to ban morons from Facebook?

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I know, I know, but look:

"Has jst got up a know a sed a wntd a lie in bt nw half t day has gone so dnt luk lyk am gan xmas shopin agen.grrrrr"

Please God, give me strength.

Quite right - they do forget you're there! My niece once posted 'I hate my fucking mother' and I commented 'Oh really, why?' - she was quite shamefaced, poor love.

I would like to be able to cull morons from life, but apparently this is "murder" - who knew you couldn't kill someone for being bloody stupid?!

ohhh I'm so glad I don't use FB!

ROFL @ Morloth!!!

CJ I had a very unpleasant moment when a nephew (wont call him Dear) posted topless pics of his girlfriend

Having read through this thread, I thought I would check FB. These are status updates by two different nephews both age 21...

" X has decided to rename methanogenic bacteria, farting bacteria... they suck lol"

and

" Katie Price fukkin me off already x"

Have to confess, I don't understand what either of them is talking about

Morloth -

Didn't know moron was Welsh for carrot though!

Is it just me that doesn't understand anyone finding the word "offensive"?

"Moron - idiot: a person of subnormal intelligence" - exactly what I meant?!

having a child with special needs who has had to have formal intelligence tests by a psychologist, it can feel like less of a jolly jape to see terms bandied about that were traditionally used for those with low IQs/learning difficulties. Personally - I'm not bothered by the term idiot/moron as they have evolved - but can see why others might be.

Is Facebook turning us all into the cyber equivalent of peeping Toms?

And are alll these people who post everything up on Facebook the cyber equivalent of flashers?

I dont find the word moron in itself offensive. I do feel a bit upset about people of subnormal intelligence and low IQ etc being assumed to be moronic. I know that technically the definition is the same but its not really the point.

Moronic (now) means unpleasantly stupid/ignorant etc.

People with low IQs do not fit into this category any more or less than Mensa members do.

Really, honestly not trying to be offended or starting a ruck. Its just 'low IQ' is a pretty sensitive subject for some of us.

chegirl, I work with young adults with learning difficulties so can understand it being a sensitive subject.

I honestly had no clue as to the origins of the word so did not mean to cause any offence (apologies to anyone who was offended).

I thought I was being quite mild, censoring some of the terms that went through my mind. I don't quite know how to express the term "thick as pig shit" while remaining "PC".....

Talking about youngsters - this is the latest of a daughter of a friend of mine (friend herself is wise enough to be technology challenged): 'oh my gash,y is evry1 breaking up on FB,its almst 5 couples in one week....damn......!?!?! ;-o...*'

or this one:

...mis sussalief bajajaja... Strkte mt ju xams!xoxomwaah*

Sibella...???????? at the second one...'oh my gash' is a bit gross too - gash is fanny!

Sorry I did not give the full picture - the second one is from the same girl but is written in Afrikaans (they are South African).

Translated in proper English it means:

'Miss sister love very very very much... Good luck with your exams. xoxoxo (kisses?) mwaah (the sound you make when you give a fake kiss - mwah mwah!!)'

In proper Afrikaans it would read:

Mis sussie liefde baie. Sterkte met jou eksamens. Liefde en soentjies.

My nephew has just announced to the world via facebook that he likes 'girl, bum and pie.' Then he changed it to 'I like girls and pie. Not bum.'

He's a student, and is probably shitfaced. I couldn't resist a comment, though, just to remind him I am here ...

yule i wasnt offended by your use of the word moron .

While working for a large high street bank, pre DS, I once had to delete someones middle name from their account.

The user had requested this change as she'd gotten a bit of stick in the office for having 'Moron' as a middle name!!

My friend has a T-shirt which reads "1f u c4n r34d th15 u r34lly n33d t0 g37 l41d" which always amuses me

Glad about that chegirl, I was baffled as to why anyone would be at first, all clear and understood now

I'm 20, people my age who write like this embarrass me! I delete most of them however keep one or two! My cousin is one of those, he's 17/18 and is always going on about his gorjus grlfrend in his updates. I just hid him

On the babies thing, my friend posts pictures of her baby and loads of girls we went to school with comment with "Oooh! Lovvers! I member mine @ tht age!!!!11!"
Don't know how she puts up and responds to those comments, she's a librarian and hates badly written things!