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The most annoying yet commonplace Facebook status updates?

95 replies

Firecracker2019 · 21/02/2020 21:09

'And just like that, she/he was 1/2/3/4 (76?!)' when announcing a child's birthday

'Leg/arm/chest (ego?) day' usually with a generic gym shot and / or photo of body part referred to.

'Cheeky little (alcoholic drink name)? Don't mind if I do!' with photo of alcoholic drink

'This boy / girl / kid / guy / gal!' And a photo of that person. And that's it.

A massive long list of more things than anyone however efficient could realistically fit into the waking hours of one day, followed by, 'and relax..!'.

'Nom Nom' and a photo of some food.

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WhatShe5aid · 21/02/2020 23:45

Any of those sickly sentimental feel good slogans - Love you to the moon and back - yawn, puke!

And this need to post a pic of a prone family member laid up in hospital trussed like a turkey - "he's only gone and snapped his ankle again" - give them some bloody dignity ffs. Seen 3 of these this week.

danadas · 21/02/2020 23:52

@AhoyMrBeaver - haha yes, there's always someone sharing a post about a dog that went missing in Texas in 2008 like it is going to turn up wandering down the High St in Wigan Grin

AdoptedBumpkin · 22/02/2020 00:09

@AhoyMrBeaver That sharing posts from hundreds of miles away thing always made me laugh.

ploughingthrough · 22/02/2020 00:52

Well this is a miserable thread! I don't post this kind of thing but I don't mind when other people do. If you find it so annoying then don't be on SM 🤷

goose1964 · 22/02/2020 01:02

Whenever anything good happens I couldn't have done it without Jesus etc, mainly from Americans

janemaster · 22/02/2020 01:17

Only thing that annoys me is people sharing non official photos of someone missing. I know that may be someone who is fleeing an abusive husband or family.

ParkheadParadise · 22/02/2020 01:32

Fly High With The Angels 💔💔💔

GBNF

Most of the time they don't even know the person that has died.

janemaster · 22/02/2020 01:34

I have found though that the people who post about how much they love their husband/wife tend to have the worst relationships.

Whowouldfardelsbear · 22/02/2020 01:50

"Mummy/Son" and "Daddy/Daughter" date night posts.

Yuck. Just post a nice photo of you being out. Dont call it a "date".

CassidyStone · 22/02/2020 01:50

I post holiday photos day by day but generally only for family to see, and Facebook is a pretty good storage facility for photos. I have an irrational fear of losing my phone when I'm on holiday.

I was incredibly proud of DD when she passed her driving test on her 3rd attempt, so that was an update alongside a photo of her holding the pass certificate with the most delighted smile on her face.

I don't like the 'share if you hate cancer' posts. I don't like passive aggressive memes. I don't like the endless stream of supposedly humorous sayings from sites like Soul Sisters, My Feisty Tribe, Mommy Likes Gin etc etc but a lot of my friends do. I just ignore them.

DevilsAdv0caat · 22/02/2020 01:50

This is why I don’t post anything on Facebook anymore. Everyone is just ready to judge and froth at the mouth about it.

Bawbags · 22/02/2020 02:05

"IF YOU CAN BE ANYTHING, BE KIND"

Fuck off. You're the biggest nasty gossip around and you were a bully in school. Bitch.

Gingerkittykat · 22/02/2020 02:09

Birthday fundraisers.

No, I'm not giving a fiver to some charity just because it is your birthday. At least have the decency to tell us why the cause means something to you instead of the generic FB message of this cause means a lot to me.

Toomanygerbils · 22/02/2020 02:09

I don’t mind the posts which actually say what they are feeling and what it’s about. I hate the posts which are looking for comments and questions. Such as “such a bad day, can’t believe this happened...”

RAOK · 22/02/2020 04:31

Fri-yay, Frinally etc is irritating. Agree with the sharing of missing pets in the context mentioned above.

FrenchFancie · 22/02/2020 05:45

The ‘be kind’ memes shared by the biggest bitches walking.... some of whom I have to keep on Facebook as I can’t avoid them in real life.

The passive aggressive copy and paste shut about cancer or whatever. ‘Share if you hate cancer’ - well I don’t know anyone who loves it so....?

ginandbearit · 22/02/2020 07:39

FUMMIN ...

lastqueenofscotland · 22/02/2020 07:42

The words “this one” with a picture of their partner gives me the absolute rage.

labazsisgoingmad · 22/02/2020 07:59

last week literally a girl was saying her husband was the best thing since sliced bread now she has left him.
yesterday it was full on oh god my wedding dress what can i do remember my wedding day blah blah
also she was earlier calling him all the bastards under the sun.
if she carries on like this til she is divorced its going to be a long time!
btw my daughter works with her she says everything she says on fb is repeated at work and she has a habit of throwing herself down on a chair out of the blue in hysterics!

Surfer25 · 22/02/2020 08:09

@Nirvana1979 tell your son you're proud of him

Why tell facebook?

Bezalelle · 22/02/2020 08:13

I have someone on my friend list who missed the memo circa 2009 that you don't have to write in the third person anymore. So annoying!

alphabunny · 22/02/2020 08:15

Virginpinkmartini you just made my morning 😂😂😂😂😂

emmetgirl · 22/02/2020 08:21

"Making memories" ugh
Hospital check ins
Poorly kids - snotty nose or temp- I don't care.
Happy birthday to someone who isn't on Facebook (?!)
"Be kind"
I could go on....

BearSoFair · 22/02/2020 08:23

'Another deposit into the most important bank in the world...the memory bank' never with any detail on what she's actually been doing!

iMatter · 22/02/2020 08:24

Crown fixing shite

Share the hell out of this this [and we can beat cancer]

Repost if you care about [random thing]

I bet I can guess which of my FB friends will be brave enough to repost/share

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