Can't Take It Anymore

[Devil Doc]

This perfectly sums up why I have never attended a high school reunion. I'd go so far as to say I've specifically separated myself from the majority of those people. Speaking of which, do they even have these anymore now that there is social networking? What's the point?

Fund raising, but I went to a private school. Which of course is why I feel superior to guys like Buzz and folks who taste chocolate in their cigars.

Doc.

[badwhale]

Fund raising, but I went to a private school. Which of course is why I feel superior to guys like Buzz and folks who taste chocolate in their cigars.

Doc.

Oh, Jesus Christ.....

[badwhale]

Fund raising, but I went to a private school. Which of course is why I feel superior to guys like Buzz and folks who taste chocolate in their cigars.

Doc.

Key word: Feel

[buzz]

Someone tasted cucumber a couple days ago IIRC, can't remember which thread it was in though...

Last night on a walk with the wifey I had a JdN dark corojo and got some bitter cocoa taste and coffee. Alina asked how the cigar was, I gave it to her and she took a couple puffs and said "cow poop". She went to a public school though.

[nhcigarfan]

Someone tasted cucumber a couple days ago IIRC, can't remember which thread it was in though...

Last night on a walk with the wifey I had a JdN dark corojo and got some bitter cocoa taste and coffee. Alina asked how the cigar was, I gave it to her and she took a couple puffs and said "cow poop". She went to a public school though.

As long as you weren't feeling the cucumber.... Not that there is anything wrong with that.... To each there own...er

[Paddy]

As long as you weren't feeling the cucumber.... Not that there is anything wrong with that.... To each there own...er

That would be smellslikefishes area of expertise

[CptnBlues63]

Not sure. At my 10 year, I realized that no one changed. I hated high school the first time around. I don't need to pay a fortune to experience it again.

If there's a redeeming value of social networking, it's sharing photos and news with extended family, who it's hard to reach at one time. It's a bit easier than worrying about file formats with e-mail. But that's it.

Loved your origina post in this thread and agree with it 100%

All told, I attended 3 different highschools and have never been to a single reunion and couldn't be bothered to. I hated most of those schmucks back then and I can't see it having changed any over the years..........lol. I kept in touch with the ones I wanted to (like, 2 people) and the ones I've run into since that I went to highschool with back when convinced me not going to reunions was the smart choice.

I have a facebook account and like you only use it to share photos with family. Considering my immediate family is spread across Canada, it's an easy way to share pic's. I can't think of any other reason to bother. I don't do any of the other 'social networking' sites and never will.

I get a laugh when I hear kids comparing the number of "friends" they have on facebook.........like it actually means something..........which it doesn't. I always ask them, "Big deal, how many friends do you have in real life? That's what actually matters."

Some facebook "friend" you've never met who lives in freaking Guatemala isn't going to come help you when you're on the side of the road with a flat tire.

[kevin7]

Its Ok to yak with my friends I grew up with who are 750 miles away,well actually I'm 750 miles away from them.I block all the games shit and useless drivelers I somehow befriended.

[ggiese]

Never been to a reunion of done the social networking thing...Waste of time.I've got on some of the young guys I supervise for posting questionable things on Facebook that were brought to my attention. Wish I had a dollar for all the calls we get about threats made on social networking sites.

I agree, Ken - it still to this day shocks me that people do this. Hell - even a few of the guys at the PD nearly went to blows over someone "un-friending" another on Facebook.

I have no clue what people are thinking when they post threats and other nonsense on Facebook. It's as if it's just between them and the person they're posting crap with. Seriously? Do they not think they're talking to every other person in the entire internet world? (ohhh... I see... you say it's "private" )

I saw it from the PD side - the nonsense that led to police involvement. And most of it was truly justified, even though the persons doing the threatening felt as if it was just between the two of them. The knuckleheads couldn't get their head around the fact that they might as well have broadcasted their threat over a PA system during noon rush hour downtown!

Even worse - as a parent and seeing your children engaged in that spontaneous banter on the social networking sites!?! Geez - I used to just spray Bactine and put a Bandaid on their little scrapes when they were small. Not able to do that with this nonsense!!

On the "corporate" side - I cannot even begin to tell you how closely HR and corporate security review social networking sites for indications of potential employee misconduct. I know reviews of the info out there has led to quite a few demotions and terminations of employee's that otherwise appeared perfectly normal. C'mon - if you're in a responsible role at work and your Facebook account shows pictures of you frequently slooy drunk and stupid or often posting curse filled rants, there's a doggone good chance that will come back to bite you at work...

I'm not a fan...

[ggiese]

Fund raising, but I went to a private school. Which of course is why I feel superior to guys like Buzz and folks who taste chocolate in their cigars.

Doc.

Did you attend "private school" for all of those years, Doc? It coulda screwed you up more than you think, if you did (depending on where you went to private school - of course) I can imagine it certainly feeds the feeling of being superior to others. For those that were not there - it is impossible to understand. For those that were - it's a no-brainer...

I don't know about you, but I still have nightmares about Sister Mary Grace Be To God and her wooden ruler. She had a knack for knocking the taste of chocolate RIGHT out of your mouth!!!

True story - I returned to college after many years after leaving high school and signed up for an algebra class. The teacher - a very nice woman - apparently noticed a glazed look in my eyes when she began lecturing the class on the quadratic formula. After class she approached me and asked if I'd attended Catholic schools as a youth. I was puzzled with the question, but responded "yes"... She said, "I though so! You had the "look" during class I'm used to seeing from those that attended parochial schools. The "look" that only comes from the terror of studying under the rule of a "board of education".

I'd not realized my look was that telling, but I do recall thinking about Father Nathaniel twisting me into a pretzel because I could not recite "minus B, plus or minus the square root of B squared minus four AC all over 2 A". I would have to say that Father Nathaniel had an impact on me. To this day - without issue - I can readily recite the formula, even though I rarely use it.

[Mizicke5273]

Snip....I have no clue what people are thinking when they post threats and other nonsense on Facebook. It's as if it's just between them and the person they're posting crap with. Seriously? Do they not think they're talking to every other person in the entire internet world? (ohhh... I see... you say it's "private" ).....Snip

What are you talking about? The internet is anonymous. Everyone knows there is no way your real identity can be discovered! You can do what ever you want without any ramifications.

People don't realize that everything on the internet is on a server, somewhere or another, in a simple text file for all to see.

Snip....On the "corporate" side - I cannot even begin to tell you how closely HR and corporate security review social networking sites for indications of potential employee misconduct. I know reviews of the info out there has led to quite a few demotions and terminations of employee's that otherwise appeared perfectly normal. C'mon - if you're in a responsible role at work and your Facebook account shows pictures of you frequently slooy drunk and stupid or often posting curse filled rants, there's a doggone good chance that will come back to bite you at work....Snip

That is my response to anyone who complains about why I don't have a Facebook account or whatever. Because that is just what I want, a big red bulls-eye over me. It astonishes me to see all the professionals and business who have a Facebook account.

[Devil Doc]

Did you attend "private school" for all of those years, Doc? It coulda screwed you up more than you think, if you did (depending on where you went to private school - of course) I can imagine it certainly feeds the feeling of being superior to others. For those that were not there - it is impossible to understand. For those that were - it's a no-brainer...

I don't know about you, but I still have nightmares about Sister Mary Grace Be To God and her wooden ruler. She had a knack for knocking the taste of chocolate RIGHT out of your mouth!!!

True story - I returned to college after many years after leaving high school and signed up for an algebra class. The teacher - a very nice woman - apparently noticed a glazed look in my eyes when she began lecturing the class on the quadratic formula. After class she approached me and asked if I'd attended Catholic schools as a youth. I was puzzled with the question, but responded "yes"... She said, "I though so! You had the "look" during class I'm used to seeing from those that attended parochial schools. The "look" that only comes from the terror of studying under the rule of a "board of education".

I'd not realized my look was that telling, but I do recall thinking about Father Nathaniel twisting me into a pretzel because I could not recite "minus B, plus or minus the square root of B squared minus four AC all over 2 A". I would have to say that Father Nathaniel had an impact on me. To this day - without issue - I can readily recite the formula, even though I rarely use it.

Appear, become, continue, feel, grow, look, remain, seem, smell, sound, and taste.

Those are verbs, other than the verb "to Be", that don't take a Direct Object but a Predicate Nominative. I learned that list in one afternoon in the eighth grade to the tap of a pointer. Thank you Sister St. Eileen.

BTW Cops always tell me I look guilty. Thank you Sister Mary Assumpta.(a Sicilian Nun)

But you know what, I ain't scared of anybody... except nuns.
Doc

[CptnBlues63]

So this morning I went on to facebook to see some pic's of my new grandson (he's so CUTE! lol).

I see listed there a post from my cousin. It's a freaking report card that lists out the different areas (friends, posts etc etc) of facebook and grades you on each.

ROFLMAO

I now know the true definition of "pathetic"

[Eville]

Personally, I'm glad that people post dumb things on FB. One of my favorite timekillers is to go on FB and look at the pages of all the lowlifes I went to high school with. Seeing that a lot of them of gone absolutely no where in the past 4 years is a good self esteem boost. One girl made it all the way to head cashier at Lowe's! Another is using her facebook to show off pictures of her in the various outfits that she strips out of for work.

[CoventryCat86]

Personally, I'm glad that people post dumb things on FB. One of my favorite timekillers is to go on FB and look at the pages of all the lowlifes I went to high school with. Seeing that a lot of them of gone absolutely no where in the past 4 years is a good self esteem boost. One girl made it all the way to head cashier at Lowe's! Another is using her facebook to show off pictures of her in the various outfits that she strips out of for work.

OOOoooooooo, what's her name? I wanna "friend" her.

[Eville]

You sure about that?

[mrtr33]

I'm surprised this post has so many others that feel the same way. With so much effort put towards social networking these days, it's interesting to me to see how this all will actually play out.

I signed up for a Twitter account once, just to see what it was all about. Just like Facebook, I got a gazillion "followers" from nonsense zombies. I've since closed the account.

I, too, attended private school, but only for high school. Our school was originally founded by Jesuit priests, and had no nuns working there. By the time I got there though, all the Jesuits had left. We did have priests, though. They can swing a paddle pretty hard. After getting hit a few times - you didn't get caught again, know what I mean? Before our school went coed, they used to resolve fights with boxing gloves in the gym.

I'm seriously thinking of closing all of my social networking accounts. Not that I'm overly concerned about the privacy angle, but just the annoyance of it all. Besides, Bill's right - should I keep this up, what will become of my budding political aspirations?

[ashauler]

Lowe's needs good cashiers. Some dudes, and dudettes I suppose, need strippers. We all have our roles to fill, even if it is only to build the self-esteem of others.

[CoventryCat86]

You sure about that?

[CoventryCat86]

Besides, Bill's right - should I keep this up, what will become of my budding political aspirations?

When you decide to take the plunge and you need a campaign manager or a campaign treasurer, just lemme know.