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Fb pic giving me the rage

22 replies

NeedACleverNN · 27/01/2016 11:50

The friend that posted this did say fuck off to it but all the same. Who the hell believes this shit!! Real men don't cheat in the first place

Fb pic giving me the rage
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KittyandTeal · 27/01/2016 11:52

Surely it's sarcastic/ironic?

ByThePrickingOfMyThumbs · 27/01/2016 12:00

It's taking the piss out of 'stand by your man' memes, surely?

ollieplimsoles · 27/01/2016 12:01

Its a joke

liz70 · 27/01/2016 12:01

Calm down, dear. It's satire.

whatdoIget · 27/01/2016 12:01

Surely it's a joke?

PurpleDaisies · 27/01/2016 12:02

No one believes it. That's the "humour".

NeedACleverNN · 27/01/2016 12:03

Dunno. Some soft "I can't live without you" type people have shared it as they love their "man"

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PurpleDaisies · 27/01/2016 12:04

Maybe you need to stop following some of your Facebook friends.

CrystalMcPistol · 27/01/2016 12:04

Erm, I think it's meant to be ironic OP.

liz70 · 27/01/2016 12:06

Well, they're just dozy mares, then. YABVU to get worked up by anything on FB. 99% of it is utter pish and shite anyway.

ByThePrickingOfMyThumbs · 27/01/2016 12:06

If they person who shared it believes it's genuine then they're as thick as mince. It's clearly satire.

Vixxfacee · 27/01/2016 12:07

It's sarcastic.

ReginaBlitz · 27/01/2016 12:09

Really? the rage? Oh dear. If anything I'd be "raged" at the stereotypical photo.

PaulAnkaTheDog · 27/01/2016 12:13

Oh dear.... It's a joke. It's mocking.

caitlinohara · 27/01/2016 12:19

obv a joke - the STDs comment makes that clear.

firesidechat · 27/01/2016 12:23

It's not meant seriously, although maybe your friend thinks it is.

I love a bit of sarcasm (or is it irony).

firesidechat · 27/01/2016 12:24

Did you think it was serious op? It seems like you did.

MrsFrisbyMouse · 27/01/2016 12:27

sarcasm is I believe the use of irony...

Meant to be ironic - but what is sad is that there are women out there who honestly think so little of themselves that they would believe this s*.

squizita · 27/01/2016 12:27

It's a joke.

I have a mate who posts new stories from The Daily Mash, The Onion and The Oatmeal all the time. I've given up correcting her.

CakeNinja · 27/01/2016 12:28

I think your friends might be a bit dumb?

squizita · 27/01/2016 12:50

Cake my friend who does this is perfectly OK in many regards, but has this blind spot for reading 'clues' to tone of voice, or cross referencing what she knows with facts. She can't spot whether they're outlandish but reacts with genuine surprise and belief e.g. "WOW! A new magazine is to be set up by the Daily Mail purely to criticise NHS workers! How can they be allowed to do that?" Hmm Most odd.

I've come across it before - dare I say it often with very 'naice' people, often well educated (even expensively educated!) with naice jobs.
It's almost like a form of naivity. Those of us who are a bit more gritty and sarcastic and perhaps worldly find it blindingly obvious!

MerryMarigold · 27/01/2016 12:53

It's a joke. If your friends are taking it seriously, you should unfriend them instead of taking it out on the silly picture.

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