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<blockquote data-quote="Magnus Stout" data-source="post: 1508666" data-attributes="member: 17448"><p>Wanted to add two important things: <strong><em>(1) work on deleting your social media (or severely limiting it) and fighting cell phone addiction.</em></strong></p><p></p><p>I gave up Twitter last year during the Great Purge of 2020. Gab is probably OK (it was clunky and in growing pains last year). Facebook is trash. Never had Instagram stuff.</p><p></p><p>Social media is downright Evil. The allure is worse for women (Satan seems to target the woman first to bring down the man as well). The trend seems to be dragging people into the virtual (where the Big Media companies--servants of Evil--control the narrative). Temptation often comes through what we see, and social media is perfecting that dark art.</p><p></p><p>As for a phone: I moved to a Linux phone called the Pinephone ($149). I run SXMO on it: [MEDIA=youtube]VOW6APA4sTY[/MEDIA]</p><p></p><p>Basically, I have *no* apps to tempt me or malware to run. I think of it as the <strong>"nicotine gum</strong>" of phones (helping to kick the habit). I mainly use the Firefox browser on it. I can disable any of the hardware via hardware switches (such as the LTE modem). Essentially, it is a desktop-class OS running on a phone. Unfortunately, the hardware is the speed of something from 2013ish. Again: phones should not be so attractive so we can pair down their use (plus, I don't want to allow BigGov to force me to use a phone app as the proto-mark of the beast).</p><p></p><p>I use a monthly plan that provides 200 minutes and 1000 texts and 250MBs a month for $2.50. So, you and your wife can have a basic plan for $5/month.</p><p></p><p>The second thing: <strong><em>(2) Block Porn on your home internet.</em></strong> Do some research to force your DNS inquiries through a "family" dns service. I think of it as a good safety and backup because that trash is too accessible. Look, lust for Bathsheba even caught King David--a man after God's own heart. You and your wife are probably going to have different sex drives (as is normal). Better to talk and work through those issues than each going off on their own.... That stuff leads to divorces, but facing and overcoming those difficulties will improve your marriage.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Magnus Stout, post: 1508666, member: 17448"] Wanted to add two important things: [B][I](1) work on deleting your social media (or severely limiting it) and fighting cell phone addiction.[/I][/B] I gave up Twitter last year during the Great Purge of 2020. Gab is probably OK (it was clunky and in growing pains last year). Facebook is trash. Never had Instagram stuff. Social media is downright Evil. The allure is worse for women (Satan seems to target the woman first to bring down the man as well). The trend seems to be dragging people into the virtual (where the Big Media companies--servants of Evil--control the narrative). Temptation often comes through what we see, and social media is perfecting that dark art. As for a phone: I moved to a Linux phone called the Pinephone ($149). I run SXMO on it: [MEDIA=youtube]VOW6APA4sTY[/MEDIA] Basically, I have *no* apps to tempt me or malware to run. I think of it as the [B]"nicotine gum[/B]" of phones (helping to kick the habit). I mainly use the Firefox browser on it. I can disable any of the hardware via hardware switches (such as the LTE modem). Essentially, it is a desktop-class OS running on a phone. Unfortunately, the hardware is the speed of something from 2013ish. Again: phones should not be so attractive so we can pair down their use (plus, I don't want to allow BigGov to force me to use a phone app as the proto-mark of the beast). I use a monthly plan that provides 200 minutes and 1000 texts and 250MBs a month for $2.50. So, you and your wife can have a basic plan for $5/month. The second thing: [B][I](2) Block Porn on your home internet.[/I][/B] Do some research to force your DNS inquiries through a "family" dns service. I think of it as a good safety and backup because that trash is too accessible. Look, lust for Bathsheba even caught King David--a man after God's own heart. You and your wife are probably going to have different sex drives (as is normal). Better to talk and work through those issues than each going off on their own.... That stuff leads to divorces, but facing and overcoming those difficulties will improve your marriage. [/QUOTE]
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