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Goodbye, Facebook

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  • D Doctor Phibes
    19 Nov 2020, 17:11

    One thing I've noticed on Facebook is how many of my schoolfriends have identical twins who must have been separated at birth, since their childhood appears to have consisted solely of playing in WW2 bomb craters, riding bikes through muddy swamps, climbing on enormous climbing frames and generally having a freaking high-old time filled with poverty, but by 'eck they were 'appy.

    All we ever did was drink hard cider behind the bus shelter and complain about how bored we were.

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    Aqua Letifer
    wrote on 19 Nov 2020, 17:13 last edited by
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    @Doctor-Phibes said in Goodbye, Facebook:

    All we ever did was drink hard cider behind the bus shelter and complain about how bored we were.

    Link to video

    Please love yourself.

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    • J jodi
      19 Nov 2020, 17:10

      @xenon yes, I unfollowed a few, but then started snoozing them for 30 days, because they are still people I care about, family, old friends from places we no longer live, even some forum friends I’ve never met IRL, Seriously the best posts are when people share pictures of what they are up to in their daily lives. The occasional funny meme is ok, but mostly I want to know about them.

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      Mik
      wrote on 19 Nov 2020, 17:15 last edited by
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      @jodi said in Goodbye, Facebook:

      @xenon yes, I unfollowed a few, but then started snoozing them for 30 days, because they are still people I care about, family, old friends from places we no longer live, even some forum friends I’ve never met IRL, Seriously the best posts are when people share pictures of what they are up to in their daily lives. The occasional funny meme is ok, but mostly I want to know about them.

      That's what I want it for. The political stuff I generally stay away from unless I find an article interesting. But even then I take no position on it, sjust share and they can make of it what they will

      "The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell." Simone Weil

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      • A Aqua Letifer
        19 Nov 2020, 17:13

        @Doctor-Phibes said in Goodbye, Facebook:

        All we ever did was drink hard cider behind the bus shelter and complain about how bored we were.

        Link to video

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        Doctor Phibes
        wrote on 19 Nov 2020, 17:19 last edited by
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        @Aqua-Letifer said in Goodbye, Facebook:

        @Doctor-Phibes said in Goodbye, Facebook:

        All we ever did was drink hard cider behind the bus shelter and complain about how bored we were.

        Link to video

        Funnily enough, I saw them play King George's Hall in Blackburn, Lancashire (the place with 4000 holes) in 1978.

        I was only joking

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          Aqua Letifer
          wrote on 19 Nov 2020, 17:19 last edited by
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          😆 Awesome. Paul Weller's the shit.

          Please love yourself.

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            Doctor Phibes
            wrote on 19 Nov 2020, 17:21 last edited by
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            I seem to remember he sang out of tune in Blackburn, and threatened somebody who spat on him.

            Or that might have been Stiff Little Fingers. It's all a bit of a blur.

            I was only joking

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            • D Doctor Phibes
              19 Nov 2020, 17:21

              I seem to remember he sang out of tune in Blackburn, and threatened somebody who spat on him.

              Or that might have been Stiff Little Fingers. It's all a bit of a blur.

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              Aqua Letifer
              wrote on 19 Nov 2020, 17:26 last edited by
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              @Doctor-Phibes said in Goodbye, Facebook:

              I seem to remember he sang out of tune in Blackburn, and threatened somebody who spat on him.

              Or that might have been Stiff Little Fingers. It's all a bit of a blur.

              That could really go either way, yeah. 😁 (Would SLF play in Blackburn, though? Were people generally cool with them playing anywhere outside of Northern Ireland? I can see the government not being too cool with their subject matter.)

              Please love yourself.

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                Doctor Phibes
                wrote on 19 Nov 2020, 17:37 last edited by
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                No, I definitely saw SLF play. They put on a great show.

                They weren't actually particularly controversial, considering what some of the bands were like - they got a lot of airplay on John Peel - the BBC's solitary punk DJ at the time

                I was only joking

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                  Rainman
                  wrote on 19 Nov 2020, 17:45 last edited by
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                  Phibes, it occurs to me that there is no place on this planet, no group you could join, where you wouldn't eventually get into trouble.
                  You're just that kind of guy, dangerously funny but angering to the uninitiated.

                  And you say you left England of your own free will. . .
                  🤡

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                    Doctor Phibes
                    wrote on 19 Nov 2020, 18:01 last edited by
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                    Speak softly, and carry a bloody good pair of running shoes.

                    I was only joking

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                    • R Rainman
                      19 Nov 2020, 17:45

                      Phibes, it occurs to me that there is no place on this planet, no group you could join, where you wouldn't eventually get into trouble.
                      You're just that kind of guy, dangerously funny but angering to the uninitiated.

                      And you say you left England of your own free will. . .
                      🤡

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                      Jolly
                      wrote on 20 Nov 2020, 04:48 last edited by
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                      @Rainman said in Goodbye, Facebook:

                      Phibes, it occurs to me that there is no place on this planet, no group you could join, where you wouldn't eventually get into trouble.
                      You're just that kind of guy, dangerously funny but angering to the uninitiated.

                      And you say you left England of your own free will. . .
                      🤡

                      Walk into any bar populated by more than ten people and there's always at least one guy that looks like he needs to have his ass whupped...

                      “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                      Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                        Klaus
                        wrote on 20 Nov 2020, 06:48 last edited by
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                        I closed my FB account years ago because of their censoring and privacy policies.

                        I've opened a test parler account. Only a very small part of the political spectrum is reflected there.

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                        • K Klaus
                          20 Nov 2020, 06:48

                          I closed my FB account years ago because of their censoring and privacy policies.

                          I've opened a test parler account. Only a very small part of the political spectrum is reflected there.

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                          Aqua Letifer
                          wrote on 20 Nov 2020, 07:07 last edited by
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                          @Klaus said in Goodbye, Facebook:

                          I've opened a test parler account. Only a very small part of the political spectrum is reflected there.

                          Maybe it'll grow? And how political is the platform? Is that all that's talked about?

                          Please love yourself.

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                          • A Aqua Letifer
                            20 Nov 2020, 07:07

                            @Klaus said in Goodbye, Facebook:

                            I've opened a test parler account. Only a very small part of the political spectrum is reflected there.

                            Maybe it'll grow? And how political is the platform? Is that all that's talked about?

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                            Klaus
                            wrote on 20 Nov 2020, 10:39 last edited by Klaus
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                            @Aqua-Letifer said in Goodbye, Facebook:

                            @Klaus said in Goodbye, Facebook:

                            I've opened a test parler account. Only a very small part of the political spectrum is reflected there.

                            Maybe it'll grow? And how political is the platform? Is that all that's talked about?

                            I randomly searched for the word "Germany" on Parler. It's not a very partisan word.

                            Look at how often words like "QAnon" or "Nazi" or "Trump" show up in the results.

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                            I'm not saying it can't change or grow. But right now it seems to be populated mostly by hard core Trump fans and conspiracy theorists.

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                              Copper
                              wrote on 20 Nov 2020, 17:27 last edited by
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                              Parler requires your phone # to create an account, forget it

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                              • J Jolly
                                20 Nov 2020, 04:48

                                @Rainman said in Goodbye, Facebook:

                                Phibes, it occurs to me that there is no place on this planet, no group you could join, where you wouldn't eventually get into trouble.
                                You're just that kind of guy, dangerously funny but angering to the uninitiated.

                                And you say you left England of your own free will. . .
                                🤡

                                Walk into any bar populated by more than ten people and there's always at least one guy that looks like he needs to have his ass whupped...

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                                Doctor Phibes
                                wrote on 20 Nov 2020, 18:05 last edited by
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                                @Jolly said in Goodbye, Facebook:

                                @Rainman said in Goodbye, Facebook:

                                Phibes, it occurs to me that there is no place on this planet, no group you could join, where you wouldn't eventually get into trouble.
                                You're just that kind of guy, dangerously funny but angering to the uninitiated.

                                And you say you left England of your own free will. . .
                                🤡

                                Walk into any bar populated by more than ten people and there's always at least one guy that looks like he needs to have his ass whupped...

                                And there's always one who comes back from the bathroom to find that some bastard's put a drawing pin on his chair.

                                I was only joking

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                                • D Doctor Phibes
                                  20 Nov 2020, 18:05

                                  @Jolly said in Goodbye, Facebook:

                                  @Rainman said in Goodbye, Facebook:

                                  Phibes, it occurs to me that there is no place on this planet, no group you could join, where you wouldn't eventually get into trouble.
                                  You're just that kind of guy, dangerously funny but angering to the uninitiated.

                                  And you say you left England of your own free will. . .
                                  🤡

                                  Walk into any bar populated by more than ten people and there's always at least one guy that looks like he needs to have his ass whupped...

                                  And there's always one who comes back from the bathroom to find that some bastard's put a drawing pin on his chair.

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                                  Jolly
                                  wrote on 20 Nov 2020, 18:20 last edited by
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                                  @Doctor-Phibes said in Goodbye, Facebook:

                                  @Jolly said in Goodbye, Facebook:

                                  @Rainman said in Goodbye, Facebook:

                                  Phibes, it occurs to me that there is no place on this planet, no group you could join, where you wouldn't eventually get into trouble.
                                  You're just that kind of guy, dangerously funny but angering to the uninitiated.

                                  And you say you left England of your own free will. . .
                                  🤡

                                  Walk into any bar populated by more than ten people and there's always at least one guy that looks like he needs to have his ass whupped...

                                  And there's always one who comes back from the bathroom to find that some bastard's put a drawing pin on his chair.

                                  Not down here, buster.

                                  “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                                  Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                                    Doctor Phibes
                                    wrote on 20 Nov 2020, 20:55 last edited by
                                    #33

                                    You need to get out more

                                    I was only joking

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                                    • D Doctor Phibes
                                      20 Nov 2020, 20:55

                                      You need to get out more

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                                      Jolly
                                      wrote on 20 Nov 2020, 21:15 last edited by
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                                      @Doctor-Phibes said in Goodbye, Facebook:

                                      You need to get out more

                                      Nah, you need to hang around a bit more in the kind of bars where the band plays behind a chicken wire screen.

                                      “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                                      Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                                        Doctor Phibes
                                        wrote on 20 Nov 2020, 21:51 last edited by Doctor Phibes
                                        #35

                                        Rough pubs are banned in England. I grew up completely surrounded by people who look and sound like Hugh Grant.

                                        I was only joking

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                                        • J Jolly
                                          20 Nov 2020, 21:15

                                          @Doctor-Phibes said in Goodbye, Facebook:

                                          You need to get out more

                                          Nah, you need to hang around a bit more in the kind of bars where the band plays behind a chicken wire screen.

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                                          Klaus
                                          wrote on 20 Nov 2020, 21:54 last edited by
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                                          @Jolly said in Goodbye, Facebook:

                                          Nah, you need to hang around a bit more in the kind of bars where the band plays behind a chicken wire screen.

                                          Do those actually exist? Where would I find one?

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