Social media posts that make you cringe

[BigYellowHat]

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!

I think there was a post I saw on fb once that said 'going to have a clear out of my friends list' I don't think a public announcement had to be made of this.

Someone I know once posted a whole photo album of her and her frail nan smiling and posing next to her grandfathers grave. Along with the post "miss you so much grandad, it's been 2 years and still can't believe you're not here, nan misses you so much" and so on. Baffled as to why she felt the need to do so! How about just go to the cemetery and place some flowers down and look over old photos of your grandad like the rest of us do when we miss a deceased loved one, instead of taking pictures of yourself by his grave and uploading them to Facebook?

@UnitedRoad

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.

That's hilarious 😂

@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.

She might need to know living up (north )does not mean living in sky 😁

Oh and the posts of a beautiful child with a disability with the caption "I bet I won't even get one like"

Or repost if you love your son. Obviously I can't love mine then as I have never reposted.

Just what is the point?

@TractorAndHeadphones yes

Someone I know said about her boy starting high school "you've got this little man, now go smash high school."
How do you "smash" high school? Or anything for that matter? If Facebook had been around when I started high school and my mum or dad had put that as their status I would've felt pretty annoyed!
People posting pics of very unwell relatives in hospital, I get that they're upset, but for gods sake give them their dignity, I know I wouldn't want a picture of me ill/ unconscious in hospital plastered over Facebook.

For me it's the lists:

"House cleaned, tea in the oven, kids in bed, fresh pyjamas on"

Mate, you've just listed the basic things everyone does every day, congratulations?

I'm a nanny and this is rife in nanny groups

'Dinner for the rest of the week prepped, ironing done, school bags sorted, washing on and I'm sitting here with a cuppa, all before 7am!' Martyrs

Posts from proud parents who’ve been to parents evening at primary school and need to us their kids have “smashed it!”.

People who put all 100 of their weekend away photos on Facebook!

People who have small businesses and announce it’s time for another raffle - followed by their best friend / sister / mother being announced the winner again.

I cringe at the "happy heavenly birthday granny, you would be 101 years old today".

My cousin does this and I just think "ffs are you going to update this every year forever 102.. 103.. 104.. 149?!?!"

I know, I'm a horrible person

Dontforgettofloss - crossed post re smashed it!

A facebook acquaintance who has a dd in the same school year as my dd posted an image of her daughter's exam results this year.

Not just "So proud of you for passing your exams Lucy" but a photo of the actual grades.

Just awful.

Oh my personal fave....

"Is 999 free from a mobile? Quick answer needed"

Posted without explanation at 11pm

Just fucking google it you attention seeking fool

Pictures of the homeless after the poster has given them food etc

A local restaurant did this a few years ago, about 30 pics of them with hoodies showing the restaurants name walking in the snow, handing out food, shaking hands/arms around some poor guy huddled in a blanket in a shop doorway, walking back patting each other on the back

Several posts from others saying that they've done a 'Random Act of Kindness' and how greatful the person was (pic of some poor sod grimacing alongside them)

Ffs just do something nice but don't spout about it

Seriously Boils my piss it does

@dontforgettofloss

Someone I know said about her boy starting high school "you've got this little man, now go smash high school." How do you "smash" high school? Or anything for that matter? If Facebook had been around when I started high school and my mum or dad had put that as their status I would've felt pretty annoyed! People posting pics of very unwell relatives in hospital, I get that they're upset, but for gods sake give them their dignity, I know I wouldn't want a picture of me ill/ unconscious in hospital plastered over Facebook.

Sledgehammer should do it.

@SingingSands

I cringe at the "happy heavenly birthday granny, you would be 101 years old today".

My cousin does this and I just think "ffs are you going to update this every year forever 102.. 103.. 104.. 149?!?!"

I know, I'm a horrible person

If you're a horrible person then so am I!! Granny is dead, she won't see the happy 150th heavenly birthday post

@MrsLarry

The ones referring to how "some people" are selfish, etc. Clearly aimed at a specific person. Come on, grow a pair and just tell them directly 😂

No please tag them directly on Facebook so we can all be part of the drama 😂

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.

This is rife on here too tbh.

I've posted about my dc under various names at various points and 9 times out of 10 someone will tell me they are hugging their child a bit tighter after reading about the death of mine.

I really want to reply and ask what the fuck they want me to say to that, I end up not acknowledging those ones at all. Such an odd thing to say.

@BoobsOnTheMoon

Oh my personal fave....

"Is 999 free from a mobile? Quick answer needed"

Posted without explanation at 11pm

Just fucking google it you attention seeking fool

Does it mean they wouldn’t phone it if they had to pay?!! Bizarre 🤷‍♀️

An acquaintance that has to constantly brag about her amazing husband and the fact he has brought her a Rolex. Porsche etc. She showed a picture of her newly done nails last week resting on the steering wheel of the Porsche so you could see the badge. Absolute cringey and boasty. Also she homeschools her child and is constantly posting pics of him learning with the hashtag 'toocoolforschool' aargh !!!!!!!

Picture of a bag of food with the caption “just donated this to the food bank, such a small thing for us but means the world to someone else”
Oh do one! Just donate food like a normal person and shut up about it.
I wonder what makes people share these things? Strange

People who tag their spouses/partners on adverts or pages for holidays on FB annoy me.

I don't know about you, but if I'm scrolling through the internet and see a holiday that I fancy I'll shout DH to come and have a look! If he's not about I'll privately text him a link (or save it to show him later).

It's like they're trying to tel everyone "ooh, look what we can afford!" 🙄

I don't even know why I'm on FB. I joined during lockdown to keep in touch with everybody better but even the loveliest of people make themselves sound like wallies on FB. I never post but find myself getting eye-rolly over what everyone does post and I feel like a right cow.

Grief thief posts are the worst.
When my dd died it was all over a local FB page.
Random Strangers posting they knew what had happened, they knew dd, GBNF, lighting candles.
A Heartbroken Family was able to see every post and lies that strangers had posted.
Grief thieves are fucking sick.

Brother in law’s awful girlfriend “feeling (insert appropriate emotion)”. Post then relates to her perfect two little boys and her perfect relationship with BIL. She perpetually fails to mention how he left his first family for her. It’s nauseating.

Those awful memes and statutes about being queens, straightening crowns, treating your OH like a king - any of that shite.

Also 'I've had such a terrible week but I'm back' captions alongside a highly staged, heavily filtered selfie.