DeMotivators

[CoopKill]

[IPD]

If only it weren't 100% true.

[CoopKill]

[Echo419]

I don't get it

[donniekak]

[stealthee]

Liked for the video.

[onebadmollafolla]

[stealthee]

Social media in itself is demotivating. I do not have a Facebook account, not because I am scared of having my identity stolen and the terrorists will come get me, but because the site is retarded and serves no purpose in life. I did make an account one time, but it was only to "e-stalk" a chick who was coming to buy some parts off me. I looked around the site for 5 minutes, shook my head in disbelief that people actually can't do without it, and deleted my account. This was probably about 6 years ago when I did it, and the place only has gotten worse.

Today I spent some time doing job searches online. I searched an old colleague of mine hoping to find her contact info to see if she knew of any openings at her current place of employment. I had found her LinkedIN profile previously so I was hoping I could find a way to contact her there. Long story short I couldn't find anything so I thought, what the hell, I'll make a profile to see what I can find, and maybe even do some job searches. Well, after I made a basic profile, and skipped a bunch of unnecessary steps I go to send her a message, only to find out I have to be a "premium member" to send messages. WTF kind of shit is that?

Then I decide to search some jobs and there is so much garbage to sort through its not even worth it. I put in certain keywords in the search and it gave me results no where near the results I was looking for, not to mention there are job listings over 6 months old.

To finish this up, I deleted yet another social media profile due to being bloated unuseful garbage.

[sohcstealth]

^^^ Sounds about right. Lol

[IPD]

Absolutely right, Brian. I talk about what donnie calls "tin foil hat paranoia", but it's not just that. Social media is an institution that has made people stupid, inescapably caged to their phones, and worse. As I've explained numerous times to my coworkers, as soon as I have an account, I'm going to get pegged with questions about why I haven't friended so-and-so. And once I do that, I'm expected to keep up with their social media feeds. And if I keep up with one person's--and not everyone's--someone will undoubtedly get butthurt.

Yet, because I like communicating in person--rather than spamming emoji's and text-isms online--I'm somehow a social pariah. That's ok. Eventually what I do will become "cool" and "groundbreaking", possibly to the point where it's seen as hip. God I hate it when I become "hip". My vintage 80's t-shirts I've had for 20+ years (from Goodwill/Salvation Army), are now chic. Goddammit.