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[Peelz]

For a happier life, give up Facebook, study says
http://phys.org/news/2015-11-happier-life-facebook.html


Always envious? Got a non-existent social life and struggle to concentrate? All this might be down to Facebook if you believe a study showing those who go a week without using the social network feel happier than others.
Carried out by the Happiness Research Institute, the study involved a sample of 1,095 people in Denmark who were divided into two groups, half of whom continued using Facebook while the others stopped.
"We focused on Facebook because it is the social media that most people use across age groups," Meik Wiking, HRI's chief executive told AFP Tuesday in Copenhagen, the Danish capital.
After a week, those people who hadn't been on Facebook said they were more satisfied with their lives, with 88 percent of them describing themselves as "happy" compared with 81 percent from the second group.
Some 84 percent said they appreciated their lives compared with 75 percent in the other group, and only 12 percent described themselves as dissatisfied, compared with 20 percent among those who continued using Facebook.
At the end of the experiment, the abstainers reported having a richer social life and fewer difficulties in concentrating, while the others reported no such change.
"Instead of focusing on what we actually need, we have an unfortunate tendency to focus on what other people have," the authors of the study wrote.
In other words, Facebook users are 39 percent more likely to feel less happy than non-users.

100% believable

Im watching these women that work in my room.... all they do all day... look at FB, then pass phone around. then talk about it. then stress out they have too much to do. 

I enjoy using it... but at arms length. and for happy things. mostly... LOL'z

[Hefe]

<<<<<<< --------- This guy!!!

Awesome life

No Facebook!


although I recently have been getting notifications from Facebook... I deleted them as junk...
but then more and more..
so I did a little Digging
it was real...
some dumbass created an account with my hefe33 gmail account
her name was Helen Feleke (or something like that)
take the first 2 letters of her first and last names.. it's Hefe...
safe to assume she just messed up on the email address part..
so I deleted all her friends and deactivated the account
next day I get emails saying someone is trying to access the account.. trying to change the pwd..
dumbass!

[Krandall]

<<<<<<< --------- This guy!!!

Awesome life

No Facebook!


although I recently have been getting notifications from Facebook... I deleted them as junk...
but then more and more..
so I did a little Digging
it was real...
some dumbass created an account with my hefe33 gmail account
her name was Helen Feleke (or something like that)
take the first 2 letters of her first and last names.. it's Hefe...
safe to assume she just messed up on the email address part..
so I deleted all her friends and deactivated the account
next day I get emails saying someone is trying to access the account.. trying to change the pwd..
dumbass!

I know we've had this discussion before. Facebook is nice for keeping in touch with people you don't get to see often.
Especially people whom left the forum haha
Other than that.. I've blocked a ton of people on there.. So much bullshit. My life is better.

[Peelz]

<<<<<<< --------- This guy!!!

Awesome life

No Facebook!


although I recently have been getting notifications from Facebook... I deleted them as junk...
but then more and more..
so I did a little Digging
it was real...
some dumbass created an account with my hefe33 gmail account
her name was Helen Feleke (or something like that)
take the first 2 letters of her first and last names.. it's Hefe...
safe to assume she just messed up on the email address part..
so I deleted all her friends and deactivated the account
next day I get emails saying someone is trying to access the account.. trying to change the pwd..
dumbass!

I know we've had this discussion before. Facebook is nice for keeping in touch with people you don't get to see often.
Especially people whom left the forum haha
Other than that.. I've blocked a ton of people on there.. So much bullshit. My life is better.

i thrive on the bullshit.



ive only blocked a few, the folks who only put up hateful things. differeing viewpoints are the spice of life. unless youre an asshole.

no serious, what rando said. ... its a good social and family barometer. 

but I use it mainly for LOL's. and looking at peoples' car pics. 

[Krandall]

I'm getting old.

The amount of ignorance that comes across as humor is almost too much for me.

[Peelz]

I'm getting old.

The amount of ignorance that comes across as humor is almost too much for me.

welcome...friend.





every once in awhile... Ill click one of those political links... Just to see... like... "come on... be someone in here who will save my faith in humanity"  normally. I am left depressed for its usually. "you are dumb and you should die because you feel differently than me" "you are criminal if you are liberal" you are criminal if you love jeebus" then same person call that person a nazi. and im like.. ummm. what you just said..is EVERYTHING the nazis were about lol. STFU.

there are a few rare occasions where I see debate end in mutual, respectful disagreement.

but more often than not, its just the ancient aliens guy eating popcorn with michael.

[Hefe]

I unplugged from all the politics years ago..
and I see my brother who is otherwise a pretty smart guy say some epically stupid shit he read on FB and bought it hook-line-and-sinker!
I'm like really... you believe that shit?
so we do some reading.. and of course it was just FB BS

[Peelz]

I unplugged from all the politics years ago..
and I see my brother who is otherwise a pretty smart guy say some epically stupid shit he read on FB and bought it hook-line-and-sinker!
I'm like really... you believe that shit?
so we do some reading.. and of course it was just FB BS

yeah.. dont research! if it fits your preconceived belief, its automatic truth! internet is serious business.

LMFAO for real

VVVVVVVV

[Hefe]

Dr Cox...
love that dude

[Krandall]

My spirit animal

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/video/femail/video-1209778/Why-wouldnt-cover-brother-peanut-butter.html

[Krandall]

 


http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/02/us/san-bernardino-shooting/index.html

[Peelz]

http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/02/us/san-bernardino-shooting/index.html

 

yah im building me a safe room.

wearing a bulletproof vest everywhere.

why is it like this...? don't get it. really don't.

Nichole was telling me, she has a guy working for her, shes afraid to fire. because of this. he walks around talking about his guns and how tough he is....

too many crazy people + too many, and WAY too easy to get guns=needless death.

[Hefe]

too many crazy people + too many, and WAY too easy to get guns=needless death.

well in the case of this shooting.. you have that HALF right..
it's quite difficult to get guns in California
crazy people... we have plenty of them

I wonder if this was motivated by religion?
the suspects were all Muslim .. yes?

[Peelz]

There are now more guns than people in the United States. problem isnt a state problem.

pro gun or not, Really, if the first thing you do after a horrible gun violence tragedy, is clutch your guns, and say "Nooooo, my precious, I wont let the gubment get you" or "the world needs more of them" and not, "this is horrible, we should do something immediately"  YOU are the problem.

I own a gun. and this mentality is SO embarrassing, Ive actually occasionally considered getting rid of it out of shame.


Really i'm totally lost on this one. appears to just be an asshole, who happens to be Arabian descent?  (well see about muslim extremist) either way, f**kin people. no regard for human life if they dont believe their exact bullshit sociopolitical and/or religious views.  but it'll be a huge media and political deal. and for the wrong reasons.  nobody will sit down and talk about it. and around we go.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/04/us/san-bernardino-shooting-syed-rizwan-farook.html?_r=0

[Magz]

I agree with you to some point peels..........but If guns to law abiding citizens were limited or outlawed completely we would just be easier targets to people like this because these type of people do not follow the laws and there is other ways to get guns.

just look at mexico, Guns are illegal there, only law enforcement can have them............so the crooks there get them from somewhere else.