I hate the crybaby stuff people put on Facebook! An acquaintance (not friend)put a post saying her husband wouldn’t by her beer anymore since she lost her nursing license! I wonder why? That’s mortifying. Facebook should have a some of those buttons you have to push to prove you’re sober before you can post.
Pity parties make me cringe. “It’s my birthday mentioned it all day. I never forget anybody’s birthday! Why doesn’t anybody love me? Wah Wah Wah! Do these people feel better when they show up at asurprise party later that night after they’ve disgraced themselves blubbering in front of the whole world?
The worst posts are those whining about poor treatment or lack of love, affection, appreciation, or attention(fill in the blank) of spouse, boyfriend/girlfriend, or partner. Don’t they realize airing of these private issues embarrasses everyone who reads them and likely don’t reach their intended target?
I also dread posts about people’s perfect lives, homes, children, vacations, photography, pets, jobs, plans for the future. Call me a spoilsport, but if we are really friends, you catch me up next time you have me over for coffee.
I guess some people just need to share. Maybe they are lonely. We can all choose what we read and delete what we don’t want to read or just delete the whole FB account like you did. Lol! I like positive thinking people – keeps me positive too!
Thanks for sharing your amusing post! Best wishes!
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Thanks for reading and commenting.
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It took me a year and a half of deactivation to finally delete my Facebook account completely, and now 2-3 years later, I still think it was the best year and a half that I ever spent. But I do admit to being the curious type, so if anybody knows what happened to that guy with the boil….?
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Oh, if you get curious…..
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Not even on a bad day Hah! Lol.
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Just when I was wondering why I’m not on Facebook, you show why not. Anything (and everything) anyone wants to know about me, they have to make the effort to access my WordPress site. 🙂
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This is great i couldnt agree more. I once had a fb account it was frightening i’m sure fb knew more about me than i do myself. 😊
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Somebody once told me “have a great time while you’re gone.”
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Just saw today that a fb “friend” posted simply “weekly grocery bill $354”. Who wants to know THAT?
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Not me.
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My Facebook is grouped in lists. It’s maybe 14-15 people who see anything personal, so it doesn’t bother me at all.
I run the full gamut of emotions.
To me, it seems some people only post happy or only post sad, and that’s hard to like. Life is ups and downs!
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happy or embarrassing.
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Thus the reason I hate Facebook.
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Me too!
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Some people just don’t realise that nobody wants to know every single detail of their lives!
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Hello Ibeth! Interesting post. Our is a complex world with all types of people who think and act differently. Many times I have wondered what comes over people’s minds to post some of the things I see. Yet, some people enjoy them. What a world!
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I use Facebook but like it increasingly less. My pet peeve is people who want you to repost if you like them (that isn’t the exact wording but you know what I mean).
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So right!
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The best of FB was I learned a friend I thought I had know for 20 yrs. Had a different last name I never new it. But she had it on facebook all the time! Not my friend no more!
You are right! Not a skeleton in the cliset no more open door on personal life!
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Somebody I knew didn’t know other people could see what they were posting. They were writing awful gossip till they found out everyone knew!
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There you go!
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You are correct! My F is there to expand my following and some personal friends who only live on F. When I am asked for friend requests, all I receive is their selfies, their bla bla. My posts are never liked read ect. On some posts niw I’ m not sharing anymore. I use to work with someone all she did was go on F to see dirt in people! Ba! I loose pacience with social media. Thanks for sharing. I loved it.
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This is one of so many reasons why I don’t have facebook or any interest in it.
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It can be so bad.
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Oh Linda, you’re such a party pooper!! 😀 Seriously, it’s pretty bad isn’t it? I’m going to disconnect as soon as I find out what happens with the guy that has a boil that just won’t heal up. Lol.
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Wouldn’t want to miss that!
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People don’t always cknow when they are welloff
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True.
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It’s like getting those 4 page Christmas letter updates, with pictures…everyday ! ☺ Van
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Those always made me mad!
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I used to set them aside, saying I didn’t have time to read them until after the holidays. I was waiting to be in a better mood.
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They are good for a laugh. Nobody ever says how much credit card debt they have, that it looks like Mama has Alzheimer’s, or that they’ve gained thirty pounds since last year.
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Somehow, the bad news is never shared. Perfect lives of perfect people.
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I know.
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I enjoy social media but I won’t go near Facebook. It’s legalized voyeurism if you ask me. If I want you to know where I am or what I’m doing, I’ll reach out. Otherwise………
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How can you be a friend to someone you don’t know?
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I agree
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I agree on the oversharing thing.
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There’s not really a lot I really need to know.
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I just deletedy FB account two weeks ago after more than a year of deactivation. I knew more of the facts about their lives while knowing less about them. I loathed it. I loathed everything about it. Deleting was a load off, and reading this reminds me–again–just how glad I am.
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I only have my FB account because it was set up during my campaign last year. It is of use when I announce events for my practice and for spreading my WP posts. But that’s it. I am barely there and think more and more of cancelling the account. That’s not my world.
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I don’t put personal stuff.
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Me neither!!!
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My friend also has the same issue as you, Erika to announce events and spread wp posts.
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Yes, exactly. It is fun to meet people again you haven’t seen for years but other than that … I never use my private page anymore only my author page. That’s actually the reason I even came to facebook.
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Me too. Nothing private
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🙂
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Bahahaha! I know, right?? What the heck is wrong with people?
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No pride.
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I hate status messages too… Nothing is personal nowadays….
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I have even had people make reference to my being out of town when I didn’t want it known.
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