May be dropping Facebook soon

MonoStereo

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For those complaining about how cluttered with junk Facebook is...I use an add-on called FB Purity ( the "FB" stands for "Fluff Busting" ). It works pretty well to get rid of ads & junk. And it allows you to customize Facebook a lot more in what you see, category-wise.

 

scotchandcigar

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I guess I lingered too long on something a few weeks ago. Now my Facebook feed is packed with "Celebrity Cars" (pictures of famous people with their car collection) and Porsche 911 club pics. I'll have to make a point to just keep scrolling through those for the next week or so, and then it'll be on to the next obsession.
 
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scotchandcigar

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I was sick of them the second day!
I've never cared about another person's Wordle result.

About a year ago, Mrs. Scotch - in regards to playing Wordle - was like "You've gotta do it. It's great; something to look forward to everyday. And since you like Words with Friends, you should like this". So I played Wordle for about 6 months. But every so often, I had band practice, or we were out for the evening, and the next day I'd play it and realize my win streak had reset to zero. And I'd be so pissed that I missed a day. And then we went on vacation, and I just stopped playing, and there was a sense of relief. Like "I don't ever have to worry about that fucking game again".

It's kind-of a stupid game. There's very little distinction between someone who consistently gets it in 2 or 3 guesses, versus someone who gets it in 5 or 6. And really, it's just luck. The first guess is luck. And then you could have a word where you're just missing the first letter, and it could start with 6 different letters. So you pick one, then another, and another. But it's total luck.
 

IdRatherBeSkiing

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I don't play any facebook games. When I play computer games I play robots. I don't want to interact with anybody. My mother-in-law always sends me invites to play some stupid facebook game. I always igore.
 

scotchandcigar

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I don't play any facebook games. When I play computer games I play robots. I don't want to interact with anybody. My mother-in-law always sends me invites to play some stupid facebook game. I always igore.
FYI, Wordle has nothing to do with Facebook. It's from the NY Times. People just post their Wordle results on Facebook, on a daily basis in some cases.

And Wordle is a game you play by yourself to guess a word. You're not playing anyone.
 

MonoStereo

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I still play Wordle, mostly outta habit. Just a couple minutes out of my day. I know I'll never top my best streak ( 176 days ), & I've solved the puzzle in 1 word once, so I've kinda done everything that can be done with it.

For awhile I was playing a game called ThruLine that I really enjoyed, but outta nowhere it stopped being free. So there goes that.
 
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HecticArt

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I used to play it a lot, but haven't lately.

Guessing it in one word is luck. After that it's all about having a system or method.
If you start with the same 3 words you can blow through more than half of the alphabet and usually get enough letters that you can solve it by the 5th guess.
 
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Aaron

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Not to brag (which always means bragging is about to happen)

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It’s probably a few hundred more than this. I used to play without an account then at some point switched to playing with an account.
 

MonoStereo

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My long Wordle streak is also due to pretty much playing the same time every day.

And I also use My Fitness Pal - I credit it mainly for a 60 pound weight loss I had about a decade ago, & with keeping that weight off. Seeing your day streak number made me look mine up...3096.
 

Aaron

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My long Wordle streak is also due to pretty much playing the same time every day.

And I also use My Fitness Pal - I credit it mainly for a 60 pound weight loss I had about a decade ago, & with keeping that weight off. Seeing your day streak number made me look mine up...3096.

That’s awesome, glad MyFitnessPal helped you!