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  • EADD Moderators: Pissed_and_messed | Shinji Ikari

The EADD a trifle annoyed thread v. I bet that smarts a bit

Stop being sarcastic, you. These things really cut me up.

I had some hope a while back when everybody began deleting their accounts, but it was (ironically) just a Facebook trend. :D

Still, social interaction was much nicer for that period.
 
I'm not on FB, that's the point. These are people I might meet in real life who seem cool, and then you find their Twitter / FB / whatever (which they've usually provided gladly, may I add) and you see something very, very ugly, and realise that if this had been your first encounter with this person, you'd have gone no further.

It's something I'm wasting my time mentioning to be honest, because most of those who'd agree don't have FB accounts and don't wish to, apart from those who 'find it useful sometimes' and are in denial too deep to just chuck the fucking toxic thing entirely.

I have witnessed a number of people become happier after doing so, must be said.
 
You almost make it sound like a useful filtering tool.

I'm not gonna evangelise for FB, though, I'm just saying it can be used for fun (e.g. local groups, music groups) and for keeping in touch with old friends & family. If anyone spoils my FB experience, they get the boot. I defriended my own mum for making annoying political posts (even though I agreed with them!) and it instantly made it all better. Anyway. It's not for everyone, I suppose.
 
to that^ and to the ' punch above weight in the right light' remark on the other page. ' let it gooo, let it gooo...'


ed: sorry that wasn't meant for Dan. It was for that 'damned illusive sha a dow'.*

*classic only fools and horses scene. I couldn't find the clip on you tube. :(
 
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felix said:
You almost make it sound like a useful filtering tool.
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I'd hate to say that it definitively is, but almost-invariably, if I meet and like somebody, it turns out they don't have a FB / Twitter / whatever account. There have been exceptions, but they've usually been too embarrassed to tell me about the account until I've got to know them enough to look beyond it.

I hate to use the term 'dealbreaker', but it has been in the past.

Here's my number, there's the pub. No need to catalogue your pretensions and dilettantism; I'll either spot 'em straight away or (preferably) see that they don't exist, and you merely did it because you thought it might help you get your leg over with some graceless dork.

So c'mon honey...
 
Sammy G said:
I'm annoyed at myself for not learning the lesson that it's best not to stumble across somebody's online presence if you think you're used to their real personality.

Facebook, Twitter and the like just have a habit of making people look ugly, sycophantic and superficial, even when you know they're not. It's heartbreaking, but it's the way of the world, I guess. :|
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Sammy are you talking about me, I've just gone back on FB?
 
Nah, not you! Nor anyone from here.

Just somebody I thought was cool for quite some time, and seemed to gel with when we had a drink.

Surprise interests: Feminism, Foucault, fuck off.

EDIT: But aye, I am still genuinely disappointed if I find out somebody uses Facebook.
 
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It's like people slagging off Reddit, or the Internet, or making general assumptions about any sort of popular thing. All of these things (including FB & Twitter) are just platforms that you can minutely tailor to your own needs. I've only got 20-odd FB friends, and that's more than enough. I don't use it to give everyone an edited highlights version of my life, and neither do any of my 20 friends & family on there. If they did, they'd get punted or ruthlessly called out for being vapid and fake.

5 years ago I moved away from all my family to be with the one I love ;), and I'm finding FB to be a useful, stress-free tool to keep in touch with them. That's all. When I see other people with 1000 FB "Friends", posting up pictures of their fake wonderful materialistic lives, it makes me sick and doesn't fool me for a second. Collecting as many "friends" as possible and pretending that you have a fabulous, perfect life, is an idiotic and pointless exercise and I'm not having any of it. Those people are quickly removed from my list, and they're so busy with it that they wouldn't even notice.

Lean and mean and honest is the way to do it. :) Or not do it at all.
 
Woah! Hold your horses. :D

See, I expected this kind of reaction, and if you cast an eye back to post #511, I admit that I'm wasting my time in trying to convert anybody. It's a personal preference, albeit one I do take seriously, having seen the spooky effects that FB has on social dynamics and having lived with somebody who was addicted to it.

I can appreciate the lean-and-mean approach, sure. I know of several friends who adopted that approach. Nearly all of them have fucked it off now, as they agree that it sucks you in to its pernicious culture without you realising it. I'm not necessarily talking about collecting 'friends'; it's the way interaction changes between existing friends which is the most striking factor.

Am I being silly? Are they being silly? Fuck knows.

All I know is that I got talking to a lovely woman in a bar, and then was confronted with this ersatz rubbish this morning.I may be bitter.

EDIT: The best one is when people complain that EADD's dead, and they're the same ones PMing their FB details to all and sundry and having FB chats. That's like picking up a 50kg sack of shit and complaining your hands are full.
 
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I noticed you don't have a lot of FB friends. felix...and I'm privileged to be among them :)
I always accept friend requests and see what people turn out like. If there posts annoy me then they can always be deleted later.....benefit of the doubt and all
 
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I think we're on the same page on this issue, Sammy, and my horses are firmly held. :D No worries.

I'm on a light amount of mxe and I'm just being more verbose about shit than usual. Let's change the subject. :D

Angry thread. I hate when non-resident bell-ends park their huge SUVs and white vans in our private car park, and take up 4 spaces with 2 vehicles. That's something to get angry about. Bastards. I left a note on a couple earlier this week in an attempt to change their ways.

First world problems. ;)
 
If a resident of this property was acting like a bell-end in a car parking scenario, then I'd have something to work with.

Innuendo. :D
 
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