Former Facebook exec says social media is ripping apart society

Re:Former Facebook exec says social media is ripping apart s... by scrollaway on Monday December 11, 2017 @06:15PM (#15901642)

> I've observed similar behavior in some others.

You'll observe that in more than just porn and games, you'll observe it in life in general. In fact for a lot of people that's the definition of a mid-life crisis: Suddenly waking up, realizing that you've been wasting your life slaving at a job you don't like, to make money that pays for things you don't own which you only have to offset how shitty your job makes you feel.

If your doctor told you right now, "you have exactly two weeks to live", would your life be unchanged for the next two weeks, or would you suddenly wake up and think "Holy hell, what have I been doing for the past age(self) years?"

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Re:Former Facebook exec says social media is ripping apart s... by justboxing on Monday December 11, 2017 @07:14PM (#15902013)

> In fact for a lot of people that's the definition of a mid-life crisis: Suddenly waking up, realizing that you've been wasting your life slaving at a job you don't like, to make money that pays for things you don't own which you only have to offset how shitty your job makes you feel

Another obligatory Fight Club reference.

> “ Advertising has us chasing cars and clothes, working jobs we hate so we can buy shit we don't need. We're the middle children of history, man. No purpose or place. We have no Great War. No Great Depression. Our Great War's a spiritual war... our Great Depression is our lives. We've all been raised on television to believe that one day we'd all be millionaires, and movie gods, and rock stars. But we won't. And we're slowly learning that fact. And we're very, very pissed off. ”

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Re:Former Facebook exec says social media is ripping apart s... by matwood on Monday December 11, 2017 @07:07PM (#15901981)

Obligatory Fight Club reference, "what would you wish you'd done before you died?"

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Re:Former Facebook exec says social media is ripping apart s... by SapphireSun on Monday December 11, 2017 @06:31PM (#15901758)

Man, if only instead of buying a Jet ski these poor souls would find socialism.

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Re:Former Facebook exec says social media is ripping apart s... by scrollaway on Monday December 11, 2017 @06:36PM (#15901800)

Or, you know, call their parents to say "I love you" before they lose the option to.

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Re:Former Facebook exec says social media is ripping apart s... by SapphireSun on Monday December 11, 2017 @06:59PM (#15901940)

Why not both? :D

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Re:Former Facebook exec says social media is ripping apart s... by giggles_giggles on Monday December 11, 2017 @07:37PM (#15902140)

you'd be too hungry to drive the jet ski

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Re:Former Facebook exec says social media is ripping apart s... by SapphireSun on Monday December 11, 2017 @11:37PM (#15903031)

Seems unlikely. < 1% of the US population is engaged in agricultural pursuits. Distribution is about to get self driving cars.

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Re:Former Facebook exec says social media is ripping apart s... by adammunich on Tuesday December 12, 2017 @06:36AM (#15904772)

Maintaining a jet ski in San Francisco salt water teaches a lot of wisdom actually.

Key word, maintaining.

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Re:Former Facebook exec says social media is ripping apart s... by swords on Monday December 11, 2017 @11:17PM (#15902967)

Equating socialism to genocide is a pretty tired take.

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Re:Former Facebook exec says social media is ripping apart s... by PhasmaFelis on Tuesday December 12, 2017 @03:53AM (#15903993)

Seriously, socialism does not mean what you think it does. Look up a list of socialist countries.

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Re:Former Facebook exec says social media is ripping apart s... by PhasmaFelis on Tuesday December 12, 2017 @03:50AM (#15903984)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialism

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