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    Sean BrodyHamilton Nolan
    9/29/14 10:55am

    I just sent him an Ello invite.

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      burlivesleftnutSean Brody
      9/29/14 11:12am

      eLOLo

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      AikageSean Brody
      9/29/14 4:09pm

      can you send me an ello invite?

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    FauxhemianRhapshodyHamilton Nolan
    9/29/14 11:09am

    "THE trouble began in 2009, on a rickety boat in the Peruvian Amazon. As I relaxed with a beer, my friend Fiorella snapped my picture with my phone"

    Sorry - I thought this was Tom Friedman for a moment ...

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      Edward J. SmithFauxhemianRhapshody
      9/29/14 2:47pm

      You know it's not Tom Friedman because the boatman is not quoted and Fiorella is not described as "one of the most thoughtful business leaders in the Peruvian Amazon basin."

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      OmarGoneFauxhemianRhapshody
      9/30/14 9:22am

      I thought this was some finely honed satire until I went to the Op-Ed. Wow.

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    PopChipsHamilton Nolan
    9/29/14 11:21am

    You know you are lazy when you stop using Facebook because it simply took too much effort. Something about it was always changing - either how it displayed or security settings that you needed to change or update. Was always something. Way too exhausting.

    Plus, I'm not clever or witty so trying to come up with some fascinating status update was mentally way too taxing. Hence, I never once bothered to post a status update.

    Heck, I didn't even deactivate Facebook or delete it. Again, way too lazy for all that. I just stopped using it.

    When people ask if I have Facebook, I tell them, "yes," because, while technically I do, it's easier and less embarrassing than explaining that I'm just too lazy for Facebook, a social media app that basically lets you interact with your friends while sitting at home on your couch eating pizza and ice cream.

    So, no pretentiousness on my part or smug "I have better things to do than hang out on Facebook" attitude. Nope. I'm just too damn lazy for Facebook.

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      Ned FreyHamilton Nolan
      9/29/14 11:51am

      Looks like he did the same thing with his Facebook account that he did with his Gawker job: Deleted it, and then told the whole world what the experience was like.

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        burlivesleftnutHamilton Nolan
        9/29/14 11:12am

        I had to stop when he thought someone asking "are you ok?" was self centered. Hoo boy.

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          anitafakerburlivesleftnut
          9/29/14 12:31pm

          I think he was calling the people who immediately asked, "Did you unfriend me?" the self-centered ones, but I originally read it as you did and thought, "What an asshole!"

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          burlivesleftnutanitafaker
          9/29/14 12:48pm

          I think that was his intent, but his use of the plural lumps both questioners into the same selfish camp.

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        secretagentmanHamilton Nolan
        9/29/14 11:04am

        Anyone who begins a story with ' it all started on a boat in the Peruvian Amazon', needs a kick in the shins. I get why folks should quit, or temper their Facebook interaction, but that's something you should keep to yourself, or it comes off smug. It's like telling everyone how much you donate to charity. Inner monologue dudes.

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          lastchanceHamilton Nolan
          9/29/14 11:08am

          This is like my annoying "I'm taking a break from social media" friends, who remind people "remember, next week/tomorrow/in an hour I'm taking a break from social media" then announce that their break from social media has begun, and then, in the middle of their "break" say, "I'm still on break from social media, but I just want to say..."

          Except worse.

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            burlivesleftnutlastchance
            9/29/14 11:14am

            So Patton Oswalt?

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          cuntybawsHamilton Nolan
          9/29/14 11:02am

          THE trouble began in 2009, on a rickety boat in the Peruvian Amazon

          That was enough for me.

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            mostyoulostonacointossHamilton Nolan
            9/29/14 11:18am

            Considering he says he learned of Robin Williams death on Facebook, his sabbatical of give or take a month is awfully short to start bragging about being free and reborn.

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              fromedamsaughtoxHamilton Nolan
              9/29/14 10:55am

              I am as in awe of people who tell me they have dropped Facebook as I am of those who tell me they don't own a TV.

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