Thursday, 20 January 2011
Something is getting on my nerves.
There is something getting on my nerves. It has to do with the social networking world. Not particularly Facebook (Although that is the one I use) but all of them have something in common.
This is the status update from the pity party.
You know the one's. You may even be responsible for some off these yourself, although we are all entitled to a lapse of judgement once in a while. These status updates are a far from subtle ploy for attention and I personally find them revolting. I remember when I first started using Facebook and status updates were clever and interesting 80% of the time. It seems to me that people have just stopped trying. Everywhere I look there is someone complaining about their day or their life or other people. Fine. Nobody likes their 9-5 and there are times when other people can be really irritating, but posting it on Facebook? Really?
When I have a hard day and life has kicked me in the teeth which it has a habit of doing once in a while, the last thing I think of is looking for half a pound of cyber pity. I want to look at Facebook and feel cheered by the interesting and funny things people have been doing, I don't want to see a wash of misery. I have my own life for that. I'm sure if you are reading this you either agree, or you don't and you may be thinking "Why is she on Facebook if she doesn't like it?" Well my answer to that is, I still have faith in the people that use status updates for good.
This leads on nicely to the people who use the status to tell the world of a life lesson that they have recently grasped. These are utter bollocks. For example...."I have learnt that I shouldn't care about people that don't care about me." Or "I have realised that life is a gift and I should appreciate it."
Get a grip people! These are obvious! You haven't just discovered the cure for AIDS or been awarded a nobel peace prize! These "lessons" are things that everyone knows already and things that you should have learned years ago! If it has taken you until now to understand that you shouldn't care for arseholes you deserve to be treated like the douchebag you obviously are.
The last thing that makes me roll my eyes, are the vague and nonspecific insults aimed at other people on their friends lists, that are obvious to all and sundry but can't be argued against because of the nonspecific way they are worded. This is cowardly and ridiculous. For God's sake have the bottle to tell someone if they annoy you. If using the lowlife tactics aforementioned is the only way you see fit to have a go at somebody then your mother didn't tell you that if you can't say anything nice shut the hole in your face! Failing that, just delete them!
I think that concludes my ranting for today.
This is the status update from the pity party.
You know the one's. You may even be responsible for some off these yourself, although we are all entitled to a lapse of judgement once in a while. These status updates are a far from subtle ploy for attention and I personally find them revolting. I remember when I first started using Facebook and status updates were clever and interesting 80% of the time. It seems to me that people have just stopped trying. Everywhere I look there is someone complaining about their day or their life or other people. Fine. Nobody likes their 9-5 and there are times when other people can be really irritating, but posting it on Facebook? Really?
When I have a hard day and life has kicked me in the teeth which it has a habit of doing once in a while, the last thing I think of is looking for half a pound of cyber pity. I want to look at Facebook and feel cheered by the interesting and funny things people have been doing, I don't want to see a wash of misery. I have my own life for that. I'm sure if you are reading this you either agree, or you don't and you may be thinking "Why is she on Facebook if she doesn't like it?" Well my answer to that is, I still have faith in the people that use status updates for good.
This leads on nicely to the people who use the status to tell the world of a life lesson that they have recently grasped. These are utter bollocks. For example...."I have learnt that I shouldn't care about people that don't care about me." Or "I have realised that life is a gift and I should appreciate it."
Get a grip people! These are obvious! You haven't just discovered the cure for AIDS or been awarded a nobel peace prize! These "lessons" are things that everyone knows already and things that you should have learned years ago! If it has taken you until now to understand that you shouldn't care for arseholes you deserve to be treated like the douchebag you obviously are.
The last thing that makes me roll my eyes, are the vague and nonspecific insults aimed at other people on their friends lists, that are obvious to all and sundry but can't be argued against because of the nonspecific way they are worded. This is cowardly and ridiculous. For God's sake have the bottle to tell someone if they annoy you. If using the lowlife tactics aforementioned is the only way you see fit to have a go at somebody then your mother didn't tell you that if you can't say anything nice shut the hole in your face! Failing that, just delete them!
I think that concludes my ranting for today.
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