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Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

Facebook restraint

I know what to do_sometimes · Frozen Sucks!

I smell an epic thread brewing.

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

Not as good as the HOA thread, though...LOL

flan

Southern_Belle · Nothing's Impossible

I've had to refrain from one of my oldest friend's rant. She is a brain cancer survivor but has managed to get a master's degree in psychology. She recently moved and just got an incredible job. She's pisses that she has to give them a list of meds she's on to go with her initial drug testing. Claims it violates her HIPPA rights. Blah blah blah, yadda, yadda, yadda. Icing on the cake... It's Trumps fault!

FNW · Guru

I was at a Billy Joel concert when the two young men next to me were drinking a lot of beer and singing and dancing, bumping into me a few times. The one next to me apologized repeatedly (each time he bumped into me) and I was getting irritated. He was very sweet and offered to buy me a beer and confessed that he and his friend had just come back from Iraq and were so happy to be alive and on U.S. soil. I was no longer irritated and instead, shared in his happiness.

Sometimes it helps to know the backstory.

I know what to do_sometimes · Frozen Sucks!

I have to turn off FB sometimes when my ex SIL posts yet another sob story about how she needs money for this or for that. Such as the time one of her purse dogs needed $7K surgery or when she had a car accident and wasn't insured for her damages. I want to post in capital letters GET A JOB! Yes this is the same ex SIL that has leeched off the taxpayers her entire life.

Tangerine · Guru

I unfriended someone because of frequent anti-vaccination rants. I feel like I don't know him at all anymore since he got into a bunch of holistic woo.

Mary Zombie · Guru

DH's stepson posts rants about police all of the time. Like how they deport friends and break up families etc...
One time i couldn't help myself and commented wait they're deporting legal citizens? How awful!and he said well um no the weren't legal.

I played dumb and said omg they were illegal and knew they could eventually get deported but created a family? Oh wow....

I think he got my point. Yep it's the Immigration officers fault that they created their own trouble.

He still likes me lol

-- Edited by Mary Zombie on Saturday 20th of May 2017 11:46:45 AM

-- Edited by Mary Zombie on Saturday 20th of May 2017 11:47:15 AM

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

Been to all kinds of concerts, some you get loud and crazy, some you sit and absorb.

I don't know that I hold back when posting on FB.

I have unfriended and even blocked a few so I don't have to deal with their crap.

Had one go off on me about something during the election.

They were not comfortable seeing what I posted, said it was not in line with their thoughts.

Gave her instructions on how to unfriend and block me.

Lady Gaga Snerd · Guru

There are a lot of things i dont' comment on. I use Facebook to just post pics of my kids and life to view pics of my friends and families and their lives. I dont' get into politics or anything controversial. I do sometimes share food and funny pet videos.

As for concerts ,there are sit down concerts like a symphony and stand up and sing and dance and scream concerts. For people singing and dancing beside me, it's part of the fun. We went to the Go Gos and stood and danced and sang the whole time. Those kinds of concerts you arent' going to out sing the PA. We saw Meghan Trainor and pretty much the same thing.
Now if i was going to a play an orchestra or something that is meant to me more sedate, then yes, sit down and shut up.

just Czech · Give Me Grand's!

I resist the crazy from my friends list, but the news media posts get hit hard by this crazy old lady.
I can't resist poking the idiots. 😁

karl271 · Guru

Reading a thread like this makes me so happy that I am NOT on Facebook, Twitter, etc. And still living and able to function without them. LOL

Tignanello · My dog name is, Sasha!

Lady Gaga Snerd wrote:

Now if i was going to a play an orchestra or something that is meant to me more sedate, then yes, sit down and shut up.

I have this great visual of you jumping around and trying to sing along at the symphony!

Tignanello · My dog name is, Sasha!

I've unblocked the repetitive 'my life is so hard' people who post intimate details of all their $hit. I don't want to know how f'd up you think you are, all the ways and places you hurt yourself and how their is no help for you. Don't get mad when people tell you to get professional help. Block it is.

I ignore one FB friend because she gets so ridiculously competitive. Particularly with work stuff. 'how much did you pay for that equipment?', 'I have THIS many clients today ... it's so hard!!!' (each client is worth a set amount of money, so it's financial bragging) 'I'm so broke' followed by 'here's all my pictures of Bali! I worked so hard for this!!'. 'Do you know this thing? Because I know this thing!' (yes, I know the thing. I just don't need to try to feel superior). Can't block for professional reasons, but can ignore, smile and wink, move on.

Lindley · Guru

I've too hid people who are emotional vampires from my page.

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

karl271 wrote:
Reading a thread like this makes me so happy that I am NOT on Facebook, Twitter, etc. And still living and able to function without them. LOL

I'm with karl!!!!!

flan

Lindley · Guru

I like the connection with my family and friends. I just wish that some people wouldn't use it to be vicious and blast people publicly and air their dirty laundry.

-- Edited by Lindley on Sunday 21st of May 2017 06:48:44 AM

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

DH loves Facebook...and that's fine.

flan

Divine Geek · Guru

Tignanello wrote:
I've unblocked the repetitive 'my life is so hard' people who post intimate details of all their $hit. I don't want to know how f'd up you think you are, all the ways and places you hurt yourself and how their is no help for you. Don't get mad when people tell you to get professional help. Block it is.

I ignore one FB friend because she gets so ridiculously competitive. Particularly with work stuff. 'how much did you pay for that equipment?', 'I have THIS many clients today ... it's so hard!!!' (each client is worth a set amount of money, so it's financial bragging) 'I'm so broke' followed by 'here's all my pictures of Bali! I worked so hard for this!!'. 'Do you know this thing? Because I know this thing!' (yes, I know the thing. I just don't need to try to feel superior). Can't block for professional reasons, but can ignore, smile and wink, move on.

You could unfollow her. You're still "friends" and she's not blocked, but her stuff won't show on your feed. You'd have to go directly to her page to see anything.

Tignanello · My dog name is, Sasha!

Divine Geek wrote:
Tignanello wrote:
I've unblocked the repetitive 'my life is so hard' people who post intimate details of all their $hit. I don't want to know how f'd up you think you are, all the ways and places you hurt yourself and how their is no help for you. Don't get mad when people tell you to get professional help. Block it is.

I ignore one FB friend because she gets so ridiculously competitive. Particularly with work stuff. 'how much did you pay for that equipment?', 'I have THIS many clients today ... it's so hard!!!' (each client is worth a set amount of money, so it's financial bragging) 'I'm so broke' followed by 'here's all my pictures of Bali! I worked so hard for this!!'. 'Do you know this thing? Because I know this thing!' (yes, I know the thing. I just don't need to try to feel superior). Can't block for professional reasons, but can ignore, smile and wink, move on.
You could unfollow her. You're still "friends" and she's not blocked, but her stuff won't show on your feed. You'd have to go directly to her page to see anything.

Ha! I said 'unblocked' while kvetching about how I don't want to see stuff. Apparently my social media grammar is worse than my real life grammar. Anyways, I meant unfollowed.

Tignanello · My dog name is, Sasha!

Unless you're talking about the 2nd person. She is unfollowed as well, but still likes to pop up on my page. And then PM me with more 'have you/did you' crap.

Yesterday she was PMing me about how expensive some things are (that I have access to but don't own) so I told her to go buy some post-its. Same effect. She didn't think it was funny, so I suggested that it might be better if she got the flower shaped ones. Conversation over.

Divine Geek · Guru

Tignanello wrote:
Unless you're talking about the 2nd person. She is unfollowed as well, but still likes to pop up on my page. And then PM me with more 'have you/did you' crap.

Yesterday she was PMing me about how expensive some things are (that I have access to but don't own) so I told her to go buy some post-its. Same effect. She didn't think it was funny, so I suggested that it might be better if she got the flower shaped ones. Conversation over.

Yes, I was referring to the second person. Sorry she's putting in the extra effort to harass you.

Tignanello · My dog name is, Sasha!

She's just a competitive PITA. I take it as jealousy ;D

Vette · Owl drink to that!

My little brother posts the most obnoxious and sometimes judgemental stuff. I've called him out on it a couple of times but I don't want to alienate him from my life or anything so most of the time I bite my tongue. Whenever I see him in person though I give him a swift kick in the a$$

Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

These girls and their mothers are the same ones that when I didn't ask them to be in my wedding party, showed up at my wedding all in matching renaissance dresses - mother and daughters (we got married at a bed and breakfast called "The Castle"). Everything is all about them - I've been dealing with it so long, I just can't even think to give them the benefit of the doubt.

I know what to do_sometimes · Frozen Sucks!

Lawyerlady wrote:
These girls and their mothers are the same ones that when I didn't ask them to be in my wedding party, showed up at my wedding all in matching renaissance dresses - mother and daughters (we got married at a bed and breakfast called "The Castle"). Everything is all about them - I've been dealing with it so long, I just can't even think to give them the benefit of the doubt.

LOL, sounds just like my neighbor who showed up to one of my weddings wearing a long white dress!

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

I hate the conspiracy theorists.

Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

I hate it when people share scams. I mean, really? Sharpie is giving away free packs of markers? A quick google search will tell you it's a scam.

Lady Gaga Snerd · Guru

Lawyerlady wrote:
I hate it when people share scams. I mean, really? Sharpie is giving away free packs of markers? A quick google search will tell you it's a scam.

No no no LL! Those sharpies are sent to you from a Nigerian Prince!! biggrin

I know what to do_sometimes · Frozen Sucks!

And the $75 coupons! Seriously, you think BB&B is giving everyone a $75 coupon if you click on a link?

Tangerine · Guru

Lawyerlady wrote:
I hate it when people share scams. I mean, really? Sharpie is giving away free packs of markers? A quick google search will tell you it's a scam.

Yes! My friend's mother is always sharing these "articles" that are total bunk. I like her and she does post other stuff that is interesting, so I haven't unfollowed her. i have told her a couple times that she should maybe check snopes before posting that kind of thing.

I mostly use FB for sharing photos/keeping in touch with my family and friends that are scattered all over the country. It's wonderful for that kind of thing.

Tignanello · My dog name is, Sasha!

All my facebook usually is is articles the are titles something like ....'you won't believe what happened next' or 'you won't believe what this girl said next'. Ugh. Friends and family are blocked out by the space these things take up.

Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

And all the political fake news is driving me nuts. And I'm talking not talking about just liberal ones. The conservatives have just as many.

Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

And this morning, my niece posted an article that said the only reason the older generation stayed married is because the wives lived under their husbands thumbs, and the higher divorce rate now is good b/c it means that women know they can live without men.

Ok - I have several problems with this. First, not all men are abusive husbands. If fact, I'd say the majority of men are good men and I'm tired of liberal women demonizing them in the name of feminism.

Second - the article had nothing to say whatsoever about the effects of broken homes on children and what that is doing to society, with higher drug use rates.

Third - the article basically says that all older women only stayed married because they were helpless and incapable of taking care of themselves.

just Czech · Give Me Grand's!

Lawyerlady wrote:
And this morning, my niece posted an article that said the only reason the older generation stayed married is because the wives lived under their husbands thumbs, and the higher divorce rate now is good b/c it means that women know they can live without men.

Ok - I have several problems with this. First, not all men are abusive husbands. If fact, I'd say the majority of men are good men and I'm tired of liberal women demonizing them in the name of feminism.

Second - the article had nothing to say whatsoever about the effects of broken homes on children and what that is doing to society, with higher drug use rates.

Third - the article basically says that all older women only stayed married because they were helpless and incapable of taking care of themselves.

Repost that one so I can bash the hell out of it. biggrin

Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

I cannot get involved in that crazy.

Cheerios4606 · Guru

That moment you realize no one is liking or commenting on your fb posts anymore, and that the reason why is probably cuz EVERYONE has 'unfollowed' you!

LOL!!! Dont care. Still posting!

But yeah, I unfriended my sister cuz of the drama. Too much. TOO MUCH. EVERY single problem in her life is a direct result of her doing very stupid stuff. But heaven forbid you tell her she is acting poorly, cuz then she will tell you to stop judging her. Ugh.

Honeys_Mom · Mod & Permanent Board Sweetheart

Cheerios4606 wrote:
That moment you realize no one is liking or commenting on your fb posts anymore, and that the reason why is probably cuz EVERYONE has 'unfollowed' you!

LOL!!! Dont care. Still posting!

But yeah, I unfriended my sister cuz of the drama. Too much. TOO MUCH. EVERY single problem in her life is a direct result of her doing very stupid stuff. But heaven forbid you tell her she is acting poorly, cuz then she will tell you to stop judging her. Ugh.

***making mental note to hit Like on something Cheerios posts on FB***

I myself have certainly not unfollowed you. biggrin

FB is funny, sometimes I get all kinds of Likes on something I don't consider that great, other times I post something I think is incredibly profound, and not one Like!

I know what to do_sometimes · Frozen Sucks!

Lawyerlady wrote:
And all the political fake news is driving me nuts. And I'm talking not talking about just liberal ones. The conservatives have just as many.

This drives me nuts too. DO NOT click on the links; if you do, they will keep showing up on your feed.

Cheerios4606 · Guru

Honeys_Mom wrote:
Cheerios4606 wrote:
That moment you realize no one is liking or commenting on your fb posts anymore, and that the reason why is probably cuz EVERYONE has 'unfollowed' you!

LOL!!! Dont care. Still posting!

But yeah, I unfriended my sister cuz of the drama. Too much. TOO MUCH. EVERY single problem in her life is a direct result of her doing very stupid stuff. But heaven forbid you tell her she is acting poorly, cuz then she will tell you to stop judging her. Ugh.
***making mental note to hit Like on something Cheerios posts on FB***
I myself have certainly not unfollowed you.
FB is funny, sometimes I get all kinds of Likes on something I don't consider that great, other times I post something I think is incredibly profound, and not one Like!

OH THANK GOD!!! hahhaah! Thank you sweetheart! ;)

Honeys_Mom · Mod & Permanent Board Sweetheart

Cheerios4606 wrote:
Honeys_Mom wrote:
Cheerios4606 wrote:
That moment you realize no one is liking or commenting on your fb posts anymore, and that the reason why is probably cuz EVERYONE has 'unfollowed' you!

LOL!!! Dont care. Still posting!

But yeah, I unfriended my sister cuz of the drama. Too much. TOO MUCH. EVERY single problem in her life is a direct result of her doing very stupid stuff. But heaven forbid you tell her she is acting poorly, cuz then she will tell you to stop judging her. Ugh.
***making mental note to hit Like on something Cheerios posts on FB***
I myself have certainly not unfollowed you.
FB is funny, sometimes I get all kinds of Likes on something I don't consider that great, other times I post something I think is incredibly profound, and not one Like!
OH THANK GOD!!! hahhaah! Thank you sweetheart! ;)

LOL!! I read lots of posts without pressing "Like" because sometimes I worry that I'm bugging people (like like like like LOL)

Cheerios4606 · Guru

And then there is that fb friend that hits the like button on all 113 pictures of your 'summer vacation' album. LOL!!!

Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

So, I responded to a Facebook post of my SIL's this morning. It was about Warren Buffet pledging $15 billion of his own money to the UN for the Paris Climate Treaty! I said something along the lines of "Good for him! Let him spend his money how he likes, but he doesn't get to spend mine!That's how it should be done - people that believe in this Climate Change issue should put their money where their mouth is."

She LIKED my comment so I'd get the notification, but then she deleted my comment completely.

FNW · Guru

Passive aggression at its finest.

Cheerios4606 · Guru

I finally blocked my sister. I unfriended her a while back but recent events has us not speaking right now. Her go to behavior when there are riffs is not to own the problem or apologize, but instead to casually throw lures out there to see if conversations can be picked up and eventually be back on speaking terms without her ever coming clean on her behavior. Example: Commenting on every relatives posts where I have commented, so as to hopefully get me to respond directly to her.

Blocking allows me to not even have to deal with her lures.

Tignanello · My dog name is, Sasha!

My parents are 'limited'. They always ask about being blocked and I point out that they see certain posts (they help by liking and commenting) so I can demonstrate they are not blocked. They haven't asked about limited yet....

Cheerios4606 · Guru

hahah! yeah, that 'restricted' thing is helpful. However it means you need to remember to post stuff to the public once in a while so that they get something new to like

FNW · Guru

I did that for awhile with step SIL. Until the time when I posted a little story honoring my father on Veteran's Day and she followed up by posting something which was demeaning and insulting to vets, then I blocked her completely.

Mary Zombie · Guru

I had to sit on my hands the other night When a friends wife posted asking if anyone could take their cats because they can't have them Where they're moving to.
I wouldn't buy a condo or townhouse that didn't allow my pets. I have an issue with that. Pets are not disposable.
Ugh

Honeys_Mom · Mod & Permanent Board Sweetheart

Mary Zombie wrote:
I had to sit on my hands the other night When a friends wife posted asking if anyone could take their cats because they can't have them Where they're moving to.
I wouldn't buy a condo or townhouse that didn't allow my pets. I have an issue with that. Pets are not disposable.
Ugh

You and me both, Mary. furious