"well what can I say" and other social media pet peeves.

[GrumpyNovember]

I'm wondering what else annoys people about social media?
I've noticed an increase on Facebook (I don't use others) of people starting a post with: "Well, what can I say?" This isn't the Oscars, buddy — this is a post about Remembrance Sunday.
"Admin please delete if not aloud" (their spelling, not mine).
"Need gone." Usually when on one of those local giving pages and it's 7pm at night wanting it gone that night.

“Let me explain”… No. F off.
”Beyond excited/ devastated/angry…”
”I just can’t” [left blank because, presumably, they just can’t use their brain
“I’m not crying, you’re crying”. No. I’m not. Get a grip.
”I can only imagine…” well, of course, since you’re not the one experiencing this

“Does anyone know how long the bonfire will be going on for because my house smells smoky?” Yes, your immediate neighbour whose bonfire it is and which you can probably see, but who you’re too chicken to ask, so you’ll complain passive aggressively to thousands of unaffected people who couldn’t care less, and the bonfire starter will probably never see it

'Run don't walk' , usually to buy some item nobody would want.

I hate this too. Makes the people that write this sound like pompous twats.

"Happy heavenly birthday"

it seems now you always get death notices on fb ok it might mean people get notice of the death but really dont like opening fb and yet another death notice. i understand when people are upset over loss of pets but the photos of the dead dog/cat/etc lying with flowers on them no thank you

I agree with you about everyone of them , they are so annoying !

I really dislike the didn't want to read and run on here, then they write a huge reply 🤔 it just comes across as so rude that their life is better and busier.

Hun..... Need I say more

Gently, this is taking over everywhere, I feel like ripping my eyes out of my face, people think it's to soften what they're saying and no pressure but it has the opposite effect.

People offering condolences online, it's fine to say sorry for your loss or rip but people write a huge paragraph saying things to the effect of 'rest your gentle soul in the heavenly arms of our beautiful lord God above and may our lord protect you and guide your family in the most difficult time in their life and may God bless everyone who knew you'... They wouldn't even have known the person.

may I direct you to Nicolas Flannery on insta? I think you’ll enjoy him? you’re welcome hun hav a blessed day hun 😋🤣

Delete if not aloud is the worst, it’s usually preceding a perfectly standard post in a relevant group! No one is going to delete your post!

Especially in groups where posts have to be approved

People referring to themselves as old/very old on here. For example,
" I remember X as I am very old." I highly doubt the poster is very old.

To be fair 15 degrees is a perfect temperature for fingerless gloves. Once it actually cold I also want my fingers to be gloved…

Also if it wasn’t allowed, I’m sure they wouldn’t hesitate to delete it without the posters’s express permission!

Most of these wouldn’t particularly bother me but the ones that do are one FB friend writing a really cryptic message and people answer with concern asking if they’re ok and then they say, ‘I’m fine hun, all good’. Wtf? Another friend is a fan of #making memories. Can’t stand that one.
Oh and asking for information on something and they say, ‘Hit me with your info’ or words to that effect.

Everything being described as "wholesome". No it isn't, it's just ordinary everyday stuff.

I'll second "Making memories" and "Feeling blessed" - makes me want to vomit.

"unbox my ...... with me" - why, just why?

So much "content" by so-called content creators is absolute shite - speeded up videos of somebody cleaning their kitchen, tips on doing stuff that I've done for years etc.

The banality of the whole Instagram thing just baffles me - why do people spend their time watching this?

"Hey lovely people in my phone" makes me so angry, I'm not in your phone, in sat here on the train or in my living room, a real live 3d person.

starting a post with "erm..." (happens here all the time)

something that has "and go..." is really irritating

"i was x years old..." amusing the very first time the very first person did it.

etc etc etc

Don't agree.

"you could google that" or "what does ChatGPT" say is a dickish arsey reply to someone who wants an actual recommendation from someone who has tried something.

People asking really vague questions and 99% of the responses are people asking the same question for more information. For example, I'm in a London tourist group and a lot of people ask how they get from the airport to their hotel

Oh and this silly trend of using question marks as full stops

In baking groups:
The recipe is for 6 people and I need to make it for 12 people. Can someone help me with how much ingredients I need? Should I just double it?

I'm with you on the read and run crowd.

I get where people are coming from. Usually it's on threads by people going through generally something very difficult and needing support.

But at the end of the day, OP isn't going to know you "read and ran".

So many times I've started a reply on here, then a sentence in, thought, "fuck it, I can't be bothered" and closed the tab.

You don't need to have an opinion on everything. Especially when 10 commenters before you have said near enough the exact same thing you were going to say, but more articulately.

Yy to ‘well what can I say’ - illiterate fluff

’End of’ - end of your sentence possibly, there are other experiences involved

’Horrendous’ ‘devastated’ it’s a joke’ usually about something incredibly minor, or something that proves the opposite to be true

But a lot of the others I use. So obviously they’re fine…

I hate 'IYKYK' - so cliquey. That's 'If you know, you know' in case you didn't know!