The phenomenon that is Facebook ...

Now i'm not going to deny the fact that facebook is some what a guilty pleasure of mine.  I quite enjoy it as a form of keeping in touch with old friends, showing all my chums how beautiful my son is and a way of having a pretty good nosey into people's lives from a safe distance.  But despite this, it also irritates the hell out of me sometimes!! Anywho as we all know I love a list, so I thought i'd share with the world my pet hates on facebook (or any other social networking sites ...in the name of fairness :P)

1. Making a really dramatic facebook status but not telling anyone what it's about e.g. 
 - fb user 1- "oh my god I can't believe this has happened ... this is the worst day of my life. seriously ... this is fucking awful!" 
- fb user 2- oh no what's up????
-fb user 1- Oh nothing ... I can't talk about it on here.
Well why make it into a bloody facebook update for the whole of your friend list to see ... frigging irritating!! Attention seeking at it's best!

2.Being deleted from facebook as an act of vengence.
Im afraid that deleting me from facebook does not mean that you have deleted me from life ... I still exist.  Gutted eh? Also grow up and tell me what your problem is!?

3.Status updates every 5 minutes from the same person.
Seriously ... no one cares

4. The need to proclaim your undying love for your other half in EVERY SINGLE status, even if the rest of your status is totally unrelated.
Yes we know that you love you boo, your bub, your babe, your boy, your girl, your looover.  We gathered that the first one hundred times you included it in your facebook status. 

5.Photos where by you and your significant other are practically eating each others faces off. 
I appreciate a lovey dovey shot as much as the next person but full on passionate kissing is NOT for facebook.  I think there are separate sites where you can post those kind of pictures and also look up the local dogging hotspots. 


6. The use of 'dis', 'dat' and other such tripe.
These are NOT words ... get off facebook and go back to school. (This is especially sad if your approaching 40 and really should no better ... no your kids don't think your cool, infact they just blocked you!)


7. The "I hate myself and I want to die" status.
Perhaps one of THE most annoying things on facebook.  Suicide is no laughing matter ...and the story of the boy who cried wolf never ended well!

8. Farmville 
FUCK OFF ... nuff said :P


9. People uploading horrifying drunken photos of me!
Come on now ... a little common decency doesn't go a miss. Do unto others as you would have done to you and all that jazz. 

10. People moaning when the format of facebook changes.
It really is not the end of the world ... within a week you will have forgotten what the old one was like.  If you find it that complicated then I think your best going back to using the good old Royal Mail. 


So, that was in no particular order, they are all probably equally irritating.  And yes I'm well aware that no one makes me go on facebook blah blah blah...but if we are honest with ourselves we all enjoy a bloody good moan now and again and facebook provides an excellent outlet for this! I think however people need to take it a little less seriously ... and remember that facebook is not just about bitching and finding someone to cheat on your boyfriend with.  It can actually be a good way to share information, raise awareness and provide support for one another. Oh I remember the good old days when it was just a student thing, how I miss those days.  Anyway, RANT OVER.  Happy facebooking :P

Love love xxx

How Blake made me smile today: By running backwards and forwards in the leaves on the way through the park.  Hense it taking me about 45 minutes instead of the usual 15 to get home from town.  Who knew leaves could be so amusing :P x xxx