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Ditched Facebook on the phone ages ago and I had exactly the same experience. I now check FB from time to time on my desktop. Twitter might be up next but for some reason I don't find it nearly as addicting as I found Facebook.

The other big lifestyle change was trying to change how I engage in internet comments. I had a knee-jerk failure today but mostly I'm trying to be less breathless and cynical when I post online. Keeps me from spending all day rage-returning to some stupid flamewar that I either started or perpetuated.




> The other big lifestyle change was trying to change how I engage in internet comments.

When I find the urge to reply to some idiotic notion on the internet, I always think back to that XKCD comic (https://www.xkcd.com/386/) and tell my self I don't want to be that guy.


Ha ha that's a great XKCD- in fact I quote it to my wife when she wants me to do something and I can't quite yet because I have to set somebody straight....




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