Facebook Overload

[lethe]

I find FB to be a fantastic way to keep up with people I care about, but not enough to call.

"When you don't care enough to send the very best"

I find it wonderful to get comments like, "OMG, you haven't aged at all!"
And I say, "See the wonderment you passed up on, turns out I was quite the catch. Looks to me like you already hit the wall and it mystically turned you into a fat cow!".....in my mind

In reality, "Thank you, you're looking well fed too"

[Monster Dave]

People who only communicate using facebook are equal in my book to the people who REFUSE to talk on the phone.  I only get 200 texts a month people, and even if I DID have unlimited texts I'd rather get a 5 minute phone conversation with you, my friend and possibly loved one, out of the way than spend the next 6 hours wishing I had a better prescription staring at this little make the beast with two backsin screen.  Pick up the phone and call someone! 

I totally agree with this. I have become so jaded towards texting that I have it blocked on my cell phone. It drives me nuts that people have become so far removed from actually interacting with people in the real world. What's even worse is that some people actually perceive the "real world" to be what they find online.

Step away from the text messaging...and log off Facebook!!! It's for your own good!!!

/rant. 

[The Architect]

I have a facebook account.  I visit it once a month or so.  And when i do I realize I don't give a shit what so and so had for breakfast or who's traveling where.

...and I take yet another step toward hermitdom and writing my manifesto...

Just move to NH.  But not close to me. 

[MendoDave]

Hey if I called you guys all the time instead of posting up here would you take my calls to chat about waking up early or maybe hear my opinion about whiskey in a can? I think everybody should post up their phone number in "The official DMF Phone number thread"

[lethe]

Hey if I called you guys all the time instead of posting up here would you take my calls to chat about waking up early or maybe hear my opinion about whiskey in a can? I think everybody should post up their phone number in "The official DMF Phone number thread"

(541) 884-6578

I go by the name "Lunch Special Number 4"
Feel free to unload all your problems on me

[Ahks]

I totally agree with this. I have become so jaded towards texting that I have it blocked on my cell phone. It drives me nuts that people have become so far removed from actually interacting with people in the real world. What's even worse is that some people actually perceive the "real world" to be what they find online.

Step away from the text messaging...and log off Facebook!!! It's for your own good!!!

/rant. 

I do a lot of texting. With 2 people only. My one buddy has an international phone in Afghanistan and his limited talk minutes are used with his wife and kids. But he has unlimited texting. My other buddy has been unemployed for a few years now and all they can afford is a really minimal plan with unlimited texting and very few minutes.

[MendoDave]

(541) 884-6578

I go by the name "Lunch Special Number 4"
Feel free to unload all your problems on me

Thanks for chattin with me. Say could I borrow your wok sometime. I want to make some fried rice.

[Monster Dave]

I do a lot of texting. With 2 people only. My one buddy has an international phone in Afghanistan and his limited talk minutes are used with his wife and kids. But he has unlimited texting. My other buddy has been unemployed for a few years now and all they can afford is a really minimal plan with unlimited texting and very few minutes.

And I'd say those are totally justified and understandable as examples go.

[ducpainter]

<snip>
Just move to NH.  But not close to me. 

You can live close to me...

but if I catch you texting you have to move.

[cokey]

i text all day.. i work long hours and usually in peoples houses and moving from job to job i can't really be on the phone.. but it works for me cause i actually don't like talking on phones much..  never did.. I'd rather email or write a letter.. texting is just a smaller form of lettering writting.. so me n the wife will text back n forth some days less then others or with my friends who also can't really be on the phone much..  facebook i have but use as a means of pics and sharing with family that are far.. other then that, i hate all the little games and such on it..

[the_Journeyman]

It helps solidify my position that we are becoming such a whiny, sad, weak little species.

I'm a middle school teacher...  Want me to comment on that?

JM

[The Architect]

I'm a middle school teacher...  Want me to comment on that?

JM

Does your school still issue grades or has it become too upsetting to the students?


My father is an old school, old world, off the boat guy.  He just started leaving messages on our answering machine.  And if he leaves a message it’s got to be important.  He has a cell phone but it’s only for extreme emergencies.  It’s funny to see him and my younger brother together.  My younger brother seems to spend hours on “sit-on-my-facebook”.  I think it’s the only way he communicates with people.  I’ve stopped responding to my brother on “sit-on-my-facebook”.  I told him if he had something to say he could email or call me.  I haven’t heard from him in since before Christmas. 

[Monster Dave]

<snip> I'd rather email or write a letter..<snip/>

Now there's a novel idea. When was the last time that anyone actually received a hand written letter - more than 1 page, saying more than "thank you for the Christmas present"....more over, when was the last time anyone actually received a hand written "thank you" letter??

I'll admit, I don't do it as often as I feel I should, but ironically I just put a 2 page letter in the mail to my family yesterday...and my hand hurt like hell!! 

[la strada]

[Drunken Monkey]

I dig facebook. It lets me inundate the grandparents with daily, mundane info about their grandkids.

It lets me check-in on the daily goings on with friends who live around the country, but thanks to having two kids, I don't have the time to call and chat with on a frequent enough basis.

Frankly guys, 12 years ago fellow motorcyclists were asking me "Why do you spend all that time on that internet thing talking about bikes? Why aren't you going to monthly swap meets to find parts like we are? The internet is stupid."

And yet, 12 years later, here we all are.

Now, would I set up the DMF as a facebook group if I were setting it up today? Hell no. Wrong tool for the job.

But as a voyeuristic time-waster that lets you know what folks you don't have time to see in person are up to, it's pretty good at that. It reminds me of the small-town gossip that was a huge time-waster back when I lived in rural VT.

It's not the most high-minded of pursuits, but it's sure as shit better than following celebrity gossip.

And BTW: I still send actual letters to people. Birthday / Holiday cards via email are teh suxxor.