~curses some more while naked~
I have G+ but it was accident that was caused by me having gmail account, which in itself was side effect of me signing up to youtube to be able to watch videos marked as mature content. Or maybe it was to watch movies? I can't recall at the moment.
I used Gmail exclusively for a while before getting tired of the poor spam control and growing invasiveness, plus wanting to change my email to get away from some unpleasant folk I'd attracted several years ago. I keep the account because I use Google Docs for story, plot, and setting work, but I'm not willing to authorize it to hand out the info required for Google+ so missing out on whatever that has to offer.
I'm trying to wean myself off using Google's search engine but it's slow going. Nothing else really has the same usefulness. Google's new tracking stance is just not acceptable though.
That's what cats are for, to deposit 1/2 a rat or mouse on your door-step.Seriously Freehold when you take care of the rat take a picture and post it on FB ;-)There are just some things that one could live a thorough and pleasant lifetime without ever needing to see.
would that pebbles had lived. She would be picking rat bits out of her paw by now.
would that pebbles had lived. She would be picking rat bits out of her paw by now.That's what cats are for, to deposit 1/2 a rat or mouse on your door-step.Seriously Freehold when you take care of the rat take a picture and post it on FB ;-)There are just some things that one could live a thorough and pleasant lifetime without ever needing to see.
That reminds me, add rabbits to my earlier list.
Oh no, it is in all probability a mouse. Gigantic rats only appear in subways and parks (right aeglos and CH?)I think Sabine was unsettled when we saw all those rats. I should have let her go on believing that they were squirrels :)
Or the famed Pointy New York bunny.
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Arrrgggghhhhh!!! My (insert a long string of curse words here) Motorola Bluetooth Headset that I paid $50+ for just broke!!! ~curses some more~ It is bad enough that it is so hard to get replacement ear holder thingies for the cheaper ones, but now the expensive ones are breaking too? ~curses some more~
I just use a rubber band to attach the phone to my ear.
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FHDM is no longer alone in his Facebook avoidance, I've never had one either and Scint just deleted hers =PWhats up with this facebook anyway? My friends bother me from time to time ..
I enjoy Facebook, mainly because I have a wide-distribution of friends. I don't like calling people on the phone, I am not a good email/snail mail writer, and I enjoy keeping up with my friends and their lives. I have reconnected with several high school/college friends, Army buddies, and the various virtual folks I know from various places/games.
Plus, I don't feel it's all that intrusive. I like targeted media ads, they often show me things I want to buy (a heck of a lot better than the TV IMO). It's free, and my life is boring enough I doubt anyone/any govt agency is looking my info up.
Arrrgggghhhhh!!! My (insert a long string of curse words here) Motorola Bluetooth Headset that I paid $50+ for just broke!!! ~curses some more~ It is bad enough that it is so hard to get replacement ear holder thingies for the cheaper ones, but now the expensive ones are breaking too? ~curses some more~I just use a rubber band to attach the phone to my ear.
Sadly it is not the earpiece that brok but the headset itself. ~sighs and shrugs~ Oh well. Live and learn. I will never buy that type again. Cheaper headsets it is.
I'll admit straight up that I'm essentially a hermit. Much to my parents' lament, I've little to no interest in interacting with people most of the time; what few IRL friends I had when I was in AZ were members of my gaming group and are now among the (much larger) ranks of my Internet Friends. I go out very rarely and am really not interested in much of anything that would net me a common interest with anyone in my general vicinity. I'm not into sports, racing, animals, gawking at women, or 99% of TV (I can think of three shows I watch with any kind of regularity, and only one of them on an actual TV, Mythbusters) so that kills any interest connections with most everyone I know offline.
Facebook really offers me nothing. I have no real interest in getting back in touch with my high school classmates and I can remember the names of maybe two non-roommate college classmates. The ones I'm interested in keeping up with I already do through other means.
*shrug* Just don't see a need to bother, especially with all the problems I've heard about and the information it wants just to sign up.
Well, that's fair enough. Don't use something you feel no need for. I like it a lot, and I feel even more connected now to friends because of it.
Yep. No harm no foul to those who enjoy it, though good-natured teasing is always on the table ;)
I get to play the "well if you were on Facebook you'd know about X Y and Z happening" from my dad about once every two weeks, heh.
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I have a facebook account. I can't remember my password. I don't really care. And the only reason I would go looking for my password would be to cancel my facebook account completely. I did try using facebook. But generally speaking the only people I want to deal with are either folks who know my email/phone number and I can email and/or text them as necessary or they're here on Paizo. I just don't care for the whole social networking thing. I find it stresses me out. I am not a social butterfly.
I love socializing. People interest me greatly. It is for those reasons I hate Facebook, which reduces living breathing people to status updates and likes. Also, I fairly sure Zuckerberg is cooperating with whedon and Alton brown to build some kind of death star.
Someone on Facebook should steal the plans, then we can build one first.
See, I'm with Patrick. I find FB much less stressful than phones or emails or snail mail or personal contact.
Different strokes.
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I've had good luck reconnecting with old friends on FB. In most cases, I never would otherwise have found those people.
I like FB when it is a means of getting in touch with people in order to meet up or for genuine correspondence. (I have had lengthy message exchanges with old friends and family who live at a great distance. To me, it takes the place of writing letters which, let's face it, nobody does anymore unless it is a ransom note.)
The never-ending train of vacuous status updates is something I could do without. Had a baby? That's a valid status update. Picture of your pancakes? Don't care.
To me, it takes the place of writing letters which, let's face it, nobody does anymore unless it is a ransom note.
On the one hand, there are a few people I'd love to be able to exchange physical letters with. On the other, there's a reasonable hesitancy to handing out your personal information online (isn't that what prompted this conversation, though? ;) heh) and add to that the time, the cost, and the general inadequacy of the postal service (reason therefore varying from area to area)....
So Yeah.
There's just something special about having a physical object you received or delivered, compared to digital text. Iunno.
I'm blessed with a lot of smart and talented FB friends who share all sorts of interesting things on their feeds: how to make a fire tornado, Higgs boson information, cool literature and music, and of course gaming information. They make me happy.
What did the clay golem thief call himself?
*narrows eyes at Kajehase*
I'll bite. What did the clay golem thief call himself?
*narrows eyes at Kajehase*
I'll bite. What did the clay golem thief call himself?
~innocent look~ All I can say is that the clay golem thief would be putty in your hands.
That joke was a malleable fail. ~RUNS~
For those of you who are going to PaizoCon, have fun and have safe flights. Those of us not going, we'll try not to rearrange the furniture here (too much) in FaWtL6 while you're gone.
Crosses fingers behind back
Heheheheheheheheheheheheheh....
I'll start by pulling everything down...
~starts clawing at the carpet and furniture~
*flings paint*
*plays with fire*
*cackles maniacally*
~starts clawing at the carpet and furniture~
Lends a pairs of paws to expedite the process
What nice FAWTL is going to the AP seminar tomorrow at 2 and wants to set up a room to broadcast it? ;)
*invades all the computers*
Because you have flights of fantasy?
TOZ, tell the wife I said hello and good luck with her paper.
Hey! What. Is. Going. On. Here?! *taps foot*
Absolutely nothing!
*FAWTLy Family Portrait falls off the wall*
~looks guilty as you catch the dragon with his rear leg up aiming for your favorite couch~
You WILL fix this!! NOW!
~quickly hides behind the furniture~
*surfs on the broom*
Pfft. We're just decorating!
*tries to pat out the burning curtains*
I don't want your excuses young man!! Clean this room!