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Social media posts that make you cringe

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BigYellowHat · 03/12/2021 11:22

Saw one the other day-

‘Guys, where can I donate food to? I really want to help’ To me it just smacks of virtue signalling and wanting praise. My view is that if they’ve got FB then presumably they could Google this and have they never seen the food bank bins at the door of every supermarket?

Phew rant over!

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UnitedRoad · 03/12/2021 16:33

Reading this is making me feel less of an awful mother.

It was my daughters birthday in November. She’s moved away this year but came down to spend her birthday with us and catch up with friends.

The day after a sort of friend messaged me to ask what me and my daughter had fallen out about - I thought she somehow knew about the three wet towels on the bathroom floor 😀but it turned out it was because I hadn’t wished her happy birthday on Facebook. I said ‘no need, she’s here’ and my friend said I should still make an effort. Should I? Daughter doesn’t even use Facebook anymore.

TractorAndHeadphones · 03/12/2021 16:42

@DickMabutt73962

I once saw a (overall cringe) couple have an entire exchange over Facebook. Literally messages to each other. It went something like this:

Bland Boring: is meeting Blah Boring for lunch today, so excited!

Blah: yes great looking forward, what time do you arrive?

Bland: getting the train soon that gets in at xx

Blah: jolly good, blah blah boring blah

And so on.

I’ve reread this 5 times and laughed every time… can I repost? ;)

lastchristmasigaveyoumyheart · 03/12/2021 16:44

Oh and the ones that post stuff like...

'Mental Health is nothing to be ashamed of.'

'Sorry I've not posted lately, I've been suffering from mental health.'

It should be 'poor' mental health or 'problems with my' mental health etc!!

Flyinggeese1234 · 03/12/2021 16:51

Under the banner of virtue signalling, but ‘donated’ under fundraising posts.

Fluffycloudland77 · 03/12/2021 16:58

Oh god the “I’m so lonely” posts, your lonely because you’ve spend 30+ years pissing people off and being a cunt and now no one wants to know you. That’s why your lonely despite 6 kids and 3 ex partners.

The self congratulatory posts about their family & how close you are. Other people do know what’s gone on in your family, you aren’t in a sealed bubble, people have talked 🙄

The number of people I’ve seen post about how wonderful their lives are on fb when really it’s a total shit show is astonishing.

DickMabutt73962 · 03/12/2021 16:58

@MaryAndGerryLivingInDerry

I have a Facebook friend who posts a play script of conversations she has with her husband. Usually something that was mildly funny between the two of them but is of absolutely no interest to anyone else whatsoever, yet she thinks it's so hilarious she had to share it.

Urgh, I have a man on my FB feed that does this with his 3 year old daughter. He very much gives “Disney dad” vibes. If I didn’t know he lived with his wife I’d think he was an EOW dad showing off his weekend hobby.

Thing is, the person I know like this gets a lot of encouragement from people commenting. Usually her husband, mum, dad and sister but others will get involved as well so she keeps posting this drivel, clearly some find it interesting.

I kid you not she will share the results to a non-se social quiz like 'which Disney character are you' with an in depth analysis on whether or not she agrees, and others will chime in!

PeppermintTea2021 · 03/12/2021 17:11

Might be controversial but I cringe where following a tragic death of a child people say they're hugging their own kids that bit tighter tonight. Imagine reading that as a bereaved parent. It's rubbing the fact that they can't hug theirs anymore in their face. know it's meant kindly but it's thoughtless in my opinion.

People announcing they'd been "called up" for jabs earlier in the year was irritating when I had to wait months for mine. Good for them and all but humph.

"The boy done good" in front of pile of presents. Also obscene present piles on Xmas Eve. Oh and gloopy plateful photos of Christmas dinner. It's just beige!!!

And being "blue lighted" to hospital. Feels unnecessarily dramatic. Trust me no one gets an ambulance lights or not unless they're very poorly, it's not a competition, probably reflects more on heavy traffic conditions.

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BigYellowHat · 03/12/2021 17:13

Oh and the ones that are like ‘sorry if I don’t text back for two hours, my phone is being repaired’ I mean, that’s something I’d tell DH and DS but not Julie from FB Marketplace who I met once for 3 minutes 6 years ago. Tbh, if someone doesn’t text me back within 2 hours I probably wouldn’t even notice anyway 😂

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PositivelyFooked · 03/12/2021 17:13

Anyone ‘checking on’ to A&E, more so with no explanation and/or just a sad emoji or cryptic sentence designed to make their ingrown toenail sound like their time here has come to an end.

Jemstar12 · 03/12/2021 17:15

I forgot “Happy Birthday to this one” accompanied with photo of the poster with “this one” where the poster is much more prominent and looks much better

MeredithGreyishblue · 03/12/2021 17:15

The numpties who share fake competitions from fake pages where everyone who comments will get a £50 voucher for saying they like Cadbury/Asda/Ferrero Rocher.
Think it through, plonker

PositivelyFooked · 03/12/2021 17:15

Also the ones where fully grown functioning adult men and women get everyone involved in their business. Always seems to start with “I never post my personal life but…”

Yes, yes you do.

BiscuitLover3679 · 03/12/2021 17:15

@BigYellowHat

Saw one the other day-

Phew rant over!

Seriously? I've found a lot of small charity run places aren't easily google-able. Facebook can be great for these sorts of things. Even if this person is trying to virtue signal, at least people are being fed! Especially when you look at the horrors going on around the world.

FAQs · 03/12/2021 17:16

The ones who share a post of someone, or something missing, can you help type posts without clicking on the original post to find out the person was found back in 2008 and it’s still going around, or the missing dog is the other side of the world and not likely to be spotted in a local field.

Starcup · 03/12/2021 17:17

**Oh yes I have a daily elf on the shelf diary friend too.....it isn't a great look.

Another one was a friend who posted pictures of her children at Halloween sitting in front of an enormous pile of sweets each, entitled
"A great little haul this year"
I was embarrassed for her**

😂

Well we’ve got another 20 plus days to look forward to all the elf mischief 😭😤😂

BiscuitLover3679 · 03/12/2021 17:17

So what does enough me? Those posts where they don't actually explain anything- I can't remember what the term is - it's all "things are going on right now, really needed that cup of tea, friends are so important at times like this". Frequently coupled with loads of those quotes and pictures about times being hard.

PositivelyFooked · 03/12/2021 17:18

Echoing above, the ones who share posts from pages advertising winning something totally and unusually grand like a brand new Mercedes or a fully paid holiday, from a page where if you scroll past the competition used to advertise goat food in Syria.

BiscuitLover3679 · 03/12/2021 17:18

Annoy not enough, oops

Tinsellittis · 03/12/2021 17:20

The worst stealth boast ever was a list of their tasks for the day that included ‘paid off mortgage’ tick

oneglassandpuzzled · 03/12/2021 17:21

@ParkheadParadise

My friend shares posts about lost dogs in Liverpool (everyone look out for it) we live in Glasgow 😂😂 She does it all the bloody time.

Well perhaps she posts it as a public post, meaning anyone in the country could see it? Or she has friends who do live there?

PositivelyFooked · 03/12/2021 17:22

The shared posts that are a list of something to score point on. Mostly commonly:

List of foods - “add up points to see how much of a fussy eater you are”

List of attention seeking and criminal offences - “add up the point for each one you’ve done to see how much of a rebel you are”

sofakingcool · 03/12/2021 17:23

@Starcup

One of SM friends has started posting day 1, day 2 of elf on the shelf… I’m just like

for her. She gets about 3 ‘likes’ and even then it’s only from grandparents.

I just cringe and think you’re going to bore the arse off everyone.

I have a friend who does a Christmas jumper advent calendar every year - so a photo of her wearing a different one every day in December

In fairness she does warn people to unfriend her if they don't like it!

oneglassandpuzzled · 03/12/2021 17:24

Maths problems involving pieces of fruit or baked goods.

WaitingForSanity · 03/12/2021 17:30

@MeredithGreyishblue

People who went missing 3 years ago in Portsmouth and were found within 20 mins but the post still gets shared by Auntie Betty in Oldham.