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Post by Roquefort Raider on Jul 22, 2018 18:27:04 GMT -5
Just seen on my Netflix account page:
Because you liked Incendies, you might like Transformers: robots in disguise.
I thought the I in A.I. stood for intelligence!!!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 23, 2018 7:29:42 GMT -5
I just got an e-mail from my local police and they caught the guy that murdered my neighbor -- this same guy will be charged another count of murder for murdering another man 2 months ago at a local business over a drug deal. The police department sent me a picture of the guy that murdered my neighbor and I told them that I've seen this guy last March lurking around our area and hanging near our laundry room.
So, this guy is being slammed with 2 counts of murder -- 2nd Degree.
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Post by Confessor on Jul 23, 2018 10:57:30 GMT -5
One of the downsides of social media is that sometimes people who you thought were quite intelligent show themselves to be rather stupid.
A part-time musician friend of mine, who is a doctor no less(!), posted the following observation on Facebook yesterday: "Obsession is vital to accomplishing goals in life and therefore OCD can be quite a useful trait!"
Ummm...no. Not really.
I mean, I get what he's trying to say, but really a GP should know better. There's what people commonly refer to as "OCD" and then there's real OCD. If it takes you hours to leave your house because you have to repeatedly check that the back door is locked, or you can't stop cleaning the work surfaces in your kitchen over and over again, for example, then that's a debilitating mental illness, which is definitely not a good thing. Ever. Having a slightly obsessive nature and being a perfectionist is NOT the same thing as having OCD.
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Post by Cei-U! on Jul 23, 2018 19:09:59 GMT -5
Interesting. My brother claims that all successful athletes have OCD. Considering how debilitating our sister's real OCD is, he ought to know better.
Cei-U! Then again, he is the dumbest smart guy I know!
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Jul 24, 2018 7:55:22 GMT -5
Social media is a tool like a knife. You can choose to chop yourself up a nice salad, or you can stab someone in the back.
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Post by BigPapaJoe on Jul 24, 2018 10:29:40 GMT -5
Social media is a tool like a knife. You can choose to chop yourself up a nice salad, or you can stab someone in the back. I think a lot of people also end up stabbing themselves in the neck. I admire the people that don't have a Facebook or social platform in this day and age.
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Post by Confessor on Jul 24, 2018 12:10:28 GMT -5
I admire the people that don't have a Facebook or social platform in this day and age. I get what you're saying, but I don't think it's particularly admirable to deliberately abstain from such a valuable tool as social media. By doing that, people are essentially shutting themselves off from cultural progress, as well as denying themselves an awful lot of positive experiences and fun. There's nothing admirable in that. It's pretty much the definition of being closed minded. Just take this forum, for example. This is social media and its f***ing awesome! How else would a guy like me, from the home counties in England, have been able to interact with and learn so much from comic fans from all over the world? I've made friends here with people who live thousands of miles away from me. That's amazing. But even with the social media giants, like Twitter and Facebook, these can be incredible engines for good -- not to mention good, old fashioned fun. Just in terms of raising awareness about environmental or political issues, Facebook has been an incredible tool. It's made organising demonstrations and taking direct action against corporations and governments easier than ever before. I mean, just think of things like the so-called "Arab spring", where Twitter and Facebook played an essential role in a peoples' revolution. Then there's how much money Facebook must've helped people raise for worthy causes, especially with high profile, viral campaigns like the 2014 ice bucket challenge. Facebook has also created millions of jobs -- and not just within Facebook itself. The social network has essentially created an entirely new sector of recruitment that didn't exist before. Likewise, the platform has helped millions of small businesses to grow and millions of self-employed people to achieve their dream of working for themselves (myself included). And, of course, there's the positive way that Facebook has revolutionised communication and connection between people from around the globe. To quote Mark Zuckerberg himself, "a more open and connected world is a better world." I concur. And that's without mentioning how social media has helped millions and millions of ordinary people form meaningful inter-personal relationships. Many of the things mentioned above could also apply to Twitter, but on Twitter I can message my favourite rock musicians, film stars, authors, comic book artists etc, and ask them questions; people I've never met and likely never will. Yet social media lets me interact with these incredible people. That's amazing. Now, don't get me wrong, there are obvious downsides to social media, and a certain "creepiness" associated with how it works, but there is a lot of good stuff it brings to the table too. To cut yourself off entirely from such a revolutionary and useful piece of modern technology seems a bit silly to me.
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Jul 24, 2018 12:55:53 GMT -5
Particular social media sites offer different advantages and well as disadvantages. This has to be the best site for socializing of any I've been on. I weight the pros and cons of a particular site before I want to get involved in it. I don't use Twitter, nor will I ever, as what I have seen of it has no value to me. Facebook isn't much different though I still keep my account open even if I never post.
I get both what PapaShogun and Confessor are saying. There's a balance in there, and personally I have found mind. Maybe I am closed minded to a degree to some types and the amount of social media I want to participate in. But what sites I do use, I enjoy and see no need to include more. But yes, the technology we do have is amazing.
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Post by Søren on Jul 24, 2018 15:33:01 GMT -5
I been tempted to go back to Facebook. Had it about year and got tired of friend requests from classmates that barely acknowledge I exist when at school. Maybe peer group has grown up little now. can see so much good with it but also lot of easy ways to get abuse. If did go back would only be to chat with bands I like as mentioned that would be impossible without social media
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Post by hondobrode on Jul 24, 2018 16:00:30 GMT -5
Though I still have an account, I haven't posted on FB in years. Removed myself from the lies and toxicity, not to mention I waste enough time here already Will never Twitter or tweet either This is good enough for me Besides CCF my family has a private family website (Spokt.com) that we participate on. Some don't, which bothered me for years and some of us pay to fund it to keep in touch, but oh well. The rest of the family that does use it values it and interacts
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Post by beccabear67 on Jul 24, 2018 16:14:11 GMT -5
Some people need to be on Facebook or twitter to further their careers I think, not something I can argue with. I've never had any reason to sign up for Facebook (arguing relatives on it would keep me off anyway), MySpace (when that wasn't something laughed at by people on Facebook), or twitter. Just have no use for them, or enough time. The little I have seen says they are sort of low quality catch-alls as much as anything. I see much higher quality comments and info worth reading on more specifically dedicated forums like this one.
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Post by Icctrombone on Jul 24, 2018 16:24:01 GMT -5
I met my wife on MySpace. It has its uses.
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Post by Confessor on Jul 24, 2018 18:19:45 GMT -5
I see much higher quality comments and info worth reading on more specifically dedicated forums like this one. BTW, I meant to say that I was browsing a forum run by a famous audio mastering engineer the other day (I visit pretty regularly, despite not actually being a member there) and I saw you. Same username, same avatar. I wanted to say "hi", but as I say, I'm not a member of the forum, so I couldn't. Still, it made me think, "small world."
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Post by Deleted on Jul 24, 2018 19:21:21 GMT -5
I think my wife has been bitten by the toy collecting bug...
Sunday at the toy show she got at least as much stuff as I did, and today on a half day trip down Dayton way we stopped a few placed and ended up buying over $150 in toys, of which about $6 was stuff I picked out for me... most of what she got was Harry Potter collectibles, the Playskool Star Wars figures on clearance, and a bunch of female doll sized action figures she wants to try customizing to execute an idea she had while looking at things at the toy show on Sunday. I may have created a monster...
-M
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Post by BigPapaJoe on Jul 24, 2018 20:25:08 GMT -5
I admire the people that don't have a Facebook or social platform in this day and age. I get what you're saying, but I don't think it's particularly admirable to deliberately abstain from such a valuable tool as social media. By doing that, people are essentially shutting themselves off from cultural progress, as well as denying themselves an awful lot of positive experiences and fun. There's nothing admirable in that. It's pretty much the definition of being closed minded. Just take this forum, for example. This is social media and its f***ing awesome! How else would a guy like me, from the home counties in England, have been able to interact with and learn so much from comic fans from all over the world? I've made friends here with people who live thousands of miles away from me. That's amazing. But even with the social media giants, like Twitter and Facebook, these can be incredible engines for good -- not to mention good, old fashioned fun. Just in terms of raising awareness about environmental or political issues, Facebook has been an incredible tool. It's made organising demonstrations and taking direct action against corporations and governments easier than ever before. I mean, just think of things like the so-called "Arab spring", where Twitter and Facebook played an essential role in a peoples' revolution. Then there's how much money Facebook must've helped people raise for worthy causes, especially with high profile, viral campaigns like the 2014 ice bucket challenge. Facebook has also created millions of jobs -- and not just within Facebook itself. The social network has essentially created an entirely new sector of recruitment that didn't exist before. Likewise, the platform has helped millions of small businesses to grow and millions of self-employed people to achieve their dream of working for themselves (myself included). And, of course, there's the positive way that Facebook has revolutionised communication and connection between people from around the globe. To quote Mark Zuckerberg himself, "a more open and connected world is a better world." I concur. And that's without mentioning how social media has helped millions and millions of ordinary people form meaningful inter-personal relationships. Many of the things mentioned above could also apply to Twitter, but on Twitter I can message my favourite rock musicians, film stars, authors, comic book artists etc, and ask them questions; people I've never met and likely never will. Yet social media lets me interact with these incredible people. That's amazing. Now, don't get me wrong, there are obvious downsides to social media, and a certain "creepiness" associated with how it works, but there is a lot of good stuff it brings to the table too. To cut yourself off entirely from such a revolutionary and useful piece of modern technology seems a bit silly to me. I don't really see this platform as the same though. On places like Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram it's more personal. People usually have their own real name, and identification out in the open. The purpose of those sites is to really just post highlights of your actual day to day life. Here it's a lot more grounded with a specific purpose to talk comics, and media. Most users here operate under a code name as well without their real picture and ID available. Also, you don't have to be on social media to be open minded to the new era. You can just go to a place like Reddit, sign up, and just get whatever news or information from topics without actually participating in a dialogue. Just listening. I guess you can do that with Twitter or Facebook too, but I feel it's kind of pointless to get involved in personalized social media platforms if you're just going to not interact.
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