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AhbabaOooMaoMao t1_ivoj8mz wrote

Delete Facebook. Only idiots are left on there.

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kryonik t1_ivos6rm wrote

I only keep it so I can have an aggregate view of local events and see new beer releases and occasionally, send messages directly to local businesses if I have a question about something. I get 0% of my news from it.

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kaw027 t1_ivoxhmd wrote

Personally I use it to see my neighbors fighting over stupid shit. Never disappoints

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Steel_Crown t1_ivp4qio wrote

Nextdoor is a good app for that. The people from the rich part of my town go nuts on there about every little thing. I can’t get enough

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kayakyakr t1_ivpci5p wrote

No one's set up the neighborhood for my street in my little town. I miss Nextdoor, it was always good to get out the popcorn

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SherrickM t1_ivvyovj wrote

Walking while black and bear videos dominate my neighborhood usually.

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LostSerrano t1_ivq7ev9 wrote

Dude that beer group, though. I swear, they should make a reality show about it bc the drama!

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AdHistorical7107 t1_ivqn9ri wrote

Someone posted in a local Facebook page that people shouldn't put out scary decorations on Halloween night......

🤯

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AhbabaOooMaoMao t1_ivpf1sj wrote

I suggest Google maps for places.

In Google search results. If you just type in local events, it will give you a quick info panel in the top of your search results with tons of local events, many of them I think indexed directly from Facebook.

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heathenliberal t1_ivr3qkb wrote

Same. It's how I find out about all the cool shows and good beer.

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morningwoodx420 t1_ivrptnq wrote

Yeah, I had to start using it again when I moved to CT because it just made it so much easier to find events and actually speak to people about them.

But now I'm just looking at my timeline full of people back in SC and it's both horrifying and hilarious.

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AfterMoonSet t1_ivorkqm wrote

I find it's good to find out about local events and marketplace, but besides that, it's useless.

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Regallybeagley t1_ivoww2t wrote

Unfortunately, it is a great platform for advertising my small business on local pages.. otherwise it would’ve been deleted long ago

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AhbabaOooMaoMao t1_ivpeh6p wrote

I had thought the same thing but I'm an attorney and so my clients need to be honest and decent or else I don't want to work with them. So I had no trouble walking away from Facebook. Recently got rid of our business Twitter too.

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roborob11 t1_ivowszq wrote

I did in 2016. I think you can guess why.

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djfresh1 t1_ivpq44u wrote

Yup once they started coming out of the woodwork before the election even happened

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highway_to_heck420 t1_ivoui0l wrote

The author of this Facebook post likely peaked in high school.

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WhaleyWino235 OP t1_ivouq08 wrote

Oh he did. He keeps talking about the “good old days” in many of his other postings.

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namastayhom33 t1_ivopshl wrote

Why do you still have Facebook

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WhaleyWino235 OP t1_ivopx49 wrote

To laugh at ridiculous shit like this.

But my mental health this past month with these type of people have taken a toll. I’m deleting.

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namastayhom33 t1_ivoq3j1 wrote

You can laugh at ridiculous shit in Reddit lol. Facebook is just not needed anymore really

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0cclumency t1_ivoq3ta wrote

Facebook itself is fine. Just only add people you’re actually friends with and avoid local groups. That’s where you’re going to find the cesspool.

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strippersandcocaine t1_ivot579 wrote

Sadly, not true. It’s shocking how many people I know and like post stupid and ignorant crap. Not to mention extended family! FB is the only way we stay in touch but far too many right wing nuts in this tree.

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chopper_sic_balls t1_ivouf2w wrote

I have the same family tree… it’s shocking how many of my own cousins I had to block or straight up remove because I couldn’t stand it anymore. I’m all for opinions but when you’re spewing blatant disinformation that is easily verifiable then it’s time to go!

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strippersandcocaine t1_ivovm3w wrote

Yeah it’s super sad b/c it’s mostly cousins and aunts/uncles that I do love, and my cousins were our best friends growing up. Removing them, but not the 2 cousins whose ideals align with mine, feels…icky. I know I’m better off deleting it altogether but then we have no connection anymore. Tough call to make

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chopper_sic_balls t1_ivox8ch wrote

Yep I’m in the same exact boat for the most part. I still don’t let politics get in the middle but I definitely have a line and they have crossed it so many times. Cheers

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0cclumency t1_ivouauf wrote

That’s why I said only people you’re actually friends with. Not just people you know, and not extended family (unless you actually like them). A curated friends list is a peaceful life.

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throwawayobviii21 t1_ivqeprc wrote

I mean he's correct, they are braindead.

Who actually believed a red wave was coming?

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solocupjazz t1_ivprr6i wrote

Sure, a healthy discussion about how libtards are destroying America, Putin is a hero, illegals are to blame for everything, and the Earth is flat.

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GSpence126 t1_ivqqmrf wrote

Haven’t been on Facebook in almost 5 years, and deleted Twitter this week. No regrets.

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Limp-Studio9448 t1_ivqtc7z wrote

Facebook is literally the equivalent of the MySpace brain dead ppl I remember.

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Chumpatrol1 t1_ivr4taq wrote

Note that not voting does not guarantee brain function

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my_elbow_feel_funny t1_ivrakij wrote

I’m literally leaving Maryland to come to Connecticut because I am so happy about the results

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killersinarhur t1_ivpqy6o wrote

I think I'm offended but honestly too brain dead to tell

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Ds87878 t1_ivr4y68 wrote

Stones, glass houses. You guys get the picture. Both sides are super toxic and annoying.

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updownsidewayz t1_ivrokgu wrote

glad i don't vote, brain alive me am!

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SnooBunnies7461 t1_ivthyri wrote

Politics is all fun and games until you disagree over something major like a flu shot and get called a sheep blindly following the crazy left. And then they get the flu and expect you to feel sorry for them.

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[deleted] t1_ivpnude wrote

Like this subreddit

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kayakyakr t1_ivpcmmg wrote

I feel like the only reason I have facebook is to read Heather Cox Richardson in the mornings. I spend more time scrolling Reddit these days.

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comish4lif t1_ivpvrd3 wrote

Which ones are brain dead?

The ~40% that voted against allowing early voting?

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Rotten_Culture t1_ivr0gjr wrote

I used FB to find an apartment whilst I browse for a home. Gentrification has taken root in southeastern ct. the ugly weed I’m has sprouted, displaced residents are fleeing NL is drove as rent prices double what they were a year ago. The general dynamics stock has literally doubled since 2020. New London is a gorgeous, waterfront port city; ripe for the plundering. Low income residents tend to be more wary of the authorities whilst the influx of hipsters are ignorant of the rampant systemic corruption that rapes and pillages the poor. That horrific tax bracket gets gregariously large breaks; while the lower class is left handing a third of their checks over once a week to a government that can’t even come to terms with the fact drugs are here to stay. With quality control and restrictions on fetty; the lucrative and legal field could provide numerous jobs to individuals stuck in recidivism…whilst the tax revenue could go to humanitarian causes..Red and Blue could just brush off the demagogues like lint from one’s shirt and raise an effective third party.. Hustlers become CEO and active addicts become contributing members of society. Shit, it’s not like we don’t have the pharmaceutical infrastructure to produce these substances. Keep psychedelics out of it though; that field is ripe for brainwashing individuals to dose, and suddenly come down with a horrible case of “Christian nationalism”

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Qtpa2dx t1_ivqnohe wrote

You’re right poster! Let’s hope the interest on all their loans goes up to 22%

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