Ridiculous Things You Read On Facebook

[Steve of phpBB]

But at some point he had a life epiphany, separated from the military, and started living life to help others.

Apparently he got over it?

[Johnnie]

But at some point he had a life epiphany, separated from the military, and started living life to help others.

Apparently he got over it?

Apparently. I'm just annoyed at the comments glazing him as if he's some sort of visionary because he typed a lot of words.

[Shirley]

Jesus. There's exactly 0 chance that a single person read all of that bullshit.

[mister d]

I'm married and I didn't read a word of it.

[The Sybian]

My Facebook wall is just ads and pages I should follow interspersed with a few of the same recurring friends' posts. It's very annoying.

Anyhoo, one of these friends had a massive wall of text - a thousand plus words, easy - indicating that he had voted Democrat always in the past, but he's had enough and now he's voting Trump. He just kept droning on and on and on with links and "reasons." Just psychobabble bullshit.

For context, I met the dude on a Yacht Week vacation when he was an active duty Marine Captain. Very cool dude. But at some point he had a life epiphany, separated from the military, and started living life to help others. I figured he just simply went this full spiritual route living in impoverished nations helping to educate and build infrastructure. Like, monk level enlightenment shit.

So yea, seeing that post was just disappointing.

If you're so inclined:

https://facebook.com/story.php?story_fb ... id=2805268

He makes great points. I’m voting for Trump. I tried to read, but don’t have an hour… his evidence is a video of people of various races thanking Trump, so clearly he isn’t racist…

[govmentchedda]

My Facebook wall is just ads and pages I should follow interspersed with a few of the same recurring friends' posts. It's very annoying.

Anyhoo, one of these friends had a massive wall of text - a thousand plus words, easy - indicating that he had voted Democrat always in the past, but he's had enough and now he's voting Trump. He just kept droning on and on and on with links and "reasons." Just psychobabble bullshit.

For context, I met the dude on a Yacht Week vacation when he was an active duty Marine Captain. Very cool dude. But at some point he had a life epiphany, separated from the military, and started living life to help others. I figured he just simply went this full spiritual route living in impoverished nations helping to educate and build infrastructure. Like, monk level enlightenment shit.

So yea, seeing that post was just disappointing.

If you're so inclined:

https://facebook.com/story.php?story_fb ... id=2805268

He makes great points. I’m voting for Trump. I tried to read, but don’t have an hour… his evidence is a video of people of various races thanking Trump, so clearly he isn’t racist…

Don't answer this if you don't want to, but why?

[A_B]

His tongue is stuck in his cheek I think, cheds.

[The Sybian]

His tongue is stuck in his cheek I think, cheds.

Oh hell yeah, I have never felt stronger about anything in my life than wanting Trump to lose this election.

[Jerloma]

Last night I used a Gold Digger reference to express that my kid had turned 18. This morning, first thing on my Twitter feed...

[rass]

My wife said someone is catching shit on a local forum for asking for recommendations for a Christian veterinarian.

[A_B]

My wife said someone is catching shit on a local forum for asking for recommendations for a Christian veterinarian.

Maybe they have two of everything?

[P.D.X.]

someone about to get spayed up?

[brian]

Got a Facebook friend request from someone who spent the last 33 years in prison for murder before being released last month. So that happened.

(Long story. But short version is three guys I went to HS with murdered a classmate to steal her car to go to California for Spring Break. All three were 17 and all three tried as adults and sentence to life without possibility of parole, the max possible sentence in Michigan, which was the first English-speaking government in the world to abolish the death penalty in the mid-1800s.

Anyway. A few years ago the Supreme Court ruled that sentences of life without parole for those under 18 was “cruel and unusual punishment” so all three were resentenced to 40 to 60 years in prison and all three have been paroled in the last 12 months, the last of which in December 2024 and my new would-be FB friend.

[The Sybian]

Got a Facebook friend request from someone who spent the last 33 years in prison for murder before being released last month. So that happened.

(Long story. But short version is three guys I went to HS with murdered a classmate to steal her car to go to California for Spring Break. All three were 17 and all three tried as adults and sentence to life without possibility of parole, the max possible sentence in Michigan, which was the first English-speaking government in the world to abolish the death penalty in the mid-1800s.

Anyway. A few years ago the Supreme Court ruled that sentences of life without parole for those under 18 was “cruel and unusual punishment” so all three were resentenced to 40 to 60 years in prison and all three have been paroled in the last 12 months, the last of which in December 2024 and my new would-be FB friend.

“Hey man, what have you been doing since high school?”

I had a similar situation, but I friended him before his prison stint. Around 40 yo he was convicted for having a sexual relationship with a 14 yo girl. Pretty sure he had a wife and kids. A hs friend sent the article when he was convicted. Completely forgot about him, then he started posting numerous times a day, faux deep philosophical and religious bullshit. Nobody responded and he was clearly fishing for responses. Had to defriend.

[HaulCitgo]

Guy seems to be doing pretty good if he can use Facebook after missing all things digital since pre-email times. Think he's gonna make it

[Jerloma]

Some quick background:

N - My GF
B - My oldest and longest friend since kindergarten
T - B's (horrible) wife

N and B used to be married. Two sons. Divorced since 2003. B and T have two daughters. Now, N's sister and B's brother were also married, and they have two children - a daughter and a non-binary/gender-conforming child (they're an awesome kid). So, N and B's families are still and will always be firmly entrenched. We were just with B and T Sunday for N and B's son's birthday in fact.

B and T are also crazy MAGA. I had always thought that he was just elitist, Ivy league, rich person MAGA but I've come to realize that he's also idiot, bigot MAGA and because of this I've been deliberating just severing our relationship pretty much since September after our FFB draft where he was spewing typical, idiot MAGA shit. A healthy mix of ADHD, anxiety, and probably some cognitive dissonance however has prevented me from doing that.

T and I are civil enough at these family things, but we both know that we loathe each other. She unfriended me on FB like 12 years ago for reasons that are about to become evident. N and T were still friends on FB until yesterday when T posted this in an IG reel with the caption, "Cute."



So, N was obviously completely bullshit over this and made this passive-aggressive post:

Quick survey

If your sister’s kid is LGBTQ and also happens to be the sweetest, kindest human ever and another family member posted a video depicting LGBTQ individuals as diseased and a cancer, knowing it would be seen by loved ones, would you ever wish for that kid to be anywhere near that family member? Asking for a friend.

Please raise your children to reject religious bigotry, accept people for who they are, and choose empathy, compassion, and kindness over hatred
#iloveyouray

Then I just commented "There is a prevalent disease in this scenario though. It's called Privilege."

So yeah...looking forward to the next big family get together!

Also, is there a nongender word for niece?

[L-Jam3]

The word you’re looking for is “nibling”. And I’m sorry that happened to you and N. Would telling her to fuck herself be a bridge too far for B?

[The Sybian]

Damn, JLo, that video got my blood boiling. And what a fucking incestuous mess you are in. You are dating your best friends ex wife, and her sister and her sister married her brother-in-law? I’d expect this from AB, but not in Rhode Island. Fuck. I’m all about keeping the piece, but I don’t think I could bite my tongue on this. Good luck.

[Jerloma]

The word you’re looking for is “nibling”. And I’m sorry that happened to you and N. Would telling her to fuck herself be a bridge too far for B?

Oh no, I'm certain that he agrees with her 100%. I don't understand when and how that happened but here we are. Ray's father (B's brother) also voted for Trump incidentally. So fucked up.

[mister d]

Yeah, that's an end-point and don't let them frame it as you being the one causing it. Their post, they chose this, fuck them.



(Like that's so messed up I can't even get into (1) all the sharing and (2) you using the ... phrase "longest friend". Fuck man.)

[A_B]

Anyone else spend far too long figuring out who "I" was?

Fuck them with two ten foot rusty eczema inducing poles.

[mister d]

I'm mad about this and I didn't even click the video.

[A_B]

Damn, JLo, that video got my blood boiling. And what a fucking incestuous mess you are in. You are dating your best friends ex wife, and her sister and her sister married her brother-in-law? I’d expect this from AB, but not in Rhode Island. Fuck. I’m all about keeping the piece, but I don’t think I could bite my tongue on this. Good luck.

I just think it's funny he thinks you can get good cousin lovin' in Rhode Island.

[The Sybian]

I'm mad about this and I didn't even click the video.

Don’t. And don’t read the comments.

[Steve of phpBB]

Anyone else spend far too long figuring out who "I" was?

Fuck them with two ten foot rusty eczema inducing poles.

Yes!

And yes!

[rass]

Damn, JLo, that video got my blood boiling. And what a fucking incestuous mess you are in. You are dating your best friends ex wife, and her sister and her sister married her brother-in-law? I’d expect this from AB, but not in Rhode Island. Fuck. I’m all about keeping the piece, but I don’t think I could bite my tongue on this. Good luck.

I just think it's funny he thinks you can get good cousin lovin' in Rhode Island.

Kentucky, where the cousins and the pizza are hotter than what you'll find in RI

[Shirley]

Just saw this on Nextdoor. It's perfect.

I'm curious about a restaurant. I've always loved Taco Bell. It might not have the fancy full meals like some of the other Mexican Restaurants but the food is usually very good there, and quick! However, as time went by we noticed it was going downhill and in a horrible way. The last time we were in there they had just introduced the new method of ordering. We were told to order on it rather than using a person to order from. So we did, got our cups, filled our drinks, got our sauces, napkins, etc. and went for a place to sit down. The site is never busy so most tables were available. But most tables were also dirty and so was the floor and even the benches to sit on. We managed to find a place and waited for our food to be prepared. It was a simple order and very easy to fix. However, when they called my husband to pick ours up, they had my order wrong so he had to return it and reorder. The second time he was called, it was once again the wrong thing. Now you would think that would be the end of it but I wanted my dinner so we tried a third time and it also was the wrong item but I ate it just to satisfy my hungry belly.

When we go to some of these fast order places, we always notice the wait staff and it was not an exception here. The staff changed constantly and you never saw the same person in there twice. I don't know why that was but then I got the nagging feeling that they weren't happy there but why notAnd the one and really big thing that started to go through my mind was "how did the kitchen look?" To me, if a kitchen isn't clean, forget it, I'm outta here! I read the restaurant reviews and it's not uncommon to find less than savory things found in the kitchens of restaurants. They just don't want to clean up their messes! Nor does the next guy who works there. So I can see why this might be happening.

Now, have any of you eaten at the Taco Bell in Fuquay Varina recently? Did you go inside? How was it? Are the tables being cleared and the floor swept? And how is the service? I really want to know. Maybe we need to find another Taco Bell to eat at because I'm having a Taco fix for a Taco Bell and it isn't going away. Thanks for helping out.

[mister d]

Probably the best Nextdoor post ever?

[Gunpowder]

AI will never take over until it can generate a post like that.

[DaveInSeattle]

I still have my Facebook account, but I rarely go on there anymore.

Last night I found out, from Caity (who still occasionally looks at Facebook), that the wife of a sailing friend passed away a few weeks ago. I was stunned. Had no idea. Now I feel like a schmuck for not expressing my condolences sooner.

Caity suggested that I send him a FB message, or text him, to give my sympathy, but I decided to be an adult and call him and talk to him this afternoon.

[sancarlos]

I feel sheepish and dirty about using FB or Instagram, too. But it is a handy way to keep in contact with many folks you’d otherwise lose track of, and unfortunately doesn’t have a good, less gross alternative (like Bluesky for X). So, my rationalization continues.