Explain this behavior to me...

Maybe I'm getting old - but I don't understand the need to post every detail of your life on social media?
Like do you have no real friends you can call or share this shit with?

Also, kids these days be posting the most inappropriate shit...and I'm not even talking about half-naked pictures. A friend of the family got into a car accident with her boyfriend I guess and in the past 4 hours has posted 4 different pictures of the two of them in the hospital - blood all over his face.

Like wtf?!

Someone help me

I have this other dude on my facebook that posts a minimum of 6 times a day...and it's the most mundane irrelevant shit I've ever read.

Today alone the posts start at 6 am:
"20 min till I have to get out of bed..."
"7300 in sales and counting!"
"nice and steady day today. feelin it"
(shares some retarded news story)
"admitted to the hospital. collapsed outside of work"
"stuck at the hospital all night"

No one even responds. No one cares. Why post this shit?!

I just looked...this dude's a Scorp

I think he has mental problems. Idk, I met him maybe once back in high school...still not sure why I even accepted his request.

He has also broadcasted his engagement and breakup with this one girl...then announced he was dating this new girl within DAYS...posting multiple times a day about how he's never felt this way before, she's the one, he loves her so much, etc. Then announced he was moving in with the new girl within weeks...then engaged a few days later. Then broken up - multiple posts a day about what a horrible person she is and how the baby isn't his and he hopes she has an abortion. Now he's back with the original girl for the past 2-3 weeks and is "re-engaged"

I could delete him, but it's like a free soap opera

Haha. The younger ones... the shit that they post is just ridiculous. But if you think about it, social media has existed their entire life. That's all they understand is posting this crazy shit on social media. It's NORMAL to them, unlike the rest of us who existed just fine prior to the boom of social media in the last decade.

My friend's daughter posts like 57853234 posts every day of her face on Instagram, along with some random crap or a quote of sorts. She's like 13.

I've had a friend post pics of her friend who got into an accident, all hooked up to machines and tubes because this one in particular was in ICU on life support. I was like Jesus Christ, do you really think she wants the entire world to see her in that state? Get some effing class.

Another one posted her baby's first dirty diaper. Wasn't what was inside, but just the diaper and wads upon wads of baby wipes. Okay, nobody cares. Why are you posting this nonsense? :/

I also saw a chick in a lecture one time, posting an update from her laptop. "I want an apple."

...how about you leave college? You're clearly a waste of space.

I'll admit, I have my days where I post random crap, but it's because I'm bored. Otherwise, it's just scrolling through the feeds, liking whatever, and commenting on whatever.

My understanding is the entire epidemic is based purely in narcissism. When you turn on the news, and on a daily basis, some celeb's life is being discussed, people think that this is normal to share similar info about their own lives.

My cancer relative also does this...but it's more depressing than schizophrenic...like she's not feeling well today, it rained, it's cold, she has a hang nail, her AC isn't working, she is getting tested for cancer, it's benign, etc.

Posted by rockyroadicecream

I also saw a chick in a lecture one time, posting an update from her laptop. "I want an apple."

lmao

this girl literally just made the selfie with her bloody boyfriend her banner.

why are you hating bri why? *takes a selfie with a selfie-stick*

No offense but...

Its probably because you associate with people from Tallahassee rather than Gainesville

Posted by brianafay

Posted by rockyroadicecream

I also saw a chick in a lecture one time, posting an update from her laptop. "I want an apple."

lmao

Seriously, it was the most brainless thing! I was like WHY are you posting that? Nobody cares!

Posted by brianafay
this girl literally just made the selfie with her bloody boyfriend her banner.

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I was at Lowes' garden center the other day and I'm trying to leave, and this lady has her herd of children all up in the way. She's not really making a move to get them out of the way because she's too busy trying to take a selfie with the flowers/plants behind her. ...omg you look like an idiot.

Btw, people, a pic of your face with some sort of inspirational quote, random attention seeking comment and the like- stupid. If you say "I'm having fun at a bbq" and your pic is nothing but your fucking face, it's retarded. I better see a grill, a pool, a plate of beans or ribs- SOMETHING else that indicates that you're doing what you're saying. Because your fugly face doesn't personify bbq!

Posted by AfternoonDelights22
No offense but...

Its probably because you associate with people from Tallahassee rather than Gainesville

LOL

funnay

Posted by aquasnoz
why are you hating bri why? *takes a selfie with a selfie-stick*

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Lol I believe it is.

That shawl is everything though

I hardly even post anything on facebook, mostly just share a science thing or 2. Maybe a new song that sounds good. Basically I share what I think my people will check out. Also randomlly comment on other people's posts, joining in conversations and whatnot. Any new selfies I take are usually because something about my appearance is actually different. Maybe I'm wearing clothes I haven't gotten a picture of yet. Maybe I'm doing something new, etc. So it's more like facebook is... well a face profile, the exact thing it's supposed to be.

You ARE supposed to update it with things you think important and details about your life that have changed. That's the whole point to a flipping /face profile/. Some people just have too much drama going on constantly.

Or don't have enough and try too hard to make it seem otherwise.

Posted by Rambunctious76

Posted by rockyroadicecream

I also saw a chick in a lecture one time, posting an update from her laptop. "I want an apple."

I only say stuff like that on social media when I'm in a trolling mood.

Otherwise it's mostly political/social dissection, with the odd emotional moment.

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I updated one time with something along the lines of "Everyone's getting married and having babies, and I'm just sitting here, eating chicken strips."

...because that's all I saw in my news feed while I was on break, eating chicken strips haha.

Random post was random. I'll admit, I post random just to be random to see what kind of reaction I get when I'm bored, but apple chick in the lecture, I have a feeling she meant it more seriously...

Posted by brianafay

Posted by aquasnoz
why are you hating bri why? *takes a selfie with a selfie-stick*

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I can get on board with stuff like this. Mostly because it's random and awesome. I'd gladly look at this type of thing on a daily basis than some inbred bitch's face who thinks she has to remind us what she looks like every day.

I don't post much.

(I still am vomiting while writing this over the chick on rockyroadicecream's profile who shared a picture of a dirty diaper. changed enough with my leo cousin and never felt the need. but someone, out there, might find this to be art. a modern spin on Dadaism?)

i do post alot and often. not much pics because i dont have a smartphone.

Oh, and the ones with their passive aggressive quotes. I'm always wondering...hmmmm who is that for? lol!

There's a guy I know that posts random drunken rants - they're stupid and so nonpolitcal, but then all the comments back are hysterical - egging him on.