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post 1611762561 07-26-2020, 09:23 PM
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Social media will ruin your life.

Perhaps one of the more "great awakenings" I've had in the last few weeks is that social media / the internet is just a really bad thing.

Once viewed as a way to connect and show others what we were proud of, has now really just turned into showingoff

So many threads here on things about how dating is harder, how not living in a nicer house isn't enough, how even being not muscular isn't enough -- even if YOU'RE proud of it.

We've allowed the internet / social media to really warp our minds of how we see things and people and base what's attractive or valuable based off of that.

The more you unplug yourself from your phone and wasteless browsing on the internet the better off you're going to be mentally.

I like MISC and trolling because it's honestly just a refreshing take on what people find so serious and people DO take the internet / social media serious that it's pretty much disgusting.
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post 1611762631 07-26-2020, 09:23 PM
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The internet is a fantastic tool for whatever you desire to use it for.

The problem is how you are utilizing it.

Basically, problem exists between the chair and the keyboard.
post 1611762791 07-26-2020, 09:25 PM
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Originally Posted By TypeNirvash⏩
The internet is a fantastic tool for whatever you desire to use it for.

The problem is how you are utilizing it.

Basically, problem exists between the chair and the keyboard.
I've ironically have become bored with it, it's just the same old thing -- like a tv on repeat.
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post 1611762961 07-26-2020, 09:27 PM
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No, the internet is not ruining your life. You are.
post 1611763091 07-26-2020, 09:29 PM
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The times when I would go two to three weeks without the phone or internet I felt a lot more focus , calmer & I was just enjoying things more. Social media is just easy dopamine. Sh!t fuks with peoples heads
post 1611763321 07-26-2020, 09:32 PM
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Originally Posted By thadderbox⏩
I've ironically have become bored with it, it's just the same old thing -- like a tv on repeat.
IMO, I cannot imagine going back to not being able to learn anything I want any time I want. I use the internet for the betterment of my quality of life daily.

That, and it also helps me to be able to learn in solitary which is usually what I like to do when picking up skills. I don't like to reveal I'm learning something IRL until I've already become proficient enough
post 1611763671 07-26-2020, 09:36 PM
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Originally Posted By WiseOldApe⏩
Exactly agreed with this brah - internet is law of attraction materialised.

The algorithm just feeds you what you actually wanna see deep down...
100%, the misc is pretty evident of that in action too, in some waysIt's like, the negativity brahs go out looking for, they often seem to find.

Das it mane
post 1611764011 07-26-2020, 09:40 PM
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Originally Posted By WiseOldApe⏩
80/20 rule is always true.

80% trash

20% treasure
I like that.

We're modern day treasure hunters, fuk yeah
post 1611764881 07-26-2020, 09:53 PM
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true, my quality of life was miles times better with instagram and snap. i was happy with one woman, didnt care and need the approval of others
post 1611765331 07-26-2020, 09:59 PM
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Best of all, don't get obsessed in the first place. Who needs social media? Get a life.
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post 1611765541 07-26-2020, 10:01 PM
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post 1611766611 07-26-2020, 10:17 PM
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funny, i never even made a single social media account in my life and it still ruined my life in a lot of ways.
post 1611766821 07-26-2020, 10:19 PM
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Originally Posted By TypeNirvash⏩
The internet is a fantastic tool for whatever you desire to use it for.

The problem is how you are utilizing it.

Basically, problem exists between the chair and the keyboard.
This is dead wrong.

THE MEDIUM IS THE MESSAGE. Marshall Mcluhan and Neil Postman showed the way and every word they spoke applies 1000x to technologies like social media today.

Social media is inherently bad as the medium is inherently poisonous to constructive discourse.

The only "good" way to use social media is to use it as little as possible.
post 1611767351 07-26-2020, 10:27 PM
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Originally Posted By TypeNirvash⏩
The internet is a fantastic tool for whatever you desire to use it for.

The problem is how you are utilizing it.

Basically, problem exists between the chair and the keyboard.
When you lack wanting to find meaning in your self and how you can live well, you tend to get lazy. For this reason, social media and streaming content have exploded over the last decade. People are even too dumb to search for what they need.

I hope they take down every tech company.

This is why we can’t have nice things.

With thanks,
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post 1611768231 07-26-2020, 10:38 PM
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i dont think it is the internet. its just that culture, knowledge in the mainstream, even people are trash or too hard to sift through in real life. so you go to the internet, as it is broader and all there.

a great example is fitness knowledge. people i speak to in real life will always say some thing crazy like using a vibrating belt for stomach fat or stupid infomercial crap, it's mind blowing
post 1611768411 07-26-2020, 10:41 PM
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I only misc, I stay off the twitter now, social media is legit cancer
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post 1611769421 07-26-2020, 10:57 PM
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Originally Posted By Silencespeaks⏩
I like social media but I strictly limit it to content I want to see. Basically just Chads that I’m interested in and gym pages and football pages. I stay away from the rest of it.
post 1611770271 07-26-2020, 11:11 PM
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but mama said but mama said social media is the devil
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Originally Posted By Schism45⏩
This is dead wrong.

THE MEDIUM IS THE MESSAGE. Marshall Mcluhan and Neil Postman showed the way and every word they spoke applies 1000x to technologies like social media today.

Social media is inherently bad as the medium is inherently poisonous to constructive discourse.

The only "good" way to use social media is to use it as little as possible.
Weird, because I've been following plenty of people who post educational videos and tutorials on skills that I am interested in learning. So the end result is that when I click on my phone while in the middle of practice, I inevitably arrive at the type of media I was intending to find in the first place--a video about how to perform the specific task I'm looking to perform. If, instead, the algorithm has been dictated by the other content I've been seeking prior, I simply perform a quick search to find the type of tutorial I'm looking for.

At this current moment, I'm learning how to skate. I have plenty of videos regarding the "how to's." The end result is that I get better at it because I am continually exposed to content directed toward bettering my level of skill.

I do the same thing with guitar, and I do the same thing with every DIY project I embark on.
Social media are interactive computer-mediated technologies that facilitate the creation or sharing of information, ideas, career interests and other forms of expression via virtual communities and networks.
If you cannot locate content that is valuable on your social media network, the error is between the chair and the keyboard.
Originally Posted By aleeboy⏩
When you lack wanting to find meaning in your self and how you can live well, you tend to get lazy. For this reason, social media and streaming content have exploded over the last decade. People are even too dumb to search for what they need.

I hope they take down every tech company.

This is why we can’t have nice things.

With thanks,
aleeboy
Error typically is between chair and keyboard.
post 1611771371 07-26-2020, 11:31 PM
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Originally Posted By Schism45⏩
This is dead wrong.

THE MEDIUM IS THE MESSAGE. Marshall Mcluhan and Neil Postman showed the way and every word they spoke applies 1000x to technologies like social media today.

Social media is inherently bad as the medium is inherently poisonous to constructive discourse.

The only "good" way to use social media is to use it as little as possible.
I'd buy you a beer for dropping that little known reference.
post 1611775541 07-27-2020, 01:18 AM
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Originally Posted By TypeNirvash⏩
Weird, because I've been following plenty of people who post educational videos and tutorials on skills that I am interested in learning. So the end result is that when I click on my phone while in the middle of practice, I inevitably arrive at the type of media I was intending to find in the first place--a video about how to perform the specific task I'm looking to perform. If, instead, the algorithm has been dictated by the other content I've been seeking prior, I simply perform a quick search to find the type of tutorial I'm looking for.

At this current moment, I'm learning how to skate. I have plenty of videos regarding the "how to's." The end result is that I get better at it because I am continually exposed to content directed toward bettering my level of skill.

I do the same thing with guitar, and I do the same thing with every DIY project I embark on.
Youtube isn't what we're talking about when we are talking about social media, youtube is more web 2.0 than social media.

If you're not talking about youtube and you're genuinely checking ********, twitter, instagram or something like tik tok during a practice on a routine basis, your practice isn't focused and your minor benefit received from checking your phone mid practice would be far outweighed by a small amount of forethought before practice and keeping the phone off.



If you cannot locate content that is valuable on your social media network, the error is between the chair and the keyboard.



Error typically is between chair and keyboard.
It's not as simple as whether you "can locate valuable content." It's about cost/benefit and the outcomes that the structure of the technology inherently biases itself towards. All technology is inherently biased towards various ends and have various effects entirely based on the type of medium it is. You should educate yourself on the medium is the message and the writings of Marshall Mcluhan and Neil Postman.
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social media gives me sloots and lets me contact friends easily/see what they're up to



you're either obsessed and have no discpline or an incel

fix yourself
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nobody can even go a few days without the internet its impossible lol. I remember when I got locked up I couldn't have a phone or internet for several days and I felt completely disconnected from the world. Ive also done a day without it before and it was weird too.

Funny thing is I had no smart phone or social media apps before 2012 or so. I was much more productive. But things have changed.
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Take the advice op posted on the internet to stay off the internet!
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Originally Posted By Kiop⏩
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Originally Posted By TypeNirvash⏩
The internet is a fantastic tool for whatever you desire to use it for.

The problem is how you are utilizing it.

Basically, problem exists between the chair and the keyboard.
This. Internet is simultaneously the most incredible and worst human invention. The former because it allows you to learn anything any time. That's an amazing gift. The latter because, unfortunately, most people are unenlightened halfwits that will use the internet for nefarious reasons and not take full advantage of its capabilities. Pretty much mirrors real life.
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