Everyone with a Facebook account has done it. You take a photo and post it to brag on whatever wonderful gift, meal or vacation you've enjoyed. It's innocent enough. You just want to share how wonderful your life is with all your followers. Your husband sent you flowers, you made your spouse a special meal, you went to Disney World! Here's the problem, your friend who got not flowers, has no spouse (or worse yet, a lousy spouse) or can't afford to ride the bus let alone Space Mountain now hates you. We don't mean to hate you. We even press "like" to show you how happy we are for you. But, we hate you.
Sometimes opening up Facebook is like getting a Christmas letter every day of the year. Not in that its joyful, but it shows us how wonderful all our friends' lives are and how our life sucks. I am totally guilty of this. I only post my booty. Those of you who know me know what I mean. If I were to post my actual bootie I would lose 253 friends at the speed of sound. I mean the good things in my life. Today alone I posted a photo of the beautiful flowers my husband sent me for Valentine's Day, a note about how wonderful my son is to his girlfriend and how he's just like his dad in his thoughtfulness, plus I made a few zingingly wonderful comments on friends pages and "liked" at least three new grandchild photos, and it's only 6pm.
There are also the brutally honest people out there who post how horrible their lives are going. Since no one knows what to comment on these posts, most people say nothing or "I'll pray for you." I've yet to understand how it's socially acceptable to "like" someone's calamity. "I just lost my Dad to Cancer. I am totally distraught. Please shoot me now." - - "Like" What?!
I've also fallen into the trap of thinking a post to wish Happy Birthday, Happy Anniversary, Get Well Soon, Happy Baby, Happy Wedding, and Happy Sympathy are quite enough. No card necessary. Hallmark is going out of business due to Facebook!
Don't get me wrong. I do not intend to change one thing about the way I use and misuse Facebook. Just know that I am aware that the decline of civilization will be blamed on this behemoth and I will have been a part of it. For that I am terribly sorry and . . . look at how funny my doggy is!
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