Is It Just Me Who Thinks This Is A Bit Weird?

[mawnansmiff]

"You can't expect someone to act normal in an abnormal situation."

This is true JMcQ but it seems to be the behaviour of everyone nowadays though it is of course the sufferer's choice how they respond to such matters.

I suppose it could be likened to days past when one notified the world of a death in the family by making an announcement in the obituaries column of The Times.

Regards,

Jay.?

 

[brian64]

a tarantula forum

Is it just me who thinks this is a bit weird?

 

[3rdguy]

The tarantula forum is saying that about the pipe smoking forum.

 

[gervais]

Given the fact that I hate Facebook and will have no part of it, it is extremely odd to me to see this. However, to the people who use it every second of every day.....maybe normal for those people.

 

[anotherbob]

Very poor form, but he's already netted £10,000. Ugh.

Been watching too many procedurals, and hence I suspect him of arson. (Not really, I hope, but the thought ran through my mind.)

And writing like a 7th grader?? ( ur, u)

me too.

 

[brian64]

The tarantula forum is saying that about the pipe smoking forum.

No doubt. Just think how weird you'd have to be to be in both.

Oh wait...

 

[brian64]

Given the fact that I hate Facebook and will have no part of it, it is extremely odd to me to see this. However, to the people who use it every second of every day.....maybe normal for those people.

I think we're in a time now where those of us who don't post on FB are considered the weird ones.

 

[gervais]

I think we're in a time now where those of us who don't post on FB are considered the weird ones.

Touché

 

[mawnansmiff]

After the terrible stabbings in Reading over the weekend, folks are being asked to join the Council's Facebook page for a minute's silence today at 10AM.....with all due respect how is that supposed to work?

"He said: "I offer my deepest condolences to the families of those killed. To our great sorrow, this includes an American citizen. Our thoughts are with all those affected."

People were invited to join the silence via Reading Council's Facebook page."

I can't help but wonder if Mark Zuckerberg is somehow making money from this type of post.

Most strange!

Regards,

Jay.

 

[3rdguy]

What if you go to that page and make a lot of noises? Does that disrupt things?

 

[saltedplug]

I regard FB as the spawn of Satan. But the meaning of posting tragedy on it is determined by the one who posts. It doesn't matter what anyone else thinks. Although I am sympathetic with those who find certain posts or FB in general as repugnant,, I am powerless to make it/them otherwise, so I step aside.

 

[newportpipe]

Three pipe forums, a tarantula forum, and an RC forum are as social media as I get. I've has friends and coworkers had their lives wrecked and jobs lost because of Facebook.

So true. I know of not one person in private or, public life that has received a promotion, raise, or any other net-positive gain using Twitter, FB, etc. Buried in the fine print is the “contract you sign” stating you no longer own what you just posted. It lives on forever and could be used against you at any time by someone that has it out for you or, a potential employer.

Horrible tragedy about that father & husband.

 

[newportpipe]

Is it just me who thinks this is a bit weird?

I didn’t want to take away the seriousness of this thread but, I want to find it. Tarantulas are amazing to me but, I’m too much of a scaredy-cat to own one.

 

[timelord]

It does seem weird but as others have said, people grieve in different ways. The other thing is Scotland has much tighter COVID-19 lockdown than England so he's possibly (probably?) not able to talk to friends and other family members face to face and if he's a habitue of FB then his digital friends are possibly the next best thing?

All that said I ditched FB years ago and agree that it's the span of the devil (I'm not a fan of Zuckenberg either). I also have the Firefox containers and FB security extensions loaded to stop him (and google) getting his grubby paws on my data.

Paranoid? Moi?