About 5 years ago I stopped using all major social media. For me this was just FB and IG because I never got involved with Twitter or anything else and I am better off because of having not started them. Once I got away from Bookface and IG i found that i was more productive and was generally just happier. Like many people, I got roped into arguments with strangers and it kind of consumed hours of my day. I look back and cringe that I ever had anything to do with that but I think most people have been there at least once.
Nowadays, when I have some free time I open 9-Gag and look at memes. There is plenty of political propaganda in there as well about Trump, Israel, and Ukraine, but you can block the tags and they won't pop up again. The community there is pretty tight with their rules and anyone that tries to eek something political through with improper tags will see it downvoted to oblivion. It's been around a while and I really enjoy it.
Here are the memes the I enjoyed enough to save for your perusal.
This one is me, exactly. I am sure it is a lot of other people as well. While I will acknowledge that short messages have kind of decreased interpersonal relationships that is just the way the world is now. I get seriously annoyed when someone that I send a message to responds with a phone call, most of the time I won't even answer it and will just respond "send a text like a normal human."
Although I do this a lot less frequently than I used to there have been many instances in my expat life that since I don't have a traditional job, it was very routine of me to get seriously hammered on a regular basis. Every now and then someone will say that I ignored them at the bar but in reality, I probably should have gone home a long time before I did.
I often take my dog to the gym in my building when I go up there because I feel bad for her when she gives me those "don't leave me!" eyes when I am at the door. She watches me while I am working out with a look of intense confusion on her face. I wonder what she thinks is going on here. It must be very perplexing to a dog.
This rarely happens with my dog Nadi but every now and then a dog must just smell the right way and they are cool with one another. I enjoy this about dogs that are pleasant because they seem to be so excited to make new friends and aren't very choosy about it.
Before moving to Asia I had a job that was 90% travel and I would frequently be on flights. I think that most people just check their sensibilities at the door as soon as they enter an airport, or at least it would appear that way. I have never understood the frantic manner that people handle boarding or exiting a plane as if being first somehow has some sort of premium that comes along with it. The only rationale that I can come up with is that they are afraid that there wont be space for their bag but honestly, have you ever witnessed this ever happening? I am ashamed at humanity anytime I am in an airport. I can't be the only one that feels this way.
Now that song is stuck in your head, you're welcome!
Think back to when you were in school and recall all the trivial and stupid things that we were forced to learn. In the meantime actual useful skills like how to do your taxes, an introduction to coding, general finance, sewing, cooking, and something like carpentry are phased out of most schools if they were ever taught at all. I have a masters degree but honestly, don't even remember anything that was taught in those 1.5 years.
Tweets are frowned upon in 9Gag but I am one of the people that are happy they are there because since I refuse to use Twitter I wouldn't see them otherwise. This particular one was and is very true with me. I will sometimes "suss out" a group of new people by making a statement from Anchorman and if someone at the table knows it, I know that I am going to get along with that person. It has been true many times. Normally I will later say to them "did we just become best friends?" and if they know reference and respond with "yup!" it has always been someone that I end up having a great relationship with.
I will leave you like I always do with these things - with a picture of Nadi. In this photo she is sitting in one of her many doggy beds that I have all over the house. Her bed is on my bed, because she wont sleep in it otherwise.
If you have any memes to share back it would be appreciated!
You talk about stopping social media I was asked this week for my Face Book account so this business could send me their advertising junk regularly. I have been using these people for a while sending all my documents overseas via couriers and she thought I may want to be included. When I informed her I do not have Face Book she was horrified. I know my daughter opened one up in my name, but used it for farming in some game they had on there. Funny how people just presume and honestly think I am better for not having experienced it.
yeah people are quite surprised when they hear that you are not in the gaggle of folks that live and breathe social media. People will often send me tweets or IG's and I don't have either one of those apps and sometimes their reaction is one of "how do you live?" Well I'll tell you how I live... a lot more productively and with a level-head much more so than the people I know that spend their entire day doom-scrolling through vacuous garbage that their friends and family throw online. My family members and I have a private telegram group where we can share pictures of our lives. I don't need the entire world to know what I am up to and more and more people are starting to realize that FB is "Free" because they are ripping you off in other ways.
Many of the people I know that were avid social users before have almost nothing to do with it now. And I think that is a good thing.
They will be better off for it once they realise it is just a waste of time and if you want to speak or contact family and friends phone them or visit them instead. People have forgotten how to speak to each other.
yep, and I hate it. It's odd how social media made us all a lot less social. I reprimand people I know if they break out their phone while we are meeting out together. I probably get a bit too upset with them but enough already!
Just look around in a restaurant and watch the couples on their phones not talking to each other. Imagine that happening whilst dating someone and would be a red flag immediately. How they get to the sex part I don't know because they never speak.
Anchorman was good, but mine was always Super Troopers. If you can quote that then we can definitely be best friends. That first one is hilarious and totally me. I have friends that do that and it just drives me crazy. I guess it all boils down to what we are comfortable with. Jovi would always talk a big game when she saw other dogs, but then when she got up close to them she was a little wuss.
There are only a couple of people that can call me that I will actually answer. My Mom, my best friend Stew in Thailand, and the food delivery guy that has just arrived downstairs.
Nadi talks big game with other dogs as well but if they aren't scared by her bark and still approach her she just runs away. This can be problematic because she is always on a leash when we are outdoors.
Yeah, most people know not to call us after a certain point at night. If they do the first thing we ask is "who's dead or in jail" because there really wouldn't be any other reason they would be calling that late.
I don't fly that often but almost every flight I've been on in the last 5 years the available overhead space has filled up and they start making people gate check their carry on bags.
ah ok, I guess that is the answer. I have never seen that happen but I suppose this is the reason why people do it. Some people really push the boundaries with the amount of gear they bring on the plane with them though. I recall when I was moving to Vietnam from Thailand I had issues with my luggage and was actually wearing 2 outfits, had a jacket on and was wearing 2 pairs of headphones. I also had a carry on bag as well as a laptop bag that was nearly overflowing. I was taking the piss big time with this but I only ever did that once.
Generally when I fly I'll have a backpack and one roller bag small enough to fit in the overhead. It depends on the circumstances but the vast majority of the time I prefer not to have to check my bag. You never know how long it will take to get to baggage claim...or if it will get there.
These are fair reasons for sure. I was talking to someone yesterday about how he was thrilled that he was upgraded to first class on an international flight but he found out why they had done this once they were in the air. Turns out his bags got routed to the wrong country and he had to wait 2 days to be reunited with them. Sure the $1000 upgrade was free but at the cost of not having a toothbrush or any of his clothes when he landed.
Lol, well, if it is a long enough flight it's probably a fair tradeoff. From experience, I can say that 12+ hour flights in coach are not would could be described as comfortable.
You’re right. Seeing nonsense posts in Facebook really consumes a time. It makes us feel lazy. People from different ages are addicted to it. I hate it sometimes that I see chain posts there and it also bothers me to see sexual posts that kids can see. Even the children are now using social media.
Maybe it’s me also in the memes when someone messages me on Facebook but I just video call or send a voicemail sometimes ‘coz I’m lazy to type.
My dog isn’t friendly with other dogs especially those with opposite genders.
!LOL
lolztoken.com
A bad apple.
Credit: reddit
@gooddream, I sent you an $LOLZ on behalf of memehive
(1/10)
NEW: Join LOLZ's Daily Earn and Burn Contest and win $LOLZ