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Your Social Media pet hates?

297 replies

TazzyDrunk · 29/12/2019 18:32

I will start

Someone who constantly bangs on about politics , especially the ones who make the same points over and over again about Brexit.

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FairytaleofButlins · 29/12/2019 19:24

anyone using the expression "people on my phone"

FairytaleofButlins · 29/12/2019 19:24

People following or "friends" with others they don't like, are jealous and bitter about, and can't stop bitching about.

Own it, you love to hate them, it's a hobby!

EnglishRose13 · 29/12/2019 19:24

I have a lot. My number one is asking if anyone is available to babysit their children.

If you're close enough to trust them with your child, you're close enough to text them to ask!

Also, photos at funerals. I saw a photo recently, of a friend and her family, posing like they were ready for a party. No, they were ready for their nan's funeral!

TopEndChops · 29/12/2019 19:25

glasshalfsomething i do that....but at least i make them private so they're not inflicted on anyone else Grin

iklboo · 29/12/2019 19:26

Love you to the moon & back

That's only about 480,000. The Proclaimers have walked further than that by now Grin

iklboo · 29/12/2019 19:26

480,000 miles

Maltesefalcon · 29/12/2019 19:27

I agree with every single example on here, it's a miracle I don't implode every time I glance at sm.

BreconBeBuggered · 29/12/2019 19:29

People posting links to the photo they've just posted on their Instagram account, which is private. Don't bother me with it then, twat. Post the picture where I can see it. Though I probably wouldn't want to.
Anything followed by the order to 'let that sink in'. Piss off.

Mintychoc1 · 29/12/2019 19:29

#myfamily. #myworld

hellnooooo · 29/12/2019 19:29

Also someone I know likes to post lives every Sunday morning, in bed with her husband, just talking about what they're doing for the day. While both wrapped in a sheet

bettybattenburg · 29/12/2019 19:29

Anything about my famalam

FairytaleofButlins · 29/12/2019 19:30

My number one is asking if anyone is available to babysit their children.

If you're close enough to trust them with your child, you're close enough to text them to ask!

what's the problem? Not everyone has random strangers they met once at the bus stop on their list, and only have real friends (and a few haters). If you ask someone directly, you put them on the spot. If it's a general question, chances are someone will offer and no one is feeling obliged. In the world of MN where no-one can do each other favour unless they are paid for it, sounds like a decent solution.

Lllot5 · 29/12/2019 19:31

There was a thread similar to this the other day, I asked then why no one says anything to them.
Someone swore and sent me biscuit still don’t know why people just don’t say when someone posts checking in at hospital there’s nothing wrong with you, you fucking attention seeker.

OverthinkingThis · 29/12/2019 19:31

People that use hashtags on Facebook

Maltesefalcon · 29/12/2019 19:31

Also someone I know likes to post lives every Sunday morning, in bed with her husband, just talking about what they're doing for the day. While both wrapped in a sheet

😳 The bloody world has gone mad

OhMsBeliever · 29/12/2019 19:33

People who share missing people/pets without checking the original post, and it's either from years ago and they've been long found or from a different country they don't actually know anyone in!

People who do those quizzes that are just a data harvesting scam for all your Facebook details.

List of names of people having twins/deserve a holiday/drink prosecco.

Blurry photos. It's really not hard to take a decent pic with a phone camera! Even I can manage it (or if it's really shit I don't put it on Facebook)

People I want to spy on who have locked down the privacy settings. Grin

Mamibaer · 29/12/2019 19:34

Grandmas using pictures of their grandkids as their profile pic

TabbyMumz · 29/12/2019 19:36

"Does anyone have .....a cot mattress /buggy / sheets...etc ....err yes, but you can also get them in the shops!?

lunasunshine · 29/12/2019 19:38

The phrase: “I love you all the world.”
Hmm that one did the rounds for a while but seems to have stopped for now!

TheNameGames · 29/12/2019 19:38

@Whatisafrond
Everyone on my social media is very reasonable. I get none of the stuff I see talked about on Mumsnet. No unreasonable bragging, no check-ins to A&E, no passive aggressive venting.

I think this is all very unreasonable as I have nothing to laugh at.

I recommend joining your local Facebook group. I don’t use Facebook (only signed up initially for Candy Crush Blush) and now use it to leave comments on news sites that require an account, but I joined my local community and the number of batshit posts on there is hilarious.

Although don’t make the mistake I did: I recently joined a ‘crap adverts’ group and accidentally commented on my local Facebook group slagging something off that someone was selling, thinking it was the other group Blush (it was crap though, to be fair).

labazsisgoingmad · 29/12/2019 19:39

people who reply to things and think they know better than you. since we 'rescued' our dog we cannot touch his feet no way he will have it and he will let you know it too. anyway first time we tried to do his claws we both ended up wishing we had not done it. went to vet muzzled he went beserk so next time a different vet said she would do it with a nurse and we were to stay in waiting room. sat there 20 mins listening to ominous bangs and screams from my dog i was in tears when vet came out she had only been able to do 2 claws. she said he would need an anesthetic money aside as patch is 6 i dont want him going through that. a dog groomer in town i tried she was a marvel. she spoke quietly to him non clinical atmosphere she put his muzzle on and before he could start she gently put a soft fleece over his eyes so he could not see then harnessed him on this sort of hanging thing so he had his feet off the table and so she didnt need to lift his feet up at all. to my relief it went off like a dream he was happy when he was let down off the harness thing and had the muzzle and fleece off went out the door wagging tail. well he wants doing again so i just asked on fb when was she open again after the new year. on comes someone should do it yourself we do. i briefly explained with patch its not possible oh you should muzzle him then explained again not easy to do as he gets so distressed but the lady at the groomers kept him calm thats why i want her to do it. up pipes another one ive always done my dogs claws well whoopee bloody doo if you want a go with patch you are welcome to try but you will be bloody sorry first time he ripped my partners arms apart with his claws he was so distressed when he held him at the vets

YellowSubmarine94 · 29/12/2019 19:41

People who add you as a friend but don't "Like" or comment on your posts. What's the point in being friends then?

I call those kind of people "surveillance cameras"

CoffeeCoinneseur · 29/12/2019 19:42

Anything about my famalam

Especially on hollibobs.

Emmelina · 29/12/2019 19:42

“Love you lots like jelly tots!” - my kids don’t even like jelly tots they’re so sweet, what are you, 4?

“My sexy lil man” - talking about a toddler child. Sexy? You have issues.

HotSince82 · 29/12/2019 19:43

I only like the posts with an inherent modicum of self deprecation.
We're British, so I'm afraid that we should only be using SM to ironically take the piss out of ourselves.
Anything else is just a bit vulgar.