Friday, May 22, 2009

attention-seekers r us

Pretty much every time I log onto Facebook, I have the overwhelming urge to update my status to 'seriously, I really REALLY don't care.'

I know I ranted a while ago about people updating their statuses with exciting news like 'just swam with turtles'. I've changed my mind about those. Those are FINE. At least they're using their status for the purpose it's meant for - making people jealous or letting people know what you're up to, or maybe sharing something interesting like a good link, or at the very worst, expressing your frustration at a company or the government. 

In my not-so-humble opinion, that's fine. What really gets my goat is the whole 'so and so is extremely annoyed'. Or 'my heart is broken' or '...just had an overwhelming sense of anxiety+ loneliness come over me....I can't do this.'

Seriously. If you're having that much emotional trouble, please don't post it on facebook for everyone to see. It massively embarrassing. Talk to your psychologist please, not your online community of whom 50% actually pretend to give a shit.  Possibly even worse than this is couples who have an online 'status war'. They each update their status with 'cryptic' phrases, in an attempt to piss each other off, and their oh-so-lucky 'friends' get to watch the whole sorry show. Just have a fucking conversation please. Don't involve us in your childish, boring soap opera excuse of a relationship. 

Okay, I'm done for now. 


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