Social Social Thread - Please Read Last Post

[BlueMonk]

Can you give some context to what you're saying?

I don't mean to sound rude or anything, but I'm not gonna go in depth or anything in this thread. The jist of it is that their new president isn't doing anything to stop these fires and seems to have a total disregard for the environment in general. I don't really want to talk about his anymore though.

 

[Schnee117]

Can you give some context to what you're saying?

They could but it's "tOo PoLiTiCaL"

 

[Professor Pumpkaboo]

Literally all Twitter is is the same Trump hashtag that boomers keep repeating, like you can't make up how hamfisted negativity is.

God bless the blocking feature. I blocked so many damn hashtags. Before I did that, twitter was exhausting to be on

 

[Hat N' Clogs]

God bless the blocking feature. I blocked so many damn hashtags. Before I did that, twitter was exhausting to be on

I just dropped twitter entirely. Not worth it trying to check up on my favorite celebrities when seeing political drama bs most of the time.

 

[Kirby Dragons]

Instagram is way better than Twitter anyways.

 

[Deleted member]

Hey fellas. What's up?

 

[Hadokeyblade]

I just dropped twitter entirely. Not worth it trying to check up on my favorite celebrities when seeing political drama bs most of the time.

I never even bothered getting a Twitter for this very reason.

 

[RandomAce]

I mean, if the most emotion you can muster at literal genocide and severe destruction of the climate is complete apathy then what would the 'fair' response be? "Ah, sorry to bother you about how extreme **** is happening"? If you don't care about a severe, negative impact to your one and only life, are you even human?

Regardless, I'm off to bed as it's too damn late to be aware of how likely it is I will die before becoming 50

Now you’re over exaggerating.

The Amazon Forest Fire has already been spread far and wide, it’s the hottest topic on Instagram right now and the amount of people hoping for change are in the millions.

But really with the whole amount of drama that the media and news loves to exaggerate and spread, naturally people will get worn out. From the Sony Vs. Disney controversy, to the Ashley fan suicide, and the fire being brought all on the same day on Smashboards, it’s too much for most people to handle all at once, and overwhelming yourself with so much conflict is unhealthy.

Devaluing someone because they don’t really want to deal with the stuff that comes with paying attention to these types of disasters doesn’t make you right. Focus less of your energy on one person that doesn’t have a say and instead of the millions of others that do.

 

[Rangez]

Instagram is way better than Twitter anyways.

I've never been into Instagram, but is there way more positivity there?

 

[Good Guy Giygas]

Instagram is way better than Twitter anyways.

I find all my dankest memes on instagram.

 

[DerpingPikachu]

I've never been into Instagram, but is there way more positivity there?

Most of what I look at on Instagram is just memes so in my experience, yes.

 

[CosmicQuark]

I only use Twitter to upload Switch screenshots on my computer.

(okay, I also read a lot of Twitter posts, but I do it from the comfort of not posting anything myself... I have 0 tweets).

 

[Lamperouge]

notlikethis

help me pick out a name for my character

He's gotta be Trunks or #17.

 

[DerpingPikachu]

Hey fellas. What's up?

Not much im just getting back from the store. You?

 

[Guh-Huzzah!]

This kid in class asked me if I had seen this song. This was how the converstion went.

Kid: Hey, have you listened to [Insert song name here]
Me: Nope.
Kid: What? What are you doing? Do you have like, an Instagram, Snapchat, Twitter...?
Me: Nah.
Kid: Do you even have a phone?
Me: I have an Ipad....

She then just gave me this confused stare like I was detached from society.

 

[Deleted member]

Not much im just getting back from the store. You?

Animating.

I'm at animation station.

 

[Hat N' Clogs]

Hey fellas. What's up?

The sky. The sky is up.

But right now I'm just doing my best to relax. Been a day that's been up and down. Worked out, did job application stuff, then watched Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom for the first time ever, and then I worked on more job stuff, and now I'm looking up hockey stats.

 

[Kirby Dragons]

I've never been into Instagram, but is there way more positivity there?

From my experience, yes. Not just from my friends I follow, but from the celebrities too.

 

[Lamperouge]

Hey fellas. What's up?

I'm tired from work and feel like I could slip into a coma for a few hours.

 

[Professor Pumpkaboo]

He's gotta be Trunks or #17.

I already named him Camus, lol whoops

 

[Michael the Spikester]

It reminds me of one of George Carlin's best lines.

"The planet is fine--the people are ****ed."

I'm not as cynical as Carlin, and do believe if we put ourselves in the proper context of all of human history that we have made progress and still can... but admittedly some events make it reeeeeeeally hard to retain that optimism.

Yep seen that video. It was hilarious had me laughing my *** off.

 

[Noipoi]

Got my phone stolen on the bus today

I ****ing love public transport guys

I ****ing love how expensive cars are guys

I'm not mad at all

 

[Wademan94]

Got my phone stolen on the bus today

I ****ing love public transport guys

I ****ing love how expensive cars are guys

I'm not mad at all

Any way you can get it back?

 

[Noipoi]

Any way you can get it back?

Not at all

 

[ZephyrZ]

Being able to keep a level head during political discussions (and in general) is such an underrated ability.

If people could talk about important topics without getting furious and dragging unrelated topics such as genocide all the time it'd be so much less exhausting to deal with.

 

[DerpingPikachu]

Got my phone stolen on the bus today

I ****ing love public transport guys

I ****ing love how expensive cars are guys

I'm not mad at all

That sucks, sorry that happened to you

 

[Rie Sonomura]

Not at all

You don’t even have Find My iPhone/whatever the equivalent is for Androids?

Do you AT LEAST have the data backed up on iCloud or even your computer? If you get a new phone you can restore from that backup

 

[Deleted member]

I was animating and this frame looks like a kid when their mom says "No McDonalds."

 

[Lamperouge]

Got my phone stolen on the bus today

I ****ing love public transport guys

I ****ing love how expensive cars are guys

I'm not mad at all

Sorry to hear that, man.

Hopefully there's still a way that you can find that ****stain and get your phone back.

 

[Noipoi]

You don’t even have Find My iPhone/whatever the equivalent is for Androids?

Do you AT LEAST have the data backed up on iCloud or even your computer? If you get a new phone you can restore from that backup

It was stolen. Why would I track it? So I could find some dangerous stranger and try and get it back?

We shut it off. I ain't getting it back.

And yes, I have iCloud.

 

[Deleted member]

Noipoi that honestly sucks sorry man

I kinda wish there was some way I could help, as silly as that sounds.

 

[Hat N' Clogs]

Got my phone stolen on the bus today

I ****ing love public transport guys

I ****ing love how expensive cars are guys

I'm not mad at all

Sounds like you need an internet hug

*sends internet hug*

 

[BlueMonk]

This kid in class asked me if I had seen this song. This was how the converstion went.

Kid: Hey, have you listened to [Insert song name here]
Me: Nope.
Kid: What? What are you doing? Do you have like, an Instagram, Snapchat, Twitter...?
Me: Nah.
Kid: Do you even have a phone?
Me: I have an Ipad....

She then just gave me this confused stare like I was detached from society.

what was the song

 

[Wademan94]

It was stolen. Why would I track it? So I could find some dangerous stranger and try and get it back?

We shut it off. I ain't getting it back.

And yes, I have iCloud.

Would contacting the police about it and reporting it stolen be an option?

 

[Scoliosis Jones]

If you figure out that not every one who thinks differently from you is evil, and once you can maintain a level head, political discussion is much easier. No one person has all the answers, usually the best solutions come from collaboration and different points of view.

*Disclaimer: this does not mean all views are equally valid. White supremacists, anti-vaxxers, and other extreme views should not be treated as equal and should be basically visibly, substantially proven wrong. **** that.*

Granted, the society we live in today is dictated by clickbait (studies show plenty of folks believe articles based on the headline and not from reading), anti-intellectual attitudes, and ignorance. There’s a lot of each.

The reason social media feels like it’s always negative, is because without it you didn’t have access to such information. We’re also not used to getting so much negative information. But with the digital age, we get overloaded with information, most of it being negative.

Most problems stem from greed, a lack of empathy, anti-intellectualism, unchecked capitalism, and a lack of vision at least in the US. Many things have become about money rather than a cool, fun thing to have for fans, like this recent thing with Spider-Man.

But eh, what do I know? I’m just a high school teacher with a masters degree in English Ed...

 

[Guh-Huzzah!]

It was stolen. Why would I track it? So I could find some dangerous stranger and try and get it back?

We shut it off. I ain't getting it back.

And yes, I have iCloud.

Call the cops.

what was the song

I couldn't tell. It sounded like an inaudible noise. Either song names are becoming more abstract or my hearing is failing me.

 

[Noipoi]

Would contacting the police about it and reporting it stolen be an option?

Call the cops.

Talking to cops

yeah, that won't work.

 

[Shroob]

Man, I'm glad I'm at that age where social media seems like a whippersnapper thing. I cannot be asked to get involved or make my own accounts.

 

[Guh-Huzzah!]

Talking to cops

yeah, that won't work.

Call the spoc
If you aren't comfortable with it, that's fine.

 

[Noipoi]

Call the spoc

Spock keeps ignoring my calls