It wasn't that long ago that I was just as involved as it seems everyone else is with social media. It consumed hours of my days and I will admit that I actually went fishing for likes with a lot of my posts and even used it to brag about how my life was not as mundane as my counterparts that had office jobs and mundane lives. That was kind of dumb of me and I realize that. I don't need recognition for living near the beach, that's stupid.
The main reason why I left was because of the fact that I started seeing more and more real-life friends having throwdown arguments over politics or social issues and I know for a fact that these people would not act this way if they were face-to-face with that same person. I even saw family members publicly attempt to embarrass people that they are related to and even bring up secrets that shouldn't have been made public all over something like not liking a particular political candidate.
When I left I found myself becoming more involved in real life that is around me and not looking for photo ops to boost my online rep with people that I mostly didn't even know anyway. The only thing that I do now that could be considered something even like social media would be 9gag and it is a collection of mostly memes and Tweets that I find amusing. I rarely comment and even though there is some toxicity there in the comments section, it is mostly anonymous so nobody really cares.
Sometimes I find what I consider to be gems either because they are thought provoking, funny, or touching. These are some of those that I found in my time-wasting search for stuff.
I'm a big fan of dogs. I will always give them the time of day and intend to have one in my life until I am no longer capable of taking care of them, which will hopefully be the rest of my life. Dogs are the best and although they do come with their problems, I think that almost all dogs are amazing creatures.
There is a local friend of mine who is married and has kids yet he has a photo of himself as his background on his phone which he doesn't even password lock. I think this is crazy and stupid but we all join in for making fun of him for having a picture of himself as the background. He isn't even vain or anything but claims that if he loses his phone this will make it easier for people to return it to him. Ok dude, you crazy!
The title of this meme was "overpriced burger place starter pack" and while we don't really have that much of this going on here I know exactly what they mean when they say this. It's funny because it seems to be all the high end burger places that I have seen in other countries and it is extremely pretentious. It's a burger guys, there is only so many ways to make them, get over yourself.
Which brings about this
I was in a pub recently that had no menu. You had to scan the QR code to see what they even sell there. I'm not keen on using my phone for any sort of location tracking or anything else. I also don't want to see your poorly optimized for phones website so that I can attempt to make heads or tails of your 2 point font menu.
We insisted that they bring us a real menu or our group of 8 was going to leave. They complied. Fuck this trend. I'm not going to do it.
Tweets are frowned upon by many 9gag veterans but since I don't use Twitter, I would never see these gems if they weren't put there. I have a long standing fear of hot air balloons and you would have to strap me in there with a parachute on to get me into one. It's probably a lot safer than it appears but NOPE.
These are stupid memes with low IQ laughs but I like them. It also reminds me of the time I spent in corporate America when I was either interviewing or being interviewed. I read a bunch of books on how to nail interviews and one time I was interviewing for a job and looked to my left only to see that the office I was in had the same book that I had just read on interviews. The person that I was talking to basically used the exact procedure that was in that book, which I found lazy. I ended up being offered the job but before I left I pointed out the book to him and let him know that I was basically just responding with everything it says in the book. He laughed and admitted that he was following the line of questioning that was outlined in the same book.
I quit that job less than a year later because I found out that this level of compliance to a script was basically how the entire company was run. They are no longer in business.
That's it for now. I'll leave you with a picture of Nadi right after she got a bath. This was during the "zoomie" period that all dogs experience after getting a bath for some reason.
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