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The photo slide show of someone's vacation was a stock scene in comedies. But have you never sat down with family and went through old photos? Having conversati
by ecshafer 3y ago
The photo slide show of someone's vacation was a stock scene in comedies. But have you never sat down with family and went through old photos? Having conversations about where was that? who was this? who was this as a baby? Its a very different and much more personal experience than flipping through facebook.
- TedDoesntTalk 3y agoHe cherry-picked one of the three examples in your post and attacked it. He won't choose the other two because he has no argument for them. Ignore.
- c0pium 3y agoSure have, it’s hellacious. I don’t give a fuck about who that baby was, why would I? Relations who my parents only vaguely remember going somewhere boring that I would never go, or someone’s 12th trip to the same lake, is a great use for Facebook. Most people are crazy boring, if I care I can always ask.
- lolinder 3y agoTo quote a GP comment: > But most tech advancements I think have been harmful to society in the last 30 years or so. I thought this was overly cynical until I read your comment. Now I'm not so sure. Has our attention span really become so shot that just being with family has become a chore, and we'd rather our parents just post their life stories into the void that is Facebook?
- c0pium 3y agoSounds like I struck a nerve. Next time you’re telling someone a detailed story about what route you took to dinner, stop and ask yourself if it’s actually that interesting. Seriously though, technology has nothing to do with this. People have been bored out of their mind by other people for centuries, the only difference is there’s no excuse for having nothing interesting to say now.