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Miscellaneous Debris => Chit-Chat => Topic started by: Garth Bock on January 10, 2021, 06:00:20 PM
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A friend of mine just called about the release of all of Hillary's emails, Trump's proof of voting fraud, the issue of arrest warrants for democrats, and the proposed 28th Amendment. Also Trump is hiding in the south and has the support of the military and will prove that the election was stolen. I knew but I had to ask where he heard it...."it's all over Facebook !" 😂😂😂😂😂 The post says to " send to all your friends..."
To quote Sigorney Weaver in Aliens - "Did IQ's sharply drop while I was away ?"
Facebook - Reducing members intelligence and common sense since 2002
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I had dropped Facebook several years ago.
Family, friends, and classmates talked me in to joining again.
What a cesspool of misinformation and actual fake news.
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Social Media, Big Tech, MSM and our new Government won't be happy til they control EVERYTHING in your life. Freedom is on the way out. Probably will be forced to take Mandarin lessons as well.
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Update - 2 other friends just sent me the same video. On it some guy talks about the coming 10 days of darkness where the internet will experience outages and credit and debit cards won't work and you need to withdraw money from the bank to survive. This is QAnon garbage. I am tired of gullible people ! Barnum was right !
"Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue..... amphetamines"..etc. - Lloyd Bridges - Airplane movie
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I do not really do FB.
I even had to take a few days off Chiefs Planet DC forum.
That is as far as I will go politically on here. Too much respect.
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If anyone ever goes to jail, they will squeal like a pig, so it will never happen, and all that fake social media stuff is such a waste of time. Anyone who gets banned IMO should be great-full because they just made your life so much better!
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A friend of mine just called about the release of all of Hillary's emails, Trump's proof of voting fraud, the issue of arrest warrants for democrats, and the proposed 28th Amendment. Also Trump is hiding in the south and has the support of the military and will prove that the election was stolen. I knew but I had to ask where he heard it...."it's all over Facebook !" 😂😂😂😂😂 The post says to " send to all your friends..."
To quote Sigorney Weaver in Aliens - "Did IQ's sharply drop while I was away ?"
I don't think that IQ has dropped recently.
The other day we were discussing that it is now 21 years since the "End of the World", when a program about "cult behaviour" and its consequences came on and outlined numerous past examples of where people believe the most idiotic things even when it was demonstrably false.
One of the "tests" to see if a belief is likely to be "odd" (to be polite) is to look at whether the believers apply an equal standard of evidence for belief or disbelief. That is, something as flimsy as "I read it on Facebook" is accepted as concrete evidence supporting a belief, but no standard of evidence is acceptable if it goes against the belief. The other warning indicator is the people who have these beliefs attempt to isolate themselves from all dissenting view, by denouncing any who does not believe as "the enemy", not just someone like themselves with a different view or just wrong in this instance. Even accepting that "the enemy" made be wrong, but still a decent person, will make the person who believes that an enemy as well, since none may accept that anyone who questions "the truth" can be "normal".
This kind of asymmetric requirements of proof and attempting keep within the "believer bubble" is the classic methodology of all sects throughout history.
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I love reading facebook. It's like when I was a kid reading the Sunday comics, Always good for a laugh!!! :grin:
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I just recently deactivated FB. All the QAnon, Plandemic etc. just makes my blood boil. So I just shut it off. I might re activate......I might not. Finding I don't really miss it.
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Ya know, I don't see all this conspiracy, end-of-world, look-what-really-stupid-thing-I-can-do.
Let's see, my two daughters, two nephews, my wife, and a cousin. Nope, all my friends seem to pretty well have it together.
I do have to ask... How does someone keep up with 4,000 friends? Wouldn't you get some confused with others? I mean, take for instance one friend just had a colonoscopy and another a nose job...and you comment to the one with the colonoscopy..."I bet you smell a lot better now!". Eh? Or, one gets locked up for armed robbery and the other is getting ready for a camping trip and you get them confused...."enjoy your camping trip!". I mean, it's just crazy the number of "friends" that some Facebook people have.
There are some people that I think figure out who I am on FB (I changed my name to protect the innocent) so I get a new friend request all along. I respond by thinking "oh, a friend request"...and move on.
Having stated that mumbo-jumbo, I will say that anyone interested and who has Netflix available might want to watch "The Social Dilemma". Or, is this just more conspiracy theory propagated by "powers that be"?
The Social Dilemma (https://www.thesocialdilemma.com/)
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I don't tweet, I don't twitter, I don't fakebook, I don't pass gas in public, I guess that covers it.
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Come on Steve. You don't fart in public??
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I don't believe I slurred my words?
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I don't believe I slurred my words?
Well, since you're apparently a novice at public farting I'll give you a tip. If you're in a department store and feel a bit of gas coming on head either to the candle aisle or the washing detergent aisle if you want to be kinda stealthy about it...oh, and leave the area immediately and try not to giggle as the poor innocent person is coming down the aisle behind you.
If you need more help with this just ask...there's plenty of folks here full of it....er, help, that is. :lol:
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Just remember the new Covid rule......
If I can smell your fart...... we're not far enough apart !
Now back to bashing Fakebook.....or should I say...Hoaxbook.
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I get a chuckle out of Farcebook users. My siblings and entire extended family are all heavy users, and several of them are upset with me because I never respond to the /stupid messages/posts that they send to me on Farcebook. I have not and will not ever have a Farcebook account and actually have Farcebook and their CDN blocked on every device that I own, but apparently they are all friends with someone on there who has my name. Probably a Russian bot, harvesting the family's info.
Back in 2019, I could not attend the family Christmas gathering. In my old-school email to everyone, I suggested that they invite "Farcebook me" in my place...and pray that he/she/it was not an axe-murderer..... :lol:
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Just remember the new Covid rule......
If I can smell your fart...... we're not far enough apart !
Now back to bashing Fakebook.....or should I say...Hoaxbook.
Hmm, groundbreaking thought here... Could farts be used as a self-diagnosis tool for COVID? Or, to test strangers? :-k
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I have not and will not ever have a Farcebook account
Same. I don't even own a smart phone and probably never will. Never sent a text message in my life either....don't even know how.
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I have not and will not ever have a Farcebook account
Same. I don't even own a smart phone and probably never will. Never sent a text message in my life either....don't even know how.
Well, now ur just talking nonsense. :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Wow! I guess there are others like me. People think I'm strange because I don't have facebook, twitter or any social account.
Wooops, I guess this forum is a social account. The only worth while exception.
I don't have a smart phone or any kind of mobile phone. Heck, I don't even have a landline! So peaceful without it!
Regarding farting......If I have to, I'll rip one off in the store. But I'll warn everyone LOUDLY, Don't come over here. :lol:
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I reactivated my Farcebook account only temporarily so I could sell some things on Marketplace. It didn't take long before one of my friends dropped a hot steaming pile (grew up on a cow farm...get the picture?)... about how Trump has the military secretly positioned around the capital for a take over. He followed up with the 28th amendment bable. This deluded rant ended with the tired phrase...send to all your friends. It surprises me how people can have smart phones and be so stupid. My friends don't know they are on a 3 strike rule. I sent him links from snopes and hoaxbuster.
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me/more/now
The more people that like and agree, the more endorphins the brain gives off. With a click-you can have insta friends and people that agree and validate your existance.
Inflated ego. End of times.
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I reactivated my Farcebook account only temporarily so I could sell some things on Marketplace. It didn't take long before one of my friends dropped a hot steaming pile (grew up on a cow farm...get the picture?)... about how Trump has the military secretly positioned around the capital for a take over. He followed up with the 28th amendment bable. This deluded rant ended with the tired phrase...send to all your friends. It surprises me how people can have smart phones and be so stupid. My friends don't know they are on a 3 strike rule. I sent him links from snopes and hoaxbuster.
I'm definitely not getting into the Trump aspect of things but I will say beware of Snopes and Hoaxbuster...they have agendas of there own...everybody does. I do recommend people to watch Netflix's "The Social Dilemma" (it has an agenda, too, but....<grin>). It really is good, though.
And, I confess, I have a smartphone...a refurbished iPhone 6. My sister gave it to me 'cause she wanted to be able to text me. I had used a flip-phone for years and was satisfied. I like my smartphone...radars, planetarium programs, river level notices, etc., and if I want to get the latest news or watch a documentary while I sit in the car waiting on (a) wife, (b) grandkids, (c) doctor office "come to the door" phone call, etc., it is there to be had. Shoot, I can even check the forum here. I use my smartphone...I don't let it use me.
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I finally got a little SE smart phone only to communicate with my dashcam. It is strictly emergency outgoing, no VM, no Text. T-Mobile has a $3 a month plan and that's good enough for emergencies. I don't even like the cloud and avoid it if possible, it consolidates too much power into a single source and now that millennials are driving the bus, I don't trust them one inch.
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One really large, well directed CME from ol 'Sol, and it'll be back to potato grubbing, smoke signals, dog carts and canoes, if enough remember how to start a fire, dig a hole, and use an axe. Rather looking forward to it, but will miss all you folks here.
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The more people that like and agree, the more endorphins the brain gives off. With a click-you can have insta friends and people that agree and validate your existance.
Inflated ego. End of times.
So true. I used to see some in particular is just an online version of showing off at a party or whatever. "Look at my athlete kids etc. etc.
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I finally got a little SE smart phone only to communicate with my dashcam. It is strictly emergency outgoing, no VM, no Text. T-Mobile has a $3 a month plan and that's good enough for emergencies. I don't even like the cloud and avoid it if possible, it consolidates too much power into a single source and now that millennials are driving the bus, I don't trust them one inch.
What's the $3 for? As long as they have a signal I think all cellphones have the ability to call 911 regardless of having a carrier or not, don't they? The rest of the phone that doesn't depend on cellular data should work...wifi, bluetooth, etc.,....shouldn't it?
Are you talking about 911 services or having $3 worth of "time" to call home or somewhere else other than 911?
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One really large, well directed CME from ol 'Sol, and it'll be back to potato grubbing, smoke signals, dog carts and canoes, if enough remember how to start a fire, dig a hole, and use an axe. Rather looking forward to it, but will miss all you folks here.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrington_Event
We missed one of these by just nine days...
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The more people that like and agree, the more endorphins the brain gives off. With a click-you can have insta friends and people that agree and validate your existance.
Inflated ego. End of times.
So true. I used to see some in particular is just an online version of showing off at a party or whatever. "Look at my athlete kids etc. etc.
I agree that some of the facebook stuff can be nauseating but to some people it can be a lifeline, too. It works well for shut-ins who can't get out and about, it lets them have a semblance of a social life. I don't hold that against them. Even to the bragging parents of the kids I hold no ill-will, so what...they're proud of their kids. What I do object to is open, unbridled hatred spewed out in what most people would consider gutter-language...whether right, left, middle, below, or above. I have no use for that type of activity.
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So true swamp.
It's can be more nefarious than just bragging.
A "Life-Line" for some. True also.
But us folks who are mobile and working etc. etc. .... it's more brain rot than anythign.
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Yes, 911 works without service, but sometimes an emergency might be ordering a pizza, so I opted for some time - which BTW I never use.
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Gotcha, Steve. How much time do you get for $3?
My biggest gripe is that here at home our cell service is dismal. We may have service...we may not. I've driven into town with no signal at all until I get right to the edge of town and suddenly almost full signal. #-o What gives with that? Are they directing the signal *that* much? If we had a good enough signal at home I would drop Centurystink's voice line in a heartbeat...we still couldn't cut Centurystink off completely as they're the only Internet provider...a blazingly fast 3/.5 dl/ul speed DSL connection.<sigh>
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I have a smart phone and I would be lost with out it.
It consists of 85% weather.
10% fishing.
5% sports.
It's so nice to have so much weather info at your fingertips. Constantly perusing Google Play for the latest weather app.
As for facebook I got an account to try and hook up with some old high school friends but quickly found out that they had moved on so it pretty much is useless. I do have a twitter account again for weather related stuff. It's great during hurricanes and severe weather to get instant updates on whats happening.
If it wasn't for weather my life would be pretty boring. :-)
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It's called PayGo, looks like 100 minutes. I put in $10, they draw on it and when needed pull another $10. It's says Ultramobile? - when it connects, it connects to T-Mobile.
https://www.ultramobile.com/paygo/
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One really large, well directed CME from ol 'Sol, and it'll be back to potato grubbing, smoke signals, dog carts and canoes, if enough remember how to start a fire, dig a hole, and use an axe. Rather looking forward to it, but will miss all you folks here.
...we can skin a buck..we can run a trout line....and a country boy can survive...
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I too would be totally lost without my smartphone.
I have a Pixel 3XL and my provider is Google Fi.
I have unlimited calling to anywhere and I pay for data at $1/GB.
We have an excellent Comcast WiFi connection with a fast speed of 240 GB.
Kate and I both work from home and have for years so with our WiFi we almost never actually pay for data.
We both have Pixel 3XL smartphones and our total monthly cost is usually less than $35.
As my profile name would suggest, I trade stocks for a living and I've traded full time for 25 years.
I trade with Interactive Brokers and their Android app is superb with real-time charts and data feed.
I trade with their professional Trader Workstation on my Windows 10 PC and their Android phone app works great when away from my PC.
I belong to several special interest forums and they work great on Android when away from my Windows 10 PC.
I actively text with friends and family as well as talk on the phone of course.
It's always nice to phone Davis or any vendor of any of my tech devices, without having to think about cost.
My computers, my smartphone, my forums, and of course my new Davis Weather Station have truly been a lifeline with the pandemic isolation.
I love technology!
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Bust Fakebook
https://www.komando.com/social-media/transfer-photos-from-facebook/755089/ (https://www.komando.com/social-media/transfer-photos-from-facebook/755089/)
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That piqued my interest.
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I have Straight Talk at $50 a month with unlimited talk/text/data and no throttling.
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I have Straight Talk at $50 a month with unlimited talk/text/data and no throttling.
Before receiving the gifted iPhone 6 I had a flip-phone and used Straight Talk. I had told everybody that I didn't want a smart phone and didn't *need* a smart phone. The flip-phone was good, though no texting and web use due to a tiny 1" square screen...but, I'd never used a phone for those things anyhow. :roll: I was satisfied with it. I *had* bought a new (very cheap) android smart phone for Straight Talk but it kept locking up on me...as I said, it was *really* cheap...I think less than $40. I kept using my flip-phone and the new android "smartphone" is somewhere in the back of my jeep still in the tattered Walmart bag under toolboxes, shovels, chairs, shorts, basically under half a storage shed of junk. #-o
When my sister gave me the iPhone it was a real eye-opener! What was an eye-opener (besides its capabilities) was the monthly cost. By adding it to my wife's existing monthly smart phone cellular account I ended up getting better service for LESS money! That was a no-brainer for me, I added it to her account and haven't regretted it.
I don't know how Straight Talk's smart phone plans are but the old plan I had (that did include some web surfing and texts that I never used) was very good for voice communication.