More things I hate about facebook:
1: I understand this makes me bit of a curmudgeon but I’m
just going to say it: I am so sick of people’s baby “announcements.” Do these
people stay up nights just scheming how they’re going to break the news to
their facebook fans that they’re expecting a little bundle of joy? “Ok, hunny.
I’m going to get us 7 Christmas trees this year. 1 for you, 1 for me, 2 for the
dogs, 1 for the cat, 1 for the fish and 1 for our unborn. Then, we’re going to
take pictures, post them on facebook, watch everyone go nuts, and hopefully commend our cleverness, and then we’ll get professional pictures
taken of your pregnant belly, post those on facebook and have professional
photos taken of us posting the aforementioned photos on facebook.” I’m happy
you’re knocked up but this is getting ridiculous. It would be a whole lot more bearable if people had really funny, creative announcements or something wildly inappropriate, instead of 3 pumpkins (1 for mom, 1 for dad and 1 for the fetus).
2: Facebook makes people feel like shit about their lives.
You look at people’s pictures and think, wow, I’m a loser! I don’t have
40983049830 friends nor am I married, nor am I traveling all over the world,
nor am I making a bazillion dollars per year. It can underscore what you feel
hasn’t been accomplished yet or what you feel are your shortcomings, whilst
ignoring what has been accomplished and the very awesome things about you. The truth, though? Everything looks good
from far away. People who are posting shit all over facebook about how happy
they are, are likely incredibly insecure (and probably not that happy). Also,
the people who I know for a fact just suck as human beings, are always the ones
who seem to have a plethora of friends so I no longer buy into the whole this
person has a shit-ton of friends and I have none. I suck. No, that person has
a bunch of “yes people.” Lucky them.
3: The ex factor. I’ve had 3 people tell me they’ve seen
their exes with someone new on facebook this week. It sucks. There’s no way
around this. When you love someone and it ends, seeing them with someone new
blows – it blows even moreso when you thought you were over said ex and impervious to
another second of heartache or jealousy for that person and then you see them
with someone else and it’s like taking a bullet. You didn’t expect to feel that
way, especially after all the time that’s passed, but you feel terrible and want to die. So, not only do you feel badly seeing them with someone new, you feel badly that you even feel badly to begin with. Awesome. The good news: Eventually, you will not care anymore; that
feeling will not last forever.
I really don't know why I hang onto facebook. To be honest, I only use it to be nosy and no good can come from that. Sure, I like seeing friends' babies and hearing updates when I wouldn't otherwise but is all that worth the moments where facebook takes the wind out of your sails and makes you feel like complete and utter crap?
Seeing as how I'm one of the people who FB has kicked in the stomach this week with this kind of information, I can commiserate. Mostly I just wish I could BANISH someone and make them stay banished forever, therefore removing my ability to make ill-advised decisions to un-banish them in a moment of weakness. ;) Alas, no such solution yet!
ReplyDeleteI wish you could banish them too. There should be a spot where you can type in peoples names who, under no circumstances, can facebook EVER give you information about.
DeleteI'd love that feature! Until then, I just resist typing in names and remind myself how hurt I'll be when I see the results (i.e. ex's with new gfs)
DeleteI think somewhere maybe it's good to see these things, too. For me anyway, I'll get over you a whole hell of a lot quicker if you've been on. I don't want them anymore after that sinks in.
Delete*moved on
DeleteYou know I'm with you on this. I loathe facebook and I resent that I have some friends that only communicate via facebook.
ReplyDeletepicking up the phone? What's that?
DeleteI know, and since when is email and text message like OBSOLETE. It's wrong I say.
DeleteOne of my closest friends, after I moved to SF, stopped being friends with me because I apparently missed some announcement she posted on FB, never mind that she posts a zillion pictures of herself daily.
DeleteNo one is accountable to someone that was posted on another person's social media.
I've started lying to people when they ask if I saw something of theirs on facebook - I say no. Trying to get people out of the habit of assuming everyone knows what's going on because they posted it on facebook. ridic. Facebook truly brings out peoples narcissism. This coming from someone who blogs :)
DeleteI got told off by a friend of mine who posted a "poor me, I want attention status" because I didn't comment on it.
DeleteI basically said to her, I don't support screams for attention online. If I wanted to check in and make sure you were ok, I'd do it as a private message anyway.
I was told off because apparently that "poor me" status was set to security permissions so only certain people could see it and that the people who COULD see it where the one's the thought would comment in order to make her feel better.
Really? Are you kidding me?
(gigantic eye-roll) You've got to be kidding me. Some people can't find ways to be validated except on facebook, I guess. I know people who get really upset if certain people don't comment on their posts, too. D-u-m-b.
DeleteOh goodness, if you have to count your likes to feel validated, you have bigger issues.
DeleteBut fully I admit that my friend Esmeralda and I have a mutual agreement that if we post something pedantic/nerdy/techie on FB, the other will "like" it upon request so don't feel lame. :)