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All My Exes Live in Texts

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Re: All My Exes Live in Texts

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Post by jamesaguilar »

There's a reason for the Reddit truism:

"Hire a lawyer, hit the gym, delete from Facebook."

Far be it from me to say how someone else should deal with their exes, but if their presence on social media makes you uncomfortable, there's a quick and dirty solution just a click of a button away.

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Post by pixie_ »

I wish I could send this article back in time 20 years. All the prophecies of how the internet would change the social dynamic, and now we see how it has all played out.

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Post by chatmasta »

If your personal history includes memories of 36 events that make your "stomach churn," maybe you should investigate the cause for the events. You might trace all of them back to one origin. That's the root problem. So before you lament the impossibility of resolving your personal issues, try to fix them yourself. Don't excuse your behavior based on the presence of a controllably negative influence like Facebook. It doesn't make you do anything. Your decision of how to use it is entirely of your own volition. If you do not like how you handle that power, figure out why. Do not throw your arms up in the air and blame Facebook. Blame your own decisions and then address the cause. You're only avoiding the problem.

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Post by _b8r0 »

billforsternz wrote: post #5

Damn, was hoping this was an article about how to encode Windows executables into text.

Ask and ye shall receive (in powershell form):

    $fName = "last.exe"

    $fContent = get-content $fName

    $fContentBytes = [System.Text.Encoding]::UTF8.GetBytes($fContent)

    $fContentEncoded = [System.Convert]::ToBase64String($fContentBytes)

    $fContentEncoded set-content ($fName + ".text")
Now you can at least say that all your .exes live in base64-encoded .texts.

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Post by girvo »

I'm 22. I have 6 ex girlfriends, and a lot more girls that were not a proper relationship, but for the sake of argument here, we'll call them exes.

I deal with this problem simply. I delete them and remove them from my life. There have been no exceptions.

I've run into one or two of them around town, said hello, and went my own way.

It can be done, oddly enough. But then, I don't ascribe any meaning to deleting someone from Facebook. I have 100 people in my friends list, and I'd invite every one of them to a party.

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