Stupid Quotes of the Week
Ones you may want to believe but shouldn’t
Q: What do you do when you are frustrated in life and love?
A: Endlessly scroll through Facebook for hours, of course!
Q: What do you find there?
A: Other people living it up while my life sucks as well as memes and quotes that seem to provide just the right answer to explain your problems.
Social media is full of great information and links to all the answers the world can provide. It also has a bunch of information that has some basis in reality, but lies slightly to the left or right of the truth and therefore is dangerous to the vulnerable eye.
Social media can also be a trap. It is a great place to start an argument over an important topic or jump into one. Yet, it is a terrible place to have a conversation, healthy debate, and actually come to a resolution. Trolls are alive and pouncing on anything they can to get a rise out of some well-meaning soul.
Not wanting to be a troll and resigning long ago to the futility of arguing with or questioning people on social media, I have settled on a rule for myself only to post useful bipartisan information on psychology, philosophy, and family/parenting. I try to be very thoughtful not to spew out things that I would not defend. I…
