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Most annoying/ outrageous FB posts/people

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Narwhalelife · 04/05/2022 23:08

Just some fun - I always want to delete FB but some of the above keeps me hooked!

My pet peeves….

  • tagging in at hospitals and it’s is 100% nothing
  • Any post that contains the phrase ‘making memories’
  • ‘My Monday view’ and it’s usually a pool or beach - you are on holiday, you are not Jeff Bezos
  • Any photos of a poorly child coughing, crying, having been sick - usually with a lengthy text about how ill their child is ‘temp spiking 45degrees’ and all the comments suggest A&E to which OP will play down and ‘hope it’s nothing’ 😑
  • my MiL sharing posts of lost dogs (from Romania or the USA) he ain’t going to be up the park near us.
  • Anything that starts ‘share if you agree’
  • seasonal post Christmas trees with presents or just trees, trust me they all look alike I have the same bastard thing in my alcove to look at
let’s have them!!
OP posts:
Fizzyfish · 05/05/2022 00:29

Deleted fb 3 years ago, best thing I ever did and highly recommend it. Such relief and freedom to not be a part of that nasty, narcissistic cesspit any more. I know who my real friends are.

mumda · 05/05/2022 01:05

Happy heavenly birthday.

Sagealicious · 05/05/2022 01:13

I hate the "I'm cleaning out my friends list, comment if you want to stay" posts.
If you want me as a friend you leave me there.
If you don't want me as a friend you delete me.
Either way I'm not going to beg.

If you support...do this, show this, wear this etc
No I do not need to do something tokenistic to prove I'm not a racist, homophobic, etc etc.

I'm having such a bad day! My life is ruined! Wish I had someone to talk to
What's wrong babe? Are you ok? Talk to me.
Can't talk about it sorry!
Oh do fuck off!

In local neighbourhood groups...

I hear strange noises...usually turns out to be someone putting the bins out, mowing the lawns, etc etc

Why is there a helicopter flying overhead?
Because there's a hospital nearby? there are bush fires? Someone's missing in the bush? You know the usual reasons why helicopters are used?

And on and on with the ridiculous neighbourhood posts.

espressocroissant · 05/05/2022 01:16

I find fb amusing and probably haven't posted in over a decade but I actually enjoy scrolling through as it's like reality tv especially with the posts about quotes as I immediately know when people have split up and a few weeks later I see the same people posting "you know when you know" with a new man. Also the posts where people check in hospitals with the sad face/worry feeling emoji and people ask hope everything's ok hun? And no reply or I'll message you reply but yeah it makes me roll my eyes and at times poke my eyeballs out but it is amusing.

BreadAndWater · 05/05/2022 01:18

Status… Im so sad
Friend … ‘whats wrong’
Reply… PM you
😡

BreadAndWater · 05/05/2022 01:20

On the local fb groups…

’Anyone know why the Air Ambulance landed in the park’

‘Anyone else hear lots of sirens, does anyone know whats going on’

PumpkinsandKittens · 05/05/2022 01:21

Cat posts are so annoying on my
local Facebook group there is honestly 3/4a day, pictures of fat well looked after clean cat who has been “crying for food” so must be “lost” asking if it belongs to anyone, yes of course it’s crying for food it’s going around to other houses doing the same, cats are free to roam!

BreadAndWater · 05/05/2022 01:24

Another classic on the local fb site

’Been ringing the doctors for 55 minutes now and its constantly engaged and adds a screen shot of 101 calls made
Anyone know why they are engaged 🙈

…………
Maybe just maybe because we have a town of 30,000 people and only two doctors surgeries and about 6 doctors !

BreadAndWater · 05/05/2022 01:25

Oh this gets to me too

This cat looks lost

How? How does that cat looks lost? It looks like its trying its luck to get treats to me @PumpkinsandKittens

DeeCeeCherry · 05/05/2022 01:38

A guy I know who has 8 children he's never financially or emotionally supported, but has a FB following based on him filming himself talking about the importance of community, and raising and looking out for the youth

My Ex (thank God I dont have to view it anymore) who had a book of inspirational corny af quotes, he'd put up quotes from book changing words ever so slightly, and pass them off as his. Cue adoring FB harem.

In reality he was a horrible man with a weird Madonna/whore syndrome thing going on, and after I left him secretly dated a man behind his new woman's back.

People who put up that 'No weapon formed against me shall prosper' quote.

Local FB groups and their sirens/helicopters/'I saw a strange man outside the shop' fixation

Ludoole · 05/05/2022 03:53

I know someone who posts facebook memory photos of her kids dinners from years ago... Infact she shares most of her old posts most days. Why????

AccessibleVoid · 05/05/2022 04:07

Louise0701 · 04/05/2022 23:25

I’m with @Themilkyway97 cheeky is 🤮🤮

I have been known to walk out of a car dealership when a salesman asked me if I wanted a cheeky test drive 😐 what’s cheeky about it dickhead? it’s a fucking car.

Well I mean think of your carbon footprint!

Minniem2020 · 05/05/2022 04:47

@Louise0701 I've just laughed out loud at your post. Thanks for making being awake at this time bearable😀

Crucible · 05/05/2022 04:53

The ones that make some ridiculous assertion, and then say “Prove me wrong” - for example - “book is the only word in the English language with a double-o in the middle - prove me wrong!”

I'm not on FB, but surely:

'Tool?'

camelfinger · 05/05/2022 05:16

“My beautiful extremely talented friend has made the brave step to become self employed. Please can all my wonderful FB friends support her by buying random product that they don’t need”.
Or worse than that, when people aren’t even nice about it “Come on people, buy something”. This is especially irritating from people who have poured scorn on FB over the years and only turn up just to get money out of others.

Womanface · 05/05/2022 05:24

Oh stop moaning and just delete the bloody thing - it’s such a waste of time and energy

OR

set up a second profile and add on people you love and block people you really don’t want to find

it’s so liberating

I have 20 friends in Facebook now and none of them are wankers

or are you enjoying the irritation….?

anne2650 · 05/05/2022 05:43

I came off but missed the special interest groups that I'm in, especially the one related to my profession, so went back on.
Some of the posts from family and friends, people I vaguely know drive me nuts. It's like they need the attention. I found the snooze for 30 days button helps!

OnaBegonia · 05/05/2022 06:10

Happy Heavenly Birthday Mum, it's been 35 years without you
If alive person would be 120, what is the point of this?

Carlycat · 05/05/2022 12:24

' I'll know who my true friends are if they copy and share this post ' 🙄

Carlycat · 05/05/2022 12:25

Ps. Guilty as sin re cat photos 😂

Carlycat · 05/05/2022 12:27

Go fund me posts for extravagant, all singing, all dancing funeral send offs, JFC...

ZenKaleidoscope · 05/05/2022 12:29

Happy birthday posts to their children who aren't on Facebook and then people commenting to say happy birthday. Does the parent then read out the messages to their cat or 2 year old??

When people normally partners clearly in the same house or even the same room having a conversation via comments.

Sirbobblysock123 · 05/05/2022 12:30

#ifyouknowyouknow - I never know!!

Bluevelvetsofa · 05/05/2022 12:31

A picture of a dinner plate piled high, with seven roast potatoes (yes I did count) roast lamb, three Yorkshire puddings, carrots, mashed potato, green beans, gravy.

I want to write something rude in the comments.

Cocobeau · 05/05/2022 12:42

The very angry posts on the local community groups that being with "to the person who...." usually followed by some heavily dramatized complaint about them pulling out of a junction at the wrong angle and how their car could have spontaneously combust and set fire to the local school. To be fair, I enjoy them so much they're pretty much the only reason I stay on FB.