to think people on FACEBOOK are raving lying sycophants?

[Hullygully]

I have a friend who posts "Here I am on my lovely holiday with my lovely family in my lovely hotel" with pics

and then 20 people go "Oh how lovely babezzz, you deserve it, enjoy" and "love your pics, love you miss you" etc

and I think they are sycophantic lying shitbags and my dc think they are a bit odd but I am a horrible misery.

I'm not, am I?

I want a holiday. I deserve a holiday. I can't afford a fucking holiday.

Why are you going on about FB vs MN? THAT IS NOT THE POINT

I want to know what the sycophancy is about.

STOP FUCKING MOANING ABOUT FB.

Praps Facebook has divided the world into two camps - those who see someone's holiday pics and go 'aww, Hun is having a great time, good on her' and those who go 'fuck her, that bastard show off how very dare she'.

Only the first group post anything, obviously.

bag*

I am on holiday, I must go on at least six holidays or breaks a year and no one has ever told me that I deserve it. My friends must hate me.

Why are people boring and/or stupid? For the same reason bears shit in the woods I suppose. It is what they do. They would be the same in any context.

That's not the mystery. The mystery is why you chose to engage with them.

Of course it is Hully. It is all ego building bollocks. I shall meditate in my cave and purge myself of this crap.

Because, they want to look good. Like nice people. But they probably are vicious little spite weasels in reality.

There are sycophants in RL. They sometimes post on the internet. On social media sites. Who knew?

Sorry, am I not getting into the spirit of things?

I have never experienced sycophancy on FB. See it on here all the time.

Next time someone posts a holiday picture on FB , shall I comment fuck you , you showy off cunt?

It interests me

Shoot me now

The fact it's FB is irrelevant, FB just provides the visible platform on which the lying sycophancy appears and is visible. It is the phenomenon that interest me, not the platform

Sycophancy is pandering to people you suspect are higher status to yourself and you want them to like you. Or patronising people you think are a bit shit but you want to look good.

Not really a difficult issue to ponder.

If, as per MN, you aren't allowed to mention holidays, kids, nice days out, food or your job (especially if you are a teacher), what the fuck is the point of FB?

My computer is really slow so apols if posts appear in odd juxtapositions.

Is that it honey? how sad

I delete people like that. Anyone who talks in txtspk finds himself/herself GONE.

That'll show 'em, eh?

It is not something that friends engage in. It is never positive because it is never a genuine emotion directed at the well being of another, it is entirely self serving.

Its the same all over the internet.

Its just chatter.

I'm getting thread deja-vu.

I'm guessing holiday season is underway.

yes but spero, given that we all know that, why would you do it publicly and declare your psyche-weaknesses to all?

OK, just saw your latest post.

Why are there sycophants in the world?
Because people care what others think of them (on a sliding scale of normality)
Because (some) people are insecure
Because people want to be in with the cool gang

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Has anybody nabbed the username ViciousLittleSpiteWeasel yet?