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You may be missing out. I am overall so much happier since I got more active on Instagram. This stuff keeps my friends near me and emulates the accidental bumpi

You may be missing out. I am overall so much happier since I got more active on Instagram. This stuff keeps my friends near me and emulates the accidental bumping into each other you get on a college campus. Like someone posts about the last Incubus concert they went to and you say "That's awesome! Can't believe I missed it" and they'll be like "We're going next Wednesday! Want to come?"

rubbingalcohol 7y ago
I like it when my friends aren't trying to make me spend money on stupid shit every time I interact with them.
- scarejunba 7y ago
  Ah, I think we might have different ways of spending our time.
- untog 7y ago
  Not that I fully agree with the OP, but your reading is about as uncharitable as one could be. If you posted that you wished you were at X it's a resasonable assumption that you don't think it's "stupid shit".
  - rubbingalcohol 7y ago
    Instagram is mass hypnosis induced through infinite scrolling, a suggestive state allowing bidders to speak to our worst fears and insecurities while offering false hope for redemption through consumer spending. Instagram is a cancer on our culture and must be eliminated.
    - untog 7y ago
      Hyperbole, much? It's a photo sharing site with ads. The rest is capitalism. If you want to fix that you're going to need to go a lot broader than Instagram.
    - scarejunba 7y ago
      Instagram actually tells you when you've seen all your followed feeds for the day.
    - homonculus1 7y ago
      Instagram shows me puppy pics and untempting ads for tacky clothes. It sounds like you've had a bad experience with it but you should be cautious about generalizing it in such a grand, sweeping fashion.
      - rubbingalcohol 7y ago
        Why? Instagram and Facebook are two heads of the same fucked up hydra that (allegedly) wrecked our electoral process, performed psychological experiments on people without consent, repeatedly violated peoples' privacy and elected to continually pay fines rather than clean up their malicious behavior. Mark Zuckerberg should be in jail, not the CEO's chair, and his company should be completely dismantled.
kempbellt 7y ago
Ah yes. The 'ole never ending FOMO appeal of social media. You aren't missing out on what you don't know about. You are enjoying life without it.
- scarejunba 7y ago
  Oh I know but I like enjoying life with them even more! :)

rubbingalcohol 7y ago

I like it when my friends aren't trying to make me spend money on stupid shit every time I interact with them.

scarejunba 7y ago
Ah, I think we might have different ways of spending our time.
untog 7y ago
Not that I fully agree with the OP, but your reading is about as uncharitable as one could be. If you posted that you wished you were at X it's a resasonable assumption that you don't think it's "stupid shit".
- rubbingalcohol 7y ago
  Instagram is mass hypnosis induced through infinite scrolling, a suggestive state allowing bidders to speak to our worst fears and insecurities while offering false hope for redemption through consumer spending. Instagram is a cancer on our culture and must be eliminated.
  - untog 7y ago
    Hyperbole, much? It's a photo sharing site with ads. The rest is capitalism. If you want to fix that you're going to need to go a lot broader than Instagram.
  - scarejunba 7y ago
    Instagram actually tells you when you've seen all your followed feeds for the day.
  - homonculus1 7y ago
    Instagram shows me puppy pics and untempting ads for tacky clothes. It sounds like you've had a bad experience with it but you should be cautious about generalizing it in such a grand, sweeping fashion.
    - rubbingalcohol 7y ago
      Why? Instagram and Facebook are two heads of the same fucked up hydra that (allegedly) wrecked our electoral process, performed psychological experiments on people without consent, repeatedly violated peoples' privacy and elected to continually pay fines rather than clean up their malicious behavior. Mark Zuckerberg should be in jail, not the CEO's chair, and his company should be completely dismantled.

kempbellt 7y ago

Ah yes. The 'ole never ending FOMO appeal of social media. You aren't missing out on what you don't know about. You are enjoying life without it.

scarejunba 7y ago
Oh I know but I like enjoying life with them even more! :)