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Travis
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Sat Oct 19, 2013 9:48 pm

Though irksome in their own ways, I'm not talking about the endless pictures of ordinary meals accompanied by the word "Yummy!". I'm not talking about the sonograms or the baby bumps, or the effusive happy birthdays (!!) from the proud parents of the baby Jaxs of this world. I'm not talking about the shrine to the self, or the propagandist distortions--Jax can't read and your life can't be that perfect.

What I'm talking about are those fucking Facebook memes that get shared incessantly by a vexingly high percentage of my "friends". The worst ones are religious, or at least have a character named God in them. These are so moronic that a theist with even a modicum of sophistication would have to cringe after laying eyes on one. Within the last couple of weeks an actual friend of mine (a doctor who, as far as I know, is nothing more than culturally Christian and attends only one mass a year at Christmas) shared a gem that went something like, "Say this: God I love you and I need you. Now, share this and all your dreams will come true. Ignore and all will go wrong." I responded by asking if Yahweh would be sparing those without internet access. The next morning, my friend's post had been deleted. Thank god.

From this morning:

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^The above picture implores you to "share" and "money will come your way".

And no morning would be complete without something like this:

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Sun Oct 20, 2013 11:33 am

Before I deleted my account, I realised I was blocking posts by more than half of my "friends" because of stuff like this. Now it's one less minor irritant in my life.
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Sun Oct 20, 2013 1:31 pm

I can only suggest you change your friends? :-) Dunno, I never get stuff like this. I think perhaps we're more cynical over here...

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Fri Oct 25, 2013 10:32 am

Ros wrote:I can only suggest you change your friends?
Can't. They might take it as confirmation that God exists:

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Fri Oct 25, 2013 11:17 am

Oh, well, can't really fight God.
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Sun Oct 27, 2013 12:11 pm

Are you sure that yor friend actually posted it, Travis?

It sounds like some kind of spam/virus/account hijack/ to me.
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Sun Oct 27, 2013 8:39 pm

Ros wrote: Oh, well, can't really fight God.
Ain't that the truth.
twoleftfeet wrote: Are you sure that yor friend actually posted it, Travis?
Quite sure.
twoleftfeet wrote: It sounds like some kind of spam/virus/account hijack/ to me.
Nah. It's just a certain kind of person (or people, in my case) sharing a certain kind of garbage.
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Sun Oct 27, 2013 11:04 pm

Well, I'm not one to stand up and fight for the right to facebook, but I do get some enjoyment out of it. But...

I wonder if you just need to meet MY facebook God:

https://www.facebook.com/TheGoodLordAbove?fref=ts

:)
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Thu Oct 31, 2013 10:51 pm

Wilcken wrote: I wonder if you just need to meet MY facebook God
A higher grade of meme, no doubt. :D

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Thu Oct 31, 2013 11:44 pm

Now you're just spreading the shit Travis.
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Fri Nov 01, 2013 12:51 am

Going as a mod this Halloween, huh? :wink:

The Picard pic is probably one meme too far, sure. But the six fish getting fried is a fitting response considering the thread we're in.
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Fri Nov 01, 2013 9:06 pm

Travis wrote:Going as a mod this Halloween, huh?
Ha ha!
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Fri Nov 01, 2013 11:52 pm

Ask and ye shall receive. :mrgreen:
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