing and you get to that point in the night where people are in the mood for it, then it's the best song ever for a bit of dry humping.
Re: “The 10 Best Author-to-Author Insults”
I'm probably displaying a lot of naivete here, since I've read nothing of either Faulkner or Hemingway (slightly ashamed) but when I read the insults, I couldn't help feeling like it was the kind of exchange between two very different people who like each other, but have a sort of competitive nature going on. Like they'd be laughing at each other and enjoying the witty repartee.
I did read a couple of things by Ayn Rand, though. An ex-girlfriend from Florida introduced me to her. I'd never heard of her before that - as far as I know, she's largely unknown in Scotland. And with good reason. I despised every single page of "Atlas shrugged".
Norman Mailer's comment felt like someone describing a guilty pleasure. Like admitting that you enjoy listening to "Da-da-da" by Trio. (Incidentally... I like listening to "Da-da-da" by Trio. I mean, I resisted that electronic, weird piece of bubble-gum music. Christ, I resisted. But in the end, it was like having sex with a fat chick and eventually it rolled over and overpowered me with its surreal dark humour.)
Re: “Three Easy Ways to Grow Your Own Food in Brooklyn”
Hey, We design and install Rooftop Gardens and Interiors primarily in NYC. I love the second post i.e. "Tower Garden", & really enjoyed these tips. Thanks for sharing and keep posting!
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Re: “Game of Thrones: Honor, Betrayal, and Oral Sex”
Theon's penis was visible in one episode, I think.
Re: “Game of Thrones: Tyrion and Sansa Get Married, More Bad Things Happen to a Penis”
Reading and deciphering this takes longer than actually watching the show. It's a recap, not re-telling of the episode subjectively or how you saw it.
Winner: Games of Thrones
Loser: Kristin Iversen's recap
Re: “Game of Thrones: Tyrion and Sansa Get Married, More Bad Things Happen to a Penis”
What exactly is the point of this? Such bad writing....And if we want to know what happened, wouldn't we just watch the show?
