Stupid shit on FaceBook

[polecat]

I have a cousin who does the baby photo bombing all day as well. She already has two teenage daughters, but OMG suddenly she was expecting. I half think she was bored with her shitty life and wanted something to do, so she got pregnant.

Anyway, her kid is the average cute little boy, but what's irritating is that of course the photos are usually selfie type shots that include her trying to look fabulous and fashionable. (which she's not). Then she adds about twenty obscure meaningless hashtags which include things like #sexymom #weresocool #chillinwiththebaby

Oh, those pics where sexy mom poses all sultry with her baby all sweet beside her ... I do not get why this trend is happening. It's a little weird and creepy to me maybe because I'm just old -- but cute pictures with your beebee do not require you to wear 50 layers of makeup and full-on duckface. They really don't.

[louisa05]

Two gems this morning:

From my mom's fundie cousin with the "feeling disappointed" thing on the status:

"I wondered if God would send Jesus back since many were distracted watching the eclipse."

And my aunt posted this comment on someone's photo of three young children--a preschooler and baby twins:

"(Preschooler) is a doll, just adorable, and the twins will get there eventually".

Me after reading that one to husband: Did she just tell (poster) that her babies aren't cute?

Husband: I would say she did.

[PregnantPornStar]

The damn "War on Christmas" shit is coming and "I can't even" when it happens. Seriously...a fucking "war" on Christmas. Like someone saying Happy Holidays is so fucking offensive it deserves great attention...because, you know. Important shit. Top priority type stuff.

I was at Walmart like a month ago...the guy always seems to check me out told me to have a "blessed day" which he always makes a decent production of saying...I ended up telling him to have a nice day. He said "what, I don't get a blessed day?"

I said "sure, if you believe that kind of thing" his expression was fantastic. He can say whatever the fuck he wants, but expecting me to respond the same way is where I draw the line

[MatthewDuggar]

Very funny article regarding FB:

waitbutwhy.com/2013/07/7-ways-to-be-insufferable-on-facebook.html

[louisa05]

Very funny article regarding FB:

waitbutwhy.com/2013/07/7-ways-to-be-insufferable-on-facebook.html

I'm thinking if you follow that to the letter, you can't post anything ever.

The author makes some points, but I don't know that everything anyone posts is intended to be narcissistic, etc... I remember posting when I was accepted to grad school; a lot of friends and family knew I had been wanting to do a master's for years and years and it was an easy way to share that I was finally beginning.

I do have a theory about the people who spend all their time posting about how great their romantic partner is, though. Several people I know who do that have a really bad relationship in real life. I've reached the point where when I see that plastered all over someone's wall, I assume things are not actually going well.

[beckerbuns]

This page on FB is always great for tongue in cheek snark. I love it when fundies post stuff from here to their own pages, not realizing they've been had.

facebook.com/Southern-Baptists-for-Todd-Kincannon-7-1023021091066215/timeline/

[MarblesMom]

I'm thinking if you follow that to the letter, you can't post anything ever.

The author makes some points, but I don't know that everything anyone posts is intended to be narcissistic, etc... I remember posting when I was accepted to grad school; a lot of friends and family knew I had been wanting to do a master's for years and years and it was an easy way to share that I was finally beginning.

I do have a theory about the people who spend all their time posting about how great their romantic partner is, though. Several people I know who do that have a really bad relationship in real life. I've reached the point where when I see that plastered all over someone's wall, I assume things are not actually going well.

Agreed..... I have noticed over the years that many married/attached couples who talk to each other on their FB walls have ended up ending their relationships. Too.Many.Times. (This is not a scientific study, just my obs over a few years). I figure if you cannot have a conversation IRL... FB is not going to help your marriage.

[Rescinded and Mended]

Well folks, I think we have a winner for stupidest shit I'll see on Facebook all week. This one comes courtesy of the fundie-lite idiot I've been trying not to delete for awhile now. The stupid hurts quite badly. :angry-banghead:

[47of74]

And of course once again it's time for the perennial Facebook related hoaxes. Such as how FB is going to start charging money, or that you have to make privacy declarations on your FB feed.

[MatthewDuggar]

And of course once again it's time for the perennial Facebook related hoaxes. Such as how FB is going to start charging money, or that you have to make privacy declarations on your FB feed.

And it also seems to be my most "intelligent" friends that are sharing this hoax. My wall had the official Facebook response that it's a hoax sandwiched between two panic shares. LOL

[Firiel]

I think maybe I'm being an ass for being annoyed by this... but a couple on my Facebook has announced that they decided to adopt-- with a full-on professional photoshoot. And it annoys the hell out of me. I'm sensitive to the current trend of professional photoshoots for stupid shit anyway (honestly, even pregnancy photoshoots irk me, though I've accepted those), and this kind of takes the cake for me. Note that this wasn't an announcement that they are adopting. It was an announcement that they decided to adopt and would be starting the process of applying to adoption agencies, etc. To me, that'd be like announcing (with a professional photoshoot containing photos of ovulation kids and KY Jelly, I guess) that you decided to start trying to get pregnant. I wouldn't be eye-rolly if they did this when they actually had an adoption in the works. Maybe it seems entitled to me this way, like they are putting the cart before the horse.

It's highly possible I'm just jealous and bitter because she's a perpetual Christian optimist whose life appears to have turned out exactly the way she wanted it and I hate that other people are happy. And I might just be mad because I'll never have kids and I haven't even started to come to terms with that yet.

[Taters]

I never open my mouth, but, do these people realize that the SAME SCIENCE that has proven vaccines safe are also the SAME science that has proven that all those other things are safe...

I disagree. Europe is very pro-vaccination and quite against GMOs. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulatio ... pean_Union

[beckerbuns]

And it also seems to be my most "intelligent" friends that are sharing this hoax. My wall had the official Facebook response that it's a hoax sandwiched between two panic shares. LOL

Seriously, how do my smartest friends get taken by this BS EVERY. FREAKING. TIME???? It's so aggravating. And then there are the memes about how stupid the idiots are for posting about it in the first place, and then the people complaining about the memes... :angry-banghead:

[iheartchacos]

http://us5.campaign-archive1.com/?u=a12 ... f2409aa094

I can't even summarize this shit

[doggie]

http://us5.campaign-archive1.com/?u=a1282145364dee1ac445c5938&id=f2409aa094

I can't even summarize this shit

Bur hwy they are not trying to sell their book or not. But hey the dead can't ask for a refund.

[47of74]

Seriously, how do my smartest friends get taken by this BS EVERY. FREAKING. TIME???? It's so aggravating. And then there are the memes about how stupid the idiots are for posting about it in the first place, and then the people complaining about the memes... :angry-banghead:

I have the Timehop app on my phone and one the things that came up was a status I had posted in September 2011 about how in order to avoid getting charged for Facebook one had to strip naked and dance the Macarena on the dining room table while singing "I will survive" followed by sharing it on Facebook and YouTube. Then Mark Zuckerburg would come down the chimney to reward the person with continued free use of Facebook.

[MarblesMom]

Just saw a post for a kid that said he has "vision issues" and we should "click" or "contribute." I have worn glasses since 1974 and I am pretty sure no one other than my parents or me paid for my lenses.

We have moved from "this is a life threatening thing" to basic care requests. I just don't get it.

[Taters]

And my aunt posted this comment on someone's photo of three young children--a preschooler and baby twins:

"(Preschooler) is a doll, just adorable, and the twins will get there eventually".

Me after reading that one to husband: Did she just tell (poster) that her babies aren't cute?

Husband: I would say she did.

:lol: :penguin-no:

[polecat]

Agreed..... I have noticed over the years that many married/attached couples who talk to each other on their FB walls have ended up ending their relationships. Too.Many.Times. (This is not a scientific study, just my obs over a few years). I figure if you cannot have a conversation IRL... FB is not going to help your marriage.

Commenting on your partner's posts and vice versa doesn't mean you aren't talking IRL. ;) I do agree that the OOT lovey-dovey displays seem to be strongly correlated with issues, though.

[MatthewDuggar]

Yes, the "Hi honey, can't wait for our "date-night" tonight - Love you" - probably translates to " Hi honey, I am taking a quick break from porn-browsing to post this".

[beckerbuns]

I have the Timehop app on my phone and one the things that came up was a status I had posted in September 2011 about how in order to avoid getting charged for Facebook one had to strip naked and dance the Macarena on the dining room table while singing "I will survive" followed by sharing it on Facebook and YouTube. Then Mark Zuckerburg would come down the chimney to reward the person with continued free use of Facebook.

I posted one the other day about giving permission for Zuckerberg to come into your house and eat your brains out of your skull with a grapefruit spoon... I feel it made as much sense as the stupid rumor going around... :nenner:

[beckerbuns]

Just saw a post for a kid that said he has "vision issues" and we should "click" or "contribute." I have worn glasses since 1974 and I am pretty sure no one other than my parents or me paid for my lenses.

We have moved from "this is a life threatening thing" to basic care requests. I just don't get it.

I am in the cystic fibrosis community and we have gone from people needing money for transplant after care (legit need) to people asking for money for a new phone or car or some crap. I mean, come on. :?

[beckerbuns]

After this one I'll stop for now, but if people would just google crap before they post it, I think 90% of the time they'll find out that it's outdated or erroneous or scummy. The one that has been making me crazy is the posts about missing kids or adults and almost every time I see those and google them, the person has been found, safe or dead. It takes like 5 seconds so why won't people do it?? :mouse-shock:

[MrsYoungie]

This page on FB is always great for tongue in cheek snark. I love it when fundies post stuff from here to their own pages, not realizing they've been had.

facebook.com/Southern-Baptists-for-Todd-Kincannon-7-1023021091066215/timeline/

OMG - that is a major rabbit hole I just fell down.

[beckerbuns]

OMG - that is a major rabbit hole I just fell down.

Haha, you're welcome. :)