Some Smartfella came up with the above Wise Crack. I am admitting that this Smartfella was not that Fella but that has not kept me from using it often.
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A big problem we face today is the Rapid Spread of Stupid Opinions. Back in the old days Stupid People said Stupid Things just as much as they do today. However, in those old days they spilled out their Silliness to only those around them (next door neighbor, the guy they did not know sitting next to them on the bus, the guy at work at the water cooler). Stupid Utterances did not get very far very fast.
Now Stupid Utterances travel at the speed of the Internet. Now people around the world instantly know how Stupid Other Stupid People are. The worst part is those Mental Midgets who agree with the Stupid Utterances repeat them (again with the speed of the internet) and the Stupid Utterances comes back to the Original Utterer (Yes, Ludwig, this is a word) and confirms his Foolishness inside his Silly Mind.
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Here a long but not a complete list of Social Media Outlets
Outlets I have heard of...
Email ... Texting ... Instagram...Facebook ... Foozle (I made this one up) ... Twitter ... LinkedIn ... Snapchat ... YouTube ... Quora ... Pinterest ... Flipboard ... Yelp ... TripAdvisor ... Goodreads ... Airbnb
Outlets I have not heard of...
Zomato ... Digg ... Reddit ... Polyvore ... Esty ... Fancy ... Houzz ... Last.fm ... Taskrabbit ... Whisper ... Ask.fm ... After School
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Effects of Social Media on Communication Skills
Prof. Chetan R. Bhamare, M.A., B. Ed. English, RJSPM-ACS College, Pune...
“Whether or
not people want to accept it, social media has several negative impacts on
their daily lives. We cannot deny the fact that social platform is very helpful
providing news, gossips, and to keep in touch with friends and family, but we
cannot afford it to become the focal point of our lives. The access that people
have on the internet and social media specifically has become too easy. It has
made the language lazy and thus resulting people uninterested in meeting others
in person, which eliminates any chance of deep and meaningful conversation.
People have started losing their ability to communicate efficiently, which is a
testament, to what kind of total control social media has over their lives.
Overall, social media can be beneficial if used wisely and in the proper
proportion. So, it is easy to conclude that the negative impact of social media
far outweigh any benefits that they may provide to society at this juncture.”
(Pune is not a misspelling. It is the eighth most populous city in India, with an estimated population of about 7.2 million as of 2019.)
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Face To Face
Communication Is Smart...Or is it?
Face to Face Communication does not bring out the Smart in all of us. The leader of the Aviation Element of the raid that killed Osama bin Laden tells this story...
Two days after arriving home, I was at Jiffy Lube with my wife, getting an oil change. On the TV in the tiny lobby waiting room, the news was all about the killing of bin Laden. Three gentlemen waiting, in their mid-20s, were absolutely convinced it was a conspiracy.
I’m just sitting there, smiling, because they thought that it never happened. They thought it was just a publicity stunt for propaganda, for campaigning for Obama. They thought Obama staged it, like putting that on the news to boost his numbers.
My wife looked at me and whispered, “They have no idea, do they?”
I responded, “No. And I’m not here to explain it to them”.
While I was amused, my wife was bothered especially when she’d heard one of the men saying: “The soldiers that took part in this conspiracy should be shot, too.”
Shot?! Wow! Thank heaven these Uninformed “Experts” were only able to Shoot Off Their Mouths.
Would I kid u?
Smartfella
