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lastlib

(24,917 posts)
Sun Apr 1, 2018, 10:07 AM Apr 2018

Facebook is a cesspool today......!

Most of my facebook friends are right-wing Xtians celebrating Easter, and FB is absolutely a stew of relig bullsh&it. I'm staying off of it for the rest of the day. Advise you guys do same, if you're in same boat. Had to come over here for my sanity. But still have to appease certain family members, go to church and endure the same bullsh&it.

I really want to flee to Paraguay and fight extradition for this "holiday". Kinda miserable in my world today. Anybody else?

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Facebook is a cesspool today......! (Original Post) lastlib Apr 2018 OP
Fortunately my Atheists/Agnostics/Humanists Brainstormy Apr 2018 #1
Same here Runningdawg Apr 2018 #7
A 100% solution: stay off it everyday! Anon-C Apr 2018 #2
not a chance Brainstormy Apr 2018 #13
Me too and I'm also struggling with that every day mountain grammy Apr 2018 #20
I agree 100% Ferrets are Cool Apr 2018 #3
Being judgmental, I don't know how any thinking jrthin Apr 2018 #4
I never was until Ferrets are Cool Apr 2018 #5
We make our choices to feed our family and jrthin Apr 2018 #21
My FB feed is very pleasant. Sherman A1 Apr 2018 #6
Absolutely! n/t Brainstormy Apr 2018 #14
Yes, mine too. mountain grammy Apr 2018 #22
I'm only on it to appease family members... lastlib Apr 2018 #23
If that is the case I would suggest you Sherman A1 Apr 2018 #33
As a recovering Evangelical gibraltar72 Apr 2018 #8
My friends are calling today reserection sunday wasupaloopa Apr 2018 #9
Call it Lich celebration . I used to say Zombie Rising day but I was corrected that zombies are lunasun Apr 2018 #15
Well, that fits in with the Romani "Gypsy" crucifixion myth perfectly Freelancer Apr 2018 #29
I have churches on both sides of my home. Delmette2.0 Apr 2018 #10
It will be over with in about 12 hours depending on where you live. democratisphere Apr 2018 #11
Here is a post you can add to your fb. I do not do fb but if u must.... lunasun Apr 2018 #12
Either unfriend them or at least unfollow them. PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2018 #16
Perhaps you should rethink Paraguay. Hangingon Apr 2018 #17
My facebook Mike Nelson Apr 2018 #18
Dump facebook alittlelark Apr 2018 #19
I usually manage to piss off at least one person every year... SeattleVet Apr 2018 #24
He is risen many a good man Apr 2018 #25
O, my lord! lindysalsagal Apr 2018 #31
(He's bread??) lastlib Apr 2018 #32
Ive honed my FB feed to like minded spirits and family :). We had... Guilded Lilly Apr 2018 #26
It is usually a cesspit The Genealogist Apr 2018 #27
I don't really have a problem with it. bearsfootball516 Apr 2018 #28
Here's somethin' for ya Blue Owl Apr 2018 #30

Brainstormy

(2,428 posts)
1. Fortunately my Atheists/Agnostics/Humanists
Sun Apr 1, 2018, 10:09 AM
Apr 2018

group has its own FB page where things are hilarious this morning!

mountain grammy

(27,276 posts)
20. Me too and I'm also struggling with that every day
Sun Apr 1, 2018, 12:25 PM
Apr 2018

and every time and anyone or any one.. Hardening of the arteries, that's my story.

Ferrets are Cool

(21,957 posts)
5. I never was until
Sun Apr 1, 2018, 10:18 AM
Apr 2018

last year when a change in my profession requires me to check in with ALL of my clients via FB. It sucks, but it helps me keep a roof over my head.

jrthin

(4,964 posts)
21. We make our choices to feed our family and
Sun Apr 1, 2018, 12:27 PM
Apr 2018

keep a roof over our heads. I get it. We do what we need to do.

Sherman A1

(38,958 posts)
6. My FB feed is very pleasant.
Sun Apr 1, 2018, 10:46 AM
Apr 2018

A few April Fools Jokes and postings. Some Happy Easters and lots of good information from groups in which I am interested. I would suggest that it is not so much Facebook, but rather the company that you have chosen to keep.

mountain grammy

(27,276 posts)
22. Yes, mine too.
Sun Apr 1, 2018, 12:28 PM
Apr 2018

Call it a bubble, but I want to follow family, friends and like minded people and I enjoy the pics from my friend walking the Camino. I have dropped many.

Sherman A1

(38,958 posts)
33. If that is the case I would suggest you
Sun Apr 1, 2018, 09:35 PM
Apr 2018

dump it and not worry about what others think or believe that you should do. If the service is something you do not find benefit in, then there is nothing to be gained by continuing to use it.

 

wasupaloopa

(4,516 posts)
9. My friends are calling today reserection sunday
Sun Apr 1, 2018, 11:25 AM
Apr 2018

I guess they are entitled to post their religious identity today

lunasun

(21,646 posts)
15. Call it Lich celebration . I used to say Zombie Rising day but I was corrected that zombies are
Sun Apr 1, 2018, 11:43 AM
Apr 2018

wondering mindless . I still like Zombie day, but it's not an accurate description of the myth

Not to be confused with lichen.
In fantasy fiction, a lich (/ˈlɪtʃ/;[1] from Old English 'līċ' meaning 'corpse') is a type of undead creature. Often such a creature is the result of a transformation, as a powerful magician skilled in necromancy or a king striving for eternal life using spells or rituals to bind his intellect and soul to his phylactery and thereby achieving a form of immortality.
Liches are depicted as being clearly cadaverous, bodies desiccated or completely skeletal.
Liches are often depicted as holding power over hordes of lesser undead creatures, using them as soldiers and servants.
Unlike zombies, which are often depicted as mindless, a lich retains independent thought and is usually at least as intelligent as it was prior to its transformation.
Wiki

Freelancer

(2,107 posts)
29. Well, that fits in with the Romani "Gypsy" crucifixion myth perfectly
Sun Apr 1, 2018, 04:55 PM
Apr 2018

There are varying versions.

Basically, the Romani believe that they were given the right to steal from heaven because a "Gypsy" child stole a golden nail that the Scribes and Pharisees planned to drive into Jesus' heart at the crucifixion.

The enemies of Jesus came to believe (maybe from Romani) that no binding spell of man, witch, demon or djinn would keep Jesus from resurrecting -- only an object he had "cursed" himself. So, Jesus' enemies tricked him into cursing the gold of the money changers at the temple. Then, they used the gold from the coins to make a fourth soul-killing spike. A Romani child became aware of the nail -- in a dream or some other way -- and stole it. In gratitude, God granted her people the right to steal with impunity once a year.

The whole thing sounds like a "Gypsie" scam to get gold out of the pharisees to me.

I'd love to see this made into a movie with the same bunch as "Oceans 11." "Oceans - year 30" maybe? That would be fantastic.

democratisphere

(17,235 posts)
11. It will be over with in about 12 hours depending on where you live.
Sun Apr 1, 2018, 11:35 AM
Apr 2018

Tomorrow will be a new and better day.

PoindexterOglethorpe

(26,727 posts)
16. Either unfriend them or at least unfollow them.
Sun Apr 1, 2018, 11:46 AM
Apr 2018

I see no point in keeping FB "friends" who post crap.

I also don't accept friend requests from someone if I have no idea who they are, even if we have several mutual friends in common.

Hangingon

(3,075 posts)
17. Perhaps you should rethink Paraguay.
Sun Apr 1, 2018, 11:58 AM
Apr 2018

CIA country analysis says it is 89.6 percent Catholic and 98.9 percent religious.

SeattleVet

(5,590 posts)
24. I usually manage to piss off at least one person every year...
Sun Apr 1, 2018, 01:43 PM
Apr 2018

when they post "He is risen!", I reply with:

Guilded Lilly

(5,591 posts)
26. Ive honed my FB feed to like minded spirits and family :). We had...
Sun Apr 1, 2018, 04:10 PM
Apr 2018

Some fun April Fools’ jokes and celebrated our Pagan mindset.
It’s a good day.

Respite from the insanity 🤪

The Genealogist

(4,736 posts)
27. It is usually a cesspit
Sun Apr 1, 2018, 04:20 PM
Apr 2018

Some relative or co-worker is forever putting up some kind of trite Christianish meme and asking for an "AMEN!" Nope. No AMEN for them from me.

bearsfootball516

(6,510 posts)
28. I don't really have a problem with it.
Sun Apr 1, 2018, 04:32 PM
Apr 2018

It's a very happy day for millions of people. Even if you don't believe in it, I enjoy seeing people celebrate and be happy at a time when it seems like there's very little happiness in the world.

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