because I didn't want to hijack Short-Hairless's thread......

[tboy]

I didn't want to detract from his efforts or anything but this brings up something that I am curious about:

Why the need to share this? If I was going to quit I'd just quit......wouldn't tell a soul until they either noticed me not smoking or I'd kicked it.

This is like this guy I work with. Ever morning and I mean EVERY morning he comes in and tells everyone about his nagging wife, what he had for dinner last night, etc etc and if one of us wasn't there when he was telling the story, he'd search them out and go through the whole thing again. I mean, when he had well problems, made sure everyone knew about it. When he had furnace problems? Made sure everyone heard about it.

Not to insult anyone but could someone please explain the "need" to share all your gory details?

I mean, I know I tell stories based on my history but I tell those only when it relates to the topic at hand or has a life lesson in there somewhere.....

Just wanted to add that I noticed this on facebook too. I had friends updating their profile so often that I had to stop the update emails. One person was so bad I posted on his page: dude, you going to let us all know when you take your next dump now? I mean he was posting "going to the store to buy smokes", cleaning to blah blah band" "going to blah blah for a bite" then there was this chick I knew in England who would post "got home from work, having a glass of wine, thinking of what to make for dinner" etc. ARRRGH lol....

 

[Dan]

I'm relaxing before I have to go into work, just unwinding with my laptop on HUBGFE......:biggrin:

The explosion of social media has let people express themselves to the masses and many of the times to their detriment. Now employers, authorities and others can find out way too much information about individuals based on their own postings.

 

[Jesus Quintana]

For a lot of people social media is a way to vent into an impersonal void.
I had a page on a site called "IAM" - sort of like facebook but to be honest WAY BETTER and it was pretty anonymous as almost every one used an alias. It was for tattooed and pierced people.
Anyhow - the depth of thought and emotion that you could see on those pages was incredible. The ability to lay it all out without anyone judging you was fantastic. And you just KNEW that it was from the heart.
Anonymity gave allowed for truth.
Facebook and twitter, I found has created in some people this belief that they are interesting and that people WANT to know that they are pooping, or rubbing one out or shopping. I think what they really lack is a certain contact with the outside world.
It tries to fill a void for them that can never be filled.
The most interesting people I know don't blog or tweet or facecrack.

As well they don't appreciate the loss of privacy that they are willingly volunteering their lives for. Its all a plot by the "puppetmasters".

 

[Chucky]

Tboy


People need people.

Nnff said.

 

[BEER]

Tboy


People need people.

Nnff said.

People need beer.

 

[Jesus Quintana]

People need sex.

 

[tboy]

Tboy


People need people.

Nnff said.

I understand that, but do people need people simply to listen to them?

For eg: a buddy (no longer) used to call me up and this is how it would go:

Hey how you doin'?

Oh, I got my dick caught in my table saw and it's now mounted and hanging on my wall....

Oh really? Oh that's too bad, well listen to this.....blah blah

Then he'd go on for hours about what his gf said, did or what her kids did. Or when he was single about this chick or that that he was chasing.....

 

[Boing]

I understand that, but do people need people simply to listen to them?

For eg: a buddy (no longer) used to call me up and this is how it would go:

Hey how you doin'?

Oh, I got my dick caught in my table saw and it's now mounted and hanging on my wall....

Oh really? Oh that's too bad, well listen to this.....blah blah

Then he'd go on for hours about what his gf said, did or what her kids did. Or when he was single about this chick or that that he was chasing.....

Those are different type of people. They are the boring ones who only think of themselves.

Stay clear.

 

[peace]

People need beer.

People need hugs. :biggrin:

 

[tboy]

Those are different type of people. They are the boring ones who only think of themselves.

Stay clear.

Yup, said bye bye a long time ago....plus I found out from his father that 99% of what he told me over the years was BS......

 

[Blank_Dave]

People need beer
People need sex.
People need hugs.

Not this people...I seem to do quite well with out any of those.

 

[HOF]

Tboy


People need people.

Nnff said.

Priceless coming from the guy with a serial killer spooky doll as his avatar!:biggrin:

 

[HOF]

I understand that, but do people need people simply to listen to them?

For eg: a buddy (no longer) used to call me up and this is how it would go:

Hey how you doin'?

Oh, I got my dick caught in my table saw and it's now mounted and hanging on my wall....

Oh really? Oh that's too bad, well listen to this.....blah blah

Then he'd go on for hours about what his gf said, did or what her kids did. Or when he was single about this chick or that that he was chasing.....

Tboy get rid of one of the cell phones and stop talking to yourself! LOL

That was just too easy!

I recall, but couldn't find, an article where a man was driving 70 over the limit and using 2 (yes 2) cell phones simultaneously.

 

[HOF]

People need beer.

No, it's a luxury.

 

[HOF]

People need sex.

No, they can masturbate.

 

[HOF]

People need hugs. :biggrin:

Hugs are nice, but not necessary.

 

[HOF]

Those are different type of people. They are the boring ones who only think of themselves.

Stay clear.

I do not and how dare you say such a thing about me! Now would you please just

I have something to say!
:biggrin:
Jus kiddin'​

 

[HOF]

Yup, said bye bye a long time ago....plus I found out from his father that 99% of what he told me over the years was BS......

HAHAHA, so you're ex-friend belongs to the 1%.

Is he with one of your ex-girlfriends too? :rofl1:

 

[HOF]

I tend to agree with tboy on this, OMG can you believe that!

Okay, I'm a dinosaur because I don't own a cell-phone, nor do I participate in facebook, msn or twitter. Yes, I use chat boards and they're probably the same thing technically.

There is a quote from the television show "Criminal Minds" by Agent Dave Rossi (Joe Mantagna) "What makes people think that anyone wants to know every move they make?" or something along that line. The line itself is brilliant in respect to illustrating how insignificant we are that we try to prove our significance.

Seriously, you're in the grocery store, walking in a parking lot pay attention! Yesterday, I was in Walmart with a buggy when suddenly this woman walks right into the front of the buggy and attempts to blame me using some less than polite nouns, verbs and adjectives. I smiled and asked if it hurt? She replied with some of those nouns, verbs and adjectives and ended with of course it hurt bleep, bleep, bleep. She was expecting me to apologize I guess, but I politely said, "I didn't feel a thing and if you paid attention you wouldn't have either!" She freaked out even more and was asked to leave while I went on my way to finish shopping.

 

[tboy]

Not that it pertains to the topic but I too have to agree about the parking lot pedestrian. I can't tell you HOW many idiots I see walk right behind a car or truck backing out of a spot. I actually was walking down one of the lanes and saw a car backing out, stopped then warned someone walking behind me and they proceeded to walk around me directly into the path of the vehicle causing the car to brake suddenly. People are generally just plain stupid Hof.....