FB meme - you know who your real friends are during this pandemic.

[careworkerandproud]

Do these kinds of posts annoy anyone else? I just think to myself, have you contacted your friends? Surely it's a 2 way thing and you cant wait for people to contact you and if you havent heard from them then you havent tried either...

Social media sucks more now than at any other time, and that is saying something.

I can't stand memes and copy and paste stuff, but this one is true. I've lost both of my parents in the last month, and apart from posting on my FB post do you know how many phone calls/ texts/whats apps/ cards/ actual messages I have had? 4. And three of those were from MNetters who I don't actually know in RL. It does make me think of all the things I have done for others, support I have given etc and know that they can't be arsed with me.

I think I can go one worse...someone on my FB created a photo album called "Lockdown 2020". An actual photo album. I nearly choked on my porridge. The block button had never looked so tempting!

I am usually the first to complain about FB shite, but I think I have seen several 'Lockdown 2020' albums on my newsfeed and it didn't even register with me as annoying or offensive?

Jesus, do you think I am becoming desensitised to Facebook Fuckwittery? Help me!

I think I can go one worse...someone on my FB created a photo album called "Lockdown 2020". An actual photo album. I nearly choked on my porridge. The block button had never looked so tempting!

Do we have the same friend? I know someone who's done the same thing - created a photo album of their walks/activities etc.
Only difference is, I love seeing what others are up to/positive posts.
I don't get why people moan at what others do, just hide them
Only people I've hidden on there recently (usually lovely) people who are just hashtagging #STAYTHEFUCKATHOME and ranting and stirring up blah/sandwich board doom type articles.

Thankfully most of my friends don't bother with such things.

As long as they don't add #makingmemories or #mummytime to their Lockdown albums.

However I think what people do need to remember is that a lot of people are going through a difficult time. Lots of people feel like the rug's been pulled away from them and they're struggling. They're having to focus on their own families and problems and don't necessarily have the energy at the end of the day to think "oh which of my friends might like me to contact them." let alone have the energy to listen to others.

One problem is that people who tend to put that sort of thing also often have a picture in their head about how others should respond to them. So a message saying "How are you?" genuinely meant, and all the sender can really cope with at the moment, is taken as insulting by the recipient because they feel they need a phone call.

Life is difficult, and if people can accept that if they're struggling others may also be struggling, and if they want to talk, they need to pick up the phone and not wait for someone to do it first.

Ahh I hate shit like this, it’s partly why I haven’t had FB for years.

Goodness, pp reporting of the lazy not busy type posts has given me the rage....

Still got disabled children at home and still got my conditions which don't miraculously disappear due to lock down.

Thank fuck I am not on Facebook.

@CMOTDibbler
I am so sorry about your parents. I don’t know what to say.

When my children were at primary school i ended up with a mum on there who turned out to be quite unpleasant. A bit like a school bully who'd never grown out of it. I remember her posting a meme
"Here's the thing. I'm a nice person. So if I'm a bitch to you you need to ask yourself why."
Wanted to reply "Because you're a bitch not a nice person."
Luckily I've not had her on fb for years.

Thanks for reminding me OP why a came off FB a few years back 😉

Very sorry for your losses CMOT.
I found that too some people just so casual at a time you be glad of them.

@CMOTDibbler I'm so sorry, that must be unimaginably hard for you

@Thefaceofboe one of my friends posted about how sad they are that they only have one child, their child doesn’t have siblings and how they don’t have other children to play with. Obviously accompanied with photos of said child looking gorgeous. I’m sitting there thinking how self absorbed she is and how any of her friends TTC must feel about that post. Me me me me me.

@BerriesAndLeaves

When my children were at primary school i ended up with a mum on there who turned out to be quite unpleasant. A bit like a school bully who'd never grown out of it. I remember her posting a meme
"Here's the thing. I'm a nice person. So if I'm a bitch to you you need to ask yourself why

Imo It's always the worst bitches who post stuff like this
Like, if you are a truly nice person then people will already know. You don't need to tell them

@CoronaMoaner must be awful only having ONE healthy child. I’m sick of seeing the posts saying how lucky people are not having children in lockdown... I know they aren’t posting intentionally but seeing posts like that knock me sick. If only

Definitely Dianne

I only use Facebook to upload photos (basically a back up in case I lose the ones on my phone/the cloud).

So yes I have an album called Lockdown 2020 but to be honest I didn’t think of it any differently to the ones I have named Spain 2019 or Greece 2018

It's the chain emails that get me. AAAAAAAAAGGGGGGHHHHHH.

@CMOTDibbler I am so sorry - sending you so much love. It's no comfort I know but I think lots of people have forgotten others have shit to deal with. I hope you're holding up as well as you can.