Get a Life

“Tweeting and trolling are easy. Mastering the arts of conversation and measured debate is hard. Texting is easy. Writing a proper letter is hard. Looking stuff up on Google is easy. Knowing what to search for in the first place is hard. Having a thousand friends on Facebook is easy. Maintaining six or seven close adult friendships over the space of many years is hard. Swiping right on Tinder is easy. Finding love — and staying in it — is hard.”

—Bret Stephens, opinion columnist, “How Plato Foresaw Facebook’s Folly,” The New York Times, Nov. 16, 2018.

• Editorial Comment: “Conversation is hard”? haha LMAO! 😆 

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