tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post8094177809746966352..comments2024-03-28T03:53:32.251-05:00Comments on Althouse: On not being Facebook's "you."Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger53125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-40399319860759714192017-04-30T12:30:11.824-05:002017-04-30T12:30:11.824-05:00Re. Paddy O @10:58am-- that is exactly why I left ...Re. Paddy O @10:58am-- that is exactly why I left facebook (combined with the breeding ground for thoughtless absurdity it's become... I shut down my account the night before inauguration, for what it's worth). Social media is supposedly the introvert's dream, interacting without actually interacting, but it can turn into the agoraphopic situation you mentioned unless you take care to interact only with your nearest and dearest, and at that point, what's the use? Facebook is inane to its very core, anyway. Feelings of not being safe, or whatever, upon going outside are one thing. Feelings of not being safe on some dumb, overgrown, increasingly impersonal social media site are another.Lieslhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04615405705989668452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-5609325763496616992017-04-30T12:29:51.650-05:002017-04-30T12:29:51.650-05:00Looking back a year ago was something that Shutter...Looking back a year ago was something that Shutterfly did a while ago. Is Facebook copyying Shutterfly? <br /><br />If you don't respond, Facebook will probably stop doing this.Sammy Finkelmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05105012664741556033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-44227491384960155252017-04-30T11:27:27.708-05:002017-04-30T11:27:27.708-05:00Life is more complicated now... Life is more complicated now... Paddy Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10442537362540160512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-35984098003244367242017-04-30T11:17:12.223-05:002017-04-30T11:17:12.223-05:00C'mon, Paddy-O. What happened in that tent?C'mon, Paddy-O. What happened in that tent?mockturtlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10507310332014103437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-49298083932048857612017-04-30T11:01:07.094-05:002017-04-30T11:01:07.094-05:00"Hi, Paddy," an old friend might say to ..."Hi, Paddy," an old friend might say to me if I venture outside. Remember that time we went camping?"<br /><br />SHUT UP! Don't bring up memories! It's like you're telling me what I need to think about!<br /><br />This is why I burn calendars and photo albums after the year is over. Who wants to live through all those plans and events again! Well, I'll keep my wedding album, and maybe the pictures from Christmas. But the rest?! Who took those pictures anyhow?!Paddy Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10442537362540160512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-6954439353675533672017-04-30T10:58:34.051-05:002017-04-30T10:58:34.051-05:00Facebook brings out a curious form of agoraphobia....Facebook brings out a curious form of agoraphobia. <br /><br />If I go outside, people I don't know might want to be friends with me! And people will be able to see what I do and my habits that I engage in while I'm outside!<br /><br />I don't want to let anyone know what I do and I certainly don't want people besides close friends to interact with me. Yuck! They might have viruses. Paddy Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10442537362540160512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-11676306414077584472017-04-30T10:55:55.236-05:002017-04-30T10:55:55.236-05:00I'm pretty sure the woman is sharing the dog p...I'm pretty sure the woman is sharing the dog picture and the dog is looking at the picture, probably of when it was younger dog.<br /><br />"On the Internet, if you're a jerk, everybody knows it."<br /><br />In real life everyone knows you're you, and if you're a jerk to them they know it. <br /><br />On the internet, everyone knows you're <i>a jerk</i>, but not you. <br /><br />Or, on the internet, if you're a jerk, people in your regular life don't know it. So, the real somebodies don't know who you are online, even as the online somethings don't know who you are in real life. Paddy Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10442537362540160512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-84548381400151493672017-04-30T10:41:20.146-05:002017-04-30T10:41:20.146-05:00"Facebook is for mothers."
Maybe Moon Z..."Facebook is for mothers."<br /><br />Maybe Moon Zappa could start a band, call it "Mothers of Convention."robotherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04158315485808195005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-5114701794795211842017-04-30T10:34:08.337-05:002017-04-30T10:34:08.337-05:00My usenet .sig was, and still is, "On the Int...<i>My usenet .sig was, and still is, "On the Internet nobody knows you're a jerk."</i><br /><br />I disagree. On the Internet, if you're a jerk, everybody knows it. <br />tcrossehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13861315905142017219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-7186964853071615472017-04-30T10:14:19.451-05:002017-04-30T10:14:19.451-05:00My usenet .sig was, and still is, "On the Int...My usenet .sig was, and still is, "On the Internet nobody knows you're a jerk."rhhardinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06901742898653890646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-10588459373543566022017-04-30T10:04:31.937-05:002017-04-30T10:04:31.937-05:00Althouse said...
"People who read my blog but...Althouse said...<br />"People who read my blog but don't appreciate my sense of humor. Why?"<br /><br />Oh! If you were joking, then I do appreciate the humor, sorry. The post seemed serious to me. Your humor is very subtle, but that's good.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-30836829550221098682017-04-30T10:04:07.698-05:002017-04-30T10:04:07.698-05:00Donald Trump logs onto Facebook and The Algorithm ...Donald Trump logs onto Facebook and The Algorithm asks him, "Why the long face?"<br /><br />And Trump answers, "I wanted to login to Twitter."Fernandinandehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11253225431705407699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-53227690138711829772017-04-30T09:53:01.425-05:002017-04-30T09:53:01.425-05:00"Two things I would do every morning: check m..."Two things I would do every morning: check my Fakebook account and visit the AA blog. I got off FB 4 months ago. It has been so liberating. I missed it the first week, now not at all. OTOH, the AA blog remains my go-to site."<br /><br />Thanks!<br /><br />"Much more enjoyable and enlightening, at least until TTR surfaces. Then I am gone."<br /><br />You just have to skip the commenters who annoy you. Don't give them any more power than that. Ann Althousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-50198372685847181072017-04-30T09:51:14.202-05:002017-04-30T09:51:14.202-05:00"You folks think funny, imho. Getting riled u..."You folks think funny, imho. Getting riled up by advertising algorithms and ad writers from FB or pol emails or retailers or whatevs is funny, to me."/"That's insulting? As I view it, there are many more serious things happening in this country to be insulted over."<br /><br />People who read my blog but don't appreciate my sense of humor. Why?<br />Ann Althousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-62384051441652196432017-04-30T09:49:51.337-05:002017-04-30T09:49:51.337-05:00"Mixed feelings. I enjoy staying connected to..."Mixed feelings. I enjoy staying connected to people and seeing the proud parent photos of milestone events. Don't enjoy those who post endless updates on every morsel they consume."<br /><br />I have the reverse order of hating. I hate the milestone stuff and much prefer any random detail of an ordinary day. I see the problem with talking about <i>every</i> morsel, but I hold with the enjoy-every-sandwich approach to life. Those who are into milestones... well, Facebook wears you out with birthdays. It assumes birthdays matter and creates and expectation, even among adults, that everyone feels delight that it's somebody's birthday. But it's the most mundane and pointless piece of information. <br /><br />As for "proud parents" — there's too much use of children by parents. Let the children create their own on-line presence when they are old enough. Ann Althousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-77529592079867402802017-04-30T09:46:46.267-05:002017-04-30T09:46:46.267-05:00"We..."
No, your robot.
"...thoug..."We..."<br /><br />No, your robot.<br /><br />"...thought..."<br /><br />No, your robot does not think.<br /><br />"...you'd like..."<br /><br />No, you don't know me.<br /><br />Micro-Fisking.Bob Ellisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10446972838620138676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-84238329903190671912017-04-30T09:43:11.461-05:002017-04-30T09:43:11.461-05:00"Vicki Hearne points out that that's why ..."Vicki Hearne points out that that's why philosophers avoid parrots."<br /><br />I thought there was a book called "Foucault's Parrot," but it's "Foucault's Pendulum" and "Flaubert's Parrot."<br /><br />But don't get to uppity about that. Flaubert's parrot was stuffed. Ann Althousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-42969191084677174432017-04-30T09:38:55.295-05:002017-04-30T09:38:55.295-05:00Shamebook says...
Remember this from one year ago...Shamebook says...<br /><br />Remember this from one year ago?<br /><br />That is you, your boyfriend, and your best girlfriend. What a nice dinner that was. And the wine: LOTS of wine...<br /><br />Then, somehow, your boyfriend talked everyone into a Threesome. You didn't want to do it of course, but you were drunk and he was persistent.<br /><br />Remember how, after that night, you could never look your girlfriend in the eye? Remember how you drifted apart? What has it been -- ten months since you last heard from her?<br /><br />And your boyfriend left you soon afterward. Maybe he always wanted your girlfriend instead of you: he got what he wanted and left. Remember that photo of the three of you at the beach in happier times? Notice now how he has his gaze in the direction of your ex-girlfriends bikini top?<br /><br />We will show you THAT photo sometime, when we feel like it.<br /><br />Thank you for being a member of Shamebook. We will never let you forget.<br /><br />I am Laslo.Laslo Spatulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723170304227216635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-53932721952677614262017-04-30T09:38:27.139-05:002017-04-30T09:38:27.139-05:00"I use Facebook mostly to taunt my relatives ..."I use Facebook mostly to taunt my relatives who hate Trump."<br /><br />I've used the "Unfollow" option. It allows you to remain friends but their comments don't show up on your feed. I'm wondering if some of your smarter relatives have used this option.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-9281677671685160442017-04-30T09:38:25.253-05:002017-04-30T09:38:25.253-05:00That's why I send my monthly dues to the Altho...That's why I send my monthly dues to the Althouse National Advisory Council Club secretary every month. Paddy Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10442537362540160512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-14337120848117816952017-04-30T09:32:26.792-05:002017-04-30T09:32:26.792-05:00If you're not the one paying for it, you are n...If you're not the one paying for it, you are not the customer, you are the product.southcentralpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01394514417579609775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-23048059554462690562017-04-30T09:32:11.053-05:002017-04-30T09:32:11.053-05:00Althouse, I think you should start a series for re...Althouse, I think you should start a series for regular blog commenters. <br /><br />"Remember the time your comment got on the front page?" <br /><br />"Remember this comment from 2009?"Paddy Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10442537362540160512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-46771765903574215892017-04-30T09:27:18.918-05:002017-04-30T09:27:18.918-05:00Strongly worded letter follows.
I don't like ...Strongly worded letter follows.<br /><br />I don't like the way the tip of the dog's ear extends into the white border of his picture. I also don't like the fact that a different dog is in front of that picture.Fernandinandehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11253225431705407699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-75670339126491660012017-04-30T09:23:23.895-05:002017-04-30T09:23:23.895-05:00Remember that dentist that killed Cecil the lion?
...Remember that dentist that killed Cecil the lion?<br /> I wonder if Facebook sent him a picture of himself posing with the bloody carcass, "We thought you'd like to look back on this post from 1 year ago."Bob Boydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14217663230833386582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-76305344572669984732017-04-30T09:21:24.572-05:002017-04-30T09:21:24.572-05:00"Let's take another look at those memorie..."Let's take another look at those memories."rhhardinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06901742898653890646noreply@blogger.com