Rant VIII: The Reckoning
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Oh hey, while reporting his tweets, I came across this gem from last month. A day after I unfriended him on Facebook. And for prosperity, here's his last message to me after I unfriended him. Pretty quick change in tune.
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Which is kind of strange given he's lived and taught in Saudi Arabia for 10 years. You'd think he'd be a little less racist.
I still don’t get it. If someone unfriends you, and you notice, shouldn’t that be an obvious sign that they are done with you?
Right? Like, what does he think he'll accomplish by saying all this to me? I sure as hell won't be friends with him again now.
I get the feeling this is a defense mechanism for him. His ego can't accept that someone considers him toxic and wants to cut him out of their life.
What an absolute pile of human garbage, when he is beaten to within an each of his life by someone who isnt gonna take his pedantic bullshit, only then may he understand the meaning of his actions.
Someone that I've considered a good friend for a good 25 years really angered and disappointed me today. Haven't seen them since the pandemic started, so have only really contacted via phone, but on Facebook last night they posted video of them taking their family to the Trump rally out in Grand Rapids, MI.
And not just "attending" the rally. They dressed themselves and their kids in Trump hats and "Lock him up" shirts. They posted videos of them and their kids, maskless, among hundreds of idiots shouting "Lock him up!", complete with thin blue line flags everywhere.
I don't want to engage the behavior, but it's angering me to the point where I want to cut them off entirely. How could someone be so stupid and ignorant? How could you be so hateful?
And not just "attending" the rally. They dressed themselves and their kids in Trump hats and "Lock him up" shirts. They posted videos of them and their kids, maskless, among hundreds of idiots shouting "Lock him up!", complete with thin blue line flags everywhere.
I don't want to engage the behavior, but it's angering me to the point where I want to cut them off entirely. How could someone be so stupid and ignorant? How could you be so hateful?
Speaking of which, brief update: Twitter replied to my reporting him for harassment. They found no violation of their rules. I'm not surprised. I didn't think that would accomplish anything. Worth a shot, though.
I've been taking the advice (I think from Nick actually) of just unfollowing everyone that is stupid. They don't get the satisfaction of an unfriend/block, and I don't have to listen to their stupid shit anymore. Let them think we're still friends. Being wrong about one more thing isn't really going to affect things much.
Starting to think that taking the entire weekend off work was a great idea.
I agree that it was definitely worth a shot. If nothing else, it'll be part of a virtual paper trail, and even if no single tweet is ever enough to do him in, if he accumulates enough complaints for marginal tweets, that still might be enough.
FWIW, Nick, I know I've frequently hurt people's feelings with well-intentioned yet poorly thought out messages/replies. However, I don't at all feel like that's what he's doing. The public messages you quote are overtly bullying and derogatory towards you, and his PM does not read as an olive branch, it reads as "I tried to give you the crumbs from my table yet you refused my kindness. Hope you can still enjoy the rest of your life without me in it."
--Patrick
Yep. I find I often say the phrase, "Okay, that's enough of that," when I see something on my Facebook or Twitter timeline saying something I'm tired of seeing. I unfriended a woman I'd known I think through a writers group posting all sorts of pro-Trump shit. It only popped up the once for me because algorithms, but looking at her page, it was wall-to-wall Trump bootlicking. Same as when I comment on a CBC News post and get dog-piled by Conservative-thinking people who don't take kindly to empathy or critical thinking. I just block them rather than bother to engage with them. Or I'll just mute the thread for my own sanity if I'm getting too many notifications about it. It's just not worth engaging with these people.
Pat i regularly misunderstand your intent, but this is clear belligerence. Your statements are misunderstood because i read them with a sarcastic bent lol
I try to keep people with different views on my Facebook feed, because I don't want (too much of) an echo chamber. This includes people with differing views regarding Taiwanese politics and abroad.
However, if I see your views are based on malice, shoddy logic, or sheer idiocy, then I'll consider removing you. For example, one particular hot girl posted about how legalizing gay marriage in Taiwan would cause our already-low birthrates to fall further. I facepalmed so hard my hand bounced off my skull right onto the "unfriend" button.
However, if I see your views are based on malice, shoddy logic, or sheer idiocy, then I'll consider removing you. For example, one particular hot girl posted about how legalizing gay marriage in Taiwan would cause our already-low birthrates to fall further. I facepalmed so hard my hand bounced off my skull right onto the "unfriend" button.
I stopped Facebooking years ago. I kept my profile only because deleting it would cause family drama that I don’t have the energy for.
And Coub, and....
And Discord
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Coub doesn't do comments or other communication methods. It's more like youtube with comments turned off.
That's no more of "Social media" than IRC.
I don't agree. A lot of people use it to join servers of similar interest and use it to talk about such things. I would also argue that early internet chat rooms were their own version of social media.
Friends of mine met over irc in university and started dating and eventually married.
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I made our oldest add me lol.
My mother doesn't harass me on your definition of social media at all. Only through text and phone call. So if that's your model, then Discord is social media.
Also, you're old. I guarantee that teenagers use Discord as social media.
Again, you're old.
People join communities that they think they will enjoy. They share details about themselves and their lives. They discuss common interests. All out in the open to people they barely know. Social Media.
It's no different than joining Facebook, setting your account to friends only, and joining Facebook fan groups.