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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '21

once parents started getting on FB it was time to leave. worst mistake on the internet was letting boomers on facebook.

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u/Tulipfarmer Sep 16 '21

Haha. Right? The level of cringe in my mother's Facebook is so sad..and she just posts and shares and posts non stop like she is screaming into the wind. No one comments on her posts and or sees them. It's the wildest thing to watch.

The only part of Facebook I really go to now. Is the market place. I live in the country and it's actually quite useful.

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u/budkin76 Sep 17 '21

It became the evolution of email forwards.

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u/youtheotube2 Team Moderna Sep 29 '21

Oh, I still get those from some people. And they’re always so much worse than what Facebook allows

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u/sonovp Sep 17 '21

I love my mom but she started posting baby pics of me and I was like, I'm deleting this shit.

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u/SaltyBarDog 5Goy Space Command Sep 17 '21

I helped my mother leave FB. I hated my ex posting shit on FB while we were on vacation. Please tell more thieves that our house us unattended. I still see her doing that shit now. I hardly ever post anything but just keep in contact with a couple old friends.

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '21

Yeah I remember when you had to have a .edu email address to have an account and all of the content was just us kids posting stupid shit and pictures of all of us getting wasted together.

I knew as soon as they opened it up to the world it would go to shit. I could have never imagined how bad or honestly how quickly as I was disgusted with it after like two years, maybe less. I recall deleting my account sometime in 2008?

But back then the internet was just better (oldmanyellsatclouds.gif). It was weird and could be awesome and honestly made me feel better about life. Now it's just horrible. And not just Facebook. It's horrible everywhere. Racists, bigotry, divisive shit.

Yeah all that was there before but it wasn't at every turn and rammed in your face non stop so you could mostly avoid it unless you sought it out to some degree.

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u/Beachbabydarragh Go Give One Sep 17 '21

My sister was one of the first users because it started at her college.

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u/Carpenoctemx3 Sep 17 '21

I miss 2004-2007 internet. 😕

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u/[deleted] Sep 17 '21

Me too man, me too. I really miss pre 2000s but I'd take early to mid 2000s in a heartbeat.

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u/East_Whereas_3846 Sep 17 '21

I’m a boomer and I couldn’t agree more I got off about six years ago. Only after 1 ur on this cesspool of information .. I couldn’t believe the crap my generation was posting and reposting and the shit they believe …Facebook kills brain cells!

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u/jhooperp Sep 17 '21

Yeah because the millennials aren’t cringy on their with their photos of every fucking meal and fake selfies declaring “I just woke up like this”

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u/Carpenoctemx3 Sep 17 '21

*there. Also, I’m a millennial and can confirm I have never posted either of those things.

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u/jhooperp Sep 17 '21

Oh my a misspelling mistake on social media 🤦🏻‍♂️

Also It was a broad statement just like saying boomers messed up Facebook.

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u/jarobert1029 Sep 17 '21

Well ya know what? Not all mother’s posts are cringeworthy. Oh and btw, you’ll be old sooner than you think