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FB Holiday Season Wankers

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GirlOnATrainToShite · 15/08/2017 20:41

I know I know it's FB blah blah get a life etc etc.

BUT seriously why oh why do holidays turn perfectly normal people into complete narcissistic wankers.

FB feed FULL of 10 or more friends posting about 20 + photos a day of their bloody holidays.

In the "olden" days anyone would avoid looking at someone's holiday snaps like the plague but now it's perfectly acceptable to brag all over social bloody media about it. Yes one or two photos are lovely and I am happy to see people having a great time but seriously do I need a blow by blow account of your bloody holiday? I would have come with you if so, get off FB and enjoy yourself.

Maybe this is compounded by seeing a close friend yday who was avoiding FB because of this as she had to cancel her holiday due to cancer diagnosis.

But another friend tonight has posted in one of the background show type posts "waiting to fly home, thanks for all your lovely comments, glad you enjoyed all the photos, we've had an amazing holiday" as if it was a show for my benefit.

Maybe I am a grumpy cow and I need to stay away from FB but god when are people going to get over themselves.

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Friendzone · 15/08/2017 21:58

Oh holiday pics are my favourite. I love holidays and I love it when friends go on holiday and share their pics. I don't think enough people put them on. They have to be good photographs though and not 20 pics of the same thing. Like someone else said I use Facebook as a photo storage tool. My holidays are in individual albums, I only put the best ones on and I love looking at them when I'm bored at work!

Changednamejustincase · 15/08/2017 22:02

I love holiday snaps!

buttercup54321 · 15/08/2017 22:03

You sound a misery. Just come off facebook and make it a better place for all your so called friends.

Girty999 · 15/08/2017 22:11

If they are having such a great time they'd not be on Facebook doing the #soblessed shit.

JaneEyre70 · 15/08/2017 22:24

I barely use it anymore, it drives me insane. We went to NYC a few years ago, I took my DSLR as I'm a keen photographer and took around 300 photos. I put about 12 on FB. And when we'd got back. These idiots who tag themselves in at airports and hotels are just asking to be burgled, especially when they are FB friends with everyone they've ever met.

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GirlOnATrainToShite · 15/08/2017 22:25

Yes 🤣 I have heard you are allowed to go abroad without tagging yourself at the airport.

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Megabeth · 15/08/2017 22:26

I tend to scroll past, it doesn't really bother me. I have been able to see photos of people I'm not friends with because their privacy settings aren't secure. Someone I know is always worried when a spate of burglaries happen in her neighbourhood. She always announces and checks in at her various holiday destinations Grin

We're away at the moment but I never share it on Facebook.

cardibach · 15/08/2017 22:30

Girty this is such a sill argument: If they are having such a great time they'd not be on Facebook
How long do you think it takes to post some photos? Do you spend every second of every day on holiday doing improving things or sleeping, or do you have some down time/relaxing before bed?

cardibach · 15/08/2017 22:33

Jane These idiots who tag themselves in at airports and hotels are just asking to be burgled, especially when they are FB friends with everyone they've ever met

  1. most grown ups are not friends with loads of people they haven't met.
  2. what ridiculous victim blaming. It's like 'These idiots who wear short skirts are just asking to be raped, especially when they go to pubs full of people they haven't met'.
woodhill · 15/08/2017 22:33

I don't mind but I never do this myself as I don't want to broadcast that I'm away.

Maelstrop · 15/08/2017 22:33

I've just unfollowed a mate on FB. I don't need to know that her dd was sick at the theme park or see multiple pictures a day of their holiday. It's boring.

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GirlOnATrainToShite · 15/08/2017 22:34

I have a friend who posts pictures of her kids on FB when unwell with sick buckets Shock

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cardibach · 15/08/2017 22:36

At the risk of seeming overly invested, I'm confused byMaelstrop too. You unfollowed 'a mate' -someone you actually like, presumably - because they made a post or two a day for a maximum (I guess) of two weeks which you found a bit dull? Seems like an overreaction to me. What about when they come back?

Liiinoo · 15/08/2017 22:56

The people who post hundreds of pictures on FB are probably the same ones who used to get loads of rolls of film printed and make you look and comment on every single one. At least on FB you can scroll past and ignore them.

I loves FB. We have a very geographically spread out family and it keeps everyone in touch in a low-key way. It also means I no longer have the ordeal of sending postcards from holidays. Just post a nice family picture with some scenery and jobs a goodun.

GabsAlot · 15/08/2017 23:02

i just unfollow thm its not hard some peopl are obsessed with it an hav to post every two minutes-i rarly post but id just put some holiday pics coz i likd whre i was- just scroll past them

SistersOfPercy · 15/08/2017 23:14

Photos I can deal with, it's the word 'holibobs' that gives me the rage.

LockedOutOfMN · 15/08/2017 23:18

I will avoid the photos, but I won't forgive anyone over the age of 5 who posts how many "sleeps" until they're going on their sodding holiday.

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GirlOnATrainToShite · 15/08/2017 23:19

"Hubby" is worse than "holibobs"

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Sallystyle · 15/08/2017 23:33

I posted some photos of my children on holiday last week. I have a lot of children.

To be fair, we were at a caravan park so wasn't really much scenery to post. My FB is full of people who like me. They aren't going to rob me.

I loved seeing my friend's photos of Greece. I loved seeing them and their children enjoying themselves.

FB haters who moan about FB bug me. Just get off the bloody thing or unfollow people who annoy you. FB should not cause people this much angst.

chocatoo · 15/08/2017 23:35

Famalam is worse than holibobs or hubby (actually I fear I might be guilty of the latter).
I sometimes suffer from terrible pangs of envy when I look at the lovely holidays friends post. I just try to scroll past quickly.

SparklyUnicornPoo · 15/08/2017 23:41

Grin one of my friends got so pissed off with it the other day that they posted on various friends holiday photos saying 'so your house is totally empty, yeah? Do you have an alarm?' It didn't stop the holiday posts but there was an amusing morning of people having a go at him which at least broke up the cocktails by the pool posts quite nicely.

Caprianna · 16/08/2017 06:00

Why would your friends break into your house and presumably they already know you are on holiday. Its like saying I should not put my out of office on as people could easily find out where I live and go and rob my houseConfused

I love seeing other peoples happy holiday photos near or distant friends and I can just scroll past if I don't.

DressedCrab · 16/08/2017 06:04

YABU

I love seeing friends' holiday snaps.

I usually put an album on FB when we get back so it's easy to ignore.

We've planned next year's holiday on photos a friend took of the place they went to.

GunslingerPie · 16/08/2017 07:10

A friend of mine goes to the same resort at least once a year and posts photos of her and her family in the same places; now that would get boring for her "followers/friends" I imagine.

I agree with the security thing- I remember when going on holiday meant leaving the landing lights on to make it look like someone was home all weekGrin Now everyone knows you're away and when you'll be back!

Also, I don't buy into the whole "I only have people I trust on FB"- one of those people might just mention in passing to their neighbour that you're away and then they could tell anyone. The perils of social media ...nothing is private.

(Which is why I'm not on Fb and will be leaving the lights on tomorrow when I go on holiday) Grin

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