how hard is it to quit social media?

Seems like it should be the opposite. In high school and college you actually see other humans socially, in the flesh.

 

I'm the opposite. I say stuff here that I wouldn't in public. I push the envelope. In real life, I am a much more decent person.

 

This is my "thinking aloud" place, my safe space if you will. I can work through some ideas here, flip them over and around, test them out, have the challenged. See if they stand up.

Posters like oop say I'm a "troll." But that's really what it is.

 

Wait, isn't that what I said? I am more genuine here and say stuff I wouldn't in public.

 

Sorry, my reading comprehension at 7 AM, without any caffeine, fasting for a blood draw, and with a severe migraine headache, was extremely lacking this morning.

I was impaired more than my usual around here.

 

And baby, that's some impairment!

(See, me too. I'd never say that out loud.)

 

I tried deactivating my Facebook when the last Star Wars movie came out.

That lasted for one minute.

I haven't been on Twitter as much lately (except through Instagram, which I can't get enough of). I've even tried playing around a little bit with Snapchat. I'm 43.

I went on sort of a mini-purge the day after the inauguration and unfollowed one or two people I consider(ed) close friends so their political posts wouldn't piss me off.

I guess I've just been more into social media than other people I know.

 

I'm not on SnapChat. Doubt I will be.

YouTube is the greatest invention since the remote control.

 

I used to have to be on YouTube regularly to find humorous sports-related videos to post to a website. Ever since that gig dried up -- like six years ago -- I don't think I've been on YouTube more than a half dozen times in total, and always to listen to a song I'm itching to hear.

 

My wife's brother (who isn't the brother-in-law referenced in my earlier post) and his wife are the poster children for that persona. Their Facebook page is nothing more than a lengthy compilation of selfies -- at a church outing, at Florida Gators football games, on vacation in New York, and on and on and on.

The next selfie I take will be my first, and I'd hope that someone would put me out of my misery shortly thereafter.

 

I'm with you. My sister, who I love with all my heart, and my BIL do that all the time and when I see them taking photos of the food before we eat? I can only shake my head mentally. Although I admit taking selfies with my family just to preserve memories of us together. A true selfie? Not for me.

 

I use FB to organize photos by season - folder for summer '16, for fall '16, etc. It probably looks like I'm fishing for likes, but it's just convenient.

A couple summers ago we were at the beach. A group of three or four teen-age girls were nearby. They spent the entire two hours or so setting up various group selfie poses. I don't want to be a get off my lawner, but it seemed excessive.