To think Facebook community's groups are pathetic?

[wantanothernoliday]

We bought our house last year on a new build estate and we joined the group before moving. I never ever comment on there mainly just for a nosey. Any how today their was a Asian wedding going on behind our house. And they are all going mad about the fireworks that lasted a mere 5 minutes. "My autistic kid can't sleep now" "it's so dangerous they could cause a fire" "my animals are going mad"

I commented telling everyone to get a life as it didn't last long! Then I realised one of my neighbours was the one going mad about it 🥴

It's seems all people do on these groups is moan! AIBU? Should I be a bit more sensitive? I have a newborn and 2 DC's under 5 and a dog and we all managed to survive the 5 minutes of fireworks.

They do have a point about fire though

I'm not a member of any groups like that, mine are all quite funny

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In this weather, with gardens like straw, it was ridiculously irresponsible to set fireworks off. Ordinarily I'd agree with you though.

however, given you're old enough to have bought a house, you're old enough to use a little more tact & diplomacy than 'get a life'

Ours has been full of the ‘don’t walk your dog’ posts for the last week. Why do they all feel the need to post the same thing multiple times a day? I do frequently think about leaving the group but then now and again there’ll be something useful about local events or suppliers or road closures or something.

Get a life is a response I’d expect from a teenager.

The ones I like are the inane comments when someone posts about avoiding a road because of a fire, or traffic accident, or the traffic light are broken, or something and people post

"Ooh, I only drove down there this morning"
or
"My Nan used to live on that road"

etc

Gee thanks Dave, that's been really helpful to me

This just reminded me of a post somebody put onto our community page at Christmas time which gives examples of things people like to moan about on these sort of pages...

"Christmas the [name of community] way:-

12 Ring Doorbells, 11 Parking Spaces, 10 Feral Teenagers, 9 Moaning Karen's, 8 Turds on Doorsteps, 7 Speeding Vehicles, 6 Missing Waste Bins, Fiiiiiiive Fiiiiiireworks, 4 Lost Pussy's, 3 Stolen Fiesta's, 2 Barking Dogs, and a randomly delivered takeaway!"

Now that it's summer, our page is full of people complaining about others walking their dogs in this heat, understandable but it's constant posts from different people of the same thing.

No because fireworks are shit.

My autistic kid can't sleep now" "it's so dangerous they could cause a fire" "my animals are going mad

do you actually have a kid with autism or an animal affected by the stupidity that is fireworks? You’ve got no fucking idea.

grow up would be the right thing to say to childish people who think fireworks are fun and don’t give a shit about others

My community Facebook group today had doorbell video footage of someone who got caught short and had to squat for a poo on someone else's driveway. The passenger in their car got out, walked to the bonnet where she was shielding herself, gave her some tissue, and they left the whole lot there.

That's the drama I joined the group for.

Ours is full of complaints about youths on scooters, ropey flowers bought at Waitrose, potholes and missing shoes! It's a hoot!

I'm sorry but you can't protect your kids and animals from everything in life. It lasted a few minutes. I can't get worked up over that I'm
Sorry! I've even got a baby that is teething and has been crying all day. They do all need to get a life their is worse things going on in this world. People are way too sensitive!

It's just gossip. Blokes used to gossip down the pub, women would gossip over a cup of tea with their neighbours. People will always gossip.
This is just the 21st century version.

I've noticed most posts seem to be from people asking for stuff for free

You have made me want to join a group now just for the DRAAAAAMMA

I love out local one. It's mostly people moaning about parking or photos of shady looking youths in hoodies hanging around someone's house. They do all go a bit bonkers about fireworks too. I'm waiting for all the hosepipe frothing next.

Oh and lot's of lost cats and found dogs.

On that basis...
you need to get a life

@greenleave5 I think you live near me! I was crying at the comments on that post.

This has amused me way more than it should have 🤣

My most hated thing about community Facebook pages is the 'just for fun' posts that people put up. Usually either a hilarious 'poem' about drinking lead paint in the good old days or some misogynistic joke eg "if you had to chose between your wife and a sports car, would you chose a Porsche or a Ferrari". Absolutely gives me the utter rage.

Loads of joke posts on ours about whether a particular road is closed and that there's going to be a new shoe shop opening, cue much hysterical laughter from lots of people. Pretty pathetic and very unfunny....and most days. Probably time I left

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Ours is great, and very tightly moderated.

Eg "There are going to be fireworks on the green on 5 November at 7 pm. You have plenty of time to sort your animals out. I am turning off comments to avoid the negative people".

Ours is usually losers whining about fireworks as well. Like I care about some stupid dog that has spent the last five years barking itself to a state of frenzy every time a cat moves a leg somewhere in North Devon.

However we did have a good one recently about a bloke with no trousers and pants on looking in people's windows.

There are the sort of posts I live for. 😂