Facebook - Time To Die?
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<p>One thing that massively bugs me with Facebook is the rampant spread of stupid. I have a friend on there at the moment who has suddenly become a devotee to a retarded alternative health website and is constantly sharing their hot tips on keeping the family healthy..not too much of an issue until its now moved into area's claiming that 'Cancer' is just a fungus that can be treated with sodium bicarbonate...kind of getting the point of being dangerous to others. I could of course block stupid friend, but the thing is she isn't a bad person, she's just like many people just really really stupid. Blocking her would get here stupidity off of my radar but would do nothing to block the spread of her stupidity on to other mutual stupid friends whom although I might have a laugh about stupidity and natural selection, in reality I quite like a number of these people and would hate to see their health compromised by the spread of this stupidity. I can easily imagine a family trying to convince an older relative to get medical help for cancer but them insisting that all they needed was a few grams of salt shoved up their rectum daily. Not much you can do when your family is stupid but it doesn't stop you from caring for them.</p>
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<p>that probably isn't exclusive to FB, the internet has allowed too many people to believe blogs they read written by some guy who had proper medicine but used an alternative and decided to only mention the alternative in his blog about getting better, and self diagnose themselves for all manner of ailments.</p>
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<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Godder" data-cid="551777" data-time="1452479077">
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<p>It's not exclusive to the internet - snake oil is a clichÃ
for a reason...</p>
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<p>fair point...</p>
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<p>Guess it's like this where all parents think their kids generation have no respect, are lazy, always me, me, me...</p>
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<p>This is from 1959</p> -
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<p>According to something I read on FB recently a glass of red wine is better for you than a gym workout.</p>
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<p>yeah but it's the direct spreading of the lies that Facebook does so well. Idiots don't need to go looking for their stupid fix, it is handed to them on a plate.</p>
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<p>Seems to be an endless cycle of wine/chocolate is actually healthy for you! Tell people what they want to hear and all that.</p> -
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<p>that probably isn't exclusive to FB, the internet has allowed too many people to believe blogs they read written by some guy who had proper medicine but used an alternative and decided to only mention the alternative in his blog about getting better, and self diagnose themselves for all manner of ailments.</p>
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<p>Much easier for Natural News/David Wolfe/Food Babe/Mercola to be shared with one quick click on Facebook to people who would have never otherwise gone to the blogs though.</p>
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<p>The rate of the spread of stupid has increased with the internet and Facebook, even though the stupidity itself has been around forever in various guises.</p> -
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<p>According to something I read on FB recently a glass of red wine is better for you than a gym workout.</p>
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<p>that one is actually true</p> -
<p><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2016-01-08/how-facebook-makes-us-dumber'>http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2016-01-08/how-facebook-makes-us-dumber</a></p>
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<p>Summary -</p>
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<p>People like having their core beliefs reinforced & talking to people who agree with them.</p>
<p>FB lets them find shit that does so & share it.</p>
<p>They develop a group of friends who are all fucking idiots who share stuff that increases their level; of retardness & also makes them feel more certain in those beliefs. The "I've done the research!" thing. That research is 5 like minded retards shared some lunacy with me & 200 other arseclowns "liked" it. So its true.</p>
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<p>It does always amaze me how people search for conspiracy shit on google, share it on FB, rant about something that isn't happening & does not affect them. And then miss the increasingly targeted advertising & other data mining.</p>
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Social media in general annoys me. It's amazing I have stuck with reading the Fern for so long.<em><strong> Been 'here' since 2003 so perhaps the ratio of retards in this place is lower than the general population?</strong></em></p>
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<p>Its sort of in that sweet spot where the mix of -</p>
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<ul><li>People who agree with me & think what I think & are thus good to read & smart</li>
<li>People who are clearly stupid & need me to correct them with links to cricinfo & so on</li>
<li>People who occasionally post something genuinely interesting</li>
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<p>Is good enough to outweigh the occasional tard.</p> -
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<p><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2016-01-08/how-facebook-makes-us-dumber'>http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2016-01-08/how-facebook-makes-us-dumber</a></p>
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<p>Summary -</p>
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<p><strong>People like having their core beliefs reinforced & talking to people who agree with them.</strong></p>
<p>FB lets them find shit that does so & share it.</p>
<p>They develop a group of friends who are all fucking idiots who share stuff that increases their level; of retardness & also makes them feel more certain in those beliefs. The "I've done the research!" thing. That research is 5 like minded retards shared some lunacy with me & 200 other arseclowns "liked" it. So its true.</p>
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<p>It does always amaze me how people search for conspiracy shit on google, share it on FB, rant about something that isn't happening & does not affect them. And then miss the increasingly targeted advertising & other data mining.</p>
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<p>Have you read anything about facebook and the last election in the Uk? Crosby Textor had a fair idea how irrelevant the likes the leftards were getting were probably based in part on our election. Soft likes and shy torys were the terms they used, if someone from the left shares something about labour promising to raise benefits for single mothers or some such policy people feel pressured to like it in case they feel like others would see them as selfish even if they don't like it or disagree with it. There was one story I read about some labour mps team saying they can't understand how she lost her seat because she has so many followers on twitter, ffs .</p> -
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That internet following nonsense never ceases to amaze me. My neighbour was trying to sell his house (no nothing to do with him hating his neighbours), anyway there was not much happening and when he quizzed the agent he was told that "We're marketing it online. It's going very well, you've had a thousand hits so far".<br><br>A thousand misses I think you mean was the reply.
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So he ended up having to stay next to you....
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<p>So he ended up having to stay next to you....</p>
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<p>Mate, I was tempted to buy the house to get rid of the fluffybunny.</p> -
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My kids inform me that Facebook is lame, and that everyone uses Snapchat and Instagram. I have no idea what they are talking about. I obviously told to stop them to wasting time on the net and get a life.</p></blockquote>
Damn straight. Far cooler talking to a bunch of thirty and forty something blokes on the interweb.....<br><br>
we're so rad. -
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This is great to see considering Facebook is where Winger type loons tend to spread their lies. -
<p>a lot of people (other than us on here) have too much (again, more than us on here) time on their hands to go around abusing 'celebrities' for their personal choices.</p>
