Red Rocket 244 Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 Billy I swear that YouTube account was an imposter Jen. 😳 Link to post Share on other sites
Old Codger 3,064 Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 Barnsley game 6pm on 15th Link to post Share on other sites
BillyWoofs_shinpad 1,884 Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 31 minutes ago, Red Rocket said: Billy I swear that YouTube account was an imposter Jen. 😳 Oh the cup’s alright, no one watches that! 😃 Link to post Share on other sites
DurhamRed 2,047 Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 Well I doubt fans be returning in October now if it's illegal for more than 6 people to gather socially from Monday 😞 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Uwe 3,545 Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 8 hours ago, DurhamRed said: Well I doubt fans be returning in October now if it's illegal for more than 6 people to gather socially from Monday 😞 It would help if a bigger percentage of people would adhere to the guidelines. As a country we are one of the lowest Wearers of face coverings At about 37% where as Spain France are in the 80’s. The illegal raves gatherings don’t help either. It just seems we have a larger amount of really selfish people in this country 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Denzel Zanzibar 6,972 Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 22 minutes ago, Uwe said: It would help if a bigger percentage of people would adhere to the guidelines. As a country we are one of the lowest Wearers of face coverings At about 37% where as Spain France are in the 80’s. The illegal raves gatherings don’t help either. It just seems we have a larger amount of really selfish people in this country Or absolute morons, if the conspiracy theorists on Twitter and Facebook are anything to go by. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
OldManGravz 1,350 Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 5 minutes ago, Denzel Zanzibar said: Or absolute morons, if the conspiracy theorists on Twitter and Facebook are anything to go by. Not all conspiracy theorists are morons! I think the ones who reckon Neil Buchanan is Banksy may be onto something 3 Link to post Share on other sites
Uwe 3,545 Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 14 minutes ago, Denzel Zanzibar said: Or absolute morons, if the conspiracy theorists on Twitter and Facebook are anything to go by. I came off social media twitter/Facebook because I was honestly starting to hate everyone. I was believing that 90% of the general public are absolute F***tards (and I really believed it) it took a while for me to realise that only 5% are morons but are massively overly represented in the press. And I’m a lot happier for it 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Redcar Rioja 5,978 Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 7 minutes ago, Uwe said: I came off social media twitter/Facebook because I was honestly starting to hate everyone. I was believing that 90% of the general public are absolute F***tards (and I really believed it) it took a while for me to realise that only 5% are morons but are massively overly represented in the press. And I’m a lot happier for it It's those 5% to 10% with extreme views that currently ruin Social Media for everyone (along with the idiots posting nonsense just to provoke a response). They jump up and down, screaming at anything they personally find offensive and then start hurling insults (ironically then often becoming guilty of the very thing they are morally untouchable about). Life is very seldom black or white there are many striations of grey in between. I find it strange that seemingly intelligent people can in the case of say politics as just one example simply see everything Boris does as great/disastrous or everything that Corbyn did was wonderful/dangerous (same in the US be it Trump and Obama or Biden). As a consequence it becomes very tedious reading the same old predictable extreme bull on everything without ever considering that it is entirely possible that maybe Boris was right on some things and likewise Corbyn just as much as they could be wrong. Throw in a huge amount of other topics and the desperation to simply close people down rather than debate and heaven forbid open minds, just shoving their own rhetoric down throats has become tediously boring. Social media could and should be a vehicle for interesting debate and discussion perhaps even moving perspectives even if it is only slightly. Unfortunately as soon as the discussions start the extremists are predictably out in force with blinkered jaundiced views clothed in their cloak of infallibility or worse still with caps lock on. Heaven forbid that the answer could just maybe lie somewhere in between. 4 Link to post Share on other sites
SmogDane 4,057 Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 30 minutes ago, Redcar Rioja said: It's those 5% to 10% with extreme views that currently ruin Social Media for everyone (along with the idiots posting nonsense just to provoke a response). They jump up and down, screaming at anything they personally find offensive and then start hurling insults (ironically then often becoming guilty of the very thing they are morally untouchable about). Life is very seldom black or white there are many striations of grey in between. I find it strange that seemingly intelligent people can in the case of say politics as just one example simply see everything Boris does as great/disastrous or everything that Corbyn did was wonderful/dangerous (same in the US be it Trump and Obama or Biden). As a consequence it becomes very tedious reading the same old predictable extreme bull on everything without ever considering that it is entirely possible that maybe Boris was right on some things and likewise Corbyn just as much as they could be wrong. Throw in a huge amount of other topics and the desperation to simply close people down rather than debate and heaven forbid open minds, just shoving their own rhetoric down throats has become tediously boring. Social media could and should be a vehicle for interesting debate and discussion perhaps even moving perspectives even if it is only slightly. Unfortunately as soon as the discussions start the extremists are predictably out in force with blinkered jaundiced views clothed in their cloak of infallibility or worse still with caps lock on. Heaven forbid that the answer could just maybe lie somewhere in between. So very true. I just don't react to those trolls anymore.. Ignoring them makes the dissappeaer.. If everybody did the same, they would quite quickly get bored 3 Link to post Share on other sites
DurhamRed 2,047 Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 1 hour ago, Denzel Zanzibar said: Or absolute morons, if the conspiracy theorists on Twitter and Facebook are anything to go by. Don't you know Bill Gates created this virus so he be able to vaccinate us all with something deadly 🙄 lol these people who believe this stuff Link to post Share on other sites
AnglianRed 6,320 Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 31 minutes ago, Redcar Rioja said: It's those 5% to 10% with extreme views that currently ruin Social Media for everyone (along with the idiots posting nonsense just to provoke a response). They jump up and down, screaming at anything they personally find offensive and then start hurling insults (ironically then often becoming guilty of the very thing they are morally untouchable about). Life is very seldom black or white there are many striations of grey in between. I find it strange that seemingly intelligent people can in the case of say politics as just one example simply see everything Boris does as great/disastrous or everything that Corbyn did was wonderful/dangerous (same in the US be it Trump and Obama or Biden). As a consequence it becomes very tedious reading the same old predictable extreme bull on everything without ever considering that it is entirely possible that maybe Boris was right on some things and likewise Corbyn just as much as they could be wrong. Throw in a huge amount of other topics and the desperation to simply close people down rather than debate and heaven forbid open minds, just shoving their own rhetoric down throats has become tediously boring. Social media could and should be a vehicle for interesting debate and discussion perhaps even moving perspectives even if it is only slightly. Unfortunately as soon as the discussions start the extremists are predictably out in force with blinkered jaundiced views clothed in their cloak of infallibility or worse still with caps lock on. Heaven forbid that the answer could just maybe lie somewhere in between. Nicely summed up my feelings there. I only use Twitter but the amount of abuse you can get for expressing any remotely controversial views, (or even just disagreeing with people) is insane! Been called a fascist, xenophobe, gammon (had to laugh at that one - wrong colour & and age bracket) and all manner of things. As you said, I think most people seem to use social media as a platform to just get attention. Presumably they can't get on any reality TV shows, so they act like idiots there. Even supposedly intelligent people seem to ignore the points you're trying to make and just parrot whatever they've heard their favourite politician or pop star say. Fortunately I also follow people like Neil de Grasse Tyson, Jim Al-Khalili, Alice Roberts and the Darwin Awards (as well as the Boro) so I do get some intelligent and fun stuff to read as well. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
AnglianRed 6,320 Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 1 minute ago, DurhamRed said: Don't you know Bill Gates created this virus so he be able to vaccinate us all with something deadly 🙄 lol these people who believe this stuff The one about 5G mobile phone masts spreading coronavirus has to be one of the best! 😂   1 Link to post Share on other sites
boroie 484 Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 The problem is that Facebook/Twitter etc make their money through clicks, views, etc, so it is counter to their business model to kick people off the service or delete posts. I'm sick of reporting racist, anti-lgbt, anti-immigrant, hate speech on FB and having the response 'this falls within our community guidelines'. Only that I use messenger and its the only way I keep in touch with some people (and use the site for login to other sites) I'd be out of there. Link to post Share on other sites
wilsoncgp 9,283 Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 David Icke used to get laughed off, now he's supported in droves. I think that is a sign of the end times. Link to post Share on other sites
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