I loved seeing all the photos shared on Facebook the last couple days — family members proud of their loved ones that served our country. Sadly, many of those good looking service dudes are long gone now. π
The best one was shared by a work friend:
I can’t even imagine how he must’ve felt… that would be like hitting the lottery, wouldn’t it?
Katie is one brave woman!
Katie came to visit last night with a secret. She’s not told her Momma yet and I predict fireworks. His name is Willy.
Now you know: 61% of US troops killed in Vietnam were under the age of 21. The overall average age was 23.
You know… I’m so sick and tired of the BS on Meta. Lemme tell you a story…
I don’t post very often on Facebook — but I noticed every time I did… or when I commented on the posts of others… this one person was following me.
Enough is enough, right? Get out of here you freakshow — it’s obvious this is a fake account attempting to scam Facebook users. I blocked the person and reported it. Know what Facebook said?
“We’ve taken a look and found that this content doesn’t go against our Community Standards.”
So what is against your community standards, Meta? I’ll tell you what… anything negative about Biden, anything positive about Trump, and anything about COVID or the vaccines they deem untrue. That’s what. π You obviously don’t care if your users get scammed.
That sort of thing goes against MY standards. So I visit Facebook less and less – and spend more time here:
And then, Meta suspended my Instagram account because I might’ve fallen for a phishing attempt. π‘
Because I checked out ole’ Maddison Tina so I could report him/her, Meta locked my Instagram account to keep me safe. And the code they send via recovery SMS and email never makes it to me.
Other than that, life is peachy!
Now you know: With an estimated pay of $156,000,000 , Keanu Reeves is the highest paid actor in history for a single production since Matrix 2&3 were filmed back-to-back.
Local sheriff’s departments share photos of new inmates on Facebook. I don’t know if other counties across the US do it, but Scott County shares arrests frequently… Jackson County not as often, but they still do it sometimes.
Of course, arrests with photos are available on law enforcement websites for every jurisdiction, but you have to actively go to each city/county’s URL to see them. Sharing on FB puts it out there on everyone’s feed and attracts a whole lot attention.
Not gonna’ lie, I struggle with how I feel about this.
First, if the arrest is of an addict, sharing the photo shames the family… not the one arrested. What good does that do, really? On the other hand, when arrests are shared, I always look to see if they are of someone I know. That’s human nature.
Is it good to have the suffering of others served to us when we’re scrolling through FB to read the things shared by friends and family? I don’t think so. But… if I see my contractor has a prior for murder — or that someone I was going to hire to do work in my home was charged with theft — then is it a good thing? Yah, probably.
There are always 2 sides.
I agree with both sides.
The world is saturated with information. Some good… but mostly bad. The media saying, “if it bleeds, it leads” is so true, isn’t it?
What’s your opinion?
Add 3-minutes every single day for 30 days.
What if we unplugged from social media and information saturation for 3 minutes today? And what if we added another 3 minutes tomorrow… and continued this for 30 days?
At the end of that 30 days, every day forward we’d be cutting out one hour and a half of mindless negativity that penetrates our brains. Even more important… every day, we could add 1.5 hours of doing something that adds joy to our lives.
Who’s with me on this? π
TIL (Today I Learned): Graying is a sign of active hair growth. Gray hair is also both thicker and faster growing than pigmented hair.
I’ll bet in a million years you didn’t think my first big complaint about a rural lifestyle would be about dogs, right? I LOVE dogs. What I don’t like are some dog owners. Dogs running loose were never a problem in Seymour — at least where I lived.
But these 2 dudes are regulars here.
The other night, I was sitting in the family room watching TV and turn around to find the bigger one with his paws on the house so he could peek inside — making my dogs go bat shit crazy. They stride through my flowers and plants like they own the place and my security cameras have alerted me to their visits multiple times.
As I was working outside today, I had the garage door open. They were trotting around in there like it was their job. Go home, you hounds!
So I posted on Facebook in the Crothersville Community Board and found that some people are idiots.
The overall content of the post was that “If you know who these 2 belong to (on 500 S), please let them know if they want to keep them, they need to keep them home.”
The owner fessed up but basically let me know I’m an asshole. She tried to say they just got out of their pen… like it was a rarity… a one time oopsie. She went on to say some people act like it’s a sin to let your dogs go on adventures. I replied…
This isn’t the 1st time your dogs have been here. I have 2 dogs myself and ensure they have their adventures on a leash or in their own yard because I don’t want them to get hurt — and I respect my neighbors. YOUR pets are YOUR responsibility.
It was a waste of time. If you don’t keep your pets on your own property, my opinion isn’t going to change that. If you have other people’s pets on your property defacing your stuff, you understand. Next time, I’ll just call animal control.
TIL (Today I Learned): The feeling of being awake when youβre actually sleeping is a disorder called paradoxical insomnia and the reason for it is unclear.
Last week on Facebook there was a post made by a local fire department about an accident and road closure. The first comment on the post was from TU Sia that said, “Terrible that this happened!” A link accompanied the comment that LOOKED like it went to YouTube with the caption, “JUST IN: Police release video the incident caught on camera.“
TU Sia’s account, (TU Sia satu minggu yang lalu), is brand spankin’ new and she has ZERO friends. The link actually directed anyone that clicked it through a website in Somalia (kve.so). It’s obviously a fake account with a comment obviously made with nefarious intent.
I reported the comment to Facebook in an attempt to save my local friends.
Facebook said it was a-ok for the masses and if I didn’t like it, I could just ignore it.
The account name translates from Italian meaning “tu sia = you are,” and Indonesian meaning “satu minggu yang lalu = one week ago” in English. So Ms. YouAre OneWeekAgo wants you to believe she has the exclusive video to an incident that happened in Crothersville, Indiana. Facebook wants me to believe they actually REVIEWED the comment. π
Facebook and Instagram (META… along with WhatsApp, etc.) collect all sorts of data on you to share for money. Instagram is topping the “most invasive” chart because it collects and shares 79% of a user’s personal data with 3rd parties.
META wants to control so much of what you’re allowed access to… but evidently they don’t care about your Internet safety.
Naughty or nice?
Meta knows more about if you’ve been naughty or nice than this guy…
TIL (Today I Learned): In 1998, Governor’s Councilor Herbert Connolly arrived to the polls too late to cast a ballot for himself. He lost by a single vote.