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Social media sayings that can fuck off and die

645 replies

AngeloMysterioso · 12/06/2024 01:58

I’ve reached the point of feeling a totally irrational surge of rage whenever I see them which is every damn day…

“I was today years old when”

“POV”

“That feeling when”

Anything that is referred to as a “hack”.

Calling an outfit a “fit”

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notgettinganyyounger · 12/06/2024 08:30

Likesomemorecash · 12/06/2024 08:25

Does POV mean 'point if view' ie this is what I think?

Penis on vagina

Halfheadhighlights · 12/06/2024 08:29

clarepetal · 12/06/2024 08:02

'Don't do this..' some random normal way to do a ponytail, then shows you how to do some elaborate one. Says original ones makes you look shit.

Fuck off. I'll do my ponytail how I want and it's rude to say it looks shit

I hate this too, and especially when they do that annoying finger wave

notgettinganyyounger · 12/06/2024 08:29

...is feeling worried at a and e

What's wrong hun

Pm me babe

notgettinganyyounger · 12/06/2024 08:28

Photos of trout pout with twats who comment 'on fire 🔥 babes'

IHateWasps · 12/06/2024 08:28

Two that I detest most are “The ick” and “What’s not to like?” They both infuriate me.

notgettinganyyounger · 12/06/2024 08:26

Literally obsessed which must be spelt 'litterly' it's obligatory.

Likesomemorecash · 12/06/2024 08:25

Does POV mean 'point if view' ie this is what I think?

Likesomemorecash · 12/06/2024 08:24

When selling a 'preloved' jumper or cardigan, talk about how much you love the item 'but I always reach for other knits'.

It's your old cardi that you bought in the sale five years ago because it was so cheap but never really liked it or wore it.

We see you.

GingerPirate · 12/06/2024 08:23

Gallowayan · 12/06/2024 08:14

Mumsnet is a social media platform.

Show quote history

Slightly different from Facebook, Instagram etc.

iloveshetlandponies · 12/06/2024 08:22

Howbizarre22 · 12/06/2024 06:00

I hate POV too I don’t get it. Also on a meme where it’s says “Nobody:” at the start. Can someone please explain wtf that means

Ha I don't get this either ??

Thisbastardcomputer · 12/06/2024 08:20

GreenWheat · 12/06/2024 04:36

#blessed

This one

People who reply "gorgeous" to every single photo that anyone posts.

Or even gawjus 😂

VictoriaEra2 · 12/06/2024 08:19

CHEESEY13 · 12/06/2024 06:33

"I'm absolutely DEVASTATED!" No you're not. But people will actually say this over something as routine as getting a parking ticket........

Thumb through any tabloid newspaper and you're bound to come across at least half a dozen items which feature someone howling about being "devastated" about ordinary, everyday minor glitches in a routine life.

Absolutely agree.

dragonmumof2 · 12/06/2024 08:18

Sending prayers!
...but you didn't really pray did you.

CantDealwithChristmas · 12/06/2024 08:18

I hate the faux wise inspirational ones. Some I've seen recently that set my bile duct quivering:

"It's OK if all you did today was breathe"

"If a person or thing is no longer serving you, cut them out of your life"

"It's not your fault. It's the trauma of living under hypercapitalism"

"The only person you owe anything to is YOU"

I have no idea what sort of benighted, empty soul you would need to take such patently wrong aphorisms seriously but I do know that they're an excellent how-to for a pointless, loveless, lonely life.

Curtainpoles · 12/06/2024 08:17

Mine is #myXisbetterthanyours.
Like "my son is better than yours", or family, mum, whatever.
I just HATE it. It's so smug and, well, just RUDE.

VoteForBunnies · 12/06/2024 08:17

I know it's not a saying. But any video with someone sitting in their car to take it. Why are you sitting in your car? What is the point? The worst kind is when they're crying in their car because someone was "mean" to them. Or their nails were done 1mm too short.

SecondStarOnTheRight · 12/06/2024 08:17

The 💀 emoji being used in place of 😂

I suppose its not really a saying but still annoys me, along with everything else already listed.

TrickyD · 12/06/2024 08:16

BoobyDazzler · 12/06/2024 06:56

“I just want to introduce myself and share a photo that I took”

insert shit photo

<rages>

Also ‘sad that this photo won’t get as many shares as a picture of a half naked girl’. Why would anyone want to ‘share’ (which is itself annoying) a photo of two unknown OAPs?

HauntedCosmos · 12/06/2024 08:16

"....went over the rainbow bridge"
"....grew their angel wings"
"Living my best life"

VictoriaEra2 · 12/06/2024 08:14

GoodVibesHere · 12/06/2024 03:01

'So this happened'

'A cheeky coffee'

‘So this happened’ yuck.
‘only gone and done it’. Double yuck.
‘makjng memories’.
and anything with ‘rollercoaster of emotions’

Gallowayan · 12/06/2024 08:14

GingerPirate · 12/06/2024 06:18

I'm not on any social media platform and actually feel better for it (45 yo).
It's mostly bollocks and pretence.

Mumsnet is a social media platform.

Brefugee · 12/06/2024 08:13

GoodVibesHere · 12/06/2024 03:01

'So this happened'

'A cheeky coffee'

see also: so i did a thing

("making memories" makes me rage)

clarepetal · 12/06/2024 08:13

Andthatwasthatshesaid · 12/06/2024 07:19

The people that add stupid music to their stories on Facebook.

Fuck off.

Particularly normal songs sped up resulting in that stupid high pitched voices.

Demonhunter · 12/06/2024 08:12

KarenOH · 12/06/2024 07:06

“And that’s how I learned I had ADHD/ASD” because apparently if you kick an ice cube under the fridge, that means you have ADHD (or insert any completely normal activity that apparently if you do, you are neurodivergent)

This here, is the kind of thing I, and a few others, have referred to when said that we're sick of people online just "saying" they are ND for any random reason then playing up to stereotypes like it's not a total mockery. We get absolutely ripped to shreds on here for pointing it out.

I completely agree with you, by the way.

Dabralor · 12/06/2024 08:11

Instagrammers who start off stories by saying 'I'm just jumping on'

It's usually to tell us that they are 'ob-sessed' with something crap that you must buy so they get commission.
There's a guy called Hayderz on Instagram and he's hilarious at gently skewering all these social media tropes, I love him.