Things I don't miss about Facebook.
Being told about the latest food industry travesty.
Being told what I shouldn't eat.
Being told what I should eat.
Feeling like blogging about Facebook. Or some current event issue on Facebook. Promoting my blog on Facebook knowing it probably won't get read anyways.
Logical fallacies and one-sided blaring of opinions in fruitless online arguments.
The need to check it every fifteen minutes.
Non-stories about how one feels about other people.
Stupid opinions.
Strongly worded stupid opinions.
My need to share my opinions.
My need to share my strongly worded stupid opinions.
Bands asking to follow other bands.
Bands asking to follow record labels.
The rumbling feeling that my distant relatives are watching my every status update.
Getting a message from my grandparents about posting something on Facebook.
Deleting posts and comments from Facebook.
The blatant blaring of bad theology.
The time it takes away from intellectual capacity to hear my wife's voice.
Stories about the latest awesome thing Pope Francis did and how much we should love him for it.
Stories about the latest terrible thing Barack Obama did and how much we should hate him for it.
Finding excuses to dislike people more than I ought to love them.
Establishing my opinion about people based on what they do and share on Facebook.
The awkward and superficial connections that I try to legitimize with people I should really let go of.
The awkward and superficial connections that I refuse to progress with people in real life because of time spent otherwise on Facebook.
The social abandonment felt when leaving Facebook. For no good reason.
My idea that Facebook is the only way to keep connected with the people who really matter.
My need to feel clever and validated by the amount of likes I receive on status updates and comments.
Militant slacktivist feminism.
Militant slacktivist conservativism.
Militant slacktivist liberalism.
Militant and crappy theology.
The shadow of myself in the social sphere.
Feeling known by people who certainly do not know me.
Friend requests from people who certainly do not know me anymore.
Superficial friendships and the illusion of being known.
Things I miss about Facebook
The reformed pub.
Pictures of my wife when we are not in the same place.
Album releases
Tour announcements.
Seeing what's up with my relatives and people that I really ought to know.
Nick
