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Over the last 10 years being witty and shitty has been a contest. Gaslighting is an art and is becoming the norm. Add in the fact everyone is attacked for being white, conservative, religious, meat eating, being "manly", believing there are only 2 sexes, medical choices, believing in the constitution, gun owners, etc,etc, etc you end up having really shitty people who feel bad about themselves and looking to inflict the same misery they live in.

This effects how everyone feels and acts and divides us further. We have factions of factions and it's dividing friends and family. 

I really believe we are being forced to act and believe certain ways/things that just isn't natural and it's causing psychological effects. Bunch of lost empty souls running around. 

 
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My younger son "quite social media" quite a few years ago (just after getting out of HS) & I thought he was nuts, because ALL of his peers are on it & use it a bunch.  after a few months, he didn't miss it even a little bit.  in fact he rarely used his phone as well (TXT, email, etc). 

I followed did the same thing (Save for here), & I gotta say........... I dont miss it either.  I would REALLY like my wife to get off of it....  it brings her stress & it pains me to see it in her. 

I think the social media problem is huge.  if you have not seen it, watch "the social dilemma" on netflix.  take that & extrapolate what this means in terms of the quality of human traits.  It is actually surprising to me how much people still do social media (& electronics as a whole).  there are now real studies out that show how bad it is for adults & how terrible it is for kids...........  

& IMO, this all goes to the original question...........

 
I think it exacerbates the situation.  I know with me it was making me highly agitated & probably saying stuff I would not have normally said, and honestly I did not like the A-hole I was becoming.  and for the record............... Im already an opinionated A-Hole, so I dont really need much of a push to be "Mr raging richard cranium".  but I stand behind every word, & if I need a couple of teeth loosened, bring it. 

A big part of the problem is that you cant really tell where someone is coming from with 2 sentences of opinion.  they might be serious, they might be bitchy, they might just have used a wrong word.  it does not really matter much, because every one of those will be misinterpreted by the reader....   Years ago I was told that 90% of communication  in a face to face conversation is non-verbal.  it seemed to me to be a bit too high, but lets say its even 50%......... that means that 1/2 of all communication is not being relayed in an email (or FB post).  Im sure that % moves up & down with whos writing & whos reading (& the mood they are in)........ 

in any case, "turn off the TV & go outside & play with your friends"..... 

 
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Mac said:
Has social media grabbed ahold of some of you too tightly?  Can't take a joke anymore?  Can't just have a conversation or be happy for others without being a little b*tch and raining on others happiness or good fortune?  F*ck people!
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Good point. People like that probably get mini vacations from FB. You would think they would learn. You would also think they wouldnt brag about said vacations. But it happens to the best of them. 

 
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Good point. People like that probably get mini vacations from FB. You would think they would learn. You would also think they wouldnt brag about said vacations. But it happens to the best of them. 
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I've never won a vacation from FB.

I'd love to visit Zihuatanejo, Mexico...charter a little fishing boat... :fishing:

 
Crusty said:
I've never won a vacation from FB.
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Your name is also in blue and hasnt changed. Your approach to people is always positive and that hasnt changed. The being an bhole approach only works if youre famous.

 
Mac said:
Most want to find me to put a fist in my face.  I try and gauge the person or size them up before I'l tell you I'm Mac... :lol:


Storytime... About 15 years ago or so....I was talking with Big E (Sandraptor) and Cuzzin Eddy walks up and introduces himself.  I tell him my name..."Steve".  He proceeds to tell us he's looking for Mac because he's going to beat his ass!  (He's serious by the way).  Before Big E could say anything, I pipe in..."What?  He's here?  Let me know when you find him because I'm going to put my foot up his ass!"  Cuzzin Eddy proceeds over to the next group..."Hey, any of you seen Mac?"  One of the guys..."You were just talking to him."   :lol:

He came back over with a purpose now...but we just laughed it off and had a couple beers.  Still give each other sh*t today.
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Hahaha that's awesome! I literally laughed out loud. Pictured that whole interaction in my head.

 
Mac said:
I was chatting with a fellow OG here the other day and the topic came up...Why are so many people little b*tches these days?

I've been on here 20 years and seen the evolution of GD.com, the dunes, social media, the world.  As we got old..."WE" became the new..."Those damn kids..." crowd.  Yet...some have turned into and some turning into...little b*tches and being the very thing they point fingers at and criticize.  And yeah...even some of you OGs on here.

Has social media grabbed ahold of some of you too tightly?  Can't take a joke anymore?  Can't just have a conversation or be happy for others without being a little b*tch and raining on others happiness or good fortune?  F*ck people!

Yeah we all have had fun with the Chromo V Dom, Have you seen my car, etc...  and we have known all along that those at the heart of those threads were little b*tches all along but man...so many have followed down that path and become little b*tches themselves.

AND...we've had those we disagree with and bash...but some of those have never changed their tune and are true to their colors (Surf and Dune...stay golden ponyboy...)

SO...how many of you can look at yourself and say you haven't become a little b*tch?  AND...there are just some of you that have been a little b*tch your whole life and just won't admit to it.  Only you can change it.

And....FLAME ON!
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This whole pontification just hurts my feelings. Bitch. 

 
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AND....the follow on to this little tirade....

How many of you end up staring at the floor or hands in your pockets kicking rocks contemplating that your whole life is a lie when you end up saying/posting...."I can't believe I agree with Mac..."

You know who you are.... :lol:
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I am proud to agree with Mac, and humbled that he will even deign to notice me. 

"Was that sarcasm?"- Sheldon

 
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AND....the follow on to this little tirade....

How many of you end up staring at the floor or hands in your pockets kicking rocks contemplating that your whole life is a lie when you end up saying/posting...."I can't believe I agree with Mac..."

You know who you are.... :lol:
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I've been feeling like those "old people" when I was a kid. They were always complaining about government and I thought they were nuts.

I also thought the people at Waco and Ted Kaczynski were also nuts, but not so much anymore..

 
LegitDuner said:
I've been feeling like those "old people" when I was a kid. They were always complaining about government and I thought they were nuts.

I also thought the people at Waco and Ted Kaczynski were also nuts, but not so much anymore..
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Ted was a true prophet...

 
Social Media is our downfall!


I love this site and have been a member here since 2005 I believe...met some really cool people.

I try not to get into any scuffles with people, but I'll post my worthless opinion here and there on certain things.

On another site, I started to get into with a Flat earther...that was fun, but then I just told the guy, look we have our own opinion's that's what makes us individuals, but there is a saying:

"Don't argue with an idiot...you will drag me down to your level and then beat me with experience!"

:lmao:

Being here is purely for entertainment...but I learn some things here and there too!

:dbart:

Gotta have thick skin too!

Take that Peutaux @TheLatinLover Talk about thick skin...that Peutaux is like a Softball (too big...maybe a baseball) :laugh1: ...just keeps taking the hits, and comes back for more and then dishes it out like gangsta!

:cheers:

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