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To want to scream Fuck Off!!

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Countryescape · 07/10/2019 07:52

Anyone else sick of sickly sweet family photos, inspirational posts, ridiculous memes on Facebook/instagram/whats ap? Knowing full well the individual in questions life is nothing like they adverts. Why???

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MrsElijahMikaelson1 · 07/10/2019 07:52

They are twats

NoSauce · 07/10/2019 07:53

Fakebook.

sniffsneeze · 07/10/2019 07:55

I want to scream 'fuck off' at a certain arsehole today but when I see photos on FB and KNOW things are not as they seem I feel sorry for them.

AmIThough · 07/10/2019 07:56

It's none of your business. Maybe they're struggling and reminders of the good times help.
Maybe they really are that happy/sweet and you just don't get to see the whole picture.

If you don't like what they post, just unfollow them.

BusterGonad · 07/10/2019 07:56

You need to live your best life Op!

BeyondMyWits · 07/10/2019 07:57

No... because I don't partake of that side of social media. We have a family whatsapp for me, hubby, teenage daughters, so when any of us are away we can share/chat/videocall and that is it.

I don't want to spend my life watching other people's lives.

EleanorReally · 07/10/2019 07:59

i hate the facebook moaners, a neighbour has been driving me mad for years with little digs, i can only assume at her DH.

now she has left him!
talk about washing your laundry in public!

CAG12 · 07/10/2019 08:00

I took myself off facebook for this reason. I stayed on Instagram because you can choose who you follow and slightly less personal. I follow things relating to my interests on there.

I fucking hate facebook though

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Countryescape · 07/10/2019 08:04

@amithough but it is my business. Because they choose to extol it to the world and I’m friends
With them so unless I unfollow
I see it.i just think it’s. bit pathetic and is a sign of the times sadly

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Countryescape · 07/10/2019 08:07

@BusterGonad 🤣🤣🤣 classic! #blessed #familyfirst#onelife 😭😂😂😂😂

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AnxiousMcAnxiousFace · 07/10/2019 08:13

The people on here are not good at choosing friends.

My Facebook friends are all people I genuinely care about and am interested in. I like looking at their happy family pictures. I don’t see their posts as boasting or showing off. Simply sharing.

Perhaps it’s more a reflection of yourself if you see happy people as a threat to your own view of your life.

My friends don’t share cheesy memes. Just funny and rude ones.

I have a small group of friends. I don’t collect friends like some with 500+ friends. I have under 100 and lots of those are family.

Jeezoh · 07/10/2019 08:16

Sounds like you could do with a break from social media if it’s making you as angry as your OP implies!

Usernamewillautodestrustin · 07/10/2019 08:16

Ahhh yes...we have friends who share 'You are my world' posts about each other. Even though they know that we all know he had an affair with a school mum....

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Countryescape · 07/10/2019 08:19

@AnxiousMcAnxiouafacw no I don’t think it’s a reflection of myself. I’m not sure why you would say that?? What does that even mean? I post things happy about. I don’t post pictures of me in hospital with a drip captioned “not an ideal night.,.”

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Countryescape · 07/10/2019 08:22

I’m @Jeezoh true! Good idea!

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AnxietyDream · 07/10/2019 08:34

My Facebook friends are all people I genuinely care about and am interested in. I like looking at their happy family pictures.

This. And I'm sure they do bicker with their DH's, and their children do sometimes act like hellions etc... But I sure don't want to see it!

FuriousVexation · 07/10/2019 08:36

OP, you mentioned posting photos from hospital with a sort of understated caption.

Would it annoy you as much if it was just a text post saying "In hospital due to extreme stomach pain, waiting on test results, I'm shit scared"?

Myself I have pretty much come off FB over the last year. I still have an account but it just mirrors my Instagram. Which means it basically dedicated to photos of my pets!

ilovetofu · 07/10/2019 08:42

Perhaps it’s more a reflection of yourself if you see happy people as a threat to your own view of your life. *

This!!!*

darceybussell · 07/10/2019 08:47

I have a friend who does those kinds of posts about life with her 4 year old, and I know she hates parenting, so it's all done to keep up with her friends, who are all prolific facebook fibbers too.

She and her sister both fell out with their mum and no longer speak to her, and yet the mum still posts pictures of both of them both with captions such as 'my beautiful girls, so lucky, love them so much'. I mean I'm sure she does love them, but she has no relationship with either of them! I can only assume the Facebook posts must just be to try and hide that from everyone else!

AnxiousMcAnxiousFace · 07/10/2019 09:06

In my humble opinion, if you are ‘friends’ with people who you are willing to bitch about and mock then perhaps they aren’t really your friend? Just unfriend them and then you won’t have to judge their Facebook posts. Or, message them privately and ask how they are. Perhaps they are struggling and therefore dredging up old photos to share to remind them of being happier.

TheVanguardSix · 07/10/2019 09:07

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AmIThough · 07/10/2019 09:09

@Countryescape if this is how you talk about your friends I hate to see how you talk about your acquaintances...

TheVanguardSix · 07/10/2019 09:12

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Oysterbabe · 07/10/2019 09:15

No because I like the people I'm friends with on FB. I have a couple of friends who are having a really shit time atm but you wouldn't know from their FB. 🤷‍♀️ It's up to them what they post.

CaptainButtock · 07/10/2019 09:24

I don’t understand why people talk about facebook like it’s compulsory?

How about....don’t look at it?