The pathetic idiocy of social media:

12 Responses to The pathetic idiocy of social media:

1. mara says:

   September 23, 2015 at 17:12

   Thankfully many of them don’t. If I had the power, I’d go so far as to give them a baggie of illegal drugs to stay home on election day to enjoy the increasingly enormous arse of Jo Lo or Pam Anderson’s breasts on daytime TV.
   • KG says:

     September 23, 2015 at 17:26

     Damn right, Mara!
2. Darin says:

   September 23, 2015 at 17:43

   Oh it gets much,much worse-
   http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-3244385/Shout-Abortion-hashtag-trends-women-share-experiences-end-shame-stigma.html
   • KG says:

     September 23, 2015 at 17:47

     Yegods! I just wasted three minutes of my life, reading that.
     • Darin says:

       September 24, 2015 at 02:42

       After reading stuff like that I have my doubts about there being hope for humanity.Looks to be a large segment of civilization is devolving into rabid animals.
3. Robertv says:

   September 23, 2015 at 17:47

   They would sell their parents, if they could, to get higher on the ladder and now they can sell their children too.

   
4. K2 says:

   September 23, 2015 at 18:05

   When people got their news and entertainment from newspapers and magazines, there was a very narrow one way communications channel. With every idiot having unfettered access to the internet, you can meet and interface with the the emotionally disturbed and the truly insane people at the “bad” end of the human statistical distribution function on a daily basis. Worse, with social media, they can actually seek you out and try to destroy your peace of mind, get you fired from your job or even have a shoot first and ask questions later SWAT team arrive at your door. A good reason to give social media a miss.
5. dondiego says:

   September 23, 2015 at 20:16

   And to think…many of these f…wits vote! And politicians take note of their dribblings ….

   Indeed. So far this is the only negative I’ve come across with Australia [noting voting doesn’t mean much here as the five PMs in five years or two cycles or whatever it is]
   • KG says:

     September 23, 2015 at 20:20

     Yeah. The ruling class taking turns….
     • Ronbo says:

       September 23, 2015 at 22:40

       The Parliamentary system used by New Zealand makes it almost impossible for a true “Man of The People” to rise to power because of the “closed” primary elections that are restricted to party members only – those elect souls who have been hand picked by their leadership and will vote in lockstep with the party leaders.

       In America we have open primary elections for Congress – so quite a few “Men of the People” get elected to the House of Representatives – and even a few in the Senate.

       However, on Capitol Hill the American Ruling Class pulls the strings of their puppet leadership, who only appoint their lackeys to Committee leadership roles.

       The Committees in Congress control the legislation put up for a vote – and thus run the game.

       This means that patriots are doomed to the back bench forever and the puppets run the show.

       Therefore, the people of New Zealand – like their American cousins – have no effective voice in government – it is rule by oligarchy that always ends in one man dictatorship.
       • The Gantt Guy says:

         September 23, 2015 at 23:24

         The system here – and in Aus – differs depending on which party you’re talking about.

         With the National Party in NZ, and the Liberal Party in Aus, the Leader is chosen by the Party Caucus – the elected MPs. That’s how Tony Abbott was rolled last week: Malcolm Turnbull convinced a sufficient number of MPs to support him as Leader, he went to Abbott and asked for a ballot, which he then won. Because the Liberal Party is the party of government at the moment, Turnbull became Prime Minister upon being elected leader of the Party.

         With the Labour Party in NZ and the Labor Party in Aus, I think the Party Leader is chosen by the two main stakeholders – the individual party members get a 50% say, and the unions get the other 50%. The MPs who have to serve under the party leader get no – or very little – say.
6. Ronbo says:

   September 23, 2015 at 22:25

   I’m on Facebook and Twitter; however, I use it only political postings and commentary – like we are doing here at CR – So the venue does work for me and many others who keep personal data restricted – to include pictures/videos of a personal nature.

   I notice most people on FB and Twitter I interface with do the same thing – and many others use completely fake I.D.