I don’t do throwback Thursday, may have done it once or
twice for fun but its just not my thing, so don’t feel offended I am not
participating.
I have “been there – done that”. A few times actually. I
have shared memories of friends that did not come home to get the T-shirt and
every once in a while I take time to remember an anniversary of a bad day, but
I cannot share every story of every “Hero” or change my picture to whatever
patriotic pic de jour, or I would never see my own profile picture. Just like I
don’’t have a yellow ribbon magnet on my car, so please don’t judge because I
don’t share every time.
Yes, I hate cancer. Yes my eyes get welled up when I hear
about whatever sad story is circulating though the interwebs of some six year
old that got his last wish to see Mickey Mouse or Dr. Who and yes, I often
share those. But this internet thing
cannot be all about misery and sad stories, there has to be some balance, so if
I skipped sharing your story you posted don’t feel like I ignored it, I
probably saw it three months ago and it will probably recycle back around in
another three.
If you post one of those posts looking for me to comment so
I can remain your friend, then go ahead and “unfriend” me now. I pass on those
as a matter of principle and if it is your principle to play the game then I
guess our “friendship” consisting of pixels and electrons is at an end.
I have liberal family and friends, conservative family and
friends, friends that are outright off their meds – I mean real wakadoodles,
some that were (or still are) in the military, at least two dozen who do not
live in this country and more than half of those are not American. So please do
not get offended if I do not share your exact views. I often see something in
my FB feed that is funny because it digs at President Obama and his communist
agenda and then another post right after taking a swing at the over the top statements
made daily by the Tea Party and some how I still can laugh at the humor of both
one after the other. I do not accept
personal attacks against any FB (or real) friends even if I don’t agree with
them. I don’t mind initiating spirited
debate but the conversation is over the first time someone hits below the belt,
and even if they agree with me I want no part of your hate on my FB page.
If I post something and you comment some asinine question
that is obviously addressed in the original post then I will ignore your
question. I got no time for someone who cannot read the entire post.
Yes I have seen that George Takei post, EVERYONE has, he has
more subscribers to his page than there are Facebook accounts. Go ahead and share just in case but realize
you are not original by doing so.
Go ahead and post every hour on the hour how sucky your life
is, and how the kids don’t obey, and how traffic sucks, and how you can’t wait
for the weekend so you can sit at home and post on FB how your kids don’t obey
and life sucks… for the three of you on my FB friends list who do that I have learned how to ignore your posts so
that when you do post something really important like you need help moving I
wont see it. The thing is, its ok once
in a while. I get it life is frustrating, but when it consumes you and spills
over into this electronic world you are just poison to those of us on here trying
to find new porn or Star Wars rumors.
Go ahead and spoil Game of Thrones, you are totally cool
because you read the books and watch the show every Sunday with your phone in
your hand waiting to hit send on that FB post spoiling what happened as soon as
the first credit rolls. However warning, if you spoil Star Wars and I see it, I
will not only cut you out of my life yours wont last much longer…just sayin
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