who uses it, like daily? i quit twice for two 6 month periods when the inanity of it grew too obvious, such as 40 people i dont even fucking remember are the only 'friends' who remembered my birthday! i'd rather have my b-day forgotten by those i know love me then remembered by a bunch of ameuturs i havent seen since 7th grade, right?
anyway, curious who amongst these forum dudes is also a regular there.
Quote from: hannahdude on April 14, 2011, 03:51:50 PM
who uses it, like daily? i quit twice for two 6 month periods when the inanity of it grew too obvious, such as 40 people i dont even fucking remember are the only 'friends' who remembered my birthday! i'd rather have my b-day forgotten by those i know love me then remembered by a bunch of ameuturs i havent seen since 7th grade, right?
anyway, curious who amongst these forum dudes is also a regular there.
I use it here and there, lotta ins and outs of face book that drive me nuts, though. Like those lame ass games everyone invites you to. Can't abide face book games. But, I'll have to admit, there are some pretty cool people on face book. Sometimes you eat the face book, and sometimes, whal, face books eats you!
Yeah, I use it (but I'd rather not) as an ex-pat Brit I use it to keep in touch with family. I don't play the games or utilize any of the apps - I keep it pretty basic.
I use it to keep in touch with my friends all over the world....I was a travelling dude for many years and therefore most of my close are abroad...don't play games...other than poking my friends wives....hey they poked me first! 8) lol
Face book games are kinda lame, never do those, barely use it at all, but it is good for keeping in touch with distant friends and family. Probably should check mine, been a couple of weeks.
Looking forward to the rug being unrolled, that'll be my new home when it's ready.
Cheers dudes, and DB, your wisdom is right on mang, see ya at leagues.
Quote from: revgms on April 15, 2011, 08:42:44 AM
Face book games are kinda lame, never do those, barely use it at all, but it is good for keeping in touch with distant friends and family. Probably should check mine, been a couple of weeks.
Looking forward to the rug being unrolled, that'll be my new home when it's ready.
Cheers dudes, and DB, your wisdom is right on mang, see ya at leagues.
They used to have something called "Facebook Lite"....no games, no bullshit, nothing undude. Too bad they aced it, I used to use it all the time...............
http://www.zocalogroup.com/2009/09/facebook-lite-the-value-of-a-recommendation.html
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I use facebook to keep in touch with my friends and dudefriends and that's really cool, i don't like play games, in fact i was sick with the Mafia wars invitations.
But something that i love are the Dudeist Sacraments on facebook.
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huh, my facebook sounds like fb lighjt, i dont see any games, or any app's, i dont even know what an app is im happy to say, i just got my 60-odd friends i check in on, and thats it. maybe it has to do with your settings, all i know is i dont have any of that invasive crap and no one invites me to play on their fucking farms.
I'm on fb often enough... I've used it like a telephone to contact friends and see what they're doing or if they'd like to meet up. I don't have hardly any friends I don't know personally, so my friend count is relatively small. I find it a useful tool.
Facebook sucks your soul away.
I log on as little as possible because once I'm on I get distracted by all the pretty lights then find and hour or two has been stolen from me (again).
There are pretty lights???? ;)
meekon, you silly old thing, so easily distracted, ay? i find that hard to believe.
love you dude.
btw, i'd love to add any of you dudes to my fb friends. im under hannah goldfarb gerber.
newbury park, california.
Quote from: Andrea D. on April 15, 2011, 10:23:27 AM
I use facebook to keep in touch with my friends and dudefriends and that's really cool, i don't like play games, in fact i was sick with the Mafia wars invitations.
But something that i love are the Dudeist Sacraments on facebook.
But don't you feel that some what trivialises things?
I spend a lot of time on this forum discussing how we're not catholics and then there are these "Dudeist Sacraments".
Perhaps it's just me but I would quiet like to be able to say I'm a Dudeist without certain members of my family looking towards the ceiling and muttering "What religion is he this week?"
I do understand that there is the element of fun involved, I just look at the Facebook site and despair.
Ok, if we strip away all the bs, what are the very basis "tenets" of Dudeism?
Abiding and saying Fuck it when it looks like it is going to get too complicated maybe?
Being lazy and not giving a fuck what anyone else things?
CC though yes essentially that is what we are about as Dudeists, the point I'm trying to make (and doing so badly) is I have conversations here and (on the whole) I feel they are conversations of worth, where as on FaceBook I just feel like it's a lot of people shouting "Look at me!", I just don't seem to have the quality of conversation that I do here (and don't even get me stated with twitter).
Quote from: cckeiser on April 26, 2011, 01:48:25 PM
Abiding and saying Fuck it when it looks like it is going to get too complicated maybe?
This I agree with.
Quote from: cckeiser on April 26, 2011, 01:48:25 PMBeing lazy and not giving a fuck what anyone else things?
Personally I would have said expending the minimal amount of energy necessary to get the job done, rather than lazy. Lazy suggests not giving a fuck whatever, which is not my personal point of view.
I may just be playing with semantics there.
and to make the point:
http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/society/britain's-workers-grant-themselves-three-days-of-semi%11holiday-201104263750/
I do not have a facebook or twitter account so I cannot relate, but from what others have said it does seem to be more of a time suck than discussion boards. Sort of like being a Lebowskist and doing nothing put quoting from the movie. It may be fun for awhile but it gets old real fast.
Yeah, ok we quote from the movie here as well, but at least here we try to put it in context in relation to hopefully something more meaningful. Ok, sometimes Not! ;D
Yeah, it's all semantics isn't it.
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lazy
a : disinclined to activity or exertion : not energetic or vigorous
b : encouraging inactivity or indolence <a lazy summer day>
2
: moving slowly : sluggish
3
: droopy, lax <a rabbit with lazy ears>
4
: placed on its side <lazy E livestock brand>
5
: not rigorous or strict <lazy scholarship>
"When I use a word," Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, "it means just what I choose it to mean -- neither more nor less."
"The question is," said Alice, "whether you can make words mean so many different things."
"The question is," said Humpty Dumpty, "which is to be master - - that's all."
(Through the Looking Glass, Chapter 6)
http://www.alice-in-wonderland.net/books/alice-in-wonderland-quotes.html
I use it, and actually kind of enjoy it. I don't do any of the apps or games at all, and you can block all of the BS, so you don't have to deal with all the invites and game updates. Besides friends here in the states, I also have done a bit of traveling, and have met a number of people. We keep in touch on FB. It does make it easier for things like that.
I was banned and deleted because I am an undude douche bag!
Quote from: vitamindxd on May 01, 2011, 03:56:29 PM
on fb often enough... I've used it like a telephone to contact
So tell us vitamindxd, do you get paid every time some one clicks on the link in you signature?
Are you here to join our nice quiet garden party or to try and sell us something?
Quote from: vitamindxd on May 01, 2011, 03:56:29 PM
on fb often enough... I've used it like a telephone to contact
Hmmmm, seems a bit "fishey," if you dig my meaning, mang.
I surely remember the fish ( he fooled me god dang it!..... go DB...do yer stuff mang! :) Gotta Love your cyber killing thang! :) :)
Quote from: Caesar dude on May 01, 2011, 09:46:09 PM
I surely remember the fish ( he fooled me god dang it!..... go DB...do yer stuff mang! :) Gotta Love your cyber killing thang! :) :)
Alrightey then, I aced the human paraquat bastard! Across this line, he did not...! Die spammer!!!! ;D
Hmm, y'know, I think there are many different levels of socialising and exchanging ideas nowadays, especially with the inner-net bringing us all a whole heap closer together.
When it comes to Dudeism I keep in touch via Facebook a little, I know a lot of Dudes on there and we comment on each others status' and links etc, a good exchange of ideas and an extra smile on each others' days. Yeah, the Facebook page for Dudeism offers little but the main official Dudeism posts about events, Dudespaper articles, etc. To that end, it's a gentle little thing if you use it right.
I like the Forum here, it's a good open sorta thing where ideas and silliness flows and you can dip in and out as needbe. But for me, I do love the Dudespaper for its large chunks of information and the ability to come back and discuss on it (ok, yeah, I'm a little biased ;)).
Of course, sometimes there's no better way to wax dudeical than in person, if possible, an infrequent joy between a few of us around these parts, as Meekon (he's not all that antisocial really!) will attest to (maybe) :P
I have yet to meet a dude in person. Almost did a few months ago while doing some shopping. We were over in the produce section at Wegman's when a gray haired gentleman wearing a bathrobe and a T-shirt walked past into the next section. Wanted to yell out Hay Dude! but by the time I turned the corner he was gone. Kept an eye out for him the rest of the stay, but didn't catch sight of him again. Didn't see if he was wearing jellies or not.
you could have found me today at the park throwing frisbee and then at 7-11 buying chocolate milk wearing my robe and if not jellies, at least they are thrift store knock-off 'vans' with the word 'jesus and 'freedom' on them graffiti style( not my doing!).
this is a lot harder to pull off being a gal.
Facebook, no Facebook.. White Russians, no White Russians... Bathrobes and Jellies and Sacraments OH MY!!! If you want to, do it. If you don't want it, or don't like it, abide. Just abide and have fun Dudes, in whatever way doesn't pee on your rug (or anybody else's).
If it wasn't for the whinging there wouldn't be a forum!
;D
Quote from: meekon5 on May 06, 2011, 11:41:37 AM
If it wasn't for the whinging there wouldn't be a forum!
;D
And if there wasn't a forum, there's be no public whinging for us all to bask in. There's an Ouroboros thing going on here... O
QuoteThere's an Ouroboros thing going on here
Now if I said that to anyone I know in real life....they would not have a clue as to what it meant or indeed what the fuck I was talking about!
Could also be a lissajous figure I feel....
Peace Rev C.
Quote from: Caesar dude on May 08, 2011, 05:12:36 PM
QuoteThere's an Ouroboros thing going on here
Now if I said that to anyone I know in real life....they would not have a clue as to what it meant or indeed what the fuck I was talking about!
Welcome to my world, Ceaser Dude :) Oh, wait, that's the world at large!
Could also be a lissajous figure I feel....
Peace Rev C.