Is technology taking over our lives?!?
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it's only a cesspool if you allow it to be. mute the people/topics you don't want to hear/read about, don't follow the negativity, and it can be incredibly useful and positive.my2hands said:
Social media is a cesspool and is having a negative impact on society and people in my opinion... this place is fun for me, and is far from a cesspoolHughFreakingDillon said:
I have been able to interact/meet with musicians/bands I love and admire through the advent of social media, so there's that. And also with other fans of bands that don't have message boards (see: all canadian bands)my2hands said:Facebook? Lol
Twitter? Lol
Instagram? Lol
Snapchat? Lol
Alexa? You really bumped your head
I used to be a facebook exclusive user. I find it must be struggling to keep its users, as it is turning into myspace with all of the ads and promoted posts. it's basically scrolling through 5 ads for every post you want to see. Twitter has started doing promoted shit too, but not nearly as much as facebook.
it's always interesting to me when someone laughs at social media when this message board is pretty much the same damn thing, and those same people spend more time on here than most do on facebook or twitter.
it's no different than any other media. and yes, I know your opinion on that as well.Hugh Freaking Dillon is currently out of the office, returning sometime in the fall0 -
exactly. this place actually can be, but people learn to stay away from the topics and/or posters that they want to avoid. no different than any other form of social media.oftenreading said:
And thus, not all social media is a cesspool.my2hands said:
Social media is a cesspool and is having a negative impact on society and people in my opinion... this place is fun for me, and is far from a cesspoolHughFreakingDillon said:
I have been able to interact/meet with musicians/bands I love and admire through the advent of social media, so there's that. And also with other fans of bands that don't have message boards (see: all canadian bands)my2hands said:Facebook? Lol
Twitter? Lol
Instagram? Lol
Snapchat? Lol
Alexa? You really bumped your head
I used to be a facebook exclusive user. I find it must be struggling to keep its users, as it is turning into myspace with all of the ads and promoted posts. it's basically scrolling through 5 ads for every post you want to see. Twitter has started doing promoted shit too, but not nearly as much as facebook.
it's always interesting to me when someone laughs at social media when this message board is pretty much the same damn thing, and those same people spend more time on here than most do on facebook or twitter.Hugh Freaking Dillon is currently out of the office, returning sometime in the fall0 -
The answer to this is obviously yes, but I can absolutely state with complete confidence that technology has also improved my life, as well as the life of many, many, many others. They ways it has improved by life are piddling - really just a matter of convenience and entertainment. But the ways it has improved the lives of some is incredibly profound.I'm still very willing to look at all the ways it has done harm as well though. And there are a lot of ways it's done that. Sometimes profound harm.With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata0
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I do agreemy2hands said:
Social media is a cesspool and is having a negative impact on society and people in my opinion... this place is fun for me, and is far from a cesspoolHughFreakingDillon said:
I have been able to interact/meet with musicians/bands I love and admire through the advent of social media, so there's that. And also with other fans of bands that don't have message boards (see: all canadian bands)my2hands said:Facebook? Lol
Twitter? Lol
Instagram? Lol
Snapchat? Lol
Alexa? You really bumped your head
I used to be a facebook exclusive user. I find it must be struggling to keep its users, as it is turning into myspace with all of the ads and promoted posts. it's basically scrolling through 5 ads for every post you want to see. Twitter has started doing promoted shit too, but not nearly as much as facebook.
it's always interesting to me when someone laughs at social media when this message board is pretty much the same damn thing, and those same people spend more time on here than most do on facebook or twitter.
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oftenreading said:HughFreakingDillon said:
I have been able to interact/meet with musicians/bands I love and admire through the advent of social media, so there's that. And also with other fans of bands that don't have message boards (see: all canadian bands)my2hands said:Facebook? Lol
Twitter? Lol
Instagram? Lol
Snapchat? Lol
Alexa? You really bumped your head
I used to be a facebook exclusive user. I find it must be struggling to keep its users, as it is turning into myspace with all of the ads and promoted posts. it's basically scrolling through 5 ads for every post you want to see. Twitter has started doing promoted shit too, but not nearly as much as facebook.
it's always interesting to me when someone laughs at social media when this message board is pretty much the same damn thing, and those same people spend more time on here than most do on facebook or twitter.
I'm considering joining twitter, both because some of the twitter threads I've read through here have been amusing, and also because I've read that many companies give far better service when customers tweet at them compared to when they try to call or even deal with them in person (airlines, I'm looking at you).I tried Twitter for a while. My experience with Twitter?Otto knows...
"It's a sad and beautiful world"-Roberto Benigni0 -
I have a Twitter account, but I very rarely open the app. Once in a while I retweet a tweet that I see in an article, and that's it. I find it hard to follow. I much prefer facebook. There is just so much more content there, and the comment sections are much easier to follow.
With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata0 -
LOL. How do you really feel?brianlux said:oftenreading said:HughFreakingDillon said:
I have been able to interact/meet with musicians/bands I love and admire through the advent of social media, so there's that. And also with other fans of bands that don't have message boards (see: all canadian bands)my2hands said:Facebook? Lol
Twitter? Lol
Instagram? Lol
Snapchat? Lol
Alexa? You really bumped your head
I used to be a facebook exclusive user. I find it must be struggling to keep its users, as it is turning into myspace with all of the ads and promoted posts. it's basically scrolling through 5 ads for every post you want to see. Twitter has started doing promoted shit too, but not nearly as much as facebook.
it's always interesting to me when someone laughs at social media when this message board is pretty much the same damn thing, and those same people spend more time on here than most do on facebook or twitter.
I'm considering joining twitter, both because some of the twitter threads I've read through here have been amusing, and also because I've read that many companies give far better service when customers tweet at them compared to when they try to call or even deal with them in person (airlines, I'm looking at you).I tried Twitter for a while. My experience with Twitter?Otto knows...Give Peas A Chance…0 -
That's all I have is Facebook. All relatives except for a few of my high school buddies. My friend's list is pathetic. LOL. My cousin has 5000 friends. that's too many names to learn...LOLPJ_Soul said:I have a Twitter account, but I very rarely open the app. Once in a while I retweet a tweet that I see in an article, and that's it. I find it hard to follow. I much prefer facebook. There is just so much more content there, and the comment sections are much easier to follow.Give Peas A Chance…0 -
Measuring your "friends list" in numbers is silly. That's myspace Tila Tequila stuff...Meltdown99 said:
That's all I have is Facebook. All relatives except for a few of my high school buddies. My friend's list is pathetic. LOL. My cousin has 5000 friends. that's too many names to learn...LOLPJ_Soul said:I have a Twitter account, but I very rarely open the app. Once in a while I retweet a tweet that I see in an article, and that's it. I find it hard to follow. I much prefer facebook. There is just so much more content there, and the comment sections are much easier to follow.
I have 250 and with the FB biorhythm feed I only see a dozen at a time... Stupes...0 -
I don't even know at least half of my "friends" (and I think I don't even have 200 of them all together). I unfriended all my high school classmates long ago. Many of my FB friends are simply random people from the special interest closed groups I belong to who tend to post good stuff.tempo_n_groove said:
Measuring your "friends list" in numbers is silly. That's myspace Tila Tequila stuff...Meltdown99 said:
That's all I have is Facebook. All relatives except for a few of my high school buddies. My friend's list is pathetic. LOL. My cousin has 5000 friends. that's too many names to learn...LOLPJ_Soul said:I have a Twitter account, but I very rarely open the app. Once in a while I retweet a tweet that I see in an article, and that's it. I find it hard to follow. I much prefer facebook. There is just so much more content there, and the comment sections are much easier to follow.
I have 250 and with the FB biorhythm feed I only see a dozen at a time... Stupes...
With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata0 -
I actually enjoy the part about FaceBook that allows me to keep in touch with people and organizations. What I don't like about FB is the way it tracks me, the way it tries to sell me crap, and the way it controls my feed (I have have to constantly ask it to give me latest, not what it thinks is "most relevant". Those are the reasons I awarded FB an Otto's Endlessly Emptying Beer Can gif.HughFreakingDillon said:
I have been able to interact/meet with musicians/bands I love and admire through the advent of social media, so there's that. And also with other fans of bands that don't have message boards (see: all canadian bands)my2hands said:Facebook? Lol
Twitter? Lol
Instagram? Lol
Snapchat? Lol
Alexa? You really bumped your head
I used to be a facebook exclusive user. I find it must be struggling to keep its users, as it is turning into myspace with all of the ads and promoted posts. it's basically scrolling through 5 ads for every post you want to see. Twitter has started doing promoted shit too, but not nearly as much as facebook.
it's always interesting to me when someone laughs at social media when this message board is pretty much the same damn thing, and those same people spend more time on here than most do on facebook or twitter.
"It's a sad and beautiful world"-Roberto Benigni0 -
Yes, you've "liked" a few things I have posted.PJ_Soul said:
I don't even know at least half of my "friends" (and I think I don't even have 200 of them all together). I unfriended all my high school classmates long ago. Many of my FB friends are simply random people from the special interest closed groups I belong to who tend to post good stuff.tempo_n_groove said:
Measuring your "friends list" in numbers is silly. That's myspace Tila Tequila stuff...Meltdown99 said:
That's all I have is Facebook. All relatives except for a few of my high school buddies. My friend's list is pathetic. LOL. My cousin has 5000 friends. that's too many names to learn...LOLPJ_Soul said:I have a Twitter account, but I very rarely open the app. Once in a while I retweet a tweet that I see in an article, and that's it. I find it hard to follow. I much prefer facebook. There is just so much more content there, and the comment sections are much easier to follow.
I have 250 and with the FB biorhythm feed I only see a dozen at a time... Stupes...
I really should post them on here too/\...0 -
Yes, but I don't consider you a "random" FWIW.tempo_n_groove said:
Yes, you've "liked" a few things I have posted.PJ_Soul said:
I don't even know at least half of my "friends" (and I think I don't even have 200 of them all together). I unfriended all my high school classmates long ago. Many of my FB friends are simply random people from the special interest closed groups I belong to who tend to post good stuff.tempo_n_groove said:
Measuring your "friends list" in numbers is silly. That's myspace Tila Tequila stuff...Meltdown99 said:
That's all I have is Facebook. All relatives except for a few of my high school buddies. My friend's list is pathetic. LOL. My cousin has 5000 friends. that's too many names to learn...LOLPJ_Soul said:I have a Twitter account, but I very rarely open the app. Once in a while I retweet a tweet that I see in an article, and that's it. I find it hard to follow. I much prefer facebook. There is just so much more content there, and the comment sections are much easier to follow.
I have 250 and with the FB biorhythm feed I only see a dozen at a time... Stupes...
I really should post them on here too/\...
With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata0 -
PJ_Soul said:
Yes, but I don't consider you a "random" FWIW.tempo_n_groove said:
Yes, you've "liked" a few things I have posted.PJ_Soul said:
I don't even know at least half of my "friends" (and I think I don't even have 200 of them all together). I unfriended all my high school classmates long ago. Many of my FB friends are simply random people from the special interest closed groups I belong to who tend to post good stuff.tempo_n_groove said:
Measuring your "friends list" in numbers is silly. That's myspace Tila Tequila stuff...Meltdown99 said:
That's all I have is Facebook. All relatives except for a few of my high school buddies. My friend's list is pathetic. LOL. My cousin has 5000 friends. that's too many names to learn...LOLPJ_Soul said:I have a Twitter account, but I very rarely open the app. Once in a while I retweet a tweet that I see in an article, and that's it. I find it hard to follow. I much prefer facebook. There is just so much more content there, and the comment sections are much easier to follow.
I have 250 and with the FB biorhythm feed I only see a dozen at a time... Stupes...
I really should post them on here too/\...
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Last night's South Park was all about how obsessed we are with our phones. I half-watched it as I played on my phone.2000: Camden 1, 2003: Philly, State College, Camden 1, MSG 2, Hershey, 2004: Reading, 2005: Philly, 2006: Camden 1, 2, East Rutherford 1, 2007: Lollapalooza, 2008: Camden 1, Washington D.C., MSG 1, 2, 2009: Philly 1, 2, 3, 4, 2010: Bristol, MSG 2, 2011: PJ20 1, 2, 2012: Made In America, 2013: Brooklyn 2, Philly 2, 2014: Denver, 2015: Global Citizen Festival, 2016: Philly 2, Fenway 1, 2018: Fenway 1, 2, 2021: Sea. Hear. Now. 2022: Camden, 2024: Philly 2, 2025: Pittsburgh 1
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Why many Canadians don't love self-checkout
https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/self-checkout-grocery-retail-survey-1.4926545?fbclid=IwAR3gjcFalJG0pgV-dUhobTWD87CJomImGdE8F1tSSXn61DfQXiswKbEQ98s
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Meltdown99 said:Why many Canadians don't love self-checkout
https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/self-checkout-grocery-retail-survey-1.4926545?fbclid=IwAR3gjcFalJG0pgV-dUhobTWD87CJomImGdE8F1tSSXn61DfQXiswKbEQ98sThat's my experience too. Almost every time I got through check out the machine dings and tells me to wait for assistance. I prepare to be dropped through a trap door. I've tried arguing with the damn dumb machine to no avail. So I wait, do the eye roll, wait some more.But this rarely happens though because I usually allow myself enough time to get in "the real person behind the register" line. I like seeing real people employed. Besides that, the machine is always right. You can't win. With the real person cashier, you are almost always right or a least you can come to an agreement. The machines though, they are tyrannical."It's a sad and beautiful world"-Roberto Benigni0 -
Regarding automated cars, I do want them, even though I enjoy driving and would prefer to be in control. Why do I want them? Because the roads are increasingly unsafe due to our technology addiction. Every time I’m on the road when it’s dark, I look around at stoplights and see the interior of cars lit up like a Christmas tree from glowing cell phone screens. Distracted drivers scare the shit out of me. Bring on automated cars for everyone’s safety and own good.tempo_n_groove said:I wanted to revise this thread as Facebook, despite all of their security breaches, STILL want a device that has a camera in your home...
ummm, no.
Amazon is coming here to NYC. I've no doubt that they will have drones delivering here in the next five years.
They already have these "mail boxes" throughout where you can order something, get a code and it's delivered there.
I do want automated cars. That would mean less gridlock and zero liability on insurance.
What say you?0 -
bbiggs said:
Regarding automated cars, I do want them, even though I enjoy driving and would prefer to be in control. Why do I want them? Because the roads are increasingly unsafe due to our technology addiction. Every time I’m on the road when it’s dark, I look around at stoplights and see the interior of cars lit up like a Christmas tree from glowing cell phone screens. Distracted drivers scare the shit out of me. Bring on automated cars for everyone’s safety and own good.tempo_n_groove said:I wanted to revise this thread as Facebook, despite all of their security breaches, STILL want a device that has a camera in your home...
ummm, no.
Amazon is coming here to NYC. I've no doubt that they will have drones delivering here in the next five years.
They already have these "mail boxes" throughout where you can order something, get a code and it's delivered there.
I do want automated cars. That would mean less gridlock and zero liability on insurance.
What say you?
When I'm 20 deep behind a red light I wish that everyone would go at the same time like in NASCAR. It's another reason I want the automated cars.
You are 100% correct on the distractions though. At a light I always look over and notice someone looking down...
The cops out here have pulled people over in bumper to bumper traffic for being on their phones.
Just this weekend I watched an SUV plow in the back of a Subaru in bumper to bumper traffic... Who does that? A distracted driver does.0 -
Why not teach people to be responsible when operating a potential killing machine, instead of catering to their stupidity?
No thanks to cars that drive themselves; I doubt it would be as idyllic as many seem to envision.0
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