If you want to read an unedited, rough version of what I was writing, open the spoiler.
So, OneMoreBlock Community, what are your thoughts?
when I saw the words extremely passionate rant, I thought you'd finally post something slightly agreeable in response to this turd of a video. Instead, well, you posted a rant - "I'm one of the rare breeds of internet people who doesn't spend their day behind a phone screen", I don't think it's possible to sound more elitist if you tried.StreetLights wrote: GG facebook. GG.
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holy shit dudeStreetLights wrote: I'm guessing mark fuckerberg doesn't understand the term anonymity does he?
yes, there's something on there about no hate speech, but both of you are breaking the facebook t&c, which is why your account was deleted. There's also definitely something on there about not harassing other users. Guess what you were doing?
- You will not provide any false personal information on Facebook, or create an account for anyone other than yourself without permission.
- You will not create more than one personal account.
I have to agree with this, as it certainly applies to a lot of people. But then there are the 13 year olds who get phones to text their friends all day and instagram and tweet etc...ElectroYoshi wrote:Phones are expensive, so people don't buy them just to have them. They buy them because they actually have a practical use for them. Need to Skype? Alrighty! Need to check your stocks? Sure thing! Need a GPS? No problem! My point is, people don't have phones just to stare at them all day. They have them for these sorts of things. They are just faster ways of getting this information, and there's no inherent problem with that. These things really don't get in the way of genuine relationships. I have never understood how talking to people online is inherently awful compared to face-to-face. There is absolutely nothing wrong with talking over Facebook, Twitter, Skype, or whatever. There's certainly room for all of these mediums to improve, but they accomplish what they're intended to accomplish.
This totally hit the nail in the head. In the Look Up video, he's implying that by being on your phone you'll miss out on meeting someone in public who could possibly be your wife or something. But think to yourself, when have you ever bumped into some stranger and ever corresponded with them again?Wowfunhappy wrote:Here's the thing: if I'm sitting by myself on the subway, 99% of the time, the stranger next to me doesn't want to have a conversation. That's just as true now as it was 10 years ago.
this made me wonder (although its more a semantics issue than anything) - is it because we are lazy or because we strive to be efficient? No doubt cars have made transporting much easier, and therefore more efficient. What is the difference between efficiency and laziness?totaldile wrote: Humanity has turned out the way it is because we're lazy - that's why humanity developed cars, to make it easier, that's why we developed the internet, etc etc. Sure, we could all walk everywhere and writer letters and talk face-to-face and grow our own food and start our own farms? But really? That would take far too much time. Humanity became interdependent because intradependence was a lot harder, and required a lot more effort.
I think probably the smart people create the things in the name of efficiency and then the masses of america use it to be lazy.papaya wrote:this made me wonder (although its more a semantics issue than anything) - is it because we are lazy or because we strive to be efficient? No doubt cars have made transporting much easier, and therefore more efficient. What is the difference between efficiency and laziness?
nobody is going to argue that the internet, cars, whatever have made our lives much easier, but it's still surrounded with negative views because of this efficient = lazy idea.
i dunno, food for thought.
Someone who's being efficient wants to get stuff done with minimal wasted effort, and works in a competent manner. Someone who's being lazy wants to get stuff done without working at all.Wowfunhappy wrote:What exactly is the difference between someone who is being efficient and someone who is being lazy?
It's a very fine line And I was exaggerating quite a lot when I said that.Wowfunhappy wrote:What exactly is the difference between someone who is being efficient and someone who is being lazy?
ElectroYoshi wrote:Someone who's being efficient wants to get stuff done with minimal wasted effort, and works in a competent manner. Someone who's being lazy wants to get stuff done without working at all.