More annoying Facebook posts

ShellD13

novella1186 said:

ShellD13 said:

I have a DISTANT family member that is in and out of relationships with 2 different men every other week.  Honest to goodness, she'll date one of them for a couple of weeks, break it off, then date the other one for a couple of weeks - lather, rinse, repeat.  Her FB feed is a train wreck of "inspirational relationship quotes and pics" and calling out friends/family of the two men she is dating for gossiping behind her back.

Yikes. I'd sit down and eat some popcorn while I watch that shitshow unravel 

It is a tempting thought.  Instead I tend to read a couple of them to H and ask "Aren't you glad I haven't introduced you to that side of the family?"  He generally responds with "Yes, thank you"

climbingsingle

I have a friend that is always checking in at the doctor's office. "Ugh, so sick." Then he checks in at CVS, I'm assuming to pick up a prescription. I just want to write, "No one cares, dude! You post this shit every two months. And quit smoking, you'll stop getting sick so much." 

chibiyui

ShellD13 said:

novella1186 said:

ShellD13 said:

I have a DISTANT family member that is in and out of relationships with 2 different men every other week.  Honest to goodness, she'll date one of them for a couple of weeks, break it off, then date the other one for a couple of weeks - lather, rinse, repeat.  Her FB feed is a train wreck of "inspirational relationship quotes and pics" and calling out friends/family of the two men she is dating for gossiping behind her back.

Yikes. I'd sit down and eat some popcorn while I watch that shitshow unravel 

It is a tempting thought.  Instead I tend to read a couple of them to H and ask "Aren't you glad I haven't introduced you to that side of the family?"  He generally responds with "Yes, thank you"

I fucking HATE all the inspirational pics/quotes shit people put up on Facebook. You know what actually help you instead of that? Therapy. Woman up and go.

novella1186

chibiyui said:

ShellD13 said:

novella1186 said:

ShellD13 said:

I have a DISTANT family member that is in and out of relationships with 2 different men every other week.  Honest to goodness, she'll date one of them for a couple of weeks, break it off, then date the other one for a couple of weeks - lather, rinse, repeat.  Her FB feed is a train wreck of "inspirational relationship quotes and pics" and calling out friends/family of the two men she is dating for gossiping behind her back.

Yikes. I'd sit down and eat some popcorn while I watch that shitshow unravel 

It is a tempting thought.  Instead I tend to read a couple of them to H and ask "Aren't you glad I haven't introduced you to that side of the family?"  He generally responds with "Yes, thank you"

I fucking HATE all the inspirational pics/quotes shit people put up on Facebook. You know what actually help you instead of that? Therapy. Woman up and go.

What pisses me off the most about that is that they get the quotes and pics from some place else. Obviously didn't come up with it on their own. Like they're too word-dumb to think up their own shit to say. 

KatWAG

There is a girl on fb on is a huge animal advocate. Her life mission is to save every single animal, espically pit bulls. I get it, she has dedicated her life to this work. And I think she is doing a really great thing. But my heart cannot handle seeing abused, neglected pups every single time i log on to FB.

I finally removed her from my newsfeed

edit: mixed up a word

novella1186

ClimbingBrideNY said:

I have a friend that is always checking in at the doctor's office. "Ugh, so sick." Then he checks in at CVS, I'm assuming to pick up a prescription. I just want to write, "No one cares, dude! You post this shit every two months. And quit smoking, you'll stop getting sick so much." 

Last winter when there was some cold or virus or something going around, ppl kept posting shit like "ugh I'm so sick of feeling shitty. Throat hurts, head hurts, nose won't stop running" and so on. I got so fed up I actually became that bitch who posts a rant about what people post. 

I said "I'm sorry you're sick but I'm not your fucking mom and I'm not your fucking doctor and I don't care. Stop posting long lists of your symptoms. Take some fucking Nyquil and go to bed" 

Surprisingly, no one unfriended me or posted a pissy reply. I was prepared for the backlash, but it never came. 

climbingsingle

KatWAG said:

There is a girl on fb on is a huge animal advocate. Her life mission is to save every signal animal, espically pit bulls. I get it, she has dedicated her life to this work. And I think she is doing a really great thing. But my heart cannot handle seeing abused, neglected pups every single time i log on to FB.

I finally removed her from my newsfeed

I can't handle the animal abuse pictures and stories either. It gets me insanely upset. 

charlottesmom0626

KatWAG said:

There is a girl on fb on is a huge animal advocate. Her life mission is to save every signal animal, espically pit bulls. I get it, she has dedicated her life to this work. And I think she is doing a really great thing. But my heart cannot handle seeing abused, neglected pups every single time i log on to FB.

I finally removed her from my newsfeed

THIS. Also I get annoyed because this woman is constantly posting PETA shit, and then pictures of her dogs. And I want to explain that you can't have both. Read their website, PETA does not approve of your pets. You can't post a million pictures of fido and then "I support PETAs random protest of the week"

princessofgenovia

I also get annoyed by the "Share this if you love/adore/think is beautiful your son/daughter/kid/pet monkey". My mom asked me once if I was upset she never shared those and I told her "No, I had a good childhood, I'm pretty secure in the fact you love me, I don't need something all the other moms shared to know that", then she called me awesome and bought me a drink cause we were at a bar.

And that's how I know she loves me. She buys me booze. I don't need a status update. I need alcohol. Good mommy.

thisismynickname2

I hate when 15 people post the same thing, with no originality.

Like last Friday? In Chicagoland? "It's snowing!" "Oh no, I hate snow." "Winter is coming, it's snowing!"  "Ugh, isn't it too early for snow?" "Snow on Halloween, this sucks."

You live in Chicago! If you don't like it, move!  And everyone has a window and knows it's snowing. 

climbingsingle

thisismynickname said:

I hate when 15 people post the same thing, with no originality.

Like last Friday? In Chicagoland? "It's snowing!" "Oh no, I hate snow." "Winter is coming, it's snowing!"  "Ugh, isn't it too early for snow?" "Snow on Halloween, this sucks."

You live in Chicago! If you don't like it, move!  And everyone has a window and knows it's snowing. 

The weatherplainers. Ugh. If you don't like a hot/humid summer and you don't like winter, why do you live in New York?

ShesSoCold

thisismynickname said:

I hate when 15 people post the same thing, with no originality.

Like last Friday? In Chicagoland? "It's snowing!" "Oh no, I hate snow." "Winter is coming, it's snowing!"  "Ugh, isn't it too early for snow?" "Snow on Halloween, this sucks."

You live in Chicago! If you don't like it, move!  And everyone has a window and knows it's snowing. 

I can't gif at work but I always think of Phoebe coming in and saying "Turn on the news - I think it might be raining"

LakeR2014

My friend and I went out to dinner.   We naturally get to talking about her upcoming wedding next year.  Then she mentions she's getting ready to send out STDs and wonders if I think it's ok she doesn't invite Jane, Judy, and Jenna as they're not really that close (although they are part of our extended circle).  I say it's her wedding, her decision, and she can invite who she wants and doesn't want to.

Flash forward a week and she puts out on Facebook:  'Guess what went out in the mail today!   So excited!'  - Many people responded with 'Can't wait to get your STD!' and then later 'Love the STD, so cute!' Including a few of the groups mutual friends.

So yea - 8 months before the wedding Jane, Judy, and Jenna now know they're not invited. This may make for some seriously awkward Christmas parties coming up. 

princessofgenovia

ShesSoCold said:

thisismynickname said:

I hate when 15 people post the same thing, with no originality.

Like last Friday? In Chicagoland? "It's snowing!" "Oh no, I hate snow." "Winter is coming, it's snowing!"  "Ugh, isn't it too early for snow?" "Snow on Halloween, this sucks."

You live in Chicago! If you don't like it, move!  And everyone has a window and knows it's snowing. 

I can't gif at work but I always think of Phoebe coming in and saying "Turn on the news - I think it might be raining"

I couldn't find Phoebe. I did find Mean Girls.

kat1114

ClimbingBrideNY said:

thisismynickname said:

I hate when 15 people post the same thing, with no originality.

Like last Friday? In Chicagoland? "It's snowing!" "Oh no, I hate snow." "Winter is coming, it's snowing!"  "Ugh, isn't it too early for snow?" "Snow on Halloween, this sucks."

You live in Chicago! If you don't like it, move!  And everyone has a window and knows it's snowing. 

The weatherplainers. Ugh. If you don't like a hot/humid summer and you don't like winter, why do you live in New York?

I have a few friends on my newsfeed that complain about the desert heat all summer long along with quips like "I can't wait until I finally move to Seattle so I don't have to deal with this heat." You've been saying you're going to move every summer for like 10 years now. Put up or shut up.

novella1186

I also love the people that use Facebook as their news source. "Did you hear that such and such happened? Yeah, it's true, I saw it on Facebook!" 

Face palm. 

anjemon

kat1114 said:

My favorite are people who write things like "I had an AWFUL day!" Then, when someone asks, "What happened?" they respond, "I don't want to talk about it on Facebook." 

Those people, along with many other oversharers/overposters have either been deleted or hidden from my newsfeed.

Ugh. I hate this so much. And I know I would be that person, but I resist. It's always my first instinct when texting FI if something has gone badly, because then you get the "oh no, what's wrong" response. But I don't. Because it's trolling and asking for all that stuff. Putting it on Facebook is even worse because then you're asking the world for sympathy. 

ShesSoCold

I think the most annoying to me is people who can't operate Google. "Does anyone know what time the McDonalds on 59 is open until?" "Does anyone know of any jobs that are hiring?"

STFU and fucking google. 

peachy13

I have a FB friend who will ask stupid questions instead of taking 2 minutes to google whatever she's looking for. 

"what time does the football game start on Sunday?"

"where can i buy tickets to that concert next month?"

And people actually respond!

LadyMillil

I have a friend that posted about her husband getting a vasectomy after baby 2 is born. Another friend was close to 10 days overdue for her first baby and her aunt posted on her wall that sex can induce labour so her husband better get to it.

I've only deleted one person on FB and that was a girl I went to high school with that constantly posted anti-vax BS and stuff about how pharmaceutical companies and the government have this huge conspiracy to cover up that they have a cure for cancer and every single infectious disease.

sarahufl

novella1186 said:

bethsmiles said:

I thought this was going to be about annoying political facebook posts but that is so much worse! I would be livid if I friend shared something so personal about me on facebook. What the hell is she thinking? I guess she is probably just wanting attention and figured using her friend's pregnancy was as good a way as any to get it. How do people like that have friends?!

I used to have a friend on FB that would have full family blow-outs on facebook. It would always start with some attention-seeking vague post, then people would ask what's wrong, then a family member would jump in and it would all spiral very quickly from there.

FI had someone from high school (I think? Or a friend of a friend, or something like that?) who did crap like that. He called me over once to witness a shit show in which the girl posted something about getting so wasted the night before and people were commenting. Then the girl's mom jumped on it and said "How could you do this? You're going to end up an alcoholic loser just like your father!" And the girl went off about "DON'T YOU TALK ABOUT MY DAD THAT WAY! STOP TRYING TO RUN MY LIFE YOU BITCH!" on and on. I could not believe what I was seeing. I wanted to comment and say "Hey ladies, why don't you take this somewhere private? I'm a total stranger and I'm watching your family drama unfold. And I'm laughing." 

I had a cousin who used to post annoying statuses like "I wish people would stop asking me where I am at night" and "Marriage really sucks, doesn't it?". Then he would TAG HIS WIFE. The wife would then reply like "well, if you came home, I wouldn't have to ask!" or other really nasty stuff.

Keep the drama off FB.

emmaaa

sarahufl said:

novella1186 said:

bethsmiles said:

I thought this was going to be about annoying political facebook posts but that is so much worse! I would be livid if I friend shared something so personal about me on facebook. What the hell is she thinking? I guess she is probably just wanting attention and figured using her friend's pregnancy was as good a way as any to get it. How do people like that have friends?!

I used to have a friend on FB that would have full family blow-outs on facebook. It would always start with some attention-seeking vague post, then people would ask what's wrong, then a family member would jump in and it would all spiral very quickly from there.

FI had someone from high school (I think? Or a friend of a friend, or something like that?) who did crap like that. He called me over once to witness a shit show in which the girl posted something about getting so wasted the night before and people were commenting. Then the girl's mom jumped on it and said "How could you do this? You're going to end up an alcoholic loser just like your father!" And the girl went off about "DON'T YOU TALK ABOUT MY DAD THAT WAY! STOP TRYING TO RUN MY LIFE YOU BITCH!" on and on. I could not believe what I was seeing. I wanted to comment and say "Hey ladies, why don't you take this somewhere private? I'm a total stranger and I'm watching your family drama unfold. And I'm laughing." 

I had a cousin who used to post annoying statuses like "I wish people would stop asking me where I am at night" and "Marriage really sucks, doesn't it?". Then he would TAG HIS WIFE. The wife would then reply like "well, if you came home, I wouldn't have to ask!" or other really nasty stuff.

Keep the drama off FB.

And those people are suppose to be mature enough to be married?! I always say that if you think you are mature if enough to be married or have a baby, then be mature enough to not post your drama about said marriage or baby on FB.

novella1186

sarahufl said:

novella1186 said:

bethsmiles said:

I thought this was going to be about annoying political facebook posts but that is so much worse! I would be livid if I friend shared something so personal about me on facebook. What the hell is she thinking? I guess she is probably just wanting attention and figured using her friend's pregnancy was as good a way as any to get it. How do people like that have friends?!

I used to have a friend on FB that would have full family blow-outs on facebook. It would always start with some attention-seeking vague post, then people would ask what's wrong, then a family member would jump in and it would all spiral very quickly from there.

FI had someone from high school (I think? Or a friend of a friend, or something like that?) who did crap like that. He called me over once to witness a shit show in which the girl posted something about getting so wasted the night before and people were commenting. Then the girl's mom jumped on it and said "How could you do this? You're going to end up an alcoholic loser just like your father!" And the girl went off about "DON'T YOU TALK ABOUT MY DAD THAT WAY! STOP TRYING TO RUN MY LIFE YOU BITCH!" on and on. I could not believe what I was seeing. I wanted to comment and say "Hey ladies, why don't you take this somewhere private? I'm a total stranger and I'm watching your family drama unfold. And I'm laughing." 

I had a cousin who used to post annoying statuses like "I wish people would stop asking me where I am at night" and "Marriage really sucks, doesn't it?". Then he would TAG HIS WIFE. The wife would then reply like "well, if you came home, I wouldn't have to ask!" or other really nasty stuff.

Keep the drama off FB.

My cousin posted something about being excited to go snowboarding (he lives near the mountains so it's like a day trip for him) and his wife commented "Yeah I hope you have fun while you ditch your pregnant wife and I'm sitting at home by myself." 

I'm sure she thought she was going to make him feel guilty, or she was "calling him out" and trying to make him look bad. But to me she such made herself look like a rude bitch. Sorry you're at home and pregnant but that doesn't mean that your husband is not allowed to go snowboarding for a day. Can he have his balls back now? 

fwtx5815

I have a cousin who is about two years older than me and she's the type of person who, for whatever reason, bothers me no matter what it is she's doing/saying. She's a hairstylist/makeup artist and LOVES to talk about how BUSY she is all the time.
Except she averages probably 5 FB posts a day, a lot of which are videos or buzzfeed lists that take some time to get through, and her posts are evenly spread throughout the day. Ya ain't that busy if you're fuckin around on social media all day.

I think more than anything, she does it to try to drum up business and make herself appear in-demand. Still makes me ragey. This is one of my fav pieces on the Internet re: the "I'm SO busy" line

http://postgradproblems.com/stop-saying-youre-busy/

She's also a mega over-sharer and while these types of people are annoying, I sort of feel sad for them. I think they post so much because it's their way to feel like they're important.

Oh AND she's an anti-vaxer so she'll post these psuedo-science articles about how awful vaccines are and do you even know what's in them? and autism! But then she begs people not to comment on the post if they disagree with her viewpoint

arrippa

LadyMillil said:

I have a friend that posted about her husband getting a vasectomy after baby 2 is born. Another friend was close to 10 days overdue for her first baby and her aunt posted on her wall that sex can induce labour so her husband better get to it.

I've only deleted one person on FB and that was a girl I went to high school with that constantly posted anti-vax BS and stuff about how pharmaceutical companies and the government have this huge conspiracy to cover up that they have a cure for cancer and every single infectious disease.

That girl deserves more than a Facebook unfriending. I just can't with anti-vaxxers. They make me ragey.

I have unfollowed half of my friends on newsfeed. It's so much better than constantly being annoyed. I have a one strike policy on that stuff.

 

princessofgenovia

ShesSoCold said:

I think the most annoying to me is people who can't operate Google. "Does anyone know what time the McDonalds on 59 is open until?" "Does anyone know of any jobs that are hiring?"

STFU and fucking google. 

I am ok with this only if they phrase it in the following manner:

Hey everyone, I'm currently looking for a job so if anyone knows of a place in THIS AREA doing THIS in THIS FIELD, please let me know, thank you!

Because I will count that as networking. And also it's how I landed my current job when it was actually an internship. I said "I'm looking for an internship for the summer in Major City, hopefully focusing on Career Aspiration, if you know of anything, give me a heads up, thanks!" and one of my friends had a friend who had friend who owned this business put us in contact with each other. And when I finished school, they hired me full time. 

I will not however be ok with anyone who constantly goes "Guys I need a job" followed by "Still looking..." and then "Doesn't anyone know someone hiring!?" for what? Where? What is it that you do? Why do you do that thing you do so well? If it's just any job to pay the bills, get in touch with a damn temp agency. Quit bugging me. 

Gustafson28

sarahufl said:

novella1186 said:

bethsmiles said:

I thought this was going to be about annoying political facebook posts but that is so much worse! I would be livid if I friend shared something so personal about me on facebook. What the hell is she thinking? I guess she is probably just wanting attention and figured using her friend's pregnancy was as good a way as any to get it. How do people like that have friends?!

I used to have a friend on FB that would have full family blow-outs on facebook. It would always start with some attention-seeking vague post, then people would ask what's wrong, then a family member would jump in and it would all spiral very quickly from there.

I had a cousin who used to post annoying statuses like "I wish people would stop asking me where I am at night" and "Marriage really sucks, doesn't it?". Then he would TAG HIS WIFE. The wife would then reply like "well, if you came home, I wouldn't have to ask!" or other really nasty stuff.

Keep the drama off FB.

And they say that gay people ruin the sanctity of marriage.. Le sigh...

lovemyrunner

Another vote for the annoyance of anti-vaxxers!  Actually, the worst ones on my feed are two old school buddies that went on to become chiropracters.  Both of them give out all this "health" information on nutrition, and toxins in vaccines and makeup and everything causes cancer and blah, blah, blah.  One of them was even posting stuff about dairy products being horrible and unhealthy for you.  Bitch, I have a Masters degree in nutrition, and I never once heard anything like that.  You, on the other hand, took MAYBE 2 nutrition classes in chiropractic school (yeah, I was petty enough to check).  That does not an expert make.  Yet, because it says Dr. in front of your name, people are going to listen to you.  While you spew nonsense about something that is outside your scope of practice.  Made me all ragey, so I blocked him from my feed rather than start a public fight.

steph861

ShesSoCold said:

I think the most annoying to me is people who can't operate Google. "Does anyone know what time the McDonalds on 59 is open until?" "Does anyone know of any jobs that are hiring?"

STFU and fucking google. 

Oh my God, this drives me mental. My mom is a chronic offender.

hellosweetie1015

I recently unfriended about 200 people (2/3 of my facebook friends list) because all the stuff I wanted to see, got buried under so much crap I didn't care about. Now the only people left are a combination of people I actually like and people I'm obligated to keep as friends.

I am legitimately afraid of the day we get to tell FMIL we're pregnant. At the moment, she's on "need-to-know" status on wedding-related things because she shared the ring pic FI sent her on FB (and tagged us in it) before I was even ready to tell my grandmothers/extended family. FI's ex-FI had a miscarriage though, so hopefully she'll understand my reticence when it comes to spawn creation.

ETA clarity - left out a semi-minor detail