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Originally Posted by Kenswing
Normal is NOTHING but a moving target. What was normal 50 years ago is looked upon as weird today. What is normal today wasn't even thought of 50 years ago.
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Originally Posted by fw102807
I am finding that everything electronic is depressing, the news, television programs, social media etc. I try to stay away from the controversy and stay in NOTHING and I am unfriending more and more people on FB for posting crap I don't want to see. I am keeping only my closest friends and family. I am happy when I am out and about with real live people which is the best thing about The Villages as there are lots of opportunities.
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These are a couple of really good posts. So much has changed and I don't think necessarily for the good. I know our parents probably said the same thng and they were right. Before television we played more board games and cards which led to much more interaction with one another than watching a show on tv. The more advanced we become it seems, along with the positives, come many negatives as well. It's great being able to see family pics on FB and other means in an instant or to facetime or skype with family members no matter where they are, but like you said I see a lot of ugliness that I wouldn't if I was meeting up with the same people in conventional ways. I don't have a FB account for that reason but thanks for the reminder because for the sake of staying connected with some old classmates I thought about it. But I think I'll just continue with texting and emailing them and hopefully meet up again in real life. Which leads me to your last sentence, fw, the statement that stuck out for me the most. There's NOTHING that beats real live experiences with no electronics involved......NOTHING.