For amusement only

  I view Facebook as an entertainment platform. I certainly don't believe everything I see or read on there. It's for amusement only. Heck, I don't read or believe some of the stuff I put on there. I do like hearing from those that I know and trust. The thing is, if I don't know you personally I will take whatever you say literally. I can only assume that is what you meant to say. If I know you, I can usually tell when you're being sarcastic or just clowning around. I don't always get that right though, it is something I have written about before. Without in person, personal interaction, including body language it is very difficult. Take me for instance, some people have developed a negative opinion of me, even blocked me, because they just don't know the real me. Of course, it is possible that is why they blocked me in the first place but that's another story altogether.

 Beyond reading the posts from those I know, those posts, meme's or whatever else you want to call them, I really place no stock in them at all. Those are the ones if I'm interested I will "fact" check with Google or some other platform/method. Google, in case you don't know, leans heavily to the left and you really have to read deep into the page to obtain certain facts. There is this new AI thing I have tried a few times but got answers like, they don't have any information about that, always on something controversial. I do enjoy ( that's the entertainment part) listening to those liberal, far left, wacko's whether that is real or they are just going for clicks. This morning there was one worried about being deported because she didn't like Trump or that her Trans friends would be swept up off the street! I was amused how she spoke about her Trans & Gay friends like they were pets or something. Reminds me of Democrats saying, I have lots of black friends. 

 Facebook can only get you upset if you allow that to happen. As I said, it's for entertainment purposes only as far as I'm concerned. I have been known to get a bit riled up when talking with someone I do know because I believe what they are saying. And I do have a guilty pleasure of riling up those that are easily riled up. In my view, they are asking for it. It's all part of the show. When I am no longer entertained I just set things aside, like an old toy. It may contain some fond memories but I'm over it. Every once in a while I may pick that toy back up, fiddle with it some, and laugh at the memory of it.   Facebook isn't the real world. It isn't even a true reflection of the real world. There are many keyboard warriors out there boldly going where they don't have the nerve to go in the real world. We've all met them. I get attacked often for sharing my opinion. Yes, I'm just sharing my opinion, which I believe to be correct, because, why would I share something I didn't. Well, I might be a "troll" according to some. I haven't been called that in a while now I must be losing my touch. But yeah, try to cross my bridge and you will be challenged. 

 Things have been rather quiet and subdued since Trump got back into office. I'm wondering if there is a correlation? Oh the rhetoric is still there alright, all the gloom and doom from the left, all the fear mongering and predictions of disaster. But personal interaction seems to be in a slump. The personal attacks are fewer, which is a good thing in my opinion, although I often found them entertaining. Hey we all enjoy a good fight, it's that nosy in us. We will pick sides in the fight and cheer for our champion. Well, I admit I was amused by that more than I should have been but I'm just being real about it. 95% of what I read and see on Facebook I just take with a grain. It's entertaining. Am I trolling? No, I'm not fishing for anything, I'm just tossing out the bait, if you bite, that's your fault, not mine.