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I deactivated my Facebook account. Again. It's been about a year and I remember how lovely it felt then and know it will be just as lovely now.
I have many reasons why I did. A big one is "groupthink". I do my best to stay away from groupthink and let others voice their opinions constantly while just observing them, whether I share them or don't. They have the right to have them and speak their thoughts. For a long time now Facebook in particular has just devolved into groupthink, bandwaggoning, "cancelling" those who have differing opinions and so much hate it's a wonder we are functional at all.
In a nutshell everyone's done lost their damn minds!
I see my friends post every 5 minutes the same thought, over and over. They want the reward for their post, the likes. The validation. ”I'm just like the group, saying what the group wants to hear. Look at me look at me!" Threats, tantrums, them vs us, divisiveness... I could go on but this writer waxed more eloquently on the matter than I ever could. PLEASE READ THIS IF YOU READ ANYTHING TODAY so you can better understand the manipulation you're suffering through so needlessly.
https://medium.com/@marleyk/how-social-media-encourages-groupthink-e4b4b2f2a5f8

Pictured above: my new singing bell I'm learning to play which sounds a whole lot better than hateful groupthink chatter

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  1. Jimmy Holcomb (Treblephone)June 4, 2020 at 6:13 PM

    You echo my sentiments EXACTLY.

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    1. fuzzbuzzJune 4, 2020 at 11:11 PM

      Isn't the world just crazy? Hope you are doing well despite it all Jimmeh! 🙂

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