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MineralMan

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8. Not really. It depends on how you use it.

Sun May 27, 2012, 02:52 PM

May 2012

Right now, for example, my sister and her husband are on a cross-country trip in a Smart for Two, pulling a small luggage trailer. At some point, they're going to stop by our place in St. Paul for a couple of days, but they're not really on a schedule. They're posting updates on where they are, with photos of stuff they are seeing, so we can follow their trip. They don't even have to tell us when they'll be here...we'll know already.

My sister isn't bashful about using words, either, so I'm reading long Facebook messages from her every day.

It seems like most of the people on my friend's list write substantial things there.

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Is Facebook destroying meaningful conversation? [View all] kentuck May 2012 OP

dNDBDDBmcdkvndjvndnJ randome May 2012 #1

What is facebook? Life Long Dem May 2012 #2

were you going to communicate w/FB friends in some other way instead and chose to use FB? msongs May 2012 #3

It's a cartoon. kentuck May 2012 #4

like Broderick May 2012 #5

Hide. MineralMan May 2012 #6

alert Voice for Peace May 2012 #15

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Not really. It depends on how you use it. MineralMan May 2012 #8

I actually got this cartoon off Facebook... kentuck May 2012 #9

I figured. There's lots on Facebook that I just skip, of course. MineralMan May 2012 #10

I will argue Control-Z May 2012 #25

Interesting.. kentuck May 2012 #26

I can see where that would be of concern. MineralMan May 2012 #30

Are they tweens or teens? riderinthestorm May 2012 #32

Lol. I'm sorry but Control-Z May 2012 #37

I emailed an old friend to ask her how she was doing. Ilsa May 2012 #11

Intimacy matters. jp11 May 2012 #17

I agree w/ you Completely. nt Ilsa May 2012 #34

Not at all. It keeps me in touch with family and friends. YellowRubberDuckie May 2012 #12

I love Facebook. Webster Green May 2012 #13

No more (IMHO) than text messages. Edweird May 2012 #14

Nnnnnnope. cherokeeprogressive May 2012 #16

Meaningful conversation died long before Facebook. Speck Tater May 2012 #18

From the people that brought you... Scootaloo May 2012 #19

"This new thing will be the end of all civilization!" Posteritatis May 2012 #20

Pfft... TELEVISION killed meaningful conversation. annabanana May 2012 #21

Friggin' cuneiform, man. How far we have fallen. (nt) Posteritatis May 2012 #22

Yeah, I blame the advent of runes. Fire Walk With Me May 2012 #35

But radio DID kill meaningful conversation. randome May 2012 #31

I think it's terrible, people spend all their time posting little comments on the internet... CJCRANE May 2012 #23

FB is for people with whom I don't want a meaningful conversation Bluenorthwest May 2012 #24

Well, this old person (63) finds Facebook to be SheilaT May 2012 #27

Hang on. I'll answer after I post this kitteh picture I found on my wall. HopeHoops May 2012 #28

IDK rug May 2012 #29

Television already did that decades and decades ago.. n/t Fumesucker May 2012 #33

Not at all, no XemaSab May 2012 #36

OMG. LOL. YMMV Rincewind May 2012 #38

irony Sea-Dog May 2012 #39

Aziz Ansari had a bit one time: Initech May 2012 #40