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Stacey Grove

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11. I walk a lot

Reply to hunter (Reply #10)

Fri Nov 14, 2025, 12:11 PM

Nov 2025

Don't watch much television, eschew Facebook, Hitler Twitter, Tik Tok, etc.

Social Media is horseshit and it has made many people more stupid than is actually necessary.

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One more time - PLEASE check alleged quotes, including quotes in images, before posting them on DU as real, [View all] highplainsdem Nov 2025 OP

You can't win a fight against the Internets Stacey Grove Nov 2025 #1

You can try. If you don't try, you're helping the trolls. It takes only a minute to check those quotes. highplainsdem Nov 2025 #2

I can dig it Stacey Grove Nov 2025 #4

I've probably got more than 95% of the internet, by volume, blacklisted. hunter Nov 2025 #10

I walk a lot Stacey Grove Nov 2025 #11

Good for you! I have thought about it though... SouthBayDem Nov 2025 #15

Most people don't know how to disappear those sites dickthegrouch Nov 2025 #17

Blocking third party cookies is important too. hunter Nov 2025 #18

That's just part of the current semantic environment, unfortunately. Ursus Rex Nov 2025 #3

+1 There's an upside leftstreet Nov 2025 #9

Like Lincoln said Shambala Nov 2025 #5

I don't know about that. usonian Nov 2025 #6

Sadly, there is no prohibition against spreading misinformation or lies. Fiendish Thingy Nov 2025 #7

i'm worried about the future. i keep a tab in browser to google the crap i see. mopinko Nov 2025 #8

Agreed. I paraphrased, using quotes here on DU & was called on it. I argued that it was very similar. I was wrong. AnotherMother4Peace Nov 2025 #12

I really WISH there was a way to quarantine suspicious posts that have unverified "quotes" FakeNoose Nov 2025 #13

Good reminder. Thanks for posting. Martin68 Nov 2025 #14

It's not just the fake quotes or social media quotes or AI. A weekly very obvious satire posted on here gets more people WhiskeyGrinder Nov 2025 #16

This message was self-deleted by its author WarGamer Nov 2025 #19