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Post by MourningIreland on Aug 21, 2017 14:02:02 GMT
I would say FB reveals the human character rather than adds to it. What it reveals and highlights is the essentially trivial and fleeting nature of so much of human life and thought. I think Conservatives may not like it for this reason, as it undermines any nobler view. Much the same reason why many Conservatives hate Ulysses:-) It is man-centered because it puts the cornucopia of creation - from the ridiculous to the sublime, but most often the ridiculous - at the centre without reference to the creator. NB: I am a conservative and I love Ulysses, largely because it is, in my view, God-centered.
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Post by Maolsheachlann on Aug 21, 2017 14:30:46 GMT
How would Facebook put the Creator at the centre, though?
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Post by kj on Aug 21, 2017 14:39:52 GMT
Have a photo of Mark Zuckerberg on every post.
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Post by MourningIreland on Aug 21, 2017 14:41:53 GMT
How would Facebook put the Creator at the centre, though? If people using Facebook were God-centered, the material they post would reflect this fact.
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Post by cato on Aug 21, 2017 17:42:02 GMT
This is one of the few sites where I can be a grumpy curmudgeon and I am very grateful to Maolsheachlann for setting it up! This is one of the few sites where I can be a grumpy curmudgeon and I am very grateful to Maolsheachlann for setting it up! Maolsheachlann could we not register Grumpy Old Men( Goms ?) as a bona fide minority group with all the rights and priviledges that entails? I don't think you need to be middle aged or older to belong either. Being a GOM is a state of mind . I have been a spiritual grumpy old man since I have been about 14. I think you must be grumpy to belong but I am open to admitting grumpy old women.
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Post by Maolsheachlann on Aug 21, 2017 17:52:30 GMT
I'm entirely behind this idea. Yes, age and sex should be no barrier to being a grumpy old man. You can be age-fluid, gender-fluid, but not grumpy-fluid.
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Post by ClassicalRepublican on Aug 24, 2017 12:25:23 GMT
I have a personal policy of only connecting with people I know personally. I never use it for the timeline anymore and lost interest. It's very good for the groups though.
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Post by Maolsheachlann on Aug 24, 2017 13:18:48 GMT
Although I overcame my initial dislike of memes, being eventually persuaded they were a legitimate folklore of our time, I did find some of the memes and viral stuff on Facebook idiotic-- there was one video of a woman in a car laughing while wearing a Chewbacca mask. It went on for about five minutes and it was, in my view, moronic. I'm not really complaining about her making it, she seems like a nice lady and why shouldn't she? But the idea that four minutes of somebody laughing at the camera in a Chewbacca mask was hilarious is, to me, frankly bewildering and depressing.
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Post by Tomas on Aug 24, 2017 19:59:05 GMT
Spending far too much time on Fb without getting any less "ambivalent feelings" by using it I am still as reluctant as before to leave off altogether... The most precious posts (from my point of view, probably not from others scrolling around) usually gets lost in the crowds. They seem to struggle against strong waters, one never-ending whirlpool of much different stuff. So, no surprise... my grumpiness and scepticism tonight - or: this overthinking and failing analysis? - are even more on the increase. Hope it doesn´t bother you to have dragged it up here, dear forum readers! Here is one example: a wonderful story from C S Lewis, made into a really lovely apologetic video: www.youtube.com/watch?list=PL9XBPBlYMN8gp8C8_YLX1eIbR_RLU1q2s&v=X9fR1vSxNEQ 14 mins - just passing by
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Post by Maolsheachlann on Aug 24, 2017 20:20:19 GMT
Spending far too much time on Fb without getting any less "ambivalent feelings" by using it I am still as reluctant as before to leave off altogether... The most precious posts (from my point of view, probably not from others scrolling around) usually gets lost in the crowds. They seem to struggle against strong waters, one never-ending whirlpool of much different stuff. So, no surprise... my grumpiness and scepticism tonight - or: this overthinking and failing analysis? - are even more on the increase. Hope it doesn´t bother you to have dragged it up here, dear forum readers! Here is one example: a wonderful story from C S Lewis, made into a really lovely apologetic video: www.youtube.com/watch?list=PL9XBPBlYMN8gp8C8_YLX1eIbR_RLU1q2s&v=X9fR1vSxNEQ 14 mins - just passing by You are correct. When I was on Facebook, I noticed this. Whenever I posted something tub-thumping, partisan and point-scoring, it got a few likes. But whenever I posted something deep, insightful, poetic, wise, balanced, thoughtful, probing-- which was on a daily basis-- you and one or two other people were the only ones who "liked" it.
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Post by Tomas on Aug 24, 2017 20:50:53 GMT
Probing things, asking others if they really believe such and such in a matter like the Charlotteville controversy, are almost the most obvious "wrong" to make. But I was simply disappointed that almost no-one were much interested in finding out answers. At all.
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