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Talk about attention seeking!

54 replies

WireBrushAndDettolMaam · 20/12/2019 18:47

There was a bad car accident in town earlier today.

I’ve just seen a post on the local buy and sell page from a woman saying she has no idea who the injured woman was but she wishes her a speedy recovery and the fire service were great and oh yeah the police for thanking me for offering to stay and give medical assistance.

Grin

I’m sure it will get a hundred “ur so kind hun x” in response!

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Haworthia · 20/12/2019 20:23

Oh yeah, we’ve had a lot of “saw the air ambulance landed locally - hope the person is OK”.

Well no, they clearly weren’t fucking OK otherwise they wouldn’t have needed the air ambulance Hmm

Patroclus · 20/12/2019 20:24

It enough of a thing that the Daily Mash did a bit on it

www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/society/homeless-man-knows-chat-with-student-will-be-on-facebook-within-the-hour-20171001136646

ColouredPolkaDots · 20/12/2019 20:25

Can good deeds just not go unannounced anymore? I'm sure most people regularly do good deeds and don't brag about it. It's getting ridiculous!

SheChoseDown · 20/12/2019 20:27

My bf called out a fella fir this on our local fb page who took photos of himself handing over £10 notes to homeless people. He did it a couple of times. My bf was shot down for being unspirited and called all sorts nasty things

AdoptedBumpkin · 20/12/2019 20:28

@Skinnychip. A few years ago someone was killed by a train near our old town, and people were complaining that they had been delayed.

justgivememulledwine · 20/12/2019 20:32

Oh yes I hate those , “hope everyone is ok”, no you don’t, you just want to know wtf is going on.

Skinnychip, your group sounds like mine, we had people complaining about a police helicopter scaring their horses, and even when it turned out they were searching for someone who’d just raped someone, people were still bleating on about their poor horses. Just fuck off.

ChocoholicsAsylum · 20/12/2019 20:32

UGH I am so glad I dont have any social media!!! Thats actually made me feel drained/sick? People taking pictures because they had something to do with a homeless person... fucking hell. They arnt fucking animals on safari! I actually fucking dispair!!!! Sorry for all the F bombs but if I ever see anyone do this... I might just have to start.

ItsNovemberNotChristmas · 20/12/2019 20:32

Adoptedbumpkin my dad decided to take his own life by jumping in front of a train, on the 1st anniversary someone posted saying they hoped there wouldn't be delays this year

iklboodolphrednosedreindeer · 20/12/2019 20:35

my dad decided to take his own life by jumping in front of a train, on the 1st anniversary someone posted saying they hoped there wouldn't be delays this year

I'm so sorry for your loss. There are some despicable bastards around.

ChocoholicsAsylum · 20/12/2019 20:35

There will always be cunts November. Sorry to read x

Original poster
WireBrushAndDettolMaam · 20/12/2019 20:42

Oh november! I’m so sorry. What a cruel bastard they are!

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Skinnychip · 20/12/2019 20:43

My trainline is delayed on a fairly regular basis and when the driver announces a delay everyone starts tutting and muttering/swearing but if they mention a fatality, usually there is immediate silence.
So sorry to hear about your dad , November.

codenameduchess · 20/12/2019 20:54

I've seen a few asking where Karen can take her kid to donate directly to a poor person so they can see how happy it makes them because giving to a food bank isn't enough, they need to see the person receiving and be personally thanked to feel good about themselves 😡

Our local fb pages are full of 'i did this good things today, aren't I amazing' type posts. Just do something nice for the sake of being a decent person not for facebook likes.

FairyJuice · 20/12/2019 21:08

This is why I'm rarely on fb anymore. Shower of trumpet blowers and attention whores Hmm

The ones asking what food banks/charities to donate to make me laugh, it's quicker and easier to google but oh no, they just have to show the world how great they are Hmm

I remember reading a local news story on Facebook about a car accident involving a child and mother. 2 absolute cunts that apparently knew the woman held a full discussion in the comments about how the child had died but the mother didn't know yet as she was still in surgery. Basically broadcasting this heartbreaking news to the whole public world before the mum knew, just so that they could show everyone that they knew Angry They were practically gloating about it.

ChocoholicsAsylum · 20/12/2019 21:16

@FairyJuice

Just when I couldnt fume anymore!!

Social Media needs to go IMHO... it has brought out the worst in people. We managed fine without it. People will say "Oh it has uses/I have LD family I dont see" well there are other ways to keep in touch!

codenameduchess · 21/12/2019 06:56

@FairyJuice was that Darlington? I remember a a similar incident where a mother and child were involved in an accident with that discussion in the comments on fb. It was awful, how anyone could do that to the mother and the rest of the family.

FairyJuice · 21/12/2019 12:41

Nope, not Darlington, though sadly I'm not surprised that it has happened elsewhere. People can be such assholes Angry

anxioussue · 21/12/2019 12:42

Horrible, capitalising on somebody's misfortune. Fine to wish them well but no more.

anxioussue · 21/12/2019 12:50

Like when people find bank cards and post all over Facebook. Just give it to the bank fgs.

I can see the point in that as the bank cancel the card and it takes ages for a new one. I found one so posted to say I'd taken it to the building whose car park I found it in.

GingerFoxInAT0phat · 21/12/2019 12:50

Do they not realise how transparent they are? Hmm

I saw a man get knocked off his motorbike yesterday and I wouldn’t dream of writing anything on social media about it. I wish I could get it out of my mind.

KurriKurri · 21/12/2019 13:23

I went to a group self help thing once and we had to say trhee things we were grateful for at the start of each meeting. (they were then put on a gratitude tree - yes I know). One woman always put stuff like 'I'm so grateful I was able to pay for my neighbours shopping/save twenty people from a burning building/ donate both my kidneys and my brain etc etc.'
Everyone else was secretly grateful they weren't a 'look at me aren't I wonderful' twat.

ChocoholicsAsylum · 21/12/2019 16:53

@KurriKurri Grin

LivinLaVidaLoki · 21/12/2019 17:10

I know someone like this (friend A), she has a current thing shes posting all over Facebook about on all local pages (cant say what it is, it would be outing) but its beyond attention seeky.
Yet I have another friend (friend b) who does absolutely loads, honestly dont know how she manages it, but because shes not got involved in first friends attention seeking nonsense or commented how amazing she is, then friend a is telling anyone who will listen that friend b is a heartless cow.

LivinLaVidaLoki · 21/12/2019 17:11

Meant to say friend Bs good deeds pretty much go under the radar. She does good things because she wants to do good things. Shes active on social media but never posts about the stuff she does.

Yellowbutterfly1 · 21/12/2019 17:24

Sounds like a lot of local Facebook pages are the same.
Mine is awash with:

My “little boy/girl” is so sweet, they gave their last crisp to a local homeless person. (that and similar, but you get the idea)

Where can I donate to local food banks

Trying to reunite Christmas cards delivered to their address

Telling everyone they have found someone’s bank card complete with photo of it.

A lot of “To the person who .........”

One of the worst was a man who owns a local laundrette and likes to advertises that he washes duvets for homeless people. Last year he posts a photo of himself with a huge grin on his face and his arms around 2 homeless men both wrapped in a duvet. The poor men looked so uncomfortable.