I keep seeing this thoughtcatalog.com post floating around about “Facebook statuses that need to stop”. Anyone see it too? As the title suggests, the author finds five major genres of status on social media annoying enough that they “need to stop”. And while I definitely don’t disagree with the vexing nature of some of these (okay, all) shares better reserved for the shrink, something kind of annoys me about the.. Read More
Tips to spot a fake news story (before sharing it on Facebook)
Are you one of my friends who unwittingly shares fake news stories on Facebook? And feels mortified when you realize it obviously wasn’t true? You just didn’t read it carefully? (But a girl can try…) It’s okay. Shh… Shh…You’re not alone. I say this first because there are a lot of other idiots out there like you who don’t critically read. Second, you’re not alone because I’m mortified too –.. Read More
Signs of the Zuckpocalypse
It was a dark and foreboding morning. Rain gently began to fall. But the battleship grey skies above us weren’t even a sufficiently ominous backdrop for what to was transpire next. As the hardworking nine to fivers shuffled mindlessly from their homes in time to sit in the drive through while awaiting their morning adrenaline needle to the heart in the form of a steaming Venti elixir, they reached for.. Read More
Can a Facebook quiz define you?
In the name of “research” I took a couple quizzes on Facebook. Definitely not because I was bored or distracted. Definitely for research. Definitely. On the first one, I had to stop halfway through. And by “halfway through”, I mean at the first question. The “how much of a good person are you?” quiz was particularly unfulfilling with its objective options. You can’t ask me “would I take a handicapped.. Read More
Facbook game requesters: You’re uninvited.
Well, it’s good to know I’m not the only one who’s being perpetually victimized by rapid fire invitations for pointless games grown ass humans somehow have time to play on Facebook. I was going to spend this piece ruminating on a variety of possible reasons my thoughtless so called friends might be regressing to the level where they would actually do this to someone with whom they once shared a.. Read More
Open Letter To Fellow Facebook Friends
I just have one question… *ahem* What’s Facebook invites doing in this inbox when I told you: “No Facebook game requests… EVER?!” I post and I post ’till I’m half-dead, and I hear people saying, “She should join Bubble Safari” or “Come hear my shitty band sound like a cat giving birth to a bowling ball.” And what do I get?! A “FRIEND”… who cares as much about the well.. Read More
Screen Captcha
I’m convinced that someone sits around making up fun captcha words all day. That’s their job, and they get paid to do it. So, in their honor, sometimes I try to figure out what the words would mean if they had a real place in the English language. For example, the following is a gem I encountered today while filling out an error report to be sent to Facebook. I.. Read More