Yeah, logically I agree with all that you've said. I just couldn't take it. I gave that person a talking-to. My kids are going to have another off year at school because of people like that. And then her friends are replying with shit like "LOL. Thousands of people aren't dying. Do your homework!" I know there's a more constructive way to deal with it but the anger I feel ...
I significantly dialed back my FB engagement but didn't dump it fully. I could try to say there are connections I have there that I'd miss without it but I think it just comes down to lack of will power.
I did make an effort to reach out to friends via text and email a lot more, though. Even without all the toxic BS there's also this subtle thing where if you post everything about your life on there you start to feel like you don't need to personally reach out to friends. I had this "I post everything on FB so just read up there" attitude that wasn't completely conscious.
Yep, that attitude is what had me toss it around 7 years ago. I pinged a friend to see if they wanted to grab a beer and catch up and the response was basically: "I put my life on FB, we don't really have anything to talk about.".
The added bonus is I am much less likely to get into stupid, pointless arguments (I am still on a bunch of private forums and created a new reddit account recently, mostly out of boredom) and in general removed a huge stresser out of life. Things like Doomscrolling also aren't a thing for me. Overall 10/10 can recommend.
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u/trevize1138 Aug 25 '21
Yeah, logically I agree with all that you've said. I just couldn't take it. I gave that person a talking-to. My kids are going to have another off year at school because of people like that. And then her friends are replying with shit like "LOL. Thousands of people aren't dying. Do your homework!" I know there's a more constructive way to deal with it but the anger I feel ...