I say foe. I agree with you it may not help to change privacy settings. An app that literally gathers information then combines it to a person and location, could backfire hard.
You're right. It will rear it's head all over. I don't detail any of the rougher things because positives out weigh them dramatically. Addressing it upfront and to your children is exactly the type of parenting that helps the most; even if we can't or don't get to see any of the, hoped for, positive effects immediately.
I attended school in 3 different states so the groups and people were not the same as some growing up their whole lives in the same area(s). My daughter is attending school in her second area of the state. There would always be the occasional idiot, and even then, that wasn't restricted to just black, white, or hispanic. It's been a long time since I've encountered any, but other than an acting president the seems to think he has a son, whom truly doesn't exist,there are also certain groups here and there.
Even in the armed services, where there would be the occasional idiot, we never thought about it as a whole. I've been through two additional states there including Ft. Drum New York, and Ft. Sheridan Illinois. Over seas, we were honestly too busy to notice much one way or the other on anything but what we were doing. As far as being one side of the coin, I can't accept. That's just too many places already with too many different people where trouble over the concept, has primarily been low to none. It is in what examples parents give and teach. It is in the individual as an adult, to make up their mind to grow above it for what they see with their environments and all involved, or succumb to dumbing down into it. Every one has a right to relocate as well as other options. I have seen many families do this for various reasons including economics, which is usually the biggest reason.
People push this too hard where they shouldn't. From my experiences, I believe there is a much broader population than we might think, would rightfully dispute the concept. We can't go by things that might make the news and what politics say in this. They've become more of the problem in too many areas already. I do realize there are people that have experienced it and they're not all one race either.
My daughter's mother is with a black man. One of my nieces has racially mixed siblings.
I just don't give a thought to interracial anything. I haven't encountered many that do. Not even in my current work place.
Honestly Kaybee, I generally don't prowl but I've looked at many profiles over the years. People may often state things they like but they're not actually doing them because they don't have the equipment themselves. These things can be misleading in their own rights. A person not owning or having the time for such things would generally not look back. Things like persons stating being high romantics and such. Of course there are other expectations people put in. Even something that may appear as soft and simple as this, isn't going to be so simple and soft to keep up with. It could in fact, at times be easier to miss finding a person than finding what you think/know you want. There are other criteria that basically makes sense, the normal things of life, financial, transportation...etc. Not something I'm going to demand but something will always be a long term factor for many.
Definitions and understandings vary by person according to what they may read and/or see in a profile. That's where the work and time come in if a person chooses to act and if the other is okay with that.
Many things in daily life can be cut and dried enough to know or even act and re-act. Coming from a computer screen, it's never so clear and easy. Even moving forward with a person could be accidentally misleading in the long run. Sometimes things are close but just not close enough in which people feel time might have been wasted. We can't skip the fact that there are those who mislead on purpose with other motives.
In over 4 years, I have only ever met one person from online. It wasn't a fully negative experience by any term, but there were many things in the reality that shone brighter than any, pin pointed light house, as things I should consider in the future.
I very briefly, and possibly gruffly, high lighted myself. I placed what I hope is a reasonable age range. Daily life is subject to change which where I prefer to be. Online generally isn't.
I don't think it's a good idea to put expectations on others beyond the most important, which is that they can be themselves up front.
Given the nature of the environment where there is a potential to meet someone, it doesn't give true "justice" to what the person may be, or look like.
I also think each person still has a certain "view" and idea of what they're looking for regardless of what may take place in this environment. Realistically, that means with in a short time of talking with and meeting some one; odds are already high that you know if a person has a potential for long term any thing.
It can be very different from "reading and writing a book" with someone where you may know the ending and actually being in full, physical, real time on a regular basis.
That's a lot of variables, scenarios, and situations to be taken into account that takes real time to work through or walk away from. Either way, it's time consuming. People with high expectations and demands have already cut a lot out. That can be both advantageous and disadvantageous.
I think if it were banned as a sport, I could live with that.
Keep in mind that occasionally there is an over population of a species here and there, disease afflictions, and other hunting might be required to thin them out. If they can't be used for food, fertilizers, or what ever; trophy hunting would be a possibility. It's a side note that may need allowances made.
I don't believe in political correctness. It is a double and triple standard no matter what spin people put on it. To me, it is all ignorance and people that aren't able to accept or deal with straight forward terminologies and truths.
We're breaking down into a pretty weak, twisted, and sick minded society. A society that saddens and frustrates me to a point that I dare not speak because "talking points" are just more twisted logic or lack of logic, tolerance, and understanding altogether. More and more, people don't want the hard bottom line reality. They want the lies and sugar coating instead.
It sounds a lot like you've had opportunity or reason to re-evaluate yourself and your life.
You haven't changed yet. The changes will occur when you've come to terms with your current standings and set about the actions you want to take towards the direction you choose.
I'm not sure what a mid life crisis is and can't say I've ever gone through one. People re-evaluate often through out their lives. It may be most common when something has shown or caused a different reality than what you have or are used too. It may be that there's something you want to change. It maybe that you want something more and that something might run deeper than current living and situations will allow for. There could be a number of different reasons. It could be as simple as needing a long break.
Take your time, sort it out. Talk with friends and family. You'll figure it out.
I have all of the features available and unlimited but I don't use my phone for internet, email, and just don't care to have a ton of different ring tones. Now that I think about this, I have a ton of other features I'll most likely never use.
It's fun to occasionally hear other people's "ring tones" as they go off at very inopportune times.
I can't say it's a fixation. It will show the most recent person that viewed you every time as far as I can tell. Even if it's seconds or minutes a part and the same person. You do have the option of addressing the individual and.... Chatting with them to know for certain or at least a better idea of what's going on.
Asking THEM would be a better option in my opinion.
I don't post my life online because it doesn't belong there. Maybe a photo here and there once in a great while. I do have a few private groups I'm part of. In those groups, is a wealth of information sharing. We're all, most likely, being watched more often than not since "key words" are often words we'd never suspect but may use often.
Because I have no quarrels of expressing my views, I do like using it for political and religious expressions. 111 people on my list but have not been defriended by any one so far; there are at least a few that I've tried too.
Sorry ladies. No disrespect but no pacifications either. Brown nosing strictly reserved for a peed off mate only. Even then, only if it's truly my fault for the child likeness still with in me.
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