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The FaceBook Files: Wall Street Journal Expose Proves FaceBook Has Been Lying About Treating Users Equally, and Has Long Known Its Product Instagram Is "Toxic" for Teenaged Girls

This was a three-part series released last week, linked by Real Clear Investigations.

Part 1: FaceBook is lying about treating users equally. In fact, not only do they "blacklist" users they don't like, but they "whitelist" celebrities and politicians they like, insuring that they can't easily be censored, no matter how many of FaceBook's terms of service they violate.

If you've ever wondered how Joy Ann Reid never gets censored or "limited" no matter how much anti-vaccination conspiracy theorizing she engages in -- I mean, engaged in, prior to Joe Biden becoming, supposedly, "President" -- well, maybe Twitter has a "whitelist" similar to the one FaceBook employs to protect its favorites.

Mark Zuckerberg has publicly said Facebook Inc. allows its more than three billion users to speak on equal footing with the elites of politics, culture and journalism, and that its standards of behavior apply to everyone, no matter their status or fame.

In private, the company has built a system that has exempted high-profile users from some or all of its rules, according to company documents reviewed by The Wall Street Journal.

The program, known as "cross check" or "XCheck," was initially intended as a quality-control measure for actions taken against high-profile accounts, including celebrities, politicians and journalists. Today, it shields millions of VIP users from the company's normal enforcement process, the documents show. Some users are "whitelisted" --rendered immune from enforcement actions--while others are allowed to post rule-violating material pending Facebook employee reviews that often never come.

At times, the documents show,< XCheck has protected public figures whose posts contain harassment or incitement to violence, violations that would typically lead to sanctions for regular users. In 2019, it allowed international soccer star Neymar to show nude photos of a woman, who had accused him of rape, to tens of millions of his fans before the content was removed by Facebook.

...


A 2019 internal review of Facebook's whitelisting practices, marked attorney-client privileged, found favoritism to those users to be both widespread and "not publicly defensible."

Of course, this internal review was stamped "attorney-client privilege" so that it could never be subpoenaed by Congress or a court.

But it got leaked.


"We are not actually doing what we say we do publicly," said the confidential review. It called the company's actions "a breach of trust” and added: "Unlike the rest of our community, these people can violate our standards without any consequences."

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This is the first in a series of articles based on those documents and on interviews with dozens of current and former employees.

At least some of the documents have been turned over to the Securities and Exchange Commission and to Congress by a person seeking federal whistleblower protection, according to people familiar with the matter.

XCheck started out as a program that would immunize VIPs from automated moderation, shunting their posts up to to human beings who will moderate them.

But, in fact, FaceBook only reviews 10% at most of XCheck users' posts. They have decided that it's easier to just not review them at all, meaning that FaceBook's powerful, politically-favored VIPs are effectively "whitelisted" and will never be censored or punished, no matter what they write.


While the program included most government officials, it didn't include all candidates for public office, at times effectively granting incumbents in elections an advantage over challengers. The discrepancy was most prevalent in state and local races, the documents show, and employees worried Facebook could be subject to accusations of favoritism.

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Facebook recognized years ago that the enforcement exemptions granted by its XCheck system were unacceptable, with protections sometimes granted to what it called abusive accounts and persistent violators of the rules, the documents show. Nevertheless, the program expanded over time, with tens of thousands of accounts added just last year.

In addition, Facebook has asked fact-checking partners to retroactively change their findings on posts from high-profile accounts, waived standard punishments for propagating what it classifies as misinformation and even altered planned changes to its algorithms to avoid political fallout.

"Facebook currently has no firewall to insulate content-related decisions from external pressures," a September 2020 memo by a Facebook senior research scientist states, describing daily interventions in its rule-making and enforcement process by both Facebook’s public-policy team and senior executives.

A December memo from another Facebook data scientist was blunter: "Facebook routinely makes exceptions for powerful actors."

The fake Oversight Board made 19 recommendations to FaceBook. FaceBook said they'd adopt 15 of them.

One of the four they refused to adopt concerned being transparent about its XCheck whitelisting program for VIPs.

Furthermore, FaceBook actually misled the Oversight Board about XCheck, making the Oversight Board's blessing of FaceBook worthless.

The XCheck documents show that Facebook misled the Oversight Board, said Kate Klonick, a law professor at St. John's University. The board was funded with an initial $130 million commitment from Facebook in 2019, and Ms. Klonick was given special access by the company to study the group's formation and its processes.


"Why would they spend so much time and money setting up the Oversight Board, then lie to it?" she said of Facebook after reviewing XCheck documentation at the Journal's request.

I don't know. Why would CBS set up an "independent investigation" of RatherGate which then whitewashed the affair and claimed CBS was blameless and Dan Rather just committed a minor boo-boo?

Why would The Lincoln Project fund an "independent" review by lawyers they were paying which then claimed there was no evidence the Lincoln Project knew that it was harboring a serial sex predator and groomer of underage boys, despite their being publicly-available evidence they did know?

Gee, if I can't trust sham "independent reviews" bought and paid for by crooked corporations to deliver a "not guilty" verdict on demand, who can I trust?

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In a written statement, a spokesman for the board said it "has expressed on multiple occasions its concern about the lack of transparency in Facebook's content moderation processes, especially relating to the company's inconsistent management of high-profile accounts."

So the "Oversight Board" has repeatedly sent toothless Strongly Worded Letters and FaceBook has told them to pound sand.

Maybe they should change the name from "Oversight Board" to "Unsolicited, Unwanted Suggestions Board."

FaceBook has repeatedly lied to the public and to the supposedly-independent "Oversight Board" which will supposedly police its actions about XCheck. FaceBook has claimed it affects a "small amount" of users; in fact, at least 5.8 million users have been granted a carte blanche to violate FaceBook's supposed "rules" as they will.

Pitch for National Review:

The Conservative Case for Repeatedly Lying to Congress and Federal Agencies


Part 2: FaceBook has long known that its product Instagram is toxic for the mental health of users, particularly teenaged girls.

Instagram's own internal research established that Instagram causes a fair number of girls to want to kill themselves:

"Thirty-two percent of teen girls said that when they felt bad about their bodies, Instagram made them feel worse," the researchers said in a March 2020 slide presentation posted to Facebook's internal message board, reviewed by The Wall Street Journal. "Comparisons on Instagram can change how young women view and describe themselves."

For the past three years, Facebook has been conducting studies into how its photo-sharing app affects its millions of young users. Repeatedly, the company's researchers found that Instagram is harmful for a sizable percentage of them, most notably teenage girls.

"We make body image issues worse for one in three teen girls," said one slide from 2019, summarizing research about teen girls who experience the issues.

"Teens blame Instagram for increases in the rate of anxiety and depression," said another slide. "This reaction was unprompted and consistent across all groups."
Among teens who reported suicidal thoughts, 13% of British users and 6% of American users traced the desire to kill themselves to Instagram, one presentation showed.

40% of Instagram's users are 22 and younger, and FaceBook intends to get more and more teens (and tweens) to sign up for Instagram.


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In public, Facebook has consistently played down the app's negative effects on teens, and hasn't made its research public or available to academics or lawmakers who have asked for it.

I bet you they've stamped that research "attorney-client material," too.

Note that the documents reveal that Zuckerberg had been personally briefed about some of this research.

But look at how Zuckerberg answered the question if his company had studied the effect of its products on children:

The research has been reviewed by top Facebook executives, and was cited in a 2020 presentation given to Mr. Zuckerberg, according to the documents.
At a congressional hearing this March, Mr. Zuckerberg defended the company against criticism from lawmakers about plans to create a new Instagram product for children under 13. When asked if the company had studied the app's effects on children, he said, "I believe the answer is yes."

He believes -- but only believes, Senator -- that the company has done research on Instagram's effects on children.

I guess he forgot getting personally briefed on this research.

Congress has asked for its research in this area -- guess what Zuckerberg told Congress?


In August, Sens. Richard Blumenthal and Marsha Blackburn in a letter to Mr. Zuckerberg called on him to release Facebook's internal research on the impact of its platforms on youth mental health.

In response, Facebook sent the senators a six-page letter that didn’t include the company’s own studies. Instead, Facebook said there are many challenges with conducting research in this space, saying, "We are not aware of a consensus among studies or experts about how much screen time is 'too much,'" according to a copy of the letter reviewed by the Journal.

Facebook also told the senators that its internal research is proprietary and "kept confidential to promote frank and open dialogue and brainstorming internally."

Yeah I'm sure that's why.


A Facebook spokeswoman said the company welcomed productive collaboration with Congress and would look for opportunities to work with external researchers on credible studies.

Yeah I'm sure of that, too.

Part 3: FaceBook says it tried to make its toxic products "healthier." The result? They made FaceBook and Instagram more toxic, and more profitable, than ever.

This point is about FaceBook -- and Twitter, for that matter -- living and dying according to "engagement." About how to make their sites "sticky." About how to keep their users addicted.

And you almost certainly know what drives "engagement" on social media -- what is that keeps people refreshing and refreshing.

Anger. Outrage. Controversy.

Arguing with other people. Screaming, digitally, at other people.

This is the big reason I end every day with a Cafe post. I've been thinking of doing one in the middle of the day, too.

Politics is too emotionally draining. Well, emotionally stimulating (in the bad ways), and then emotionally draining.

Especially now, in the last days of America.

But I realized that the news was just too upsetting for people's mental and emotional health without having to commission studies about it.

FaceBook did commission studies. And they realized that their unholy "algorithm" was driving "content creators" to feed the algorithm with hate, conflict, and yes, even racism.

But they also realized that that conflict was good for their bottom line.

So they kept the algorithm pumping.

In the fall of 2018, Jonah Peretti, chief executive of online publisher BuzzFeed, emailed a top official at Facebook Inc. The most divisive content that publishers produced was going viral on the platform, he said, creating an incentive to produce more of it.

He pointed to the success of a BuzzFeed post titled "21 Things That Almost All White People are Guilty of Saying," which received 13,000 shares and 16,000 comments on Facebook, many from people criticizing BuzzFeed for writing it, and arguing with each other about race. Other content the company produced, from news videos to articles on self-care and animals, had trouble breaking through, he said.

Mr. Peretti blamed a major overhaul Facebook had given to its News Feed algorithm earlier that year to boost "meaningful social interactions," or MSI, between friends and family, according to internal Facebook documents reviewed by The Wall Street Journal that quote the email.

BuzzFeed built its business on making content that would go viral on Facebook and other social media, so it had a vested interest in any algorithm changes that hurt its distribution. Still, Mr. Peretti's email touched a nerve.

Facebook's chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, said the aim of the algorithm change was to strengthen bonds between users and to improve their well-being. Facebook would encourage people to interact more with friends and family and spend less time passively consuming professionally produced content, which research suggested was harmful to their mental health.

Within the company, though, ,i>staffers warned the change was having the opposite effect, the documents show. It was making Faceboo'ss platform an angrier place.
Company researchers discovered that publishers and political parties were reorienting their posts toward outrage and sensationalism. That tactic produced high levels of comments and reactions that translated into success on Facebook.


"Our approach has had unhealthy side effects on important slices of public content, such as politics and news," wrote a team of data scientists, flagging Mr. Peretti's complaints, in a memo reviewed by the Journal. "This is an increasing liability," one of them wrote in a later memo.

They concluded that the new algorithm's heavy weighting of reshared material in its News Feed made the angry voices louder. "Misinformation, toxicity, and violent content are inordinately prevalent among reshares," researchers noted in internal memos.

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Facebook employees also discussed the company's other, less publicized motive for making the change: Users had begun to interact less with the platform, a worrisome trend, the documents show.

Users were turning off FaceBook -- it had become a social media site for grandparents to keep up with their grandchildren. That's nice and all, but that wasn't good for FaceBook's profits.

So they changed the algorithm to reward the sharing of rage-stoking information.


Data scientists on that integrity team--whose job is to improve the quality and trustworthiness of content on the platform--worked on a number of potential changes to curb the tendency of the overhauled algorithm to reward outrage and lies. Mr. Zuckerberg resisted some of the proposed fixes, the documents show, because he was worried they might hurt the company's other objective--making users engage more with Facebook.

By the way, I begin to see why FaceBook is so aggressively censorious of conservatives: They want the sharing of outrage political clickbait. They want the "engagement" that produces.

But they also want to be seen as "trying to fix the problem."

And how do they do that? By cracking down on one and only side of the political aisle. Leftists can continue sharing outrage porn with each other, and bombing their conservative friends and family with it.

But when a conservative argues back, or shares his own articles to refute the leftist ones -- shadowbanned. "Limited." Banned from running ads.

FaceBook changed the algorithm to reward supposedly "Meaningful Social Interaction" (spoiler: there is very little meaningful social interaction on FaceBook) because the former staple of FaceBook "interaction" -- original posts by people sharing wedding pictures or the like -- were declining precipitously.

Thus, the algorithm was reworked so that posts that racked up reposts or responses (often angry) would literally get points for every like or repost or reaction. And the more points a post "earned," the more widely it would be spread.

You know what can really rack up a lot of "Meaningful Social Interaction" points in a hurry?

Articles explaining why white people are terrible and have fundamentally evil DNA. Those'll get lots of points!


And it worked: Changing FaceBook from a "post pictures of your dog site" into a "bait your relatives with divisive extremist political messaging site" did increase the all-important "MSI" metrics.

From a business perspective, it worked. As Facebook predicted, time spent on the platform declined, but the effort to maximize interactions between users slowed the free fall in comments, and mostly improved the all-important metric of "daily active people" using Facebook, according to tests run in August 2018, internal memos show.

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Brad Parscale, who was the digital strategy leader for Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign, and boasted that Facebook is where Mr. Trump won the election, said he began to notice changes to the algorithm as early as mid-2017, when the performance of political videos began to decline.

"'Healthy' is a cover word for 'We need to reduce conservative and Trump video spread,'" he said in an interview for this article.

That's what I said earlier -- FaceBook kept the divisive messaging from the left -- that really drives up those MSI scores -- but, to placate critics (especially those in the Democrat Party, which is always threatening to take action against this Tolerated Illegal Monopoly), they clamped down on anything they considered "divisive" from the right.


Posted by: Ace at 06:30 PM




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1 Nice to know but nothing will happen.

Posted by: NR Pax at September 27, 2021 05:32 PM (IkL4/)

2 Closing bold tag.

Posted by: NR Pax at September 27, 2021 05:33 PM (IkL4/)

3 Duh

Posted by: f'd at September 27, 2021 05:37 PM (Tnijr)

4 every since the first photographs

man has not been the same

familiarity does breed contempt

Posted by: REDACTED at September 27, 2021 05:37 PM (us2H3)

5 lib tricks to avoid disclosure:

1. use private emails to do govt jobs
2. filter your crimes through your law firm or just pretend to do so
3. openly tell the truth in public safe with knowledge that worthless gop won't do shit about it
4. openly lie with the least convincing shit ever safe with the knowledge that only republicans go to jail for lying.

Posted by: Tim Riggins at September 27, 2021 05:38 PM (ZZK0E)

6 I for one will welcome Skynet.

Posted by: rd at September 27, 2021 05:38 PM (Z32m1)

7 Oversight Board>>Room 101

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 27, 2021 05:38 PM (yrol0)

8 Never had a Facebook account. Never will.

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 27, 2021 05:38 PM (G9JMy)

9 Rookie mistake. Could have been first, but...i did read to content, ace.

Facebook, it's lefty stockholders, managers, software engineers, and assorted cock sucking employees and servers need to be oublicly humiliated, beaten, tarred and feathered, and then hoisted upon a sharpened 4x4 post stuck up their asshole while still alive.

Posted by: BifBewalski @ (IJES/) - at September 27, 2021 05:39 PM (IJES/)

10 Media in all its forms needs kinetic action ASAP.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 27, 2021 05:39 PM (BFigT)

11 Obligatory: Facebook admits that "some pigs are more equal than others."

Posted by: Lizzy at September 27, 2021 05:39 PM (bDqIh)

12 Whooooo doggy, I'll bet Lindsay will give them the what for at the next hearing!

Posted by: Duke Lowell at September 27, 2021 05:40 PM (kTF2Z)

13 SLOW RIDE!!!!!

Posted by: Asteroid at September 27, 2021 05:40 PM (gmo/4)

14 Congress doesn't care, so I don't expect any forthcoming legislation to correct this. Even the Republican-led Congress didn't do squat, even though the problems have been there for years and growing exponentially. They. Don't. Care. So FB will keep doing what they're doing and laughing about it.

Posted by: Lady in Black at September 27, 2021 05:41 PM (O+I8R)

15 The simple fact is that under equal protection of the law, and under the supremacy clause...

How does a company get away with taking away your civil Rights?

We need to stomp on this the same way they did for Segregation... use the public accommodation idea, and threaten their business licenses.

They ARE breaking the law, under the statute about Taking Civil Liberties under Cover of Law.

Posted by: Romeo13 at September 27, 2021 05:41 PM (oHd/0)

16 10 Media in all its forms needs kinetic action ASAP.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 27, 2021 05:39 PM (BFigT)

Thorhammer throw down rods of tungsten launched from Space!

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 27, 2021 05:41 PM (yrol0)

17 >>Never had a Facebook account. Never will.

Same.
However, that doesn;t mean they aren't tracking you.
Facebook created an app toolkit to help developers creat compliant apps. Embedded in these apps are code that allow facebook to track the app's users.

Posted by: Lizzy at September 27, 2021 05:41 PM (bDqIh)

18 Using social media is a self inflicted wound.

Posted by: Some Rat at September 27, 2021 05:41 PM (r1z5A)

19 Good post Ace, Angry and Bold Ace is the best Ace.

I don't really consider your posts at all similar to what click baiters do.
Instead, you tell us how you feel about something in eloquent, sometimes pungent, phrases.

Posted by: whig at September 27, 2021 05:42 PM (xunV5)

20 Ron DeSantis
@GovRonDeSantis

I am authorizing
@FLSecofState
and the Florida Department of State to open an investigation into Facebook's alleged election interference through its whitelisting program.

Floridians deserve to know how much Big Tech has influenced our elections.

Posted by: redridinghood at September 27, 2021 05:42 PM (NpAcC)

21 Shall we play a game?

Posted by: Farcebook at September 27, 2021 05:43 PM (gmo/4)

22 Facebook should be broken up. Preferably with HE.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Failure happens, giving up is a choice at September 27, 2021 05:43 PM (XvPQV)

23 They are all breaking Section 230. They are creating content by touching it!

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 27, 2021 05:43 PM (yrol0)

24 FB, twater, utoob, all toxic. Stay away. Bad for your skin.

Posted by: f'd at September 27, 2021 05:43 PM (Tnijr)

25 No Facebook, no Twitter, no Instagram, no Snapchat.... just AoS and the web.... enough for me....

Posted by: kraken at September 27, 2021 05:43 PM (6Je/Q)

26 17 Lizzy, you can get out of that trap. Privacy Badger among others can help. Try the Electronic Freedom Foundation for tips on how to thwart them.

Posted by: whig at September 27, 2021 05:43 PM (xunV5)

27 Whooooo doggy, I'll bet Lindsay will give them the what for at the next hearing!

Prepare for the pearl-clutching of a lifetime! And speaking of Lifetime, who else thinks that's the best cable channel?

Posted by: Miss Lindsey at September 27, 2021 05:43 PM (ZsR3z)

28 Floridians deserve to know how much Big Tech has influenced our elections.

Posted by: redridinghood at September 27, 2021 05:42 PM (NpAcC)

It would be nice to see an SEC or fraud-related suit make these asshats more transparent.

Posted by: flounder at September 27, 2021 05:44 PM (KnJdm)

29 Zuckerberg opens his checkbook and sends checks to politicians and that'll be the end of it.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at September 27, 2021 05:44 PM (kTF2Z)

30 Sure the complete restriction of free speech is troubling, but teen girls might feel bad about themselves!!!!

I love women. Teen girls grow up into women. However, and I say this with all understanding, teen girls do not need Instagram to feel bad about themselves. Just like teen boys would still be hungry even if they were surrounded by food.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 27, 2021 05:44 PM (gCAC6)

31 At least Hawley, MO has, well...talked about regulating/de-monopolizing the Info giants. But as far as I can tell, he's a man on an island, yelling at the clouds.
Oh and, with a direct mail and spam op somewhere in the island's interior.

Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at September 27, 2021 05:44 PM (7Fj9P)

32 But this conversation is between Zuckerberg and Newstead, so you bet your ass this will be ACTUAL privilege. Not fake privilege, like with Donald Trump or some boring white dude.

Posted by: trev006 at September 27, 2021 05:44 PM (gQ+NA)

33 I have no Youtube account either... how can one live the way I do...?

Posted by: kraken at September 27, 2021 05:44 PM (6Je/Q)

34 23 They are all breaking Section 230. They are creating content by touching it!
Posted by: rhennigantx at September 27, 2021 05:43 PM (yrol0)

A Publisher edits content. That is EXACTLY what they are doing.

Posted by: Romeo13 at September 27, 2021 05:44 PM (oHd/0)

35 Never had an account

Posted by: Archer at September 27, 2021 05:44 PM (gmo/4)

36 Instead, you tell us how you feel about something in eloquent, sometimes pungent, phrases.


Nicely put, though I'd have worked "redolent" in there.

Posted by: pep at September 27, 2021 05:44 PM (ZsR3z)

37 >>But they also want to be seen as "trying to fix the problem."

And how do they do that? By cracking down on one and only side of the political aisle. Leftists can continue sharing outrage porn with each other, and bombing their conservative friends and family with it.



And what does it say that Ben Shapiro's content is consistemtly one of the top shares/links on facebook?

*hint: facebook allows non-binary Ben to flourish on their platform, so that must mean. . .

Posted by: Lizzy at September 27, 2021 05:44 PM (bDqIh)

38 Facebook is mort, in my house. I used to use it to keep track of my various nieces and nephews, and to share pics with grandparents, but it really is a waste of time and effort, particularly with their outward hatred of me and mine. I quit eight months ago and don't miss it.

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 27, 2021 05:45 PM (okGHj)

39 Never been on facebook.

Posted by: Eromero at September 27, 2021 05:45 PM (0OP+5)

40 At this point, using cocaine is safer than Facebook.

Plus, with cocaine, you can f hot girls for hours.

So, cocaine: Better for your mental health plus a you can pass on your genes via coked-up sperms hitting that egg like they're in a speedboat.

Posted by: Lrrr at September 27, 2021 05:45 PM (jIL4c)

41 33 I have no Youtube account either... how can one live the way I do...?
Posted by: kraken at September 27, 2021 05:44 PM (6Je/Q)

Me too. As much as I would like to comment on some videos or send some appreciative dollars a couple guy's way, I do not really want to support youtube at all- in any way.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 27, 2021 05:46 PM (gCAC6)

42 And what does it say that Ben Shapiro's content is consistemtly one of the top shares/links on facebook?

That his sister has enormous yabbos?

Posted by: pep at September 27, 2021 05:46 PM (ZsR3z)

43 Tell the wine moms facebook makes them fat. That will kill it.

Posted by: Archer at September 27, 2021 05:46 PM (gmo/4)

44 tl;dr

Facebook is a bunch of lefty cockholsters and their shit products are bad for your mental health.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com. Not insurgents, counterrevolutionaries. at September 27, 2021 05:46 PM (SchxB)

45 I love women. Teen girls grow up into women. However, and I say this with all understanding, teen girls do not need Instagram to feel bad about themselves. Just like teen boys would still be hungry even if they were surrounded by food.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 27, 2021 05:44 PM (gCAC6)

Yeah, but maybe some of them SHOULD feel bad about themselves. Overweight, uneducated, unwise, yet lecturing their Elders on how the world is supposed to be.

F em...

Posted by: Romeo13 at September 27, 2021 05:46 PM (oHd/0)

46 At least here we get to snark, mock and ridicule the evil-doers in the political arena as they plan our demise.

But I do appreciate the puppy and duck break.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at September 27, 2021 05:46 PM (r5BVk)

47 Trashed my account a while back. Didn't sign in much to begin with but glad it's gone.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at September 27, 2021 05:47 PM (Xrfse)

48 Abby Shapiro>Greta Thunberg.... seriously, GREATER.....

Posted by: kraken at September 27, 2021 05:47 PM (6Je/Q)

49 42 And what does it say that Ben Shapiro's content is consistemtly one of the top shares/links on facebook?

That his sister has enormous yabbos?
Posted by: pep at September 27, 2021 05:46 PM (ZsR3z)

I will say that one guy's Fresh Prince videos with Biden, Hunter and Shapiro are pretty funny.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 27, 2021 05:47 PM (gCAC6)

50 But we need Fakebook to post pictures of our ugly kids and their even uglier children so all of our fake friends will think we have a life and be envious.

Posted by: Paw Paw And Maw Maw Boomer at September 27, 2021 05:47 PM (R/m4+)

51 Let's not forget, the latest print edition of National Review has a full-page Facebook ad

On top of the money they're paid as a trusted media partner

Posted by: Lrrr at September 27, 2021 05:47 PM (jIL4c)

52 "The program, known as "cross check" or "XCheck," was initially intended as a quality-control measure ..."

Sounds like they're building a great big software hairball. Every manager in the company probably requests patches like that whenever "influencers" demand. Like every day.

Posted by: Apply gp Directly To Forehead at September 27, 2021 05:48 PM (qpX6U)

53 I love women. Teen girls grow up into women. However, and I say this with all understanding, teen girls do not need Instagram to feel bad about themselves. Just like teen boys would still be hungry even if they were surrounded by food.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 27, 2021 05:44 PM (gCAC6)

It is quite possible to raise teen girls to not be drama queens, but society at large doesn't seem to realize this. The young ladies at my son's Catholic high school don't subscribe to this bullshit, and most of them have perfect forms in several different sizes. They all looked fabulous at the homecoming dance, and none of them were catty or obnoxious.

You usually get the bullshit you allow, and don't when you don't.

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 27, 2021 05:48 PM (okGHj)

54 Some of the best failure theater was having Zuckerberg in front of some congressional panel and every single congressman was taking money from Zuckerberg.

Posted by: Beartooth at September 27, 2021 05:48 PM (68WvR)

55 I used to use it to keep track of my various nieces and nephews, and to share pics with grandparents, but it really is a waste of time and effort, particularly with their outward hatred of me and mine. I quit eight months ago and don't miss it.

I've never had an account, but my wife uses it to keep up with the neighborhood happenings. However, my kids have all pretty much stopped using it. It's what their Mom uses.

Posted by: pep at September 27, 2021 05:48 PM (ZsR3z)

56 facebook allows non-binary Ben to flourish on their platform, so that must mean. . .

Posted by: Lizzy at September 27, 2021 05:44 PM (bDqIh)

Controlled opposition.

Posted by: flounder at September 27, 2021 05:48 PM (KnJdm)

57 Politics is too emotionally draining. Well, emotionally stimulating (in the bad ways), and then emotionally draining.

Especially now, in the last days of America.


Agreed. And I am one of the worst offenders, getting wound up in the political posts and wishing widespread uprisings and deaths to our so-called 'betters.' The feeling is like being in the wheelhouse of the Andrea Gail, watching a massive wave coming that you know will send you to the bottom, and also knowing you are powerless to stop it.

I keep saying I need to stop reading the political posts. But then I also realize that without the political posts, I'll turn into a lo-fo mofo like most of this country. And I don't want that.

I need a 'news fast,' if you understand what I mean.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 27, 2021 05:48 PM (2JVJo)

58 I really loved Instagram, and used it a lot. Then FB bought it. Slowly, then all at once it turned into a festering shit pile. I fucking hate using it now, and feel bad for the folks who've relied on it for income.

One of their latest tricks is if I'm in VM (which is basically an open diary for FB to glean) they won't let me leave, rather they keep asking me to make a new account for my "closest" friends. Actually, they suggest 2 (I have a lot of followers over the years). Fuck that noise. But, they won't let me scroll away, sometimes I just close it.

I don't look at the celebrity garbage there, but my usage has gone from daily to 1 or 2 times a week, and visits are brief. Too bad. I'm sick of big tech buying up little guys TBH, although I can't blame the original creators at all.

Posted by: clutch cargo - processed in a facility that may contain lead at September 27, 2021 05:48 PM (wAnMi)

59 So the "Oversight Board" has repeatedly sent toothless Strongly Worded Letters and FaceBook has told them to pound sand.


Pikers!

Posted by: Chuck Grassley at September 27, 2021 05:48 PM (786Ro)

60 > Floridians deserve to know how much Big Tech has influenced our elections.

A bit late and waste of time/resources Ron. We all pretty much know the answer to that question. But, whatever...

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 27, 2021 05:48 PM (BFigT)

61 In related big tech news, the hedge fund manager at citadel was shown to have lied to congress about what they'd done to short Gamestop, and so the coo coo redditors had twitter trending with #ken griffin lied

So twitter erased it over 20,000 tweets with that hashtag. So those crazy redditors starting trending it again, and then Jack changed the hashtag from "ken griffin lied" to just "ken griffin."

Turns out Griffin owns 5 million shares of twitter.

This is what the bad guys fear--millions of people awake and aware, and chasing them down. It's very satisfying to watch'

Posted by: artemis at September 27, 2021 05:48 PM (AwPyG)

62 >>I love women. Teen girls grow up into women. However, and I say this with all understanding, teen girls do not need Instagram to feel bad about themselves. Just like teen boys would still be hungry even if they were surrounded by food.


Sure, but social media *magnifies* these typical teen social issues to an unhealthy degree.

For example, every teen feels like they're being left out, not being invited to the cool kids party, etc.. Nowadays you don't just hear about the fun you missed last weekend on Minday morning during hallway chatter, you have a real-time front row seat to it as your classmates livestream their fun. The same happens with meangirling and peer pressure; always have existed, but social medial broadcasts it far and wide, have a much more devastating impact.

Posted by: Lizzy at September 27, 2021 05:48 PM (bDqIh)

63 I have an email address and AoS.
Good enough for me.

Posted by: Bosk at September 27, 2021 05:48 PM (x6uUk)

64 I think the end goal of most social media coincides nicely with the goal of global...I can't call it liberalism...authoritarianism, and that is they want you to kill youself, or just die.

girls get depressed about not being filter pretty
boys get depressed about no boobas
everyone depressed they aren't inshape like fitness influencers

Posted by: Tim Riggins at September 27, 2021 05:48 PM (ZZK0E)

65 48 Abby Shapiro>Greta Thunberg.... seriously, GREATER.....
Posted by: kraken at September 27, 2021 05:47 PM (6Je/Q)

In my dimly remembered math classes, this would be known as a degenerate function.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 27, 2021 05:49 PM (gCAC6)

66 Tell the wine moms facebook makes them fat. That will kill it.
===================
If that's original, you should have copyrighted that quip.

Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at September 27, 2021 05:49 PM (7Fj9P)

67 50 But we need Fakebook to post pictures of our ugly kids and their even uglier children so all of our fake friends will think we have a life and be envious.
Posted by: Paw Paw And Maw Maw Boomer at September 27, 2021 05:47 PM (R/m4+)

Don't forget photos of their overpriced dinners. And political grandstanding as if it were a display of morals.

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 27, 2021 05:49 PM (okGHj)

68 Yeah, but maybe some of them SHOULD feel bad about themselves. Overweight, uneducated, unwise, yet lecturing their Elders on how the world is supposed to be.


As opposed to the paragons of mature wisdom that are the adolescent males.

Posted by: pep at September 27, 2021 05:49 PM (ZsR3z)

69 facebook lets nonbinary ben and newsweek used to let george will talk about baseball

Posted by: Tim Riggins at September 27, 2021 05:49 PM (ZZK0E)

70 Serious question generated from the last thread but posted here cause I'm slow.

When was the last time a "hate crime" was actually real and not a hoax dreamed up by the members of the group that the "hate crime" was supposedly aimed at for the BS purpose of "starting the conversation" or some such shite? Anyone know? Because I can't remember a single one.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at September 27, 2021 05:49 PM (CcOog)

71 Posted by: Apply gp Directly To Forehead at September 27, 2021 05:48 PM (qpX6U)

The other piece of this however, is that these ARE multinational companies, who work in various legal frameworks. Many of whom WANT F-book and Twitter to censor 'nonapproved' content.

The simple fact is that the rest of the world governments do NOT believe in the American concept of Freedom of Speech.

Posted by: Romeo13 at September 27, 2021 05:50 PM (oHd/0)

72 I have no Youtube account either... how can one live the way I do...?
Posted by: kraken at September 27, 2021 05:44 PM (6Je/Q)

Me too. As much as I would like to comment on some videos or send some appreciative dollars a couple guy's way, I do not really want to support youtube at all- in any way.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 27, 2021 05:46 PM (gCAC6)
**********
I only have a Facebook acct. so I can comment on politicians like Liz Cheney etc FB page as well as the BS on the Alphabet networks pages.

Posted by: redridinghood at September 27, 2021 05:50 PM (NpAcC)

73 Some of the best failure theater was having Zuckerberg in front of some congressional panel and every single congressman was taking money from Zuckerberg.

Give the guy credit, he's 100x smarter than them. He's an alien, to be sure, but still smarter.

Posted by: pep at September 27, 2021 05:50 PM (ZsR3z)

74 Laws?

I don't follow your stupid laws!

I am ABOVE the LAW!

Posted by: Mark Zuckerberg at September 27, 2021 05:50 PM (sy5kK)

75 Overweight, uneducated, unwise, yet lecturing their Elders on how the world is supposed to be.

--

and yet, then there's the other demographic that's perfectly happy being fat and dumb.

And you know what's odd is that 1/4 of the country having recently arrived from South America and most of us have no idea what they think or do online.

Posted by: Tim Riggins at September 27, 2021 05:50 PM (ZZK0E)

76 I don't care about that at all. What needs to be fixed is the blatant violation of the RICO Act to negate the opportunity for Start-ups to gain a foothold and challenge these behemoths.

Whenever a start-up gets rolling all of these various companies conspire together to assure that they never grow. Payment centers refuse to do business with them. Ap stores refuse to do business with them. Even banks refuse to do business with them...and it seems obvious that it's established direct competitors throwing their weight around. Google or Youtube or Facebook makes a call to Apple (hey, don't list GAB in your Ap store).....(hey, Paypal, don't provide any services to GAB)....that sort of thing.

It is a violation of the RICO act and it assures that no competition will ever reach a threat to their monopolies on information.

Posted by: Orson at September 27, 2021 05:50 PM (RZFV7)

77 68 Yeah, but maybe some of them SHOULD feel bad about themselves. Overweight, uneducated, unwise, yet lecturing their Elders on how the world is supposed to be.


As opposed to the paragons of mature wisdom that are the adolescent males.
Posted by: pep at September 27, 2021 05:49 PM (ZsR3z)

Did not say this was a one sided thing. Hell, EVERYONE should feel bad about some aspects of themselves.

Its the only way you will ever change for the better. Just NOW they CELEBRATE their bad behaviour.

Posted by: Romeo13 at September 27, 2021 05:51 PM (oHd/0)

78 When was the last time a "hate crime" was actually real and not a hoax dreamed up by the members of the group that the "hate crime" was supposedly aimed at for the BS purpose of "starting the conversation" or some such shite? Anyone know? Because I can't remember a single one.

--

dylan roof.

the other point is how many POC dylan's have been ignored and memory holed?

Posted by: Tim Riggins at September 27, 2021 05:51 PM (ZZK0E)

79 facebook is a dead man walking. or not. the stupid sure seem to like it.

Posted by: x at September 27, 2021 05:52 PM (oA+QO)

80 Use facebook as primarily a death watch on my peer group.

Posted by: Some Rat at September 27, 2021 05:52 PM (r1z5A)

81 As opposed to the paragons of mature wisdom that are the adolescent males.
Posted by: pep at September 27, 2021 05:49 PM (ZsR3z)

Nah. They're idiots, too. And I say that as a former adolescent male who was an idiot.

Mrs Hades would say I'm still an adolescent idiot trapped in an aged shell.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at September 27, 2021 05:52 PM (CcOog)

82 Some of the best failure theater was having Zuckerberg in front of some congressional panel and every single congressman was taking money from Zuckerberg.

--

That lizard knew it, too.

Posted by: Lady in Black at September 27, 2021 05:52 PM (O+I8R)

83 And this is to say nothing about how Instagram is a prostitution grooming site.

Instagram model is thinly disguised code for "straight-up high-dollar whore"

Posted by: Lrrr at September 27, 2021 05:52 PM (jIL4c)

84 Never used Assbook myself, but my wife is on, for the usual woman reasons like keeping in touch with people. She pretty much confirms all the above.

One good thing came of it, some years ago. A friend signed up when his daughter went to college. She put up a picture of herself at a party. He responded "I know what you're getting for Christmas. Clothes and a Bible." (My wife says the picture wasn't that bad, but fathers are fathers.)

Posted by: Eeyore at September 27, 2021 05:52 PM (7X3UV)

85 some people are sensitive and feel bad they aren't hot or whatever and they get depressed

some people are dumb and feel good they're fat and stupid and they get fatter and stupid.

vicious cycle either way

Posted by: Tim Riggins at September 27, 2021 05:52 PM (ZZK0E)

86 One of the many reasons I don't allow my 15 yo daughter to have any social media.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at September 27, 2021 05:53 PM (kTF2Z)

87 I'd say the arab guy who tried to ram a group of people in front of a synagogue was probably a hate crime. He sucked at it- which is good, but he satisfied all three of the old mortal sin triangle.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 27, 2021 05:53 PM (gCAC6)

88 >>When was the last time a "hate crime" was actually real and not a hoax dreamed up by the members of the group that the "hate crime" was supposedly aimed at for the BS purpose of "starting the conversation" or some such shite? Anyone know? Because I can't remember a single one.


Think they happen all the time, but they are politically toxic to notice. For example, the black-on-asian attacks that were suddenly hyped as "white nationalism."
Same goes for the muslims/blacks attacking Jws in NYC.
A few years back, there was the knock-out trend where white peopel were randomly punched in the head.

Posted by: Lizzy at September 27, 2021 05:53 PM (bDqIh)

89 Spousal unit has eight sisters. She is the only one that is Faceless. Good girl.

Posted by: Javems at September 27, 2021 05:53 PM (AmoqO)

90 Until there is actual punishment, and legal punishment is only a portion of that choice, nothing will change.

And you know what I'm referring to.

Or, become Australia North.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at September 27, 2021 05:53 PM (sy5kK)

91 And this is to say nothing about how Instagram is a prostitution grooming site.

Instagram model is thinly disguised code for "straight-up high-dollar whore"
Posted by: Lrrr at September 27, 2021 05:52 PM (jIL4c)

*perks up*

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Failure happens, giving up is a choice at September 27, 2021 05:54 PM (XvPQV)

92 As opposed to the paragons of mature wisdom that are the adolescent males.
Posted by: pep

--

no, I think it really sucks for boys too. Some of them watch these images of women engaged in sexual intercourse and, you know, boys being boys will become aroused by it. However, the damage done is twofold:

1. your dick stops working with real girls
2. you get depressed bc most of this entertainment has a message that "you, boy, aren't good enough to have sex"

Posted by: Tim Riggins at September 27, 2021 05:55 PM (ZZK0E)

93 dylan roof.

the other point is how many POC dylan's have been ignored and memory holed?
Posted by: Tim Riggins at September 27, 2021 05:51 PM (ZZK0E)

He was pretty obvious about it, being a serial killer and all. What I meant was the notes, the nooses, that sort of thing. When was the last time something like that was real?

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at September 27, 2021 05:55 PM (CcOog)

94 I have not been on fb for a year now. Don't miss it a bit. Never going back. Twitter is the same. Made an account never used it. Social media is toxic. Needs to be broken up.

Posted by: USNtakim deplorable still. at September 27, 2021 05:55 PM (0OmEj)

95 Never had a Facebook account. Never will.
Posted by: nurse ratched at September 27, 2021 05:38 PM (G9JMy)


I signed up the first month or so they were in existence. Same with twatter and others. Mostly because I'm in the valley and that's what we did. Also, I thought that registering my name was the thing to do - only turned out to be right with twatter. I've never used FB for myself, I might visit once a month mostly if there's a lottery or auction going on - all business related. I should probably just shit-can the thing at some point just so it's one less user they can point to. The sooner they die the better. I'll miss instagram though - although I already miss it. It used to be a great app.

Now? They'll ban or shadowban you for using the wrong hashtag - and of course you have no idea what that bad hashtag is until you're banned. They don't keep a list or anything - you need to enter #zuckenbergisalizard and if it doesn't auto-complete, you can pretty much guess it's a banned hashtag. But not always.

Posted by: clutch cargo - processed in a facility that may contain lead at September 27, 2021 05:56 PM (wAnMi)

96 >>Instagram model is thinly disguised code for "straight-up high-dollar whore"


Yup: Instagram Prostitution: The Dark Secret Of Jet-Setting Influencers
https://tinyurl.com/2uth2krk

Posted by: Lizzy at September 27, 2021 05:56 PM (bDqIh)

97 Because I can't remember a single one.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at September 27, 2021 05:49 PM (CcOog)

Plenty, but most of them were against conservative targets, like Steve Scalise, so they don't prosecute those.

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 27, 2021 05:56 PM (okGHj)

98 He was pretty obvious about it, being a serial killer and all. What I meant was the notes, the nooses, that sort of thing. When was the last time something like that was real?
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at September 27, 2021 05:55 PM (CcOog)

Hmmm, cannot think of one. All of them have either been frat kids doing something like a taco tuesday sombrero night or similar harmless shit.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 27, 2021 05:56 PM (gCAC6)

99 Facebook is an outhouse.
But you already knew that.

Posted by: wth at September 27, 2021 05:57 PM (v0R5T)

100 I wouldn't be surprised if Facebook uses subliminal messages that says "off yourself MAGA twat".

Posted by: Cannibal Bob 'here a variant there a variant, everywhere as variant!' at September 27, 2021 05:57 PM (RoIW/)

101 Ace I appreciate the Cafe nightly posts, it is brain draining news all day, something to clear mind is good.

Posted by: Skip at September 27, 2021 05:57 PM (2JoB8)

102 When was the last time a "hate crime" was actually real and not a hoax dreamed up by the members of the group that the "hate crime" was supposedly aimed at for the BS purpose of "starting the conversation" or some such shite? Anyone know? Because I can't remember a single one.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at September 27, 2021 05:49 PM (CcOog)


The ones that were desperate alibis for why the supposed victim was not home on time, missing for a night, or couldn't come home because stoned

Posted by: Kindltot at September 27, 2021 05:57 PM (KbLYZ)

103 >>Instagram model is thinly disguised code for "straight-up high-dollar whore"
.......

with a huge ass.

Posted by: wth at September 27, 2021 05:58 PM (v0R5T)

104 My dream is that we had a president that goes electronically Pinochet on these companies and they just disappear. And while they are flailing in court to get back online, they die.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at September 27, 2021 05:58 PM (r5BVk)

105 People tried to tell me I'd not be able to keep up with what my family was doing since in some 1200 miles away without Facebook.

Turns out, I don't care what they're up to. I got a phone to call them if I'm interested.

Posted by: Lrrr at September 27, 2021 05:59 PM (jIL4c)

106 When was the last time a "hate crime" was actually real and not a hoax dreamed up by the members of the group that the "hate crime" was s

-----------

I saw a great comment on twitter:

the left is gaslighting you with the idea of dogwhistle racism, like "going to work on time is ws"

also the left has no problem saying their shit outloud like, "why eliminating white DNC will help solve global warming"

Posted by: Tim Riggins at September 27, 2021 05:59 PM (ZZK0E)

107 with a huge ass.
Posted by: wth at September 27, 2021 05:58 PM (v0R5T)

Some of them have nice boobs too.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 27, 2021 05:59 PM (gCAC6)

108 101 Ace I appreciate the Cafe nightly posts, it is brain draining news all day, something to clear mind is good.
Posted by: Skip

I love the Inman replays followed by a cute goat or kitten or something. it is a nice close. thanks ace.

Posted by: x at September 27, 2021 05:59 PM (oA+QO)

109 Faceboo'ss

i know it's a typo, but i like it

Posted by: Kulak Anachronda, behind the Newsom curtain at September 27, 2021 05:59 PM (oY6Yp)

110 Fire-starter girl>Greta
http://disq.us/p/2jrrft9

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at September 27, 2021 06:00 PM (UHVv4)

111 Glad I deleted my facebook but not before they got all my info. Conservative- Christian-Guns well yes not to mention all my family and connections and flipper was a gay fish.

Posted by: SOMEASSHOLESTOLEMYPEN at September 27, 2021 06:00 PM (ytSiK)

112 best part is: so what ?

nothing will change because of these startling revelations.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez (jDHSU) at September 27, 2021 06:00 PM (jDHSU)

113 103 >>Instagram model is thinly disguised code for "straight-up high-dollar whore"
.......

with a huge ass.

Posted by: wth at September 27, 2021 05:58 PM (v0R5T)


And a tiny waist. Organic bustles

Posted by: Javems at September 27, 2021 06:00 PM (AmoqO)

114 Also, Hugh Jass call for you on the white courtesy phone. Hugh Jass.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 27, 2021 06:00 PM (gCAC6)

115 Ace I appreciate the Cafe nightly posts, it is brain draining news all day, something to clear mind is good.

Posted by: Skip at September 27, 2021 05:57 PM (2JoB

100x this. Thanks ace. Heidi and I enjoy them to cleanse the pallet.

*remember I said 110x's Skips comment when you consider giving out a platinum membership*

Posted by: Cannibal Bob 'here a variant there a variant, everywhere as variant!' at September 27, 2021 06:01 PM (RoIW/)

116 Remember Mike Lee? He was going to be a paragon of constitutional governance, that one. Cashed a couple of checks from google and that was that.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at September 27, 2021 06:01 PM (kTF2Z)

117 with a huge ass.

Posted by: wth at September 27, 2021 05:58 PM (v0R5T)

Hey.

Posted by: Hugh Jass at September 27, 2021 06:01 PM (RoIW/)

118 Remember, Zuckerberg donated at least $450 million of his own money to corrupt the 2020 election.

Paid for crooked lawyers to illegally change state voting laws, yes, but supplied a lot of palm cash for those hundreds, more likely thousands of local Democrat party vote counters to run the same stack of Biden votes through the machines again and again.

Which were on video, which is not enough of a reason for state or federal courts to allow a legal challenge to get to the truth.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at September 27, 2021 06:01 PM (sy5kK)

119 it's a two edged sword, though.

The Reddit people are literally changing the world in real time. You take away the sources of money for the bad guys, and things have to change. (only imagine the sheer quantity of bribery required for the 2020 election hoax, and the covid hoax)

And we are all here on this forum, too. Imagine if we had no place to converse with other sane people.

Posted by: artemis at September 27, 2021 06:02 PM (AwPyG)

120 I use Facebook only for our two local radio clubs. There's no politics there, and nothing that FB is likely to censor or even notice. For this narrow club purpose, it works very well. Except that 25% or so of people refuse to use FB for any reason. It's far less hassle than using a CMS, no 'webmaster' required, and it's free. I used to be a FB-refusenik too, but relented maybe 18 months ago.

Posted by: Apply gp Directly To Forehead at September 27, 2021 06:02 PM (qpX6U)

121 104 My dream is that we had a president that goes electronically Pinochet on these companies and they just disappear.

dropping them from drones?

Posted by: Kulak Anachronda, behind the Newsom curtain at September 27, 2021 06:03 PM (v3pYe)

122 You know what else is bad for all teens mental health? Scaring them to death, locking them up and making them wear masks and miss school over basically a cold to them. And telling them the planet is doomed constantly.

Posted by: steevy at September 27, 2021 06:03 PM (CYnTg)

123 Speaking of ass. I'm going to start FaceAss. for people who talk out their ass. I think its a winner.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob 'here a variant there a variant, everywhere as variant!' at September 27, 2021 06:03 PM (RoIW/)

124 Except for Inman, not much of a Cafe fan but certainly appreciate all that ace and the cobs offer here. Muchas gracias.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at September 27, 2021 06:03 PM (Xrfse)

125 Turns out, I don't care what they're up to. I got a phone to call them if I'm interested.
Posted by: Lrrr at September 27, 2021 05:59 PM (jIL4c)


Yeah, you can do video calls with family and friends, FB really seems to be for people on the fringes - not really friends but acquaintances. My ex uses it all the time apparently. I suppose never friending me should have been a clue a decade ago... But I just don't understand posting a photo of your fucking taco. Or your walk in the woods. Or shampooing the dog. Is it really that bad?

I'm not fooled for a second in believing everybody's life is so wonderful they just post pics of their dinner or night on the town or pics of the program from the play they saw. What about pics of them in the darkened bedroom with drapes drawn, full ashtray, booze bottles and take out boxes scattered around as they sob in the corner? Yeah, we miss those.

Posted by: clutch cargo - processed in a facility that may contain lead at September 27, 2021 06:04 PM (wAnMi)

126 People tried to tell me I'd not be able to keep up with what my family was doing since in some 1200 miles away without Facebook.

Turns out, I don't care what they're up to. I got a phone to call them if I'm interested.
Posted by: Lrrr at September 27, 2021 05:59 PM (jIL4c)
***********
Never use it for friends and family only as a political tool. My family doesn't know about my nom de plume account

Posted by: redridinghood at September 27, 2021 06:04 PM (NpAcC)

127 123 Speaking of ass. I'm going to start FaceAss. for people who talk out their ass. I think its a winner.
Posted by: Cannibal Bob 'here a variant there a variant, everywhere as variant!' at September 27, 2021 06:03 PM (RoIW/)

Hey! I am right here you know.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 27, 2021 06:05 PM (gCAC6)

128 Speaking of ass. I'm going to start FaceAss. for people who talk out their ass. I think its a winner.
Posted by: Cannibal Bob 'here a variant there a variant, everywhere as variant!' at September 27, 2021 06:03 PM (RoIW/)

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TAKE MY MONEY!

Posted by: Duke Lowell at September 27, 2021 06:05 PM (kTF2Z)

129 holy fuck it got dark here suddenly, where my summer sun at?

Posted by: Tim Riggins at September 27, 2021 06:07 PM (ZZK0E)

130 To be fair, at this point there may be a pretty solid "conservative case" to be made for lying to congress and federal agencies.

Posted by: Anotheranon at September 27, 2021 06:07 PM (geoTH)

131
Hey! I am right here you know.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 27, 2021 06:05 PM (gCAC6)

yeah well I'm the first to sign up. Every time I think I can't say something more inane. Well, I surprise myself!

Posted by: Cannibal Bob 'here a variant there a variant, everywhere as variant!' at September 27, 2021 06:07 PM (RoIW/)

132 holy fuck it got dark here suddenly, where my summer sun at?
Posted by: Tim Riggins at September 27, 2021 06:07 PM (ZZK0E)

-----------

For a thousand bucks I'll bring back the sun.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at September 27, 2021 06:07 PM (kTF2Z)

133 Watching the furry animal friends every night I get them on my YouTube app suggestions

Posted by: Skip at September 27, 2021 06:08 PM (2JoB8)

134 TAKE MY MONEY!

Posted by: Duke Lowell at September 27, 2021 06:05 PM (kTF2Z)

LMAO...you guyz.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob 'here a variant there a variant, everywhere as variant!' at September 27, 2021 06:09 PM (RoIW/)

135

Ace doesn't have to worry about keeping the HQ sticky...

We could use a few more teenage girls around here though...

Posted by: Dirty Frank at September 27, 2021 06:09 PM (idjdy)

136 For a thousand bucks I'll bring back the sun.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at September 27, 2021 06:07 PM (kTF2Z)


the beetles did it first Duke.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob 'here a variant there a variant, everywhere as variant!' at September 27, 2021 06:10 PM (RoIW/)

137 @TheBabylonBee 1m

Wife Claims $3.5 Trillion Spending Spree At Target Actually Cost $0

Posted by: weft cut-loop at September 27, 2021 06:10 PM (1t5dY)

138 Fuck auto cucumber.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob 'here a variant there a variant, everywhere as variant!' at September 27, 2021 06:10 PM (RoIW/)

139

Fuck Otto with a cucumber?

Thank you, no.

Posted by: Dirty Frank at September 27, 2021 06:11 PM (idjdy)

140 @TheBabylonBee 1m

Wife Claims $3.5 Trillion Spending Spree At Target Actually Cost $0

Posted by: weft cut-loop at September 27, 2021 06:10 PM (1t5dY)

hey! they stole that from a comment i made today! Bastards!

Posted by: Cannibal Bob 'here a variant there a variant, everywhere as variant!' at September 27, 2021 06:12 PM (RoIW/)

141 It really is getting dark earlier and earlier. I know that's how it works but it always makes be a bit melancholy this time of year. Another month or so and the Harley goes into hibernation. Sigh.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at September 27, 2021 06:12 PM (Xrfse)

142 has everyone been banned?

Posted by: Cannibal Bob 'here a variant there a variant, everywhere as variant!' at September 27, 2021 06:13 PM (RoIW/)

143 you get depressed bc most of this entertainment has a message that "you, boy, aren't good enough to have sex"

Oh, hell, yes.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 27, 2021 06:14 PM (2JVJo)

144 Facebook has at least 2 massive campuses on the SF Peninsula. Probably some smaller satellite offices too.
I watched those being built.
Together they are probably bigger than the Pentagon.

Posted by: casual observer 0927 at September 27, 2021 06:14 PM (aAP3z)

145 Are we getting the banned back together??

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at September 27, 2021 06:14 PM (UHVv4)

146 has everyone been banned?
Posted by: Cannibal Bob 'here a variant there a variant, everywhere as variant!' at September 27, 2021 06:13 PM (RoIW/)

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If the Rapture just happened, I'm fucked.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at September 27, 2021 06:15 PM (kTF2Z)

147 We've been doing, hey, ace, can we have a happy thread, this is all too much around here for over a decade because we Morons didn't need a study to know that all the ragey rage wasn't a good thing.

Posted by: alexthechick - Boobs and hysteria at September 27, 2021 06:15 PM (jTlg2)

148 Are we getting the banned back together??

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at September 27, 2021 06:14 PM (UHVv4)

If Duke shows up we know no ones banned cause...I mean...come on.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob 'here a variant there a variant, everywhere as variant!' at September 27, 2021 06:15 PM (RoIW/)

149 well well well well.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob 'here a variant there a variant, everywhere as variant!' at September 27, 2021 06:16 PM (RoIW/)

150 It is a measure of the country's degradation and stupidity that this finding (Farcebook grossly mistreating certain users/favoring others) could be considered any sort of revelation at all. Of course the few with any sense knew it all along.

One pathetic and funny thing the twin idiot advertising company, twatters, does, is to make it hard to find good observers who are not of the Borg. You have to spell their hash or whatever it is just right. Meanwhile you get accounts for zillions of rando nobodies whose names or nics are similar.

Posted by: rhomboid (OTzUX) at September 27, 2021 06:16 PM (OTzUX)

151 Social Media is the polar opposite of society.

You can be a bit of a loner, but still know how to socialize when you have to. Social Media trains you to not know how to socialize properly

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 27, 2021 06:16 PM (6FeV1)

152 I'm laughing like a retarded hyena over here!

Posted by: Duke Lowell at September 27, 2021 06:17 PM (kTF2Z)

153 147 We've been doing, hey, ace, can we have a happy thread, this is all too much around here for over a decade because we Morons didn't need a study to know that all the ragey rage wasn't a good thing.
Posted by: alexthechick - Boobs and hysteria at September 27, 2021 06:15 PM (jTlg2)


Wait wut? I am confused.

Posted by: blaster at September 27, 2021 06:17 PM (mbFEM)

154 If the Rapture just happened, I'm fucked.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at September 27, 2021 06:15 PM (kTF2Z)

The rapture happened in 548 A.D.

Everything since has just been a doomed circle jerk of dead humanity.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 27, 2021 06:18 PM (6FeV1)

155 What about pics of them in the darkened bedroom with drapes drawn, full ashtray, booze bottles and take out boxes scattered around as they sob in the corner? Yeah, we miss those.

Didn't know there was a market for that. Sure, I can post those.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 27, 2021 06:19 PM (2JVJo)

156 >>hey, ace, can we have a happy thread, this is all too much around her


Fen has done a few happiness threads, but that was years ago. . .

Posted by: Lizzy at September 27, 2021 06:19 PM (bDqIh)

157 I'm laughing like a retarded hyena over here!

Posted by: Duke Lowell at September 27, 2021 06:17 PM (kTF2Z)


that happens to me too!

Posted by: Cannibal Bob 'here a variant there a variant, everywhere as variant!' at September 27, 2021 06:20 PM (RoIW/)

158 And we are all here on this forum, too. Imagine if we had no place to converse with other sane people.
Posted by: artemis at September 27, 2021 06:02 PM (AwPyG)



The Lilo and Stitch clip is honestly how I feel about this place:

https://youtu.be/0PzvCjQVpk4

Posted by: alexthechick - Boobs and hysteria at September 27, 2021 06:20 PM (jTlg2)

159 These are all good points, but I contend that the point of attack we should be focused on is Facebook lying to its advertisers.

Facebook's revenue is almost entirely the ad space it sells. Facebook promises a certain number of real eyeballs on those ads.
Facebook knows they don't provide that number of real eyeballs on ads, not even close.

If advertisers manage to get a class action lawsuit together to show all this, it would be worth many billions of dollars in clawbacks alone. Punitive damages could be astronomical. Facebook's future revenue would be devastated.

Posted by: bonhomme at September 27, 2021 06:20 PM (UW2ZS)

160 I can't wait for the first lawsuit when a family member admitted to a hospital gets treated by the National guard and becomes seriously ill or dies.

Posted by: redridinghood at September 27, 2021 06:20 PM (NpAcC)

161 151 Social Media is the polar opposite of society.

You can be a bit of a loner, but still know how to socialize when you have to. Social Media trains you to not know how to socialize properly

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 27, 2021 06:16 PM (6FeV1)



Yes, this, all of this.

At its' best, Social Media is a means of sending a message to friends. At its' worst, it is the Unabomber's manifesto. And it is a LOT more of the latter than the former, because that's what generates clicks and ad revenue.

Posted by: Kevin in ABQ at September 27, 2021 06:21 PM (d/L+x)

162 160 I can't wait for the first lawsuit when a family member admitted to a hospital gets treated by the National guard and becomes seriously ill or dies.
Posted by: redridinghood at September 27, 2021 06:20 PM (NpAcC)

That NG was probably a MAGA dude the previous purges did not get!

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 27, 2021 06:21 PM (gCAC6)

163 > The Lilo and Stitch clip is honestly how I feel about this place:

You're a sweetheart and I always enjoy your posts.

Posted by: bonhomme at September 27, 2021 06:22 PM (UW2ZS)

164 That NG was probably a MAGA dude the previous purges did not get!
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 27, 2021 06:21 PM (gCAC6)

A hoarder AND a wrecker?

Egads.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 27, 2021 06:22 PM (6FeV1)

165 I'm laughing like a retarded hyena over here!

Posted by: Duke Lowell at September 27, 2021 06:17 PM (kTF2Z)
.......

Quit stealing my schtick.

Posted by: Kamalama at September 27, 2021 06:23 PM (v0R5T)

166 163 > The Lilo and Stitch clip is honestly how I feel about this place:

You're a sweetheart and I always enjoy your posts.
Posted by: bonhomme at September 27, 2021 06:22 PM (UW2ZS)

And she is about the same size as Marylou Retton...

A bit bosomier(shoulod be a word.)

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 27, 2021 06:24 PM (gCAC6)

167 If advertisers manage to get a class action lawsuit together to show all this, it would be worth many billions of dollars in clawbacks alone. Punitive damages could be astronomical. Facebook's future revenue would be devastated.
Posted by: bonhomme at September 27, 2021 06:20 PM (UW2ZS)

Concur. Mass tort their asses until it hurts.

Somebody get John Morgan's fat ass on the phone...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at September 27, 2021 06:24 PM (R/m4+)

168 The same happens with meangirling and peer pressure; always have existed, but social medial broadcasts it far and wide, have a much more devastating impact.
Posted by: Lizzy at September 27, 2021 05:48 PM (bDqIh)

Talked about this with my eldest, now 42 about how in the old days a mean girl trick like sharing a bad photo took hours, if not a day or two. Now it takes seconds.
Ditto the slam book.
It's just easier today to be a bitch.

Posted by: sal at September 27, 2021 06:24 PM (3c1fY)

169 Holy crap. Marylou is 4'9"?!

I am laughing my ass off here for some reason.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 27, 2021 06:24 PM (gCAC6)

170 We've been doing, hey, ace, can we have a happy thread, this is all too much around here for over a decade because we Morons didn't need a study to know that all the ragey rage wasn't a good thing.
Posted by: alexthechick - Boobs and hysteria at September 27, 2021 06:15 PM (jTlg2)


Bring back the busty lesbians!

Posted by: Colorado Alex in Exile at September 27, 2021 06:24 PM (jOcSX)

171 You're a sweetheart and I always enjoy your posts.
Posted by: bonhomme at September 27, 2021 06:22 PM (UW2ZS)


*narrows eyes*

You're just angling for a non-smallpoxed blanked and a lemon bar.

Congrats, it worked. *shoves them through USB port*

Posted by: alexthechick - Boobs and hysteria at September 27, 2021 06:25 PM (jTlg2)

172 Bring back the busty lesbians!
Posted by: Colorado Alex in Exile at September 27, 2021 06:24 PM (jOcSX)

A busty lesbian in every pot!

Posted by: Cannibal's Local 457 at September 27, 2021 06:25 PM (gCAC6)

173 Another month or so and the Harley goes into hibernation. Sigh.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at September 27, 2021 06:12 PM (Xrfse)

Around here you know it's fall when the solid doors go back on the Jeep.

And then, just like that...it turns into indian summer...

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at September 27, 2021 06:25 PM (CcOog)

174 HAHAHA "SMALL"-POX

Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at September 27, 2021 06:25 PM (6FeV1)

175 *Carefully avoids posed blanket. Steals lemon bar*

Posted by: Duke Lowell at September 27, 2021 06:26 PM (kTF2Z)

176 Since Hochul can fire "heroes" and get National Guard replacements, maybe we can piggyback on this precedent.

Send National Guard into schools and replace any teacher with leftist posters (Che Guevara, BLM, etc).

Posted by: bonhomme at September 27, 2021 06:26 PM (UW2ZS)

177 Mrs Hades is home! Later roonz and roonettez!

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at September 27, 2021 06:26 PM (CcOog)

178 13 SLOW RIDE!!!!!
Posted by: Asteroid



TAKE IT EASY...

Posted by: Foghat at September 27, 2021 06:26 PM (QFVV9)

179 And then, just like that...it turns into indian summer...

Got my fingers crossed...

Posted by: Notorious BFD at September 27, 2021 06:27 PM (Xrfse)

180 A symptom of smallpox is stupid typos.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at September 27, 2021 06:27 PM (kTF2Z)

181 Good work by WSJ that will go to waste, as thanks to never Trumpers and "We'd be better off with Dems running everything" cry babies, Facebook and the like will have power to do whatever they want, if not actually be put in charge of our upcoming social credit system. Not to mention we're not too far off from Dems trying to legalize pedophilia, because once you decide whatever someone believes in thier head to be truth no matter the science, then you start to excuse all sicknesses.

Posted by: Rbastid at September 27, 2021 06:27 PM (DzX3N)

182 Around here you know it's fall when the solid doors go back on the Jeep.

And then, just like that...it turns into indian summer...
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at September 27, 2021 06:25 PM (CcOog)

I put the jacket in the backseat of the car today. Kept forgetting last week.

I have a problem with backseats which do not fit any sort of human- no matter the age. Why not just make a mustang a two seater?

Posted by: Cannibal's Local 457 at September 27, 2021 06:27 PM (gCAC6)

183 You're just angling for a non-smallpoxed blanked and a lemon bar.

Congrats, it worked. *shoves them through USB port*


Thanks!

Posted by: bonhomme at September 27, 2021 06:27 PM (UW2ZS)

184 So will Jim Jordan loosen his tie, and ask earnest questions, or, even, express outrage about the FB "revelations"?

Yeah, I know.

Posted by: rhomboid (OTzUX) at September 27, 2021 06:27 PM (OTzUX)

185 Off donner party sock.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 27, 2021 06:27 PM (gCAC6)

186 4'9". 93lbs. She is a dense little thing.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 27, 2021 06:29 PM (gCAC6)

187 So will Jim Jordan loosen his tie, and ask earnest questions, or, even, express outrage about the FB "revelations"?

Yeah, I know.
Posted by: rhomboid (OTzUX) at September 27, 2021 06:27 PM (OTzUX)

"Mr. Zuckerberg, if you were a Spanning Tree Protocol, what kind of Spanning Tree Protocol would you be?"

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 27, 2021 06:29 PM (6FeV1)

188 Getting a double is not normal for the middle of the evening.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 27, 2021 06:29 PM (gCAC6)

189 182 I have a problem with backseats which do not fit any sort of human- no matter the age. Why not just make a mustang a two seater?

'cause then it would be taxed as a truck?

Posted by: Subaru Brat at September 27, 2021 06:30 PM (sGtp+)

190 Yeah, so now NYS will be firing "heroes" (= medical workers)?

Not to worry. Even this doubly absurd "whiplash" behavior (absurd on both ends) won't trouble the docile dumb American populace, half or more of whom are basically North Koreans with much better material circumstances.

Posted by: rhomboid (OTzUX) at September 27, 2021 06:30 PM (OTzUX)

191 Hochul says all religious leaders agree there is no legitimate reason for religious exemption to the shot.

https://bit.ly/2ZE3alB

That's an extraordinary claim!

Posted by: bonhomme at September 27, 2021 06:31 PM (UW2ZS)

192 Bill O'Reilly has been advertising his History Tour with President Trump, they'll be going across the country and will be at the Toyota Center in Houston, Dec.18th.

Posted by: redridinghood at September 27, 2021 06:31 PM (NpAcC)

193 half or more of whom are basically North Koreans with much better material circumstances.

Posted by: rhomboid (OTzUX) at September 27, 2021 06:30 PM (OTzUX)

Those conditions will not persist for long.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 27, 2021 06:31 PM (gCAC6)

194 189 182 I have a problem with backseats which do not fit any sort of human- no matter the age. Why not just make a mustang a two seater?

'cause then it would be taxed as a truck?
Posted by: Subaru Brat at September 27, 2021 06:30 PM (sGtp+)

Miata's are taxed as a truck?

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 27, 2021 06:32 PM (gCAC6)

195 the docile dumb American populace, half or more of whom are basically North Koreans with much better material circumstances

That may be closer to the truth than I'd like to admit.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at September 27, 2021 06:32 PM (Xrfse)

196 Next in the WSJ's line-up of revelations:

Germany Was Very Bad in the 1940s

Canadians Generally Very Polite

Trump Has Goofy Hair

Posted by: rhomboid (OTzUX) at September 27, 2021 06:33 PM (OTzUX)

197 The shot is to further the cause of Transhumanism, which is the original sin (Gen. 4 verse 5).
There is your religious exemption.

Posted by: casual observer 0927 at September 27, 2021 06:33 PM (aAP3z)

198 hey! they stole that from a comment i made today! Bastards!
Posted by: Cannibal Bob 'here a variant there a variant, everywhere as variant!' at September 27, 2021 06:12 PM (RoIW/)


The Babylon Bee is like Moriarty: sitting in the center of a web reaching everywhere, it sits motionless, like a spider, but that web has a thou-
sand radiations, and well known is each and every quiver. The Bee does little itself. It only
plans. But its writers are numerous and splendidly
organized. Is there a joke to be done, a meme
to be abstracted, we will say, a blog to be rifled,
a man to be tweaked--the word is passed to the
Babylon Bee, the matter is organized and carried out.

Posted by: Kindltot at September 27, 2021 06:33 PM (KbLYZ)

199 BTW, China Joe said during his booster shot today that 97-98% vaxx rate would be required to get things back to normal.

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at September 27, 2021 06:33 PM (UHVv4)

200 FBI reported today that murder was up 30% last year.

https://bit.ly/3AOEdld

Posted by: bonhomme at September 27, 2021 06:33 PM (UW2ZS)

201 Oh FFS, Trump should rather do the pro wrestling circuit than tour with that idiot O'Reilly. Clean up your act, Don.

Posted by: rhomboid (OTzUX) at September 27, 2021 06:34 PM (OTzUX)

202 199 BTW, China Joe said during his booster shot today that 97-98% vaxx rate would be required to get things back to normal.
Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at September 27, 2021 06:33 PM (UHVv4)

I saw that too. I have trouble believing that he has any idea what numbers are, but he is screwing with the math by adding unvaccinated immigrants regardless.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 27, 2021 06:34 PM (gCAC6)

203 201 Oh FFS, Trump should rather do the pro wrestling circuit than tour with that idiot O'Reilly. Clean up your act, Don.
Posted by: rhomboid (OTzUX) at September 27, 2021 06:34 PM (OTzUX)

Hmmm. O'reilly or Hannity? I'd hate to have to live on the difference.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 27, 2021 06:35 PM (gCAC6)

204 So C19 has same community resistance level as measles??

Unlikely.

Posted by: rhomboid (OTzUX) at September 27, 2021 06:35 PM (OTzUX)

205 Hochul says all religious leaders agree there is no legitimate reason for religious exemption to the shot.

https://bit.ly/2ZE3alB

That's an extraordinary claim!
Posted by: bonhomme at September 27, 2021 06:31 PM (UW2ZS)
***********
Have they talked with someone of the Christian Science faith?

Posted by: redridinghood at September 27, 2021 06:36 PM (NpAcC)

206 And we are all here on this forum, too. Imagine if we had no place to converse with other sane people.
Posted by: artemis at September 27, 2021 06:02 PM (AwPyG)


The Lilo and Stitch clip is honestly how I feel about this place:

https://youtu.be/0PzvCjQVpk4

Posted by: alexthechick - Boobs and hysteria at September 27, 2021 06:20 PM (jTlg2)

Ah yes, still good...still good. Absolutely.

Posted by: Pony Tail at September 27, 2021 06:36 PM (tzZq2)

207 Nood. Cafe.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 27, 2021 06:36 PM (gCAC6)

208 Aetius, either/both, not much difference, both idiot infotainers.

Posted by: rhomboid (OTzUX) at September 27, 2021 06:36 PM (OTzUX)

209 I need a 'news fast,' if you understand what I mean.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 27, 2021 05:48 PM (2JVJo)

Buy a bolt gun, spend some time getting to know it. Recoil therapy is real. The repetitive muscle memory, the attempt to improve a skill, the real, tangible improvements are all helpful, mentally.

It gets you off the internet, away from the news, while giving you an opportunity to develop a useful skill.

Posted by: Dr. Washington Nearsider, single and SuperStraight at September 27, 2021 06:37 PM (cvNl1)

210 And she is about the same size as Marylou Retton...


Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 27, 2021 06:24 PM (gCAC6)

Fun sized.

Posted by: flounder at September 27, 2021 06:37 PM (KnJdm)

211 > The shot is to further the cause of Transhumanism, which is the original sin (Gen. 4 verse 5).

I'm confused. Transhumanism is the belief that mankind can be more than it is by augmenting ourselves with tech.

Genesis 4:5 is about Cain being angry with God over his offering (which was suggested by Satan) being rejected by God.

I don't get the connection.

Posted by: bonhomme at September 27, 2021 06:37 PM (UW2ZS)

212 I would love to see all these social media maggots exiled permantly to Monster Island. They've destroyed this country so that they can buy another gold plated Lear jet; tear their rotten temples down.

Posted by: UGAdawg at September 27, 2021 06:37 PM (tRd71)

213 This is so very exactly like Video Drone....but backwards inside out.

Reminds when young i only had access to a VCR that only would play backwards. That effected my views on porn.

Posted by: Humphreyrobot at September 27, 2021 06:38 PM (T4sR0)

214
nooo

Posted by: Soothsayer at September 27, 2021 06:39 PM (+GyNz)

215 200 FBI reported today that murder was up 30% last year.

https://bit.ly/3AOEdld
Posted by: bonhomme



#DEFUNDTHEPOLICE

What could go wrong?

Posted by: Puddleglum at September 27, 2021 06:40 PM (QFVV9)

216 ^^Oh FFS, Trump should rather do the pro wrestling circuit than tour with that idiot O'Reilly. Clean up your act, Don.




the 'Killing Trump' tour. . .

Posted by: Lizzy at September 27, 2021 06:41 PM (bDqIh)

217 'Saki, Sushi; Sushi, Saki. I believe you girls know each other?'

Posted by: Eromero at September 27, 2021 06:43 PM (0OP+5)

218 None of this really matters. People will continue to use Facebook, because 'I like to keep in touch with friends and family'...
Telephone. A very quaint tool. Letters. Email.
Too gd hard.
It will continue to be FB, Twitter, Instagram, etc., we have reached a point where we really don't care about our privacy, as long as it's easy. We are so damn lost....

Posted by: COMountainMarie at September 27, 2021 06:43 PM (UY/aS)

219 I guess it's how you use it. I use Instagram to look at different cross stitch patterns or crochet patterns. I have no idea what else is on IG. The same for YouTube but I do like to watch video game reviews and booktube book reviews. I did a purge after the election of YouTube crowing about the election result. Now the people I watch are totally apolitical. It took time and some research but now I can watch in peace.

Posted by: Megthered at September 27, 2021 06:44 PM (vvWGB)

220 we have reached a point where we really don't care about
our privacy anything , as long as it's easy. We are so damn lost....
Posted by: COMountainMarie
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Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 27, 2021 06:49 PM (l0Lgi)

221 or crochet patterns.

kinky.

Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at September 27, 2021 06:52 PM (ufFY8)

222 I would so be shorting FB right now if I had the funds to cover it.

Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at September 27, 2021 07:16 PM (0V/8D)

223 Know and understand, social media is poison. I barely use FB anymore because of its descent into evil. And I don't use Instagram, and I sure as all hell will not touch Twitter.

Posted by: Cow Demon - Free Australia! at September 27, 2021 07:22 PM (CdZ4i)

224 "Green Energy Governments do not understand the 4 Laws of Thermodynamics. Nor do they care."

A supermajority in congress, led by whiz kid AOC, has replaced those laws with green new deal laws.

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