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!

@BearSoFair

'Another deposit into the most important bank account in the world...the memory bank' Used to have someone who would post that at least twice a week...I muted her in the end!

I just sicked up in the back of my throat a little bit

People that share an album of their holiday/child and in it is a series of 10 photos of the same thing at a slightly different angle?

@BleuJay

One such post just appeared! A friend shared it, I don’t know the original poster who’s name I have blanked out.

What a load of crap. No one likes bragging or boasting but to make a post like this is absolutely pathetic and condescending.

I saw this earlier this week, ironically the people sharing it are the ones that post photos of their children with piles of Christmas presents/birthday presents/Easter eggs!

The ones where the bloke posts pictures of his wife and kids and how lucky is he but you (and everyone else) know what a douchebag player he is

I saw one this week of someone posting a picture of a driving license
"Found this today, please share & lets get it back to it's owner"
Erm how about you just quietly post it back to the address THATS PRINTED RIGHT ON IT

@DickMabutt73962

People that share an album of their holiday/child and in it is a series of 10 photos of the same thing at a slightly different angle?

Yes! I notice this a lot, I assume people must just press add to all photos?

Constant pics of LFT tests

@hellcatspangle

When people who live in the same house tell each other they love each other on Facebook. Or write posts to people that have died.

There is someone on my FB who has whole conversations with his partner on his FB... when they are both sat next to eachother. I guess they want everyone else to see it... but why???

Post about long deceased relatives.... such as "remembering my nan on her birthday.. she would have been 142 today"

@XenoBitch

Post about long deceased relatives.... such as "remembering my nan on her birthday.. she would have been 142 today"

Yep that’s true @XenoBitch. Mind you when my DF died during Lockdown 2 I didn’t mention it on Facebook in case it looked like fishing for attention and also because my DF wouldn’t have wanted it. The upshot was that nobody acknowledged his illness or death among my friends bar one (friends that lived in the same large village and knew my dad), it was really hurtful, some still haven’t ever said “sorry about your Dad” even though they know it was a traumatic situation.

I have concluded that Facebook is there to make it easier for the people who can’t be bothered to ask and perhaps I’ll have to start posting that kind of thing just so someone can at least say “you OK Hun?” because no fucker has asked and I’ve had to have a rethink about who my real friends are.

Just remembered someone I used to work with would get their phone and show me something they'd posted and say look, 47 likes or whatever it was. A bit cringey

Passive aggressive - aggressive Fb posts where they say "If you want to say something say it to my face" and people reply "You ok hun? xxxx" and the poster says "yes x" and "I'll pm you" to other people. I mean, ffs, just stop being deliberately vague and provocative. It's all for attention and the you ok hun comments. Name the person that is upsetting you at the outset, or don't bother posting such a deliberately vague and cryptic and deliberately provocative status update.
To say nothing of the aggressive ones where they say "talk about me like that to my face cunt, and smash your fucking face in" followed with posts of "you ok hun?" I unfriended a couple of vile people who posted on Facebook like this regularly thinking it was a normal way of acting.

The ones who ask the 'does anyone know what time (supermarket) shuts'

Anyone know where I can get (toy) from for Christmas please. I have a friend on Facebook who's notorious for this. I really want to type back and say. Use fucking Google. You have Facebook so you must have the internet too!!

@blissfulllife

Heavenly happy birthdays .....twats

I do this one for the 5 Babies I have lost

Anyone that mentions "making memories' or boasts about their child's school grades or what they've bought, or the holiday they're on (particularly if it involves photos of their smug feet dipping into a pool) or the ones where they address the message to a person they live with. Ie' Feeling blessed. Gary, you're such an amazing husband thanks so much blah blah'. What is the point of that? You can just turn to Gary and bloody we'll say it.. I hate SM..

I almost forgot my favourite, the ones who constantly post various virtue signalling causes and make political statements. It's generally people who have never uttered a sentence in their life where they share their passionate support for oppressed people in the rain forest or whatever it is. It's all just 'look at me, aren't I really interesting '. I'm looking at you SIL. Posting memes does not make you interesting.

Out local Nextdoor site is the best
Lots of concerned people discussing the Gregg's soup and roll they bought the local homeless person sat outside coop all said in a 'what else can I do? What are the answers?' type of way. Not , the 'look at me aren't I amazing for buying this' which is what is really going on. Just buy the soup and roll and move on. Or give the guy a fiver. We don't need to hear about it.

There is also always some knob adding unsolicitied advice about some inane topic that no one has asked them for. Today's was that we should all train our dogs to sit at the front door.

They also love reporting obvious scams ' today I had a call from someone asking me to send them £30k , I think it was a scam. Be careful out there '. of course it was a scam genius.

Anything about kindness. Generally posted by people that are far from kind

When people post messages to their dead loved ones on Facebook.

"Dear Mummy, today would have been your 48th birthday. Miss you more than ever, your loving daughter, Annie."

What makes them think dead people can read Facebook posts?

My sister does this, btw but I never say anything. Nor do I "like" the posts.

You know you don't actually have to look at any social media?

It's really not worth getting worked up about - it keeps people happy, so what?

Did anyone say pictures of someone's dinner?

@loislovesstewie

Did anyone say pictures of someone's dinner?

Particularly homemade Sunday dinner that looks like shite on a plate

I have a lovely but slightly strange friend who consistently posts what's she's eating whether something she's made or an over laden plate from the local carvery. I admit to posting food pics but only if something unusual.

The hey mumma posts that get shared full of patronising advice. Hey mumma, don't worry about the house work. Your children don't need perfect houses and Instagram moments, they need you to be present with them or blah blah blah.

1. Unless you came out of my vagina, do not call me mumma.
2. I am a grown adult and will parent and live exactly how I wish - fuck off.

Also not a post but people whose Facebook accounts are under their name and the name of their partner (even though their partner never goes near it)

Maggieandjohn Clarke

For example

Not a fan of Facebook pregnancy announcements at the best of times, but the completely inappropriate ones make me
Example - Woman I know posted scan photo alongside a baby grow with the words “daddy forgot to pull out” written across the front.