Sometimes I wonder why I bother reading facebook statuses. 90% of them are super annoying. Especially the ones that include TMI, or consist of whining about illness - complete with detailed symptoms, or my pet peeve - people complaining about their kids on fb (maybe they aren't behaving because those parents are spending all your time on facebook.... just an idea?) other annoying examples include the ones which are fake, braggy, projecting an image that is nowhere close to reality... but I digress.
Every so often there's a brilliant status update that reminds me of why I wade through these loads of other garbage... and more often than not, the ones which fall into this latter, special category which generally make me cackle with glee, are written by my college friend, G.
Here's today's:
Don't you love it when someone who lives in the burbs, has kids, and whose biggest challenge and excitement in life is programming their pvr proclaims adamantly "I won't own a minivan!" Good call - I'm sure the shape of the box you're driving is really holding you back from being Indiana Jones or Bear Grylls. Take a look in the mirror there stretchpants.
Seriously I love this. I also love statuses which announce births or other fun life events, tell hilarious stories of kids saying the darndest things, contain news references I would have otherwise missed, spark interesting debate, are helpful, or are just all around hilarious.
Anyway totally not Brazil related obviously, but just thought I'd share.
G, I nominate you to teach the world a course called "Creative Status Updates 101" - sadly needed!
OK ..........I just got finished talking to my husband about this exact same thing. It is 90% useless information and people wanting attention! Also, some people expose everything, so there is no private-life. Oh well, it is there choice, and I do read it! ;-)
Posted by: Anne | January 18, 2011 at 07:29 PM
I agree that some FB statuses are more interesting than others, just like what people say at the dinner table. So nothing earth-shattering there.
And some of your objections about them extend to everything about social networks, like the fact that they project 'an image that is nowhere close to reality'.
Oh, and if reading facebook statuses is sometimes a waste of time, what about reading about what some blogger has to say about other people's facebook statuses?
:-)
Posted by: Sylvio | January 30, 2011 at 12:47 PM
Touche! I like to think that anything that makes me laugh is worth my time though. And G definitely made me laugh. The minivan folks kind of reminded me of the people back home who claim that they are "the type of people who would do an expat assignment" and proceed to tell me exactly how they'd live their lives in Brazil (meanwhile not having a clue).
Posted by: Daily Rio Life | January 30, 2011 at 04:24 PM