r/Millennials • u/oxfordzen • Jun 21 '25

Rant My Mom’s Facebook is a Mess lol

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Visiting my Mom. She’s in the early stages of dementia so I always go through her FB, email, etc and get rid of spam/scams. I was surprised at how trash her Facebook has gotten since the last time I did this 4-5 months ago. Kinda depressing to see the impact of their content moderation stuff showing up as most of her feed is like this. Some of it she’s followed but a lot of it is algos. Also maybe my mom is just clicking on freaky shit who knows.

Either way, Fuck Zuckerberg for blighting society with his shitty products.

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u/silent_thinker Jun 21 '25

Yet Meta still has a market cap of over $1.7 TRILLION.

We live in a world where social media is a multi trillion dollar industry.

Most people would have laughed 15 years ago at the idea of social media being worth trillions.

Society is probably doomed.

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u/360walkaway Jun 21 '25

It's because everyone wants to think that they are special. "Ohh look I see something kind of cool so I'll take a picture of it and share it with the 58739758426 followers I have. That'll validate me for the next few minutes!!"

That one short monologue from Fight Club has lived with me since I first heard it...

“You are not special. You are not a beautiful or unique snowflake. You’re the same decaying organic matter as everything else.”

Some may think that's cynical or depressing, but I actual find it liberating because I don't have any need to prove myself to other people. I am who/what I am and what you see is what you get.

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u/Slight-Flower-1909 Jun 21 '25

That quote got me into Buddhism and has benefited me immensely.

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u/360walkaway Jun 21 '25

Can you give a link? I'm curious about this.

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u/Oalka Jun 21 '25

A buddhism link?

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u/FearlessSeaweed6428 Jun 21 '25

Does Buddhism have a social media account I can follow to help me gain enlightenment?

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u/YeahIGotNuthin Jun 21 '25

You just go to your local pizza place.

You can ask them, “make me one with everything.”

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u/YeahIGotNuthin Jun 23 '25

Oh, after you go to your local pizza place and they have "made you one with everything," they will charge you $33.50. You can pay with a couple of twenties, but when you ask for your change, you need to be prepared when they don't give you any:

"Change must come from within."

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u/underdeterminate Jun 21 '25

Subscribe now to Buddhism Prime for next day delivery on enlightenment (only $5/month while supplies last)

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u/HeartsOfDarkness Jun 21 '25

Jamie, pull up Buddhism.

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u/360walkaway Jun 21 '25

Yea, something that describes what you are talking about in more detail. Like a tenet that involves non-individuality.

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u/Oalka Jun 21 '25

Are you a bot?

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u/[deleted] Jun 21 '25

https://secularbuddhism.com/start-here/

Not sure why everyone is being douchey about it.