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batistuta9 · 13-01-2013 05:35AM

MrStuffins wrote: »

Your logic is flawed. Like the people who say particular websites should be shut down to stop cyber bullying.

"Well, less people would be getting bullied that way"

and/or

"At least doing something is better than doing nothing"

Or the types who say "Any publicity is good publicity"

Tell that to Gary Glitter.

The logic isn't flawed as i explained the reasoning behind it - i didn't claim to view it as right or wrong

MrStuffins wrote: »

Wait, is this true? Then why did people want Facebookers to change their profile pictures? Surely it did SOMETHING though no?

Hmmm...

It'd possibly created awareness of child abuse - is that not SOMETHING

you think the the majority of people in Ireland let alone the world really give a shít about child abuse or any other thing like that in fact

It's not boards.ie where there's threads on 'should i report someone shoplifting' or 'women selling airfreshers, is it a scam' and people discussing mundane topics that 95%+ couldn't give a crap about :pac::pac::pac:

like it or not most people couldn't give a shít, so if some stupid game or profile pic change actually gets people THINKING about things, for even a second more than they normally would - it matters

MrStuffins wrote: »

More than research? I don't think so! There are FAR more effective ways of battling Breast Cancer than playing a silly childish Facebook game which the point of is to actually NOT talk about that or any subject!

For the large majority in the world yes, research only matters to the majority down the line, they're not at some prestigious research university/centre looking into it.

what matters more is they might go and get checked and catch any problems they have, then what the people at the research university/centre have achieved will pass on down the line to them in time

What matters more to me or you now, the awareness to go and get checked for cancer or some experiment that had a positive result on a rat, which may or may not work on a human?

What matters more, a number of people on FB going and getting cancer checks or reading the latest lancelot journal which they can't f'ing understand anyway?

of course research matters and i'm not saying it doesn't but the research will matter down the line for the majority, not now

and the point of NOT taking about it WILL actually get people talking about - it'd like something you'd see a child at if you told them to 'say nothin' or if someone came into a room and you told the person you were chatting to 'don't tell them', the first thing the person who entered the room will do is ask 'what are you on about' - it's a simple reverse tactic, how can people now see that

Brian_Zeluz · 13-01-2013 09:13AM

"i love and miss my girlfriend"

my room mate woke me in the middle of the night to post that, smh.

Bipolar Joe · 13-01-2013 09:19AM

batistuta9 wrote: »

The logic isn't flawed as i explained the reasoning behind it - i didn't claim to view it as right or wrong

Hmmm...

It'd possibly created awareness of child abuse - is that not SOMETHING

you think the the majority of people in Ireland let alone the world really give a shít about child abuse or any other thing like that in fact

It's not boards.ie where there's threads on 'should i report someone shoplifting' or 'women selling airfreshers, is it a scam' and people discussing mundane topics that 95%+ couldn't give a crap about :pac::pac::pac:

like it or not most people couldn't give a shít, so if some stupid game or profile pic change actually gets people THINKING about things, for even a second more than they normally would - it matters

For the large majority in the world yes, research only matters to the majority down the line, they're not at some prestigious research university/centre looking into it.

what matters more is they might go and get checked and catch any problems they have, then what the people at the research university/centre have achieved will pass on down the line to them in time

What matters more to me or you now, the awareness to go and get checked for cancer or some experiment that had a positive result on a rat, which may or may not work on a human?

What matters more, a number of people on FB going and getting cancer checks or reading the latest lancelot journal which they can't f'ing understand anyway?

of course research matters and i'm not saying it doesn't but the research will matter down the line for the majority, not now

and the point of NOT taking about it WILL actually get people talking about - it'd like something you'd see a child at if you told them to 'say nothin' or if someone came into a room and you told the person you were chatting to 'don't tell them', the first thing the person who entered the room will do is ask 'what are you on about' - it's a simple reverse tactic, how can people now see that

What an absolute, grade-A level of complete horse shit.

mfceiling · 13-01-2013 09:40AM

Brian_Zeluz wrote: »

"i love and miss my girlfriend"

my room mate woke me in the middle of the night to post that, smh.

I'd kill him tbh...

milltown · 13-01-2013 11:46AM

Missing the point that breast cancer can happen to men too, no?

How about the guys all put up a simple one word post of which ball is hanging lower?
You know, to raise awareness.

Insect Overlord · 13-01-2013 01:32PM

On the topic of an Irish "entertainer":

I was the last person up on stage with a wigi board... He completely read my mind! Apparently my brain was easily persuaded with this kind of stuff. A spirit came and controlled stuff I had in my hands that I was trying not to move!! Craziest thing... Def wouldn't have believed any of it until now. Insane!!

XxMCRxBabyxX · 13-01-2013 05:01PM

batistuta9 wrote: »

it's not rosey as you put it, simple fact is, it reached more people than a boring post/statement ever would

as for the child abuse, well that would've been up to the child abusers to stop. I'm not sure but i think cancerous cells can't read, so they'll not stop because of it - i'll google it though

but if it i gets people talking talking about it/aware of it that's what matters

Posting a colour or a heart or a fruit is not going to do anything regarding raising awareness. Seeing a colour isn't going to remind you that you need a check whether you know what it's for or not. How can it even raise awareness when the whole point is not to tell people what it is? It was just another Facebook trend. Nothing more.

I might have understood if this was to raise awareness for something very unknown (ie salivary gland cancer or mental abuse) but it's not. Everyone knows that breast cancer and child abuse exist. In fact, they are prob the best known.

krudler · 13-01-2013 05:07PM

Insect Overlord wrote: »

On the topic of an Irish "entertainer":

lol. "wigi board"

krudler · 13-01-2013 05:09PM

batistuta9 wrote: »

The logic isn't flawed as i explained the reasoning behind it - i didn't claim to view it as right or wrong

Hmmm...

It'd possibly created awareness of child abuse - is that not SOMETHING

you think the the majority of people in Ireland let alone the world really give a shít about child abuse or any other thing like that in fact

It's not boards.ie where there's threads on 'should i report someone shoplifting' or 'women selling airfreshers, is it a scam' and people discussing mundane topics that 95%+ couldn't give a crap about :pac::pac::pac:

like it or not most people couldn't give a shít, so if some stupid game or profile pic change actually gets people THINKING about things, for even a second more than they normally would - it matters

For the large majority in the world yes, research only matters to the majority down the line, they're not at some prestigious research university/centre looking into it.

what matters more is they might go and get checked and catch any problems they have, then what the people at the research university/centre have achieved will pass on down the line to them in time

What matters more to me or you now, the awareness to go and get checked for cancer or some experiment that had a positive result on a rat, which may or may not work on a human?

What matters more, a number of people on FB going and getting cancer checks or reading the latest lancelot journal which they can't f'ing understand anyway?

of course research matters and i'm not saying it doesn't but the research will matter down the line for the majority, not now

and the point of NOT taking about it WILL actually get people talking about - it'd like something you'd see a child at if you told them to 'say nothin' or if someone came into a room and you told the person you were chatting to 'don't tell them', the first thing the person who entered the room will do is ask 'what are you on about' - it's a simple reverse tactic, how can people now see that

*reads single word facebook status*
"purple"?

"oh yeah I better go get checked for cancer"

said nobody ever.

starlings · 13-01-2013 05:11PM

"Not one of my face book friends will copy and paste (but I am counting on a true family member or friend to do it). If you would be there for me no matter what then copy and paste this. I'm doing this to prove a friend wrong that someone is always listening. I care. Hard to explain to someone who has no clue. It's a daily struggle being in pain or feeling sick on the inside while you look fine on ......the outside. Please put this as your status for at least 1 hour if you or someone you know has an invisible illness (Crohn's, Ulcerative Colities, PTSD, Anxiety, Arthritis, Cancer, Heart Disease, Bipolar, Depression, Diabetes, Lupus, Fibromyalgia, MS, AS, ME, , Epilepsy, Autism,M.D.,D.D.D., Histiocytosis, RSD, PBC, Alzheimers etc.) " Never judge what you don't understand", I know which of my friends will copy and paste."

Lupus! Is it Lupus?!

krudler · 13-01-2013 05:14PM

I'll try find them later but someone who I really should delete endlessly quotes sad songs as her status, biggest relationship drama queen ever, full of taylor swift lyrics, I'm dying to just say "ever think YOU'RE the problem?"

MrStuffins · 13-01-2013 05:26PM

Endless updates about the football (grand, i'm at it too) but there was this one regarding a Red Card.

"never should of being a red card".

How hard is it to get that sentence right?

KERSPLAT! · 13-01-2013 05:37PM

MrStuffins wrote: »

Endless updates about the football (grand, i'm at it too) but there was this one regarding a Red Card.

"never should of being a red card".

How hard is it to get that sentence right?

If its from a phone it could be autocorrect but Ive seen some outrageous spelling and grammar mistakes on FB so I know where you're coming from.

Edit: actually missed the "of" aswell

A pet hate of mine is people spelling "was" as "woz"! Now I hate when people shorten words in general but I can see the reason for it... what exactly are they at there though? How hard is it to spell the word right!!!

CatEyed92 · 13-01-2013 06:04PM

1) Change their surname to irish all of a sudden yet do not use it in everyday life

2) People who add you as a friend but pass you in the street

3)"This town is a sh*thole full o' people talkin' sh*t. If ya ave somethin to say, say it 2 my face like. Can't wait to get da fuk out da gap"
Followed by a chorus of "u k babe?' 'theyve no lives girl' 'same ere' 'stop bais'

4) People who put up RIP about someone they clearly don't know ??

5) Like and I'll post something nice about you to your wall
Wow...thanks

6) "Mad wan last nite lads.. neva drinkin again bois" or "Purely hung over.. Never again

" followed by inside joke and likes - this status appears 2-3 times a week

*head in hands*

Czarcasm · 13-01-2013 06:11PM

Well, catching up on this thread made for hard reading, and I've seen all the dumb facebook status messages, but where the hell are the GREAT ones?

Thread disappoints, and I mean really disappoints.

SRFC · 13-01-2013 06:11PM

The people who deactivate their account after leaving a good bye message yet are back on within 24hrs

:D

The clowns far outway the pro's of being on fb so for that reason ive deactivated myself for good cant take the like of the stuff mentioned above,main pet hate is every girl on a night out putting up pics of their ''tea pot'' pose followed by numberous comments ''stunning hun'' '' wer ja get your dress''

:mad:

krudler · 13-01-2013 06:16PM

SRFC wrote: »

The people who deactivate their account after leaving a good bye message yet are back on within 24hrs :D

The clowns far outway the pro's of being on fb so for that reason ive deactivated myself for good cant take the like of the stuff mentioned above,main pet hate is every girl on a night out putting up pics of their ''tea pot'' pose followed by numberous comments ''stunning hun'' '' wer ja get your dress''

:mad:

Those "stunnah babez xXxxx" replies are even funnier when it looks like whoever is posing in the pic put on their makeup with a cannon

Lisha · 13-01-2013 06:18PM

CatEyed92 wrote: »

1) Change their surname to irish all of a sudden yet do not use it in everyday life

2) People who add you as a friend but pass you in the street

3)"This town is a sh*thole full o' people talkin' sh*t. If ya ave somethin to say, say it 2 my face like. Can't wait to ge

*head in hands*

Suspect no1 might have something to do with trying to stay anonymous on FB . As in if an future employer googles your name they won't find your mad life as gaelige

No2 bugs me so much . In the past I ve ignored friend request from people who would pass me in the street. But then have been accosted and been accused of 'bring up myself' . So now I don't use FB that much any more

No3 good God simply put attention seeking at its worst

One that made me fear for humanity lately was
'Really hope (baby's name) is ok later, poor thing very sick on way to consultant now'
Ffs don't frighten people until you know what's wrong and mind the poor child

leggo · 13-01-2013 06:47PM

skeleton_boy wrote: »

"my heart goes out to that lady on the train sobbing uncontrolable! just wanted to go over and hug her "

Comments: "U Should have !"

Response: "I would of looked a bit of a weirdo"

Attention seeking much

Saw a similar one the other day, too. Someone(an adult) put up a post about seeing bullying happen between teenagers on the street (I do a lot of anti-bullying work so this is something quite close to my heart)...and yet there was no mention of them doing anything to stop it.

So, let me get this straight: you saw a bunch of kids picking on another, saw the other one breaking down and crying and it broke your heart so much you...did nothing. Except go straight home and use this moment to try and make your friends think you're such a good person who cares soooo much. Essentially they're trading in the bullying victim's misery for Facebook likes. I hope they slept soundly that night knowing how much they'd done to stop bullying from happening in the world...oh wait.

CatEyed92 · 13-01-2013 07:19PM

The most hilarious thing I've experienced:

I deleted a 'fair weather' friend's older sister because
(1.) I was cutting down on the friend list
(2.) I wasn't her friend, never spoke to her. She added me, I only accepted her because of her younger sister and to be polite!

Didn't think it was a big deal, right? WRONG!
One hour later, my friend wrote to me on the chat demanding to know why I deleted her older sister! She was quite hostile over it....

Within 24 hours, her older sister added me back. Her older sister is 26 I think

I was just like.... WOW!

CatEyed92 · 13-01-2013 07:26PM

Oh and these posts:

Mary on Ann's wall: "Where did you disappear to last night?

xo"
Ann: "Never mind lol xox
Mary: OOOoooh I see

Say hi to Dave for me xo
Ann: hehehe dunno what you're on about

Mary: Sure

Ann: hehehe
Mary: hehehe

WTF! We all get it! Ann got laid by yer man last night. No one wants to know like

and further more, what's with the hehe and winks

FFS and I am a girl - I don't get it!!!!

pah · 13-01-2013 10:39PM

Just spotted this...

https://www.facebook.com/241972908216/timeline/story?ut=44&hash=-8500804262937581553&wstart=1357027200&wend=1359705599&pagefilter=2&ustart&refid=9&m_sess&_rdr

Boombastic · 13-01-2013 11:02PM

My eyes are bleeding after reading that.

Grayson · 13-01-2013 11:08PM

pah wrote: »

Just spotted this...

Some of the quotes from that page. My personal favourite is the first one.

Girl did u not look at my pic?. I can clearly see I'm far from fat cum bk to me when ur a size 8 .. nd Debbie ill spell watever way I wan ta alri do u not use text language?. Oh I forgot ur too old so I suppose u don't hav a ****in clue!. I got an A in higher level English in my leavin cert nd now hav a perfect job aswell so put dat in ur pipe nd smoke it!

Ja know wat fuk d lot of ye I wouldn't leave d likes of stuck up ppl like ye now boder me n my spelling so ja know wat ye can do build n bridge n get over it r else fuk urself off it ok

Boombastic · 13-01-2013 11:11PM

My favorite was

x bate your face off a dictionary and y bate your face off a wall

:D

Grayson · 13-01-2013 11:11PM

And this one. I have no idea what 19splash is

I dnt give a fuk wat any of ye have 2say on dis matter I spell d way I want ok nw fuk off d hole lot of ye want 2pull yr heads out of yr holes dis is 2013 not 19spalsh

Boombastic · 13-01-2013 11:12PM

and the suggestion they join this group

I write like this, and not "lYk DiS" because I'm an adult and not retarded

Thwip! · 13-01-2013 11:15PM

Is a hole party like the #Susanalbumpaty? :P

Boombastic · 13-01-2013 11:23PM

Turns out she is 20 giving out about not getting in to an over 21's club :pac::pac:

Grayson · 13-01-2013 11:24PM

(I'm leaving out surnames, but adding in forenames just for reference)

Erica: door 51 couldn't win an argument

Karen: Unless it's with you Erica

Erica: thanks Karen