"I don't know what your generation's fascination is with documenting your every thought... but I can assure you, they're not all diamonds. "Roman is having an OK day, and bought a Coke Zero at the gas station. Raise the roof. Who gives a rat's ass?''
~ Mr. Griffith, Easy A.
Not everything is wrong with Facebook but we all have those little irksome faults or irritants that consistently show up when we log on. Now if I continued to pour out a complete dish on the site and didn't give credit to a Mister Mark E. Zuckerberg for making Facebook possible I would be a hypocrite, because admittedly I like Facebook. I like the idea and I have one myself. So lets clear this up. This isn't so much about why I don't like Facebook as much as it is about why I don't like how people use it or plainly why I don't like people on the site.
So lets talk about the types of post that I hate, which is about everyone of them on the Newsfeed except for game scores. Because who doesn't love good-old-fashion-butt-slappin'-all-American-football game?
Lets start off with a nice vague status that screams, "Please comment!!!!!!"
ex:
"I'm a dumbass."
"I'm so happy!"
"I'm so (bleep)ing pissed."
The first comment is always, "why?"
And why would you even ask? If they aren’t going to give any more information as to why they are (happy/sad/stupid) in the original post then who gives a rat's ass? Honestly it's just a game of who can get the most comments or more attention for absolutely nothing. If you’re really upset why don't you pick up the phone and call someone for comfort? Or to share the joy? Or stoner memories? I will never understand seeking comfort from others through text messages or online. But there is absolutely no emotion behind computer font. Or phone font for that matter. So why bother?
Perhaps one of the most annoying Facebook posts I have seen to date is the bitching about bitching. While it irritates me to no end when people log on and complain about everything it kills me when I see post out there saying, "stop complaining you’re lucky you’re not in poverty in Africa, and that you have a family, and food and a bed."
Give it a rest. Let them complain about a bad day every once in a while because you most defiantly do and are, if your complaining about people complaining.
"You're asking me to believe that the CFO of Facebook doesn't know how to change his relationship status on Facebook? "
"It's a little embarrassing so you should take it as a sign of trust that I would tell you that."
"It's a little embarrassing so you should take it as a sign of trust that I would tell you that."
~ Eduardo Saverin & Cristy, The Social Network
It's not official until its Facebook official.
I was recently in a relationship and both he and I agreed Facebook Official is absurd and pointless and neither of us go on the site regularly anyways so there was no need. A couple days after we start dating he asks me if I changed my relationship status and I said no. He replies back with, "well, I don't want to be the first one."
What is with people and the relationship status?
Literally I logged on to test it and changed it from "single" to in a "relationship" and within 10 minutes I had 13 notifications.
Ridiculous.
The World Wide Web doesn't need to know who I'm dating.
In the words of Olive Prendergast
"The really amazing thing is, it's nobody's goddamn business."
~ Olive, Easy A.
