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CaliforniaPeggy

(152,070 posts)
Thu Oct 7, 2021, 12:43 AM Oct 2021

Since we've been talking about Facebook......here's one person's take on it:

PRESENTLY, I AM TRYING TO MAKE FRIENDS OUTSIDE OF FACEBOOK WHILE APPLYING THE SAME PRINCIPLES.


THEREFORE EVERY DAY, I GO DOWN ON THE STREET AND TELL THE PASSERBY WHAT I HAVE EATEN, HOW I FEEL, WHAT I HAVE DONE THE NIGHT BEFORE, AND WHAT I WILL DO AFTER.


I GIVE THEM PICTURES OF MY FRIENDS, MY FAMILY, MY DOG, AND ME GARDENING AND SPENDING TIME IN MY POOL.

I ALSO LISTEN TO THEIR CONVERSATIONS AND I TELL THEM I LOVE THEM.

-- AND IT WORKS: I ALREADY HAVE 3 PERSONS FOLLOWING ME: TWO POLICE OFFICERS AND A PSYCHIATRIST!


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Since we've been talking about Facebook......here's one person's take on it: (Original Post) CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2021 OP
😂 Duppers Oct 2021 #1
People who don't like Facebook need not use it left-of-center2012 Oct 2021 #2
And we don't (NT) Otto_Harper Oct 2021 #4
Same ColinC Oct 2021 #7
Precisely Sherman A1 Oct 2021 #8
Stupid. Totally stupid. PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2021 #3
logically flawed. Ms. Toad Oct 2021 #5
Yes, I only friend people I already know in real life. SunSeeker Oct 2021 #6
Oh, is it time for the weekly Facebook bashing post? Sherman A1 Oct 2021 #9
Trust me, my dear Sherman A1! I will NEVER make that mistake again. UGH. CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2021 #10
I have concluded going forward to start expending my ignore list Sherman A1 Oct 2021 #11
I think it's funny mountain grammy Oct 2021 #12
We will have to disagree on that Sherman A1 Oct 2021 #14
and you would be right to.. mountain grammy Oct 2021 #16
It's very funny, Peggy. ShazzieB Jan 2022 #20
LOL! blueinredohio Oct 2021 #13
Ya gotta be careful of the family photos, especially the grandkids. More so for seniors. 3Hotdogs Oct 2021 #15
Old School Lydiarose Nov 2021 #17
Funny! DeeDeeNY Nov 2021 #18
What year is this? Lydiarose Dec 2021 #19
Not on facebook, but that was funny. niyad Feb 2022 #21
You haven't lost the touch Peg. Or a step. trof Mar 2022 #22
Thank you, my dear trof. You're too kind. CaliforniaPeggy Mar 2022 #23
Back atcha' trof Mar 2022 #24

PoindexterOglethorpe

(26,727 posts)
3. Stupid. Totally stupid.
Thu Oct 7, 2021, 01:48 AM
Oct 2021

If you don't like Facebook, don't go there. Sort of like, if you don't believe in abortion don't have one.

I have found Facebook to be incredibly useful for very specific and personal reasons. So I will stay there. If you don't want to be there, that's okay.

Ms. Toad

(35,516 posts)
5. logically flawed.
Thu Oct 7, 2021, 02:32 AM
Oct 2021

Those conversation on facebook are not about trying to make friends. They are the casual chatter that happens in an established friendship.

SunSeeker

(53,655 posts)
6. Yes, I only friend people I already know in real life.
Thu Oct 7, 2021, 03:03 AM
Oct 2021

I got on Facebook because that was the main way my in-laws communicate with family. Then I slowly added other people I know.

Sherman A1

(38,958 posts)
9. Oh, is it time for the weekly Facebook bashing post?
Thu Oct 7, 2021, 03:29 AM
Oct 2021


Usually on Wednesday each week as I recall. You seem to be a day off schedule…….

CaliforniaPeggy

(152,070 posts)
10. Trust me, my dear Sherman A1! I will NEVER make that mistake again. UGH.
Thu Oct 7, 2021, 03:49 AM
Oct 2021

I posted this because I thought it was funny!

I guess I was wrong.

Sherman A1

(38,958 posts)
11. I have concluded going forward to start expending my ignore list
Thu Oct 7, 2021, 04:22 AM
Oct 2021

And the Facebook bashers are going on it. Not, so much that they are entirely incorrect, but the point has been made, the horse is dead, it needs no beating and frankly life is too short for their negativity.

Don’t like the service, don’t use it, seems simple enough.

mountain grammy

(27,271 posts)
16. and you would be right to..
Thu Oct 7, 2021, 10:41 PM
Oct 2021

It's not Facebook I like. I like using it and the connections it makes possible. I've met and reconnected with some pretty great people and that's been positive. But Facebook, nobody should like. They are beyond bad.. they have blood on their hands. I want to see them clean up their act and atone for the mess they've contributed to.

but as a social platform, Peggy's post was right. Nothing else works like it. Is that worth the evil they've done? I guess it is to me right now..

3Hotdogs

(13,394 posts)
15. Ya gotta be careful of the family photos, especially the grandkids. More so for seniors.
Thu Oct 7, 2021, 08:08 AM
Oct 2021

Carlin pointed it out. (Paraphraseing)

---Ya gotta watch out for the grandma with the new grandkid. Out comes the first photo of the baby and if ya go, "Aw, s/he's cute." then out comes 15 more and you've wasted a half hour's time..... and multiply that by every next time you see grandma...

So ya gotta head it off at the pass. When the first picture comes out, your response has gotta be, "Will ya look at the size of the fukin' head on that kid? Where'ya gonna get a hat to fit that head?"

and that'll stop it before it gets out'a hand.

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