Radio on-air requests [and some Facebook behaviour] ... they are so pathetic

[Arthritic Toe]

The radio dedication I hate most is people wanting a "big hello". WTF is a big hello?

 

[Bozza]

Facebook: posting something deeply profound, usually displayed over a picture of some sort, with a line that says something like "Only 1 in 10 of my friends will display this as their profile pic [or share it etc] for an hour - are you that person?"

There is an implication that if you don't change your profile picture [or share it] then you are utterly evil and personally responsible for all that is bad in the world

 

[Mellotron]

One that I don't particularly hate but always makes me chuckle is when you have a fairly fit mate on there, they always have an absolute beast of a mate. Every now and again there will be a picture of them on a night out and the swampdonkey will be in some ridiculously skimpy dress, looking hideous and there will be a slew of posts underneath from their female mates saying "Wow, you look gorgeous hun" "Stunning" "Wowser!". We all know you are a rotter, including your mates. I am often so tempted to post the truth but you just can't can you.

Good post. Very true. You can tell which the munters are without even looking at the pictures, because the comments are FULL of their female "bezzies" banging on about how beautiful they are.

Also, if you ever ask a girl what a mate of hers you haven't met looks like, and they say "oh, she's bubbly", that means they are SHAPED LIKE A BUBBLE.

 

[Westdene Seagull]

And while we're at it - what the bloody hell is the point of posting selfies

 

[Easy 10]

Thankfully I have hand selected my friends over the years and there aren't many who would do that.

However, a few recent acquaintances do do that, as well as lots of selfies. Most annoying.

I have tried to be similarly selective, but sometimes acquaintances of acquaintances come along, or family members, and I just can't say "no" to their request because it makes me feel guilty. And I don't then want to have to come up with some glib bullshit excuse as to why I don't want their tedious moronic dirge festooning my "wall" (or whatever its called). I know that is weak and pathetic, and if I think too long about it I start to feel like self harming, but sometimes its just easier to go with it.

I daresay my (fairly rare) Facebook posts are equally as tedious to many, but I do at least draw the line at saying good morning, or telling everyone I've just turned the light on under the stairs. And I've never LIKED anything. Not once. If I'm going to respond, I'll respond. But if anyone ever sees a LIKE from me, I want them to come round my house, smash up my router, and hit me in the FACE with a rolling pin.

 

[Nibble]

Good post. Very true. You can tell which the munters are without even looking at the pictures, because the comments are FULL of their female "bezzies" banging on about how beautiful they are.

Also, if you ever ask a girl what a mate of hers you haven't met looks like, and they say "oh, she's bubbly", that means they are SHAPED LIKE A BUBBLE.

Haha. Truth.

"She's single"
"No ****ing shit"

 

[Barrel of Fun]

I am very late to this wonderful conversation. I unfollow if someone says morning or night tweeps. I follow for content and interest, not a sodding summary of their daily routine.

 

[Barrel of Fun]

Re: Radio on-air requests ... they are so pathetic

I have tried to be similarly selective, but sometimes acquaintances of acquaintances come along, or family members, and I just can't say "no" to their request because it makes me feel guilty. And I don't then want to have to come up with some glib bullshit excuse as to why I don't want their tedious moronic dirge festooning my "wall" (or whatever its called). I know that is weak and pathetic, and if I think too long about it I start to feel like self harming, but sometimes its just easier to go with it.

I daresay my (fairly rare) Facebook posts are equally as tedious to many, but I do at least draw the line at saying good morning, or telling everyone I've just turned the light on under the stairs. And I've never LIKED anything. Not once. If I'm going to respond, I'll respond. But if anyone ever sees a LIKE from me, I want them to come round my house, smash up my router, and hit me in the FACE with a rolling pin.

I've been told you can turn off status updates, so I'll investigate that.

One work colleague posts every day what time she went to bed and what time she gets up. What she's done. What she's eating. A running commentary on her cats and so on.

I can't delete her.

 

[strings]

I've been told you can turn off status updates, so I'll investigate that.

One work colleague posts every day what time she went to bed and what time she gets up. What she's done. What she's eating. A running commentary on her cats and so on.

I can't delete her.

You can 'hide' posts from a certain person (or app - I've hidden bitstrips). Click on the downward arrow next to the post, and select 'hide all from X'.

 

[Nibble]

I've been told you can turn off status updates, so I'll investigate that.

One work colleague posts every day what time she went to bed and what time she gets up. What she's done. What she's eating. A running commentary on her cats and so on.

I can't delete her.

Then you have to kill her.

 

[Munkfish]

I Have come up with a new way of cleaning my facebook of gimps, whenever a message for someones bday comes up, if i wouldnt now stop and talk to them in the street, they are now deleted, its quite a nice game each day.

 

[Nibble]

I Have come up with a new way of cleaning my facebook of gimps, whenever a message for someones bday comes up, if i wouldnt now stop and talk to them in the street, they are now deleted, its quite a nice game each day.

That is exactly what I do except I have different criteria. If I wouldn't have a pint with them or shag them they're binned.

 

[driller]

And what's the point in writing 'happy 40th mum' on a bed sheet and hanging it from a bridge over the A27?

Total chav.

 

[Goring-by-Seagull]

I hate Facebook.

I love this thread.

 

[Spider]

I've pretty much given up on Facebook now - the only thing useful is when mates that have moved far afield use it to announce their imminent return home. And yes, I imagine the stock response is something like "if they were that bothered about meeting they'd give you a call" or some other truism, but the fact is that often Facebook is convenient and is an accepted form of communication for the younger generation.

The whole internet daily life reportage thing drives me wild, though. And I think it is bleeding into society in general, and it SUCKS. It's created two things which, judging by the yoofs, seem pretty much irreversible - firstly tokenism, secondly the belief that everyone wants to know everything you have to say all the time, Going to gigs, for example, so many people seem to spend more time taking pictures to prove they were there and talking with their mates than watching anything. The guy next to me at Falmer spends most of the match on his mobile. You don't have to tell people your opinion about everything. You don't need people to know you were at an Arctic Monkeys gig by having a dark picture of you in front of the stage. Not everything you think or do is worth broadcasting to other people! I genuinely don't know if teenagers nowadays actually realise that!

 

[Sussex on Leith]

Reading this thread while eating my AMAZING own-recipe veggie curry. NOM NOM!

 

[Puppet Master]

One that I don't particularly hate but always makes me chuckle is when you have a fairly fit mate on there, they always have an absolute beast of a mate. Every now and again there will be a picture of them on a night out and the swampdonkey will be in some ridiculously skimpy dress, looking hideous and there will be a slew of posts underneath from their female mates saying "Wow, you look gorgeous hun" "Stunning" "Wowser!". We all know you are a rotter, including your mates. I am often so tempted to post the truth but you just can't can you.

More often than not, there is usually men also saying the some sort of things (the sort who judging from the profile pic, look like they probably used to sit alone in the school canteen if you catch my drift) which is slightly more disturbing.

 

[jakarta]

the radio dedication i hate most is people wanting a "big hello". Wtf is a big hello?

HELLO!

 

[hybrid_x]

two solutions.

1) on facebook delete all friends and family and use it for authors, musicians, peers, documentary makers, creatives one likes, and interests - Then one gets a completely different experience, much more enjoyable.

2) listen to albums, or a mix of music you like on shuffle, instead of the poxy radio.

 

[Butch Willykins]

More often than not, there is usually men also saying the some sort of things (the sort who judging from the profile pic, look like they probably used to sit alone in the school canteen if you catch my drift) which is slightly more disturbing.

The Facebook creeps. There is so many of those sad saps out there. Creeping all over Facebook for the world to see.