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Post by SharksFan99 on Sept 16, 2018 23:46:32 GMT 10
I drastically decreased my facebook usage towards the end of 2013. Beyond my. G general irritation with the site as described, it was becoming a huge distraction from my school work. Yes my grades drastically improved lol I began getting all A's instead of C's. By then, a number of people were already leaving and it was getting a bit depressing seeing people's lives go down hill post high school. It was hard though, I would get really nosy and ask other people to show me things. Since I left it up, just didn't sign, I figured that someone could still message if they needed me and I would see it, or they had my number. It felt like a nice crutch. Well, I'm afraid my lack of activity made my existence easier to forget, even if I still remained at the bottom of everyone's friend list. They would "forget" to invite me to events, send me photos. One by one, they all dropped. I officially deactivated September 2016. Embarrassing as it is to admit, it was pretty emotional. Here I was now cutting off pretty much all contact for good. But I did it because I wasn't talking to anybody anyway. Now that I feel the responsibility of up keeping it is gone, I do ultimately prefer not using it anymore. But yeah I generally find social media to be quite stressful, when that's the antithesis of what it should be. It shouldn't be taken that seriously, and it's not fair how it traps people. I find that I much prefer using it in more the context of a forum, like this one; just to talk and whatnot, not having real life tabs kept on me. Oh okay, sorry to hear that. I guess those people may have just been caught up in keeping up to date with their newsfeed. Who knows really. Either way, it's good that you stuck by your decision and you no longer feel the need to have a Facebook presence just for the sake of maintaining contact with others. I agree on both points. I find that forums are a much better environment for general discussions and sharing your interests with other people. There are Facebook groups/pages which specialise in that type of conversation, but they have never exactly appealed to me.
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Post by skullmaiden on Sept 17, 2018 2:01:21 GMT 10
I actually don't remember that being a trend, to be honest. Maybe it was only popular in the US? As for my thoughts on the trend, I don't think it looks too bad, although I would never wear anything like that.  Really?? Yeah these prints were slapped on everything for a couple years, from sneakers to hats to baby onesies to cologne. I actually found them interesting until it got so oversaturated. Plus the "ed hardy douche" as they became known couldn't wear just one item at a time, that was perhaps the most comical part. I remember stores in the mall that sold it, but never saw an over abundance of people wearing it. The Tapout clothing brand I associate with douchebaggieness way more. Ed Hardy makes some nice perfumes too.
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Post by al on Sept 18, 2018 4:27:26 GMT 10
Oh okay, sorry to hear that. I guess those people may have just been caught up in keeping up to date with their newsfeed. Who knows really. Either way, it's good that you stuck by your decision and you no longer feel the need to have a Facebook presence just for the sake of maintaining contact with others. I agree on both points. I find that forums are a much better environment for general discussions and sharing your interests with other people. There are Facebook groups/pages which specialise in that type of conversation, but they have never exactly appealed to me. I have this theory that a lot of people make/keep their accounts in hopes/anticipation of someone reaching out to them. That was ultimately what it came down to for me. It made me feel a little pathetic eventually, like if I wanted to talk to anyone that badly I could just suck it up and do it myself. In reality, most everybody hates being first to reach out and contact. Social media does a lot to build up egos. People basically post and wait around to be flattered and I don't know how healthy that is. I remember stores in the mall that sold it, but never saw an over abundance of people wearing it. The Tapout clothing brand I associate with douchebaggieness way more. Ed Hardy makes some nice perfumes too. I couldn't remember Tapout until I searched it. Yeah those graphic tees like that were a pretty big component of the douche uniform seven to ten years ago.
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