A short list of things that annoy me on Facebook:
(And yes, this will be a short list. I know I have a tendency to go off on one when making list about things that annoy me, but sadly this won't be one of those occasions).
- Vomit-inducing relationship chat.
- A bazillion pictures of your fugly-ass chud of a kid.
- Cryptic statuses.
None of these annoy me more than another, they all make my blood boil with equal insistence. Now, concerning the first:
- Don't air your dirty laundry in public, it really isn't necessary.
Signed, everyone.
The thing that annoys me the most about this is that the couple presumably care that everyone wants to know about every intimate detail of their personal lives, but the reality is most of us honestly don't give a **** who called who what.
I can sort of understand the reasoning behind making an apology public in that it gives it more weight in an empathetic sense; you realise that you royally ****ed up, so therefore by making a private situation public you're showing not only your loved one but also your friends that you're only human and do tend to make mistakes. This may gain some brownie points with said loved one.
Unfortunately, it's also completely unnecessary. Was anyone else involved in your **** up? No? Then nobody else needs to be involved when you try to make amends.
- "i luv u 5eva ur my everytin".
What the **** is this ****? Why do you need to make that public? Not only does everyone actually care less aboout this than the previous situation, but by posting it online it also makes the sentiment impersonal because you're not honestly imparting your feelings to your loved one while staring romantically into their eyes. No, instead you're telling all and sundry that you love your partner.
All in all it's a largely redundant effort because it doesn't take a genius to figure out that if the relationship wasn't working out, your relationship status would now be "Single" instead of "In a relationship". If your status is still "In a relationship", rest assured everyone will probably figure it out for themselves that you're happy in your venture of the heart. Sugar coating not necessary.
Confession: Now, I'll be the first to hold my hand up and admit that I have actually partaken in the latter before. It wasn't that devoid of grammar knowledge/implied intellect, it was basically "So today (there or thereabouts) marks the occasion of me and
x having been together for a year and a half. Here's to us" *posts video of Halestorm's 'Here's To Us', (a song I know she likes).
As previously mentioned, me and my girlfriend had just passed the year and a half mark, something that has never happened to me before. So it was a personal thing.
I'm one of those people who annoyingly posts music at least once every two days on Facebook. So I figured that anybody who hasn't blocked me for being a music cretin might appreciate the song.
Anyone who happens to stumble upon my posts concerning my relationship on here before may well know that I'm actually in an LDR (175 mile difference, to be precise. Not exactly down the road, but not exactly oceans away either). And if anyone else has been in an LDR before, you will have probably had your detractors who are so insecure in their own ability to make such a relationship work that they project that on to you. This also functioned as a "**** you" to my detractors.
This is pretty much the only time, in memory at least, that I've made any really personal information about my life public on Facebook. I don't know why I use it actually, I very rarely post any information whatsoever regarding the comings and goings of my life. I'm a private kinda guy, and my Facebook usage reflects that. So it also served as a connection between me and the other people in my life. A kind of rare "hey guys, this is happening at the moment", if you will.
So those are my reasons. In my mind, it makes my posting of that status valid. I was also mocking soppy relationship-based posts on Facebook by including "[romance]x[/romance]" at the start and the end of the post respectively. Because I'm fun like that
So, is posting soppy **** online a sign of true commitment? Nah, just a way to piss people off. If you were going to actually write a love lettter and post it to them (with an envelope and everything!) then they'd appreciate the effort that has gone into that a lot more than just tapping away at the keyboard for a short while. As such, it's a far better example of "true commitment" than posting anything on Facebook is.