tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15935045.post8179289145992061987..comments2024-01-19T02:23:51.665-06:00Comments on Journal Wunelle: Oh Vwah, FaceBook, Part the Thirdwstachourhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12447198404608861357noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15935045.post-48518915124324638422016-05-18T07:46:14.689-05:002016-05-18T07:46:14.689-05:00Ha! Guilty as charged. Yours is a name I've n...Ha! Guilty as charged. Yours is a name I've not heard in 25 years!wstachourhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12447198404608861357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15935045.post-39291990347918913952016-05-18T00:42:22.207-05:002016-05-18T00:42:22.207-05:00Mr. Stachour, did you ever once own an extremely s...Mr. Stachour, did you ever once own an extremely stubborn basset hound while simultaneously having a deaf white cat that enjoyed chewing on metal?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11759448218891068167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15935045.post-59604678612901772672014-10-05T16:11:50.210-05:002014-10-05T16:11:50.210-05:00I keep thinking about ways I might make it tolerab...I keep thinking about ways I might make it tolerable to me, and then I find that life is just fine without it. I've been doing more reading and, at least when I'm on the road, more writing.<br /><br />So I'll sit on it a while and see how it goes.<br /><br />The politics thing just gives me strongly mixed signals. On the one hand, I think it's vitally important that we be engaged and that we attempt to inform ourselves--and that we thwart the big-dollar corruptions of our news processes; but on the other hand, I really don't think that *I* have been instrumental in informing anyone about anything, and (as I've said) I find I'm voting exactly the same way as I have always voted.<br /><br />I like being happier! But I also feel like I'm pushing the shit-shoveling off to someone else in my efforts to keep myself blissfully happy.<br /><br />If you figure it out, let me know!wstachourhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12447198404608861357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15935045.post-79329283117487466732014-10-05T01:29:13.343-05:002014-10-05T01:29:13.343-05:00I love it when you (or any of you) rant. For reas...I love it when you (or any of you) rant. For reasons that keep me visiting (albeit far too infrequently), I'll keep coming back. Sadly, these interchanges are some of the few interactions that have any intelligence or depth in my life.<br /><br />I've talked about FB with Bil before. I couldn't agree more that it is a complete waste of time. And a waste that I, unfortunately, cannot divest myself of. Not for time-wasting purposes, but more utilitarian ones of communicating with far-off family. ... just not about politics. :-)dbackdadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10700991588554336491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15935045.post-28979229782808900402014-10-02T08:04:22.437-05:002014-10-02T08:04:22.437-05:00It is addicting and it wastes a lot of time. I'...It is addicting and it wastes a lot of time. I've seen enough cats doing amusing antics to last the rest of my life. Good for you. You're an inspiration.Karlohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15647211317186049289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15935045.post-10389329034216325022014-10-01T18:32:42.494-05:002014-10-01T18:32:42.494-05:00It's been two or three weeks for me, and I'...It's been two or three weeks for me, and I'm quickly adjusting away from it. I do miss a little knowing what's going on with some people, but the question is whether I can manage what you do: to just look quickly and move on. I'm afraid I'd get sucked into forwarding and commenting and so on, and I'm right back where I started.<br /><br />I think I'll stay away for now and see how it goes.<br /><br />Like you, I love going back and re-reading posts. Even movie reviews are fun because (of course) they say what I thought at the time, and they bring me back up to speed with the plot, etc. But the more personal things are fun too.<br /><br />I've never really thought about shutting down the blog, even when I rarely write on it. Unlike FB (for me), it just feels like a thing that has value, even if just in a personal history kind of way.wstachourhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12447198404608861357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15935045.post-32223737567338956352014-10-01T17:06:52.460-05:002014-10-01T17:06:52.460-05:00You commented on my post when I wrote about this v...You commented on my post when I wrote about this very thing, so you know I agree with everything you said. I've found Facebook and the Internet in general to be a HUGE waste of time. It's like a drug, it hooks you, and before you know it, hours have gone by. When I finish on-line on FB, I never have anything to show for those wasted hours. When I spend time on my blog, however, I have organized pictures, thoughts, writing, memories, to keep. I often will go back through my blog and re-read old posts. I never do that with FB. I would like to print out a bunch of my blog posts for my kids, to someday understand what I thought about things, like a journal. <br /><br />I left FB for a week and didn't miss it at all. Since that experiment, I've practiced not going on there as much. Not "liking" or responding to everybody's posts. I feel better when I can breeze through it, see if there's anything new I need to be aware of, then move on. Also, don't even get me started on the data mining! That enrages me to no end. I will stop there before my blood pressure rises.VVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08751403913379728345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15935045.post-5970029883058849082014-10-01T08:15:13.202-05:002014-10-01T08:15:13.202-05:00I especially relate to the idea of FB taking time ...I especially relate to the idea of FB taking time away from reading. I listen to audiobooks now quite a bit, but I actually read very little. The time spent online surely detracts from the time available to read, and the latter seems of infinitely greater value, certainly than FB.<br /><br />I have a deep-seated antipathy for broadcast television, and I wonder if my ambivalence about FB isn't similar. I don't think the medium is inherently evil, but in practice it's a time-waster and maybe worse. Certainly I think TV is worse than just time-wasting.<br /><br />I spend a little time thinking about how I might modify my interface with FB and return, but more often I marvel that life is quite good without it.wstachourhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12447198404608861357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15935045.post-48381886067776147622014-09-29T15:44:51.832-05:002014-09-29T15:44:51.832-05:00I think I'm one of those few people who doesn&...I think I'm one of those few people who doesn't have, and has never had, a Facebook account. It feels a bit like being the hero in one of those end of the world zombie movies who has a natural immunity to the bug that killed the world.<br /><br />From a practical point I really can't see what all the fuss is about. People have tried to explain it to me, and get me to join, but to no avail. I do not see the attraction - at least not for me.<br /><br />Plus I spend far too long on-line as it is without the Facebook monster getting its claws into me! Personally I'd rather be reading books.... [grin]CyberKittenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06394155516712665665noreply@blogger.com