Well considering this is the second thread in the space of less than a week in which i've seen people acting like they're so much better than the younger people, and it's really beginning to fuck me off that a bunch of older, supposedly more mature people are actually acting like a bunch of children, and think they're oh so superior to the rest of us.

Get off your fucking high horse, people.

(Not directly aimed at the OP, there are other people in here this is more aimed towards.)

(July 17, 2016 at 2:44 pm)Jello Wrote: Well considering this is the second thread in the space of less than a week in which i've seen people acting like they're so much better than the younger people, and it's really beginning to fuck me off that a bunch of older, supposedly more mature people are actually acting like a bunch of children, and think they're oh so superior to the rest of us.

Get off your fucking high horse, people.

OK mate

(July 17, 2016 at 2:44 pm)Jello Wrote: Well considering this is the second thread in the space of less than a week in which i've seen people acting like they're so much better than the younger people, and it's really beginning to fuck me off that a bunch of older, supposedly more mature people are actually acting like a bunch of children, and think they're oh so superior to the rest of us.

Get off your fucking high horse, olde people.

Fixed that for you.  (Makes me feel useful and superior.)

(July 17, 2016 at 2:45 pm)Whateverist the White Wrote:

(July 17, 2016 at 2:44 pm)Jello Wrote: Well considering this is the second thread in the space of less than a week in which i've seen people acting like they're so much better than the younger people, and it's really beginning to fuck me off that a bunch of older, supposedly more mature people are actually acting like a bunch of children, and think they're oh so superior to the rest of us.

Get off your fucking high horse, olde people.

Fixed that for you.  (Makes me feel useful and superior.)

Lol

If you have a problem with FB tracking you, you have a sliver of an argument. Unfortunately, google does the same goddamn thing. It's really not that sinister to have people targeting their advertising towards you - people used to do it all the time through sales calls, which we don't get anymore, btw, and physical stores still sometimes do things like zipcode surveys, and oh by the way, your rewards card? Totally tracks that shit too.

This is the world we live in, people, and it's really not as bad as the Orwellians want you to think it is.

But regardless if FB isn't for you for any number of reasons, then fine, it isn't for you. No one is forcing you to use it. But you don't get to act like the people who do are terrible shallow people just because you don't grok it.

(July 17, 2016 at 12:09 pm)abaris Wrote: No argument on both accounts. But I can find cute doggie pictures without facebook.

Yeah, but the people who follow my dog photos are there to see MY dog. That's the point. Not some random dog. My dog. Hence, FB.

TBH, it sounded like the OP was feeling a shit ton of jealousy and that sucks. FB definitely only shows whatever people post, so it seems like other people's lives might be more glamorous or successful than yours. They might not be - they might also be riddled with heartbreak that never makes it there. Or maybe the people who post vapid things don't like to argue about heavy stuff, so they avoid posting about it. You don't know. What I do suspect is you feel inferior in some way and that's no one's fault but your own. Go eat your own good meals and go do your own travel, if you can, and if you can't, go revel in the place that you live. I mean, god forbid someone take a picture of the delicious dinner they proudly made (maybe they were a terrible cook as a kid and now they're proud of what they've learned since!) - it's SOOOOO boring to you that you have to trash it instead of saying "huh, Steve is really getting good at this" or whatever.

There are times when the more vapid stuff is hella easier to deal with than finding out that the person you went through school with is actually racist because they continually post politics instead of funny memes.

(July 17, 2016 at 2:45 pm)Expired Wrote:

(July 17, 2016 at 2:44 pm)Jello Wrote: Well considering this is the second thread in the space of less than a week in which i've seen people acting like they're so much better than the younger people, and it's really beginning to fuck me off that a bunch of older, supposedly more mature people are actually acting like a bunch of children, and think they're oh so superior to the rest of us.

Get off your fucking high horse, people.

OK mate

As edited in, it's not directed at you in particular - you can hate things, i'm not trying to tell you otherwise, it's just i see a lot of shitty untrue generalizations of my generation in this thread and others, and it's really aggravating.

(July 17, 2016 at 2:47 pm)thesummerqueen Wrote: If you have a problem with FB tracking you, you have a sliver of an argument. Unfortunately, google does the same goddamn thing. It's really not that sinister to have people targeting their advertising towards you - people used to do it all the time through sales calls, which we don't get anymore, btw, and physical stores still sometimes do things like zipcode surveys, and oh by the way, your rewards card? Totally tracks that shit too.

This is the world we live in, people, and it's really not as bad as the Orwellians want you to think it is.

But regardless if FB isn't for you for any number of reasons, then fine, it isn't for you. No one is forcing you to use it. But you don't get to act like the people who do are terrible shallow people just because you don't grok it.

(July 17, 2016 at 12:09 pm)abaris Wrote: No argument on both accounts. But I can find cute doggie pictures without facebook.

Yeah, but the people who follow my dog photos are there to see MY dog. That's the point. Not some random dog. My dog. Hence, FB.

TBH, it sounded like the OP was feeling a shit ton of jealousy and that sucks. FB definitely only shows whatever people post, so it seems like other people's lives might be more glamorous or successful than yours. They might not be - they might also be riddled with heartbreak that never makes it there. Or maybe the people who post vapid things don't like to argue about heavy stuff, so they avoid posting about it. You don't know. What I do suspect is you feel inferior in some way and that's no one's fault but your own. Go eat your own good meals and go do your own travel, if you can, and if you can't, go revel in the place that you live. I mean, god forbid someone take a picture of the delicious dinner they proudly made (maybe they were a terrible cook as a kid and now they're proud of what they've learned since!) - it's SOOOOO boring to you that you have to trash it instead of saying "huh, Steve is really getting good at this" or whatever.

There are times when the more vapid stuff is hella easier to deal with than finding out that the person you went through school with is actually racist because they continually post politics instead of funny memes.

Nice avatar.......love the hat

I can't believe this thread has legs.

I'm not surprised it has legs, but I also see that there isn't as much agreement with you as you had thought. Good thread, though.

First of all, as a person who was recently slightly ridiculed in front of a class of 19 year olds, young people don't deign to Facebook anymore. It's all about the SnapChats and the Twitters and Tumblr.

Second of all, I 100% agree with TSQ. If you don't like Facebook or it doesn't seem useful to you, then maybe it's not for you. But don't condescend to those of us who do find use for it.

I had friends in high school, and while I don't care to talk to each and every one of them, I am happy to see when someone I was friends with got married or had a kid or got promoted or travelled somewhere I'd like to go. I love seeing pictures of my nieces and nephews, and I love having conversations (much like here) about topics in my community or groups I'm in.

Yeah, there's some ego tied up in it. I check to see how many people react to a post of mine or write on my timeline. That's part of it. But it's a very small part. In the past, a much larger percentage of people lived and died in their hometown, or very close to it. I was born in Austell, GA. I lived in 8 different places before I was 14, and three different countries. I went to college 800 miles from where I graduated high school, my first job after college was 3,000 miles from there. I have friends literally all over the globe. The easiest and most convenient way to stay in touch with them all is through social media.

So you can look down your nose at what ills social media has cast on our society, and there are plenty. But connections are kept that would be gone. I think that's worth it.