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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFor people who have given up Facebook/fast food/soda/cable TV/whatever percieved vice or ill:
You are the captain of your own ship, the master of your own soul.
Whatever you do in your life which you believe makes you live a more fulfilling and/or healthier life, and whatever you choose to remove from your life or retain in your life, kudos to you for your personal decision.
May your decisions give you greater clarity in your life so you can proceed forward a more focused and/or healthier human being.
That being said....
You really don't need to broadcast your personal life choice to the world just to get back pats.
Really, you don't.
Don't get us wrong, we're happy for you. We really are.
But honestly, we really don't care.
StarfishSaver
(18,486 posts)SlogginThroughIt
(1,977 posts)What a strange post.
Javaman
(62,517 posts)isn't that nothing more than projection? LOL
TheBlackAdder
(28,183 posts)redstatebluegirl
(12,265 posts)Any of us could be identified at any time.
JonLP24
(29,322 posts)There is worse stuff that bothers me than someone announcing they quit Facebook.
patricia92243
(12,595 posts)mucifer
(23,530 posts)board. We discuss. Good to know your opinion and this is a good discussion.
I personally think if it pisses people off, go to another thread.
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,174 posts)I just don't see the point of it, other than for purposes of self-congratulations.
enough
(13,256 posts)mucifer
(23,530 posts)people make connections which is why many people come here. I think stifling that is not healthy.
DU is big enough for you to find the parts you like and ignore the parts you don't.
Personally, I am much more addicted to DU than I am to facebook or tv. I know it's not healthy.
If there is a thread in general discussion about animal abuse you are gonna have to deal with me talking about veganism. And I would have to know that people will probably get angry at me or making fun of me for posting about that and I gotta let it slide.
That's the way it should be.
Bradshaw3
(7,513 posts)Give yourself a pat on the back.
Raster
(20,998 posts)...he just entered from a different side of the pool.
Nicely done.
zaj
(3,433 posts)ON TYRANNY: TWENTY LESSONS ON FIGHTING TYRANNY FROM THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
Timothy Snyder
Yale University
Americans are no wiser than the Europeans who saw democracy yield to fascism, Nazism or communism. Our one advantage is that we might learn from their experience. Now is a good time to do so. From across the fearful twentieth century, here are twenty lessons about what it takes to oppose tyranny, adapted to the circumstances of today.
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8. Stand out. Someone has to. It is easy to follow along. It can feel strange to do or say something different. But without that unease, there is no freedom. Remember Rosa Parks. The moment you set an example, the spell of the status quo is broken, and others will follow.
I_UndergroundPanther
(12,463 posts)Because I have seen how taking the lead when no one else will do it,changes everything.
Blues Heron
(5,931 posts)Thanks
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,328 posts)NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)I like seeing more and more people waking up to ditch the RusProp delivery system masquerading as a social website that was founded to rate girls' faces at college.
I dropped FB and weeks ago dropped Instagram. It was a huge time suck and creeping bot playground.
We must take care of what we allow into our homes, screens, and brains.
Please feel free to share what's going on in your lives to the extent we all feel comfortable.
Coventina
(27,101 posts)Mark Z. has demonstrated time and again that he is happy to work with the Russians and white nationalists to undermine our country.
UpInArms
(51,280 posts)Whenever someone pulls the empirical we on me in a discussion, I always ask if they have fleas in their pockets
tazkcmo
(7,300 posts)That you don't care. In fact, I haven't spent one second of my life considering whether you cared or not and I will continue to live my life that way. But hey, thanks for sharing and maybe take some of your own advice and keep it to yourself.
patricia92243
(12,595 posts)blugbox
(951 posts)You don't care.
Don't speak for me. I lost 75 pounds in the recent past, and I only could have done it with the support of the VIDEO GAME FORUM community I belonged to. I posted progress pics and had several discussions with members throughout the process. THEY made it possible because I wasn't alone on my journey.
I applaud every single person who gets on here and says they are quiting "x" for "y" reason. We need to support each other because there are "we" out there who do actually care.
Tommy, if you ever have trouble with anything at all and need our support, WE will be here to help you any time.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)demmiblue
(36,841 posts)Tech
(1,770 posts)who post things that really bug me on my ignore list. I skip posts I have no interest in.
Just a thought.
USALiberal
(10,877 posts)ecstatic
(32,685 posts)or someone with similar issues. I rarely share my own life changes, but I don't have an issue with other people sharing.
Polly Hennessey
(6,793 posts)Never understood the ones who proclaim from the highest mountain that they have given up cable tv and or just tv. I dont care, really, what one gives up. Perhaps all of you are just a trifle annoying for feeling the need for proclamations. I have given up nothing and am totally in awe of myself.
USALiberal
(10,877 posts)hlthe2b
(102,225 posts)Intentional and malicious dissemination of Russian propaganda, RW lies, and White Nationalist hate impacts me and everyone else in this country.
I DO care and so should YOU.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/nov/21/facebook-white-nationalists-ban-vdare-red-ice
White nationalists are openly operating on Facebook. The company won't act
MattP
(3,304 posts)All the info they get for target marketing is insane
Ferrets are Cool
(21,106 posts)they do have the right to voice their opinions. I, also, have the right to dismiss them. And you are right, I don't care, but then again, I don't care that you don't care and I don't expect you to care that I don't care that you don' care.
USALiberal
(10,877 posts)Ferrets are Cool
(21,106 posts)Arthur_Frain
(1,849 posts)And whether it annoys you or not, its worth thinking about for a minute.
From really, really, silly shit, like the toilet paper has to roll over the top of the roll, or the toilet paper has to roll off the bottom of the roll, all the way up to people who feel like they have to own an AR15, and people who dont think AR15s should have been invented. This is about human nature.
Creamy peanut butter or chunky peanut butter? Stupid question right? But under certain conditions people come to blows over questions like this. Right now people are flipping you shit on this thread for posting a complaint about people announcing they have a complaint! Congratulations! Youve reached the level of meta-complaining!
You really dont need to broadcast your personal life choice to the world just to get back pats........these are people who chose to join facebook. Which is designed specifically to let you broadcast your personal life to the world IN DETAIL. And despite the fact that occasionally FB will behave so badly that a percentage will start one of these quit facebook movements, it never lasts. Again its about human nature, and any time something presses a button on you it might be worth it to stop and do a little self examination about why?
JonLP24
(29,322 posts)redstatebluegirl
(12,265 posts)delisen
(6,042 posts)who are recognizing this and announcing their resolve to not participate.
A government has to be run to serve its people, not its oligarchs, its fixers, or its economic system.
We are not economic units or workers or consumers ---we are people life liberty and the pursuit of happiness is for all of us not just billionaires or industries.
GoCubsGo
(32,080 posts)Thank you.
hunter
(38,310 posts)...just as a constant diet of fast food and soda will damage the rest of your body.
I wouldn't know about Facebook. My only social media vice is DU.
We've been without any "traditional" television in our house over ten years, no cable, no satellite, no broadcast. Our television plays DVDs and Netflix. That's all it does.
I'm not saying this to get "back pats," I'm just saying my own life seems a little brighter without television. Yes, I do encourage others to try it, but I don't really care if they do or they don't.
My octogenarian parents, and my wife's parents, still watch traditional television. Their grandchildren don't.
For better or worse the internet and "smart" cell phones changed everything.
If you really want to see me rant ask me why I recommend Linux for sophisticated computer users, and Chromebooks or Android devices for everyone else.
Don't fucking bother me with your Windows or Apple problems. Guns and automobiles are tools of the devil as well.
lunatica
(53,410 posts)Do you think anyone cares what your opinion is as you broadcast your cynicism?