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thbobby

(1,474 posts)
52. I am a Castaneda Freak
Thu Aug 9, 2018, 07:15 PM
Aug 2018

I tell a limited amount about myself. To friends, relatives, crushes, anyone. Advertise my life on social media?? Just IMO, but that is crazy. Besides, real human contact is so much more enriching. When I know someone I disagree with, I can always learn something from them. That is except for trump humpers. Haters are a mystery to me. Just never knew there were so many of them.

Some of us are mature enough to handle it. GeorgeGist Aug 2018 #1
This... yuiyoshida Aug 2018 #39
YOU TELL EM' BEBE!I got yo' back girl! JuJuYoshida Aug 2018 #42
No kidding. FB is how I reconnected with my college boyfriend after our spouses catbyte Aug 2018 #68
Juju lives in San Diego yuiyoshida Aug 2018 #72
I can handle it DownriverDem Aug 2018 #45
I don't have facebook any longer, just Twitter yuiyoshida Aug 2018 #76
No offense, but you have put tons of information about yourself on the internet. Right here. Tipperary Aug 2018 #96
None of that could lead someone to her door though ... (nt) mr_lebowski Aug 2018 #102
exactly... yuiyoshida Aug 2018 #108
Find a doctor who isn't a quack. johnp3907 Aug 2018 #2
No crap from me. phylny Aug 2018 #3
i would venture that barbtries Aug 2018 #63
I don't think the problem is social media. The problem is TRUMP. n/t pnwmom Aug 2018 #67
Could well be. phylny Aug 2018 #70
I agree with your doctor. And you. cyclonefence Aug 2018 #4
I think, but I don't know for sure, there may be something else that is in play GusBob Aug 2018 #5
so true KT2000 Aug 2018 #34
I spend some time on social media in the form of FB PoindexterOglethorpe Aug 2018 #6
I don't do FaceBook, I use Twitter as a news feed and I spend way too much time here. demmiblue Aug 2018 #7
DU is one of my prime news feeds, and it is also social media for me. erronis Aug 2018 #66
I used to love Twitter hibbing Aug 2018 #8
To a degree, yes Cyrano Aug 2018 #14
That may depend on how you curate your friends list. Lisa0825 Aug 2018 #78
Isn't DU social media? n/t sl8 Aug 2018 #9
Indeed it is. Iggo Aug 2018 #11
Yes. Very much so. nt Dr Hobbitstein Aug 2018 #26
I say DU is not social media. Here's why. ancianita Aug 2018 #64
But over time DU has morphed... Phentex Aug 2018 #97
You're not wrong. Yet DU is still a forum. As it is, I'd call it an interesting hybrid. ancianita Aug 2018 #98
I consider it a news aggregator Sanity Claws Aug 2018 #80
With Ya! ProfessorGAC Aug 2018 #86
It is! I said that downthread obamanut2012 Aug 2018 #88
I use social media as a tool in my job True Dough Aug 2018 #10
My doctor congratulated me for my excellent labwork. He told me that I had gone up and japple Aug 2018 #12
This would make a great Facebook post. Nt NCTraveler Aug 2018 #30
my doc is also Seventh Day Adventist KT2000 Aug 2018 #36
Your doctor is very silly. DavidDvorkin Aug 2018 #13
thank you. my thoughts exactly. n/t Brainstormy Aug 2018 #48
exactly - more television time is the ticket DrDan Aug 2018 #15
Kill your TV first maxsolomon Aug 2018 #16
You are not wrong. nt Dr Hobbitstein Aug 2018 #27
I agree LeftInTX Aug 2018 #46
I agree completely re: FB. But I also watch TV. Lisa0825 Aug 2018 #79
But DU is a classic example of social media. tandem5 Aug 2018 #17
So DU is a "Get off my lawn" site? Cyrano Aug 2018 #20
I wasn't making a comment about DU's demographics. tandem5 Aug 2018 #50
thank you, well put barbtries Aug 2018 #65
Yeah me too... tandem5 Aug 2018 #71
i think we're all hanging on by the skin of our teeth. barbtries Aug 2018 #82
Close enough. NCTraveler Aug 2018 #31
Yep Gore1FL Aug 2018 #60
Sorry I missed your message earlier... my modem was set to the wrong parity tandem5 Aug 2018 #73
DU is not a social media website. Oneironaut Aug 2018 #92
You know, Skidmore Aug 2018 #18
I don't see the appeal of twitter Mosby Aug 2018 #19
I'm addicted to Twitter - I will even check Twitter at stop lights womanofthehills Aug 2018 #93
I think I might try to filter better Mosby Aug 2018 #101
Great advice. .99center Aug 2018 #21
Good lord. You're on social media right now. What did he base this opinion on? Did he cite any WhiskeyGrinder Aug 2018 #22
See post #20 above Cyrano Aug 2018 #23
That didn't answer my questions, but okay. WhiskeyGrinder Aug 2018 #24
My guess is he's seeing an increase in patients who are telling him they are becoming upset or Cousin Dupree Aug 2018 #29
Using social media to consume distressing or frustrating news and content can definitely have an WhiskeyGrinder Aug 2018 #33
Some people can't handle social media. Others can to different degrees. I think that new Cousin Dupree Aug 2018 #91
Other than transparency and regulations with respect to... NCTraveler Aug 2018 #25
"Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now" Tactical Peek Aug 2018 #28
I get more upset on DU than FB. Akacia Aug 2018 #32
I am in total agreement jodymarie aimee Aug 2018 #35
It totally depends on how you use it. milestogo Aug 2018 #37
absolutely. n/t Brainstormy Aug 2018 #44
Can you imagine the patients KT2000 Aug 2018 #38
DU is social media. Honeycombe8 Aug 2018 #40
Just block any bullies. It's easy. n/t pnwmom Aug 2018 #59
but im here...isnt this sm? samnsara Aug 2018 #41
you do realize that DU Brainstormy Aug 2018 #43
I actually troll some conservative websites. Mr.Bill Aug 2018 #47
Hey YOU! Get offa mah lawn!!1!1 🤣 sprinkleeninow Aug 2018 #49
DU is social media where posters are anonymous. LeftInTX Aug 2018 #51
I am a Castaneda Freak thbobby Aug 2018 #52
Hate to be contrarian but I am old (still employed) MaryMagdaline Aug 2018 #53
I've never been on any of that stuff Hayduke Bomgarte Aug 2018 #54
Fortunately. Du is antisocial media. unblock Aug 2018 #55
Blasphemy! Sacrilege! How DARE you? trof Aug 2018 #56
It is pretty silly for any DUer to worry that Social Media might not be good for mental health. pnwmom Aug 2018 #57
You are using DU for the same purpose, are you not? Gore1FL Aug 2018 #58
DU is a form of social media IMHO, with a lot of the same issues as any kind of online progree Aug 2018 #61
i have fb for my extended family barbtries Aug 2018 #62
I'd be pissed off if my Doctor Texasgal Aug 2018 #69
Many medical problems are Cyrano Aug 2018 #77
What a pantload! Texasgal Aug 2018 #85
This exactly! obamanut2012 Aug 2018 #90
lulz obamanut2012 Aug 2018 #89
It is Pandora's Box. n/t Horse with no Name Aug 2018 #74
DU is a social medium. Do we imagine Hortensis Aug 2018 #75
Did doctor ask if you watch FOX? Grasswire2 Aug 2018 #81
Maybe he's seeing a deterioration mentally of some patients who have gone all Alex Jones or Q lunasun Aug 2018 #83
I've seen what happens to people who use social media! defacto7 Aug 2018 #84
"Was he taking anything else? Maybe he was already stoned?" LanternWaste Aug 2018 #104
You do you, and I will do me obamanut2012 Aug 2018 #87
I am off and on Twitter all day steve2470 Aug 2018 #94
I think your doc might be concerned about you. cwydro Aug 2018 #95
No ismnotwasm Aug 2018 #99
Social Media is not the problem...old folk should stay off it though HipChick Aug 2018 #100
Why should old folks stay off it? DavidDvorkin Aug 2018 #106
Anyone over the age of 25...except my mum HipChick Aug 2018 #107
And why? DavidDvorkin Aug 2018 #109
I think you need to chill HipChick Aug 2018 #110
It wasn't obvious at all. DavidDvorkin Aug 2018 #111
Completely disagree. awesomerwb1 Aug 2018 #103
Wonder if Anti-Social Media is OK? democratisphere Aug 2018 #105
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