I could no longer be tagged in photos, posts or informed easily via Facebook of upcoming social events. I found it strange how my absence was felt as annoyance to those closest to me. I needed a hard break, at least for a little while. True - I could have kept my account open and simply never used it - but this isn’t what I had set out to do. Some even pleaded for me to stay on Facebook as if my profile validated their own in some way. We've all had the rebellious friend who was temporarily "too cool for a Facebook” - only to rejoin once they felt their absence was sufficiently noted by the larger community. Some wrongly assumed I had been trying to making some sort of a statement.
Some were concerned that they had being singled out and maliciously removed from my friends list, and came to me privately, hurt. "What? Why? No! Come back!" were some initial responses that I remember hearing.
While their reactions were somewhat varied, there was a resounding sense of confusion. Where there once was a cheesy headshot of Ray, only a default user profile thumbnail remained. Immediate ReactionsĪs could be expected, my core group of friends and family took notice of my absence immediately. I decided this virtual distraction was not going to continue getting the best of my time. I became somewhat disgusted by my addiction to everyone else's daily lives and commentary. I wasn't bothered by the fact that 95% of what I was ingesting was intensely unimportant to my life. Near the end of my days being active on Facebook, I was virtually never missing a post on my feed. I like to consider myself a fairly self-aware person. There was no major event that spurred me to flip off the switch, more of a slow realization of a need for some change in my "social" interactions. This little experiment of abstinence from the social media platform was initially meant to span a few simple months, but has become a permanent change for me. at present the rears have 175/55/13's but it started catching with the 50's.It has been roughly two years now since I decided to close down my personal Facebook profile. I know they're in good order as I just recently refitted these wheels.Ĭould it be the springs sagging? I don't know much about leafs TBH! I guess double leafing should help too?Īny advice/ideas appreciated as I'm sick of this and it just seems to be getting worse - and I was was planning a -3" drop seeing as I run the correct offset wheels. WHen I fitted the Defender shocks I got the impression they were supporting the car and it certainly felt that way too, as the ride was much firmer. Now it happens reguarly with just one person in the front and the spare wheel in the boot and on occasion with just me in the car (if going quickly on back roads for EG)
Just recently though the back arches have started to catch the side walls if I have a person in the back and some stuff, trolley jack, couple BMX's maybe - nothing major. I'm not sure of the ET on the wheels but they are a perfect fit for the car. I run 175/50/13's all around on 7J Superlites and arch clearence has never been an issue.