Eliminating mental pollution

Today I’ve announced a substantial cut of my Facebook use. And it seems like some people are taking it too dramatically, as if I’m just about to “disappear”. Hey, it’s not the end of the world! I’m still here, I’m going nowhere, you can reach me in at least 6-7 remaining ways (in case I’m not agile enough to notice your Messanger messages in the future), and there are other social networks, which are also free, and which you’re welcome to join (Gab, MeWe), so we can be together in a better place.

Why am I tired of Facebook? It’s simply consuming too much of my time, and too much of my nerves. It’s an addiction very similar to drug addiction. So getting yourself “off” Facebook is truly a way to restore your mental health. Continue reading “Eliminating mental pollution”

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Use Facebook, don’t let Facebook use you

Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day
Fritter and waste the hours in an offhand way

Pink Floyd

That is exactly what Facebook is doing to our lives. If we let it. When I summed up all the hours, days, years that I’ve spent reading the huge amount of bullshit people are posting on Facebook (and even more time spent actively contributing to it), I was devastated by the thought what good and creative things could have been done with that time instead. Years ago I made a self-liberating decision to stop following the mainstream media news. To stop polluting my brain with completely unnecessary facts that the rulers of this world call “news”, using the media to insert them in people’s heads in order to manipulate them. And now I’ve found myself as a participant in a cyber-reality show throwing around the same kind of garbage, only in a slightly different, interactive way. Is there a way out? Continue reading “Use Facebook, don’t let Facebook use you”

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