Huh, strange....the three major social networking sites are Instagram, Twitter, and SocialGrounds/New-NewGrounds (I have high hopes). LinkedIn is more of a professional site for bankers, insurance salesmen, lawyers, tax-brokers etc., FaceBook is the social media site that just won't die, Google+ no one actually uses (strangely). Since you are 40+ you have an excuse. For those under 40 without some type of a social media account, it's likely they are some kind of social outcast. Just the way it is in this f*cked up digital age. Btw, if you have a YouTubes or Gmail email, you automatically have Google+. But I recall you saying you would never sign up for a Google service for some misplaced reason :P
peace out
I'm the last one out my door, too. Different door though. Do your brother and sister have kids? I'm the sole remaining male in my patrilineal line, and I've always been adamant in my stance about not bringing another child into this f*cked up world (never was really romantically compatible with women anyway) but being the person to close the door to my esteemed heritage is somewhat disconcerting.
Doomroar
By now, like it or not, mos of us have at least one, if not all 3 of those "social networking sites", but still what a load of bullshit to go and elevate them to the rank of an ID.
You can disable the GPS, and location tracking functions of your phone, sure some apps will stop working and others will malfunction, but if is that much of a problem you can do it, plus you can use your phone as a modem, if i remember right early this year, CyberD had to tether his phone after his internet company left him without internet for a whole week after some accident, it probably was longer than a week.
VicariousE
Exactly. Although I've been quite opinionated and possibly creepy here, I guess I wouldn't have minded linking my NG account to a DL... only as a necessity, if this were a pleasure vacation, I would've shopped around, taken my chances.
It's an Android OS, and I did what I could to disable the weird shit, but so long as the battery's installed, it still sends out pings to the local tower, which can be triangulated. I could use the thing to go online, sadly, it's about as powerful as a used laptop I recently purchased... but that's another out-of-pocket cost I'd rather not splurge on. Great feature though, it's better to have more functionally...