Please don't like me

[SpokeyDokey]

Maybe 'Likes' are a measure of social acceptance; a measure of 'worth' if you will. In this case 'virtual worth'.

My virtual worth is clearly a great deal less than these high-flying Members:

1. [ATTACH=full]571551[/ATTACH]
   176,790
   classic33
   Legendary Member
   • Messages 113,675
   • Reaction score 176,796
   • Points 3,620
2. [ATTACH=full]571552[/ATTACH]
   107,400
   welsh dragon
   Thanks but no thanks. I think I'll pass.
   • Messages 42,640
   • Reaction score 107,406
   • Points 2,650
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   95,111
   172traindriver
   Legendary Member
   • Messages 35,159
   • Reaction score 95,111
   • Points 2,900
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   86,224
   Drago
   Flouncing Nobber · From Poshshire
   • Messages 45,295
   • Reaction score 86,225
   • Points 2,770
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   60,221
   Reynard
   Guru · From Cambridgeshire, UK
   • Messages 16,649
   • Reaction score 60,221
   • Points 2,230
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   56,350
   Bobby Mhor
   Wasn't born to follow · From Behind You
   • Messages 15,072
   • Reaction score 56,351
   • Points 2,530
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   53,719
   Mo1959
   Legendary Member · 61 · From Perthshire,Scotland
   • Messages 11,490
   • Media 3
   • Albums 1
   • Reaction score 53,719
   • Points 2,650
8. T
   52,848
   TVC
   Guest
   • Messages 28,450
   • Media 13
   • Albums 2
   • Reaction score 52,848
   • Points 3,190
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   50,147
   PeteXXX
   Cake or ice cream? The choice is endless ... · 68 · From Hamtun
   • Messages 16,202
   • Reaction score 50,150
   • Points 2,650
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    dave r
    Dunking Diddy Dave Pedalling Pensioner · From Holbrooks Coventry
    • Messages 19,172
    • Media 90
    • Albums 5
    • Reaction score 50,081
    • Points 3,230
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    49,995
    biggs682
    Smile a mile bike provider · 59 · From Northamptonshire
    • Messages 30,259
    • Media 51
    • Albums 2
    • Reaction score 49,995
    • Points 3,350
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    Hill Wimp
    Fair weathered,fair minded but easily persuaded. · From A beach hut by the sea in the Garden of England
    • Messages 18,139
    • Reaction score 48,555
    • Points 2,530
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    48,318
    ianrauk
    Tattooed Beat Messiah · From Atop one Ti or the other
    • Messages 49,909
    • Media 46
    • Albums 1
    • Reaction score 48,319
    • Points 3,350
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    47,466
    Dave7
    Legendary Member · From Cheshire
    • Messages 14,897
    • Reaction score 47,471
    • Points 2,780
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    46,712
    ColinJ
    Puzzle game developer · From Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
    • Messages 38,965
    • Media 35
    • Albums 1
    • Reaction score 46,712
    • Points 3,350
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    46,625
    Andy in Germany
    Guru · From Freiburg im Breisgau
    • Messages 13,014
    • Media 1
    • Albums 1
    • Reaction score 46,626
    • Points 2,230
17. [ATTACH=full]571566[/ATTACH]
    45,884
    Illaveago
    Guru · From Chippenham,Wiltshire.
    • Messages 11,725
    • Media 36
    • Albums 2
    • Reaction score 45,884
    • Points 2,320
18. [ATTACH=full]571567[/ATTACH]
    44,200
    raleighnut
    Legendary Member · From On 3 Wheels
    • Messages 31,092
    • Media 13
    • Albums 8
    • Reaction score 44,200
    • Points 2,650
19. [ATTACH=full]571568[/ATTACH]
    43,277
    Fab Foodie
    hanging-on in quiet desperation ... · From Deal, Abingdon, Overseas.
    • Messages 29,511
    • Reaction score 43,280
    • Points 3,350
20. [ATTACH=full]571569[/ATTACH]
    41,978
    deptfordmarmoset
    Full time tea drinker · 66 · From Armonmy Way
    • Messages 23,549
    • Reaction score 41,978
    • Points 2,920

On a positive note; my counselling sessions are going quite well and I am starting to realise that my lack of virtual worth really doesn't matter one jot - none of it is real; it's all virtual rollocks.

 

[PeteXXX]

Are 'virtual' or Tantric Likes OK inasmuch I like a post but do not actually tap on the Like button?

 

[PeteXXX]

Sorry.. Gotta go and check.. Someone just Liked my post in Mundane News!

 

[Archie_tect]

It's a whole new world!
Good job there isn't a dislike button there'd be open warfare [though on a serious note I can imagine that someone could easily feel bullied and that could be very dangerous if they were vulnerable].

 

[anothersam]

Just wanted to add, I’m not collecting recruits for Reaction Extinction Rebellion. I’ve been at some pains to keep it as light as possible. It’s just something else to chat about.

View: https://youtu.be/gT9xuXQjxMM

 

[derrick]

We need a dislike button on here.

 

[Randomnerd]

Likelets could be useful. Parts of a like.

 

[mudsticks]

Likelets could be useful. Parts of a like.

Or a

"ill have a little think about that, and get back to you, cos right now ambivalence abounds"

button ??

 

[anothersam]

Or a

"ill have a little think about that, and get back to you, cos right now ambivalence abounds"

button ??

Fully onboard with an AA button

 

[derrick]

Maybe a AL button aswel.

 

[Milkfloat]

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View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBNpSRtfIUA&t=0m52s

You nearly got me there - I was very close to hitting the 'like' button to reward your effort, but pulled back just in time. I am not sure if you were tricking me or I was tricking myself. I shall have to have a (too) long hard think about it.

 

[Chris S]

Every time you click the "Like" button a puppy dies ......... FACT !

That's not a problem in Korea - dinner's ready!

 

[SpokeyDokey]

That's not a problem in Korea - dinner's ready!

That's a good example as to why we need a dislike button.

 

[swee'pea99]

I never expected chickens.

Another t-shirt gone by on the tide...

 

[anothersam]

Are 'virtual' or Tantric Likes OK inasmuch I like a post but do not actually tap on the Like button?

I do this all the time. Most recent examples:

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with a further show of appreciation for everyone playing. See the problem here? As an OP hoping for a large response, I can cast a blanket Like over practically everything, but that's too much work.

If I single out posts that actually make me LOL as opposed to simply smile, which is also a win in my book, it introduces an unwanted element of competition. It may also provide insight into my taste, which not only invites withering judgement, but on other platforms (I’m looking at you Facebook) gets fed into algorithms which shape the user experience and grease the mechanism facilitating the ongoing downfall of humanity and eventual heat death of the universe.

"So long, zuckers."

Not sure how that karma is working for me. I'm told it's a bitch.
on edit: I read your Tantric as karmic. Now I'm stuck on Wikipedia again.

Likelets could be useful. Parts of a like.

Despite my dislike of likes, I like the way you think.

You nearly got me there - I was very close to hitting the 'like' button to reward your effort, but pulled back just in time. I am not sure if you were tricking me or I was tricking myself. I shall have to have a (too) long hard think about it.

If I made you think, my work here is done. Except it’s never done, because the replies can make me think, too, which is not only cause for a massive LIKE but the gravest addiction of all.

Another t-shirt gone by on the tide...

Our competition on the chicken t-shirt front:

Now I’ve got chickens on the brain – thanks a lot, swee’pea99

View: https://youtu.be/msSc7Mv0QHY

693,375,594 views? It’s a not entirely painful way to spend 2:30 of one’s life (I only made it through about half a minute), but that is definitely a sign of the heat death of the universe.

View: https://youtu.be/Ta3CImvWOxo

Massive spoiler alert!
“Way to wrap up a post, anothersam. That’s set the mood for the rest of my day.” OK, let’s end it on this note instead. Make of it what you will:

View: https://youtu.be/FumzOu7pqGY

(I picked him up once hitchhiking on Highway 61)