Joe Bob’s Thought of the Day: Reality Check Edition
Added 2022-08-24 04:41:45 +0000 UTCWe're always being told how many "friends" we have, how many “likes" we have, how many "followers" we have, but we would all have better personalities if the online algorithms did the opposite:
7.752 billion people on Earth have never heard of you
7.712 billion people don't speak English as a first language so they'll probably never hear of you no matter what you do
7.711 billion people, even if they randomly discover your existence and read one of your posts, will probably be bored by you and move on to something else
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I've often wondered if that is why society seems to be going loopy. So many people, it's become hard to stand out and be noticed. Some people go to extremes. Saying and doing stupid things. The old "if you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bullshit".
2022-08-26 22:29:17 +0000 UTCPeople used to ask me why I didn't have more friends of Facebook. I would always respond with, how many do you have? I was amazed when they said several thousand. I would ask them do you remember 1,000 birthdays? That's a lot of conversations to have in a year. So many gifts. I wish I had that much money and time.
2022-08-25 15:02:52 +0000 UTCThought of the day wow, this one was great! one day Darcy we should compile all of JB’s quotes into a fancy coffee table book or daily calendar
Joe Schiro
2022-08-25 13:29:03 +0000 UTCNah, that can’t be right… Surely everyone around the world would be interested in my 26-Tweet thread on why Halloween III is the best in the franchise?
2022-08-24 19:37:15 +0000 UTCAnybody seen that episode of Black Mirror? If you know, you’ll know.
2022-08-24 13:30:53 +0000 UTCi think that is a brilliant question and i would have to totally say yes. not only would we have better personalities but we might just even grow into adulthood because of it! ;) (speaking from someone who has constant, fluctuating Instagram followers and more people on her blocked list than on her Facebook friends list haha) i do not base anything about my life on my internet status.
2022-08-24 12:32:08 +0000 UTCLOL LOL I would be SHOCKED if only 7 billion people were bored by me.
Peter Bernard
2022-08-24 11:56:06 +0000 UTCAgreed. It's not how many. It's who they are.
2022-08-24 09:33:30 +0000 UTCOn the other side of the spectrum, you guys know about me, and that's worth way more to me than those 7 billion+ people. So... I think I can manage. 😁
2022-08-24 06:56:30 +0000 UTCIs JB’s coquettish “come hither” pose an invitation to test the resilience of the trailer-house’s leaf springs? As soon as I get my chaps, bonnet, and jumper cables on, I’ll be right over 😜. Unlike his stubborn mule-ishness with regards to shopping bags, he’s right about how ridiculous we are to be so emotionally invested in social media validation -seeking the approval of strangers and virtual “friends” only gives others power over our well-being and chips away at our pillars of self worth.
2022-08-24 06:50:35 +0000 UTCI prefer to think of it in the more positive way of instead of almost 8 billion people having no idea of your existence here are the four that do...wait it's down to three...no it's back up to three and a half.
2022-08-24 06:44:35 +0000 UTCThis Patreon comment board is about as far as my social media activity extends - I shudder to think what that makes of my statistical relevance...
2022-08-24 05:37:19 +0000 UTCBut Joe Bob I’m a outlier, I’m an exception to the rule… The world will know me!!!🤓 I’m just fooling 🤪🤪
Joshua Sherwood
2022-08-24 05:36:23 +0000 UTC
