Facebook WTF is so intriguing???

6BangBronk

6BangBronk

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Your birthday only falls on a Saturday every 7 years or so. So I threw myself a birthday party over the weekend knowing since turning 43, it may be my last where I can get up and shake a rug. So I splurged. Hired a DJ with karaoke for entertainment. Good friends of ours. They mix it up very well with slow and fast dance music / line dancing / some karaoke / wicked lights / short funny skits using Twister and hoolahoops and such / you name it. Big stage set up on a trailer in the back yard and even make a make-shift dance floor out of some old plywood. And we had all kinds of stuff to entertain the kids. Cooked a pig, catered a bunch of food. Balloons. Wore it out...
The crowd consisted of around 100+ people ranging everywhere from a baby at just 8 days to age 81. The +60 age crowd was understanding to just sit and talk all night. And the kids went down the slip-n-slide / play set / tire swing you name it all night. And the 40+ old men drinkers, well they set back and drank and just watched and chatted. Most of them.
Well... What got me was the 10-even up to I even saw a 41 year old... Mostly family and their friends. They were all lined up in chairs around us like sticks driven into the damn ground with their phones out texting their friends (or probably even each other) and filming like 8 of us dancing and having a good time all night long. It got to one point where I took out my phone, turned the flashlight AP on and went around aiming at the ones filming us??? I felt like me and my wife were just getting married??? Our night was well documented to say the least and posted all over Facebook. I was told on Sunday by several others that couldn't make it that I'm famous on there and I don't even have an account.

I don't belong for personal reasons. Wife does it just to connect with her family. But the entire night they were consumed into their phones??? I spent big hard earned dollars for a wammy of a party. Knowing now instead, I should have just took all the young kids to Disney World and me and my closest 7 should have just hit the town... Or should have called "bring your own chair" at the last minute and hid all mine. :)

WTF??? If I Did have an account it would be filled with me??? Not somebody I don't even hang around with? I've always lived for the moment. And yes, I danced crazy to have a good time. If you show embarrassment around me I'll just jump in your arms. That's just how I roll...

Please explain the latest craze? Aren't they going to look back and wished they'd lived the moment???
 
6BangBronk said:
Your birthday only falls on a Saturday every 7 years or so. So I threw myself a birthday party over the weekend knowing since turning 43, it may be my last where I can get up and shake a rug. So I splurged. Hired a DJ with karaoke for entertainment. Good friends of ours. They mix it up very well with slow and fast dance music / line dancing / some karaoke / wicked lights / short funny skits using Twister and hoolahoops and such / you name it. Big stage set up on a trailer in the back yard and even make a make-shift dance floor out of some old plywood. And we had all kinds of stuff to entertain the kids. Cooked a pig, catered a bunch of food. Balloons. Wore it out...
The crowd consisted of around 100+ people ranging everywhere from a baby at just 8 days to age 81. The +60 age crowd was understanding to just sit and talk all night. And the kids went down the slip-n-slide / play set / tire swing you name it all night. And the 40+ old men drinkers, well they set back and drank and just watched and chatted. Most of them.
Well... What got me was the 10-even up to I even saw a 41 year old... Mostly family and their friends. They were all lined up in chairs around us like sticks driven into the damn ground with their phones out texting their friends (or probably even each other) and filming like 8 of us dancing and having a good time all night long. It got to one point where I took out my phone, turned the flashlight AP on and went around aiming at the ones filming us??? I felt like me and my wife were just getting married??? Our night was well documented to say the least and posted all over Facebook. I was told on Sunday by several others that couldn't make it that I'm famous on there and I don't even have an account.

I don't belong for personal reasons. Wife does it just to connect with her family. But the entire night they were consumed into their phones??? I spent big hard earned dollars for a wammy of a party. Knowing now instead, I should have just took all the young kids to Disney World and me and my closest 7 should have just hit the town... Or should have called "bring your own chair" at the last minute and hid all mine. :)

WTF??? If I Did have an account it would be filled with me??? Not somebody I don't even hang around with? I've always lived for the moment. And yes, I danced crazy to have a good time. If you show embarrassment around me I'll just jump in your arms. That's just how I roll...

Please explain the latest craze? Aren't they going to look back and wished they'd lived the moment???
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couldn't agree with you more dude. kids and adults these days are pathetic with this social media, especially the kids/young adults. they waste their lives on mindless games, phones, laptops, systems,etc. while totally missing out on all the fun life has to offer and missing out on learning what life and growing up is and looks like. I'm glad Jesus is coming back soon, cause i would feel sad for our future with this generation leading it since they have absolutely NO street smarts, survival smarts, even book smarts for that matter, and all they know is to push buttons and stare at boxes of transistors. it sickens me with this generation but hey, it's their life and let them waste it. I've told all my teenager the same speech and they just laugh and look at me like i'm crazy but they will learn someday and when SHTF, more than half this electronic generation won't last a month!
 
Facebook was designed by the government to spy on and control stupid people. The "craze" is getting on there free of charge, sharing photos of everything, everywhere and everyone around you. Its free surveilance for them. Stupidity is highly encouraged on TV and internet and people fall for it everyday! People are being brainwashed into handing over their rights of privacy and personal freedoms over on a silver platter with a "thank you, heres my phone #" note attached. Meanwhile, employers are reading the status posts to figure out how worthless one is. People who post their stupid drunken shenanigans all over fb will soon figure out how bad of an idea that was. Here's a good rule to go by, if its free and encouraged, its meant to destroy you. Fu(k Facebook. Rant over.
 
Failbook
 
I've been on FB since the fall of 04, which is also when I initially found and joined NC4x4, before the crash.

In the beginning of FB it was a great tool to keep in touch with my friends from school who were all off at different colleges. Before camera phones, Instagram, etc.

I was hesitant to join at first, calling it a fad, but after a few weeks of the hoopla, I joined. It was great then, no phone apps, access through laptop or computer. Still easy to disconnect and enjoy the people around you.

We used the site heavily to organize parties, cookouts, wheeling trips etc. Then the ability to upload and share photos from past events was great, not having to use a third party host like photobucket etc.

When I realized the power of how social media would affect the real world was Halloween 2004.

Through Facebook, we (students of ECU) were able to invite tons of people in a short time to downtown Greenville for Halloween. Students from UNC, wilmy, ncstate, app state, duke etc, all came to gvegas for Halloween.

Not that this was any different than any other Halloween where ton is students come to gvegas to party, but when you asked how the heck these people all found out about it was through FB.

Through the cops in riot gear, the fights, and tear gas, no one noticed what had unfolded in front of us, but looking back, it's scary to see how social media could be used as a tool, not only has a site to catch up with friends.

Now I mainly used FB to upload and host pics and videos and to keep in touch with people that live elsewhere and I doing physically see regularly.

As far as head down, ignoring reality, I'm guilty of it at times, but during. important events.

My fiancé's brother had his wedding this weekend, and it was great to see everyone having an awesome time without being stuck in our phones.

It takes a conscious decision to put it away.

As far as time stealing, I spend far more time on tapatalk on NC4x4 and Hardline than I do on Facebook. But I'm also not into every app, game, group, crap on FB either.

This book proves my point.
 
My wife is one of those. She can't cut the grass without stopping multiple times to check her phone. Whether it's a text, facebook message, email, or whatever. She can't get away from it.

It's frustrating really.

I've be come more aware of how much time I spend on my phone. I don't facebook but there are plenty of other distractions that can keep me entertained. Tapatalk is one of them.

I'm going to hate to see where this all goes.
 
Yeah, I don't get this new-age face-in-phone thing. I have things to do.

Saw this recently:

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I had facebook for a while, but I recently deactivated my account because I found myself spending more time on my phone than in real life.

Best decision I have made. I dont look at my phone every 10 minutes now to see if I have a message.
 
I did an experiment one time, got up to 400+ "friends" when I had fb years ago, then deleted my account permenantly to see how many of these "friends" would go old school and actually call me or stop by to see if I was still alive.

5 did. :lol:
 
I'm closer friends with people on here that I've never met than most of the people I've been "friends" with and have known for years that are on FB.


I keep my page up mostly for my family. It's and easy way for my mom to get pics of my son.
 
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