tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6455819.post1745242723125258161..comments2023-10-25T06:17:13.178-04:00Comments on The Freeholder: An observation on the Book of FacelessnessUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6455819.post-77626322976870321572016-05-11T14:28:22.002-04:002016-05-11T14:28:22.002-04:00I think Jim is right. I was eating lunch and deci...I think Jim is right. I was eating lunch and decided I'd have a quick look at Facebook. I swear, I was just about sucked into some drama by some people who work or have worked in the firearms industry and have a low opinion of the average gun buyer. I had stated my thoughts on the subject as a non-industry person, and basically got told why my opinion is wrong. I started twice to try and reply to these people and engage in a conversation, and it struck me they don't want a conversation, they want an echo chamber, and woe is the lowly person like me who happens to walk in and disagree. This has happened with this group before. <br /><br />Hover over the name, move down to the button that says "Followed", go to the bottom of the drop down that appears and "Unfollow 'X' ". There is now a little less drama in my life, and they can enjoy their echo chamber in peace. Everybody is happy, happy, happy. The Freeholderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09989697995675652792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6455819.post-16473406887390379812016-05-08T13:56:32.052-04:002016-05-08T13:56:32.052-04:00The only forum:
Tuberculosis and 4 thousand divid...The only forum:<br /><br />Tuberculosis and 4 thousand divided by half?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6455819.post-49254420991212181492016-05-07T19:03:17.900-04:002016-05-07T19:03:17.900-04:00It was a sad day when Kim signed off for the last ...It was a sad day when Kim signed off for the last time. As I recall, he had made the effort to turn his website into a paid website, and the Internet just wasn't ready for that. <br /><br />what I remember most vividly about Kim was his fearlessness; he didn't give a damn about people who criticized him. If he had a thought, he said it. (Which may have been the beginning of the end for him .... but that was one website which would have been worth a paid subscription.)<br /><br />I don't do Facebook; my son told me "It's The DEVIL!" <br />I tried it once; like spinach and Brussels sprouts, I didn't like it so I never tried it again. <br />(There's still some half-baked account there which I tried to delete, but I had to enter my birthdate and drivers license number etc to gain access so I said, in the memorable words of Kim: 'Fuck it!' Facebook can let it sit there forever, eating up storage.)Jerry The Geekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16181610016755426448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6455819.post-7049210645895428872016-05-07T00:41:07.565-04:002016-05-07T00:41:07.565-04:00I started pruning Facebook about a year ago for th...I started pruning Facebook about a year ago for the same reasons as you. After persistent but not extreme effort Facebook is becoming bearable again. It is just a matter of getting tired of someone's drama and unfollowing them on the spot. I've unfriended a few as well when it suits me. <br /><br />I have also made a practice of unsubscribing from, or tagging as spam, most of the email newsletters that I get. This has decreased my email load tremendously. <br /><br /><br />Dang it, I still miss KDT.<br /><br />SciFiJimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06176144009407925573noreply@blogger.com