There might be two issues at play. According to stats, twitter has a much higher ratio of users who are African American. Facebook is filled with a bigger mix of ages while Twitter is filled with younger people. For me, that means, my family members are more likely to be on Facebook than Twitter and it's easier to Not Go There with family since you can unfriend them, but you can rarely unfamily them. For me, Facebook is all personal, while Twitter is way more activist/political/informational.
So, yeah, I think they've differentiated quite a bit.
I definitely avoid controversial things on FB -- I had kind of a heated discussion on there the other day when I posted a thing about that stupid ice bucket challenge!
So, this is classic: I was on the bus listening to the Slate culture podcast, and they were talking about how people talk about the weather. The first thing my coworker said when we got off was how beautiful it is today! Hee. (I generally ride the same bus as a couple of coworkers, but we have a nice routine where we don't talk until we get off. We may or may not nod hello, depending on who is facing which direction.)
My MiL ALWAYS asks me what the weather is like, like it's on her conversational checklist (1) say hello (2) talk about weather (3) actual topic of conversation. Her consistency has mad eme notice how ofen I talk about the weather with other people (pretty damn often, ftr). I am for it. It raineth on the just and the unjust, after all.
I am also for Jesse's bus routine of not talking on the bus.
This morning I am realizing that this week got off on the wrong foot when I went to the gym and the pool was closed. I don't think I ever quite got back on track. Oh well, week is almost over now.
I theoretically like Twitter much better than Facebook, but I almost never look at Twitter because I only do that when I feel like it and have time and I check Facebook once a day or so because I feel obligated to try to keep up with some of the people that I otherwise would have no contact at all with.
Im seeing a lot of stuff on FB about Ferguson, but that's because most of my FB friends are Buffistas.
My dad was discharged from the hospital yesterday to a hospice facility in Green Bay. We're at the point of just trying to keep him comfortable. He took a turn for the worse after the trip to Green Bay. Maybe he'll snap back from that, but he's not eating much and we decided against having a feeding tube implanted in his abdomen, so there's not much time left.
Also, Monica and I broke up on Tuesday. Yeah, bad timing but things were not going well for a while and we were both kind of putting off the Discussion. It's been hard--she was my first serious relationship, the first woman I've dated that I thought I could spend the rest of my life with.
Damn, tommyrot, that's a lot to deal with all at once. I'm sorry it's piled on like this.
If it helps brighten your day at all, I was really glad to see you when you were in Cincy.
If it helps brighten your day at all, I was really glad to see you when you were in Cincy.
Thanks. It was nice to see you guys too. Plus all the Buffista support lately has meant a lot to me.
I'm sorry, tommyrot. That's a lot of hard stuff to carry at once.
I'm so sorry, tommy. Sometimes life stress multiplies like that.
