I recently got back on Facebook after an eight month sabbatical. When I quit it, it wasn’t a GBCW type of thing as much as it was a matter of how I was using it and letting myself get wrapped up in it. Sounds wierd for a grown man to say that, but I was starting to take stuff on there seriously. Seriously! So
i took a break.
I actually love Facebook for the way it enables me to keep up with friends and family that I ordinarily don’t have much contact with. You know that old maxim ‘Life happens’. Many times that means you don’t stay in touch with people like you’d like to and before you know it, ten years have gone by. FB is good for that. At least I guess it’s good.
Anyway, before I get into a long Thump post, one thing I have noticed upon renewing my FB account is the level of absurdity I see shared by people that I know and respect. (like politics but this ain’t what this is about)
This morning it was “Lose 24 pounds in two weeks on the boiled egg diet”. And it was shared in all seriousness by someone I consider a friend. I am wondering if that was a typo. For me it’d be “Lose 24 friends in two weeks on the boiledegg diet”.
Anything with “98% of people will scroll right past this”. If you know what is good for you, you”ll scroll right past it. Always.
There was one this morning about Robin Williams’ last words. I’m sure they were profound. But the man was a comedian. He wasn’t a philospher, but all the sudden....
Those are only a few. I don’t click on any links because I’m askeered of the cyber mafia that lurks on the Dark Web. But I’m sure y’all have seen some too.
Share the dumbest ones you’ve seen.
BKB