BookFace
My FB account is currently deactivated, btw. Hell, that's part of the reason I've had more time to post here to begin with (though the astronaut thing was certainly a strong incentive to write again, let me tell you).
There's just too much ugliness, from an interpersonal relationship point-of-view, for me to want to be on FB right now (the details don't matter). It's also a hell of a time sink due to how addicting and all-inclusive social media has become - and that's something about which I have enough material to write essays, if I so choose; it blows my mind how much people's self-identity has become intricately tied to their social media personas, to the point that something is real if and only if it appears in a FB post.
But I digress.
Anyway, my account isn't permanently activated. But it is off right now. I of course have the perpetual feeling that I'm missing something, and yet such a feeling adds weight to the argument that it is important to disconnect sometimes.
You know how to find me; my phone number has been the same for 13 years, and my e-mail address for 14.5 years.
There's just too much ugliness, from an interpersonal relationship point-of-view, for me to want to be on FB right now (the details don't matter). It's also a hell of a time sink due to how addicting and all-inclusive social media has become - and that's something about which I have enough material to write essays, if I so choose; it blows my mind how much people's self-identity has become intricately tied to their social media personas, to the point that something is real if and only if it appears in a FB post.
But I digress.
Anyway, my account isn't permanently activated. But it is off right now. I of course have the perpetual feeling that I'm missing something, and yet such a feeling adds weight to the argument that it is important to disconnect sometimes.
You know how to find me; my phone number has been the same for 13 years, and my e-mail address for 14.5 years.