Where did all the meaning go?

Well said!

I think Facebook is only really useful for one thing – encouraging humans to find ways to meet in person, face to face. Just hanging out at a coffee shop and reading a book and/or chatting with random people is so much more satisfying than scrolling Facebook.

The crap on the news is ridiculous, totally agree. There is a lot of bad news to be found among 7 billion humans if you chasing after it like the news organizations do. But at the same time there are all kinds of positive things happening and we can contribute to that. Just smiling at someone in the right moment can change their whole day for the better. Imagine doing that just once a day and deleting an hour of Facebook.

Spending time in person with people, even if it's passive while reading a book in a coffee shop, is so, so much better for us than too much time on the internet. Avoiding porn is helping me to be less socially awkward and enjoy my time outside more.

 

Great post SOTT...

IMHO... There is a lack of integrity and compassion prevalent in today's society. A promise is nothing and hate is dispensed on ideological differences. What happened to love and caring. We live in a society that for the most part lacks very little. Yet many walk around with anger and hate in there hearts.

At the end of our lives only a few things matter... Friends, family and how our lives enriched others. No one will care what outfits were wore at the VMA Awards... Miley showing lots of flesh.. Instead the real beauty lies in giving oneself to others, like a mother Theresa...

Sage advice from a friend of mine.... Never resist a generous impulse.

 

I don't know where you live, but yeah - why bother with any of it. It's all so anti-life, life affirming and live giving - to me, watching the news everyday would be enough to make me never want to leave my apt. because a little girl or boy walking by, maybe bouncing a ball or something might pull out a knife and stab me.

Makes a person wonder, at least me, how much different would it be if the news focused on all the great things going on and skipped all the horrible stuff. Still the same truth, it's all the truth - just the other - more uplifting side of things. I'm with ya on all that of what you said. There's a hell of a lot more to life than the things we're told in a lot of the messages all around us that are important and will make us happy.

Turn the TV off, go out and interact with real people and have real connections however = happy (and maybe even free)

Watch out for children with knives in their boots though!

 

Watch out for that sink hole in China!

 

I completely agree with this - there is a deep profound lack of love here in this culture. What's happened..

The ones expressing concern about this are demonized, ridiculed, laughed at... or thought of as boring. I've even seen they are heaped on with spite and malice of all kinds, demonized for wanting to be "old, traditional, outdated and even (inverted reality here) hateful Christians, people, substitute whatever here. It's like the attacking are attributing those qualities to the ones they are attacking.

Give me a break. Something has gotten inside and turned this country upside down against itself.

I just ignore all media now, I unplug from it all - the mainstream media - and try to live my life according to God's - and humanities - values of love, family, friendship community and mutual respect.

 

This is why I don't consume popular culture at all. We ne3ed to stand up and become cultural creators instead of sitting in our couches and just being cultural consumers.

 

When I unplug, I go insane, that is indication enough of the situation. Technology has seriously messed up the day to day social fabric. It just doesn't feel right.