Tim Campbell for December 11, 2020

It’s not so much Facebook as the people who don’t have much (if any) real life.

I was on Facebook for 4 days. Looking for a beater truck on market place. People I hadn’t seen in years started popping up, even their children. Found a truck, deleted the account, never looked back.

Facebook? What’s Facebook? NEVER heard of it…and should I care???

I’m not on Facebook. I don’t have any grandchildren, and I don’t care what you had for lunch yesterday (no offence).

Perhaps if I had friends that do interesting things . . .

Nah.

I deleted my FB page last year. Feels great!

My Uncle Jake would have said; “Nobodies got a gun on you, making you do it.” (This could apply to a lot of situations.)

Full disclosure. I have a facebook account, only because some sites require it for access. I think it’s dopey, but that’s me.

⇧ liar…

Hey, all of us who don’t use FB, Twitter, Instagram, etc. should start a social media site…wait, that’s not gonna work….

Facebook wouldn’t have so much influence if our narcissistic didn’t feel the need to put all of it’s personal information out there for everyone to see.

I’ve been enjoying using Facebook over 10 years. I have a small, scattered family and friends I’ve made all over the country. Most of what I share are funny pictures, birthday greetings and some serious inquiries about scientific and medical issues. As to political posts, I usually “hide” far right posts (which causes the algorithm on FB to send me fewer), ignore the constant begging for money for campaign contributions, and get a chuckle out of some anti-Trump cartoons that come along.

Ah, yes, all the “I don’t even have a Facebook account” are out in force.

As with all tools, it had a purpose and works well if you exercise a modicum of self-control.

It also shows you which of your friends and acquaintances have that control, which don’t, and which ones are truly horrible individuals below the surface.

Stupid Dead World….title for a Huxley re-write.

Posting on FB 365 days/yr means we don’t need to get those wonderful Christmas letters anymore.

Walk away from it. Having Facebook on your computer or other gadget, ain’t compulsory. Even if one has it on the gadget, one does mot have to spend 24 hours per day arguing with nutters on it. Go outside. Put a mask on first and take a walk. Talk to real people in real life, you may be surprised.

Another excellent’toon!