to be irritated by this Facebook Glastonbury post??!

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"Can't beat getting into your own bed after Glastonbury! 😂 My back is killing, my feet hurt, my ears are still ringing and my body appears to be in pre-anaphylactic shock due to pollen abuse. Goodnight cruel world".

I don't really know why it annoys me, I suppose it's the stealth gloating but also the way this person constantly writes statuses in a way that sounds like a fucking journalists!! There are so many examples from her where she writes like she's writing a book and it's just so pretentious! It's Facebook not a-level English ffs

"There are so many examples from her where she writes like she's writing a book and it's just so pretentious! It's Facebook not a-level English ffs"

Some people listen to this shit from other people for their whole lives.

Clue: if you think someone else is "showing off like it's A-level English" in how they speak, the problem is almost certainly you and your inverted snobbery.

YABU

It doesn't start 'When you get in from....' or 'So I have just got in from....' or 'That thing when you just get in from......that'

That makes it better than average

deffoncforthis I could not agree more!

I think what's she's written is quite funny tbh! Don't see a problem at all.

If she annoys you so much unfriend her, it's not rocket science

Why don't you invest in a dictionary if it's that confusing?

What's wrong with speaking well? No offence but you sound jealous, that person is going out enjoying their life at Glastonbury making a tongue in cheek post whilst you're ranting to strangers on the internet about it? Slightly sad..

I wouldnt bat an eyelid at that personally but if she generally annoys you just unfollow her

I find it quite sad that nowadays anyone who writes properly, without text speak and with the use of correct SPAG, is branded 'pretentious'.

I get you

There's a whole army of folk out there that fancy themselves wry witty commentators and it's incredibly try-hard.

However I find it does come down to whether you dislike them as people or not!

That's standard for my FB friends! I'd take it any day over idiotic spelling and mundane updates about "my kidz are my world."

I find it quite sad that nowadays anyone who writes properly, without text speak and with the use of correct SPAG, is branded 'pretentious'.

This, with bells on.

You sound jealous.

Nothing in that post's writing style strikes me as remotely unusual in any way.

Some people just have a more sophisticated writing style or "a way with words" naturally. Though personally the OP's friend's writing style is what I would consider completely ordinary, not pretentious or novel-like.

Perhaps the OP has a lot of friends with poor English skills, so someone using correct English stands out as "pretentious"?

You sound jealous op.

There is absolutely nothing wrong with that, I see nothing pretentious or irritating. If she had spent ages composing it she would have edited the "Goodnight cruel world" to something better, but that is not really the point of facebook, is it? It's just a throwaway to let your friends (or in this case someone who likes you so little that they try to get MN to mock you) know what you are up to.

Sounds like an ordinary post to me. Better than 'so blessed to be back home with my hubs and my furbabies. Lol.'

hahaha so funny how literally noone has agreed with the OP, the status is funny and is taking the piss, you're just jealous!

You sound like a bitter betty and i think the reason you're jealous is because that person did the SAME thing as you but is showing off online but you don't have the guts to do that, but wouldn't mind the attention, you've only got the guts to moan to strangers about someone who doesn't know you exist....

She sounds good fun.You sound like a miserable cow.And why is posting something like going to Glastonbury 'humble bragging'?Some people seem to use that term when they are jealous someone is having more fun than them I reckon.

Nope, I'm not getting it. I simply cannot understand why some people are so enraged by the literacy of others. Why, op? Why are you annoyed that your "friend" can manage sentences? Other than raging insecurity and a paranoid belief that her writing style is some sort of personal attack I see no valid reason to be annoyed by it. We don't all write, speak or think like we've just stepped into Saturday evening on ITV. Nobody needs to apologise for not being incapable.

Nope, I'm not getting it. I simply cannot understand why some people are so enraged by the literacy of others. Why, op? Why are you annoyed that your "friend" can manage sentences? Other than raging insecurity and a paranoid belief that her writing style is some sort of personal attack I see no valid reason to be annoyed by it. We don't all write, speak or think like we've just stepped into Saturday evening on ITV. Nobody needs to apologise for not being incapable.

Not getting your rage either. Seems like a perfectly normal post - lighthearted and I certainly would not say it is wannabe "A level English". Actually, your reactions reflects badly on you, and I would do a bit of self reflection to find out why a normal post has you reacting with such ire.

I write like that on Facebook. Mind you I am a 'fucking journalist'.

Then why do y9ou choose to have this person on your feed? It's not compulsory.

It's pure twattery to choose to friend people on FB and then whine about how annoying their posts are. It's like starting a conversation with someone and then loudly complaining they are boring half way through it.

There are so many examples from her where she writes like she's writing a book and it's just so pretentious! It's Facebook not a-level English ffs

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Do get a grip, OP.

OP, I get a feeling this person would annoy you no matter what/how she wrote. Do yourself a favour and hide her feed/block her or whatever you need to do so you don't see it. TBH I'm not a fan of threads where we're invited to rip into unsuspecting acquaintances of the OP who haven't done anything egregious or unreasonable beyond just doing them. I'm not on FB but I see a lots of blogs/web journals written in a similar style, yes, it's a bit OTT but it's the internet, you have to big it up a bit to get noticed among all the other inane shit.