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Post by milee on Mar 18, 2015 8:43:22 GMT -5
yay, the kids vs. pets discussion - that NEVER gets old! Just wait. When it gets to page 2 or 3, I'm steering it around to the SAHM vs. working mom debate.
Can we please go back to discussing why in general it's a bad idea to post pictures of your food unless it's meant to be a hilarious joke?
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Post by MJ2.0 on Mar 18, 2015 8:45:34 GMT -5
I know a lot of people would disagree with that. Very, very true. If the success of Facebook and Twitter depended on people like me, those poor companies would fold very quickly. I'm aware that my views on this are closer to those of the late, grumpy Andy Rooney rather than the general population apparently. I basically agree with you, and I think a lot of people do too... except GOOD food pictures are allowed. And if we're gonna start ragging on what people post on Facebook/Instagram, I'd like to stop hearing about how much people work out/how many miles on the treadmill/how they eat so healthily every damn day. Also constant political posts.
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Post by sarcasticgirl on Mar 18, 2015 8:46:25 GMT -5
Very, very true. If the success of Facebook and Twitter depended on people like me, those poor companies would fold very quickly. I'm aware that my views on this are closer to those of the late, grumpy Andy Rooney rather than the general population apparently. I basically agree with you, and I think a lot of people do too... except GOOD food pictures are allowed. And if we're gonna start ragging on what people post on Facebook/Instagram, I'd like to stop hearing about how much people work out/how many miles on the treadmill/how they eat so healthily every damn day. Also constant political posts. IF IT ISN'T ON FACEBOOK, THE CALORIE BURN DOESN'T COUNT!!! duh.
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Post by ArchietheDragon on Mar 18, 2015 8:46:46 GMT -5
picture my wife posted on FB last night.
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Post by swamp on Mar 18, 2015 8:47:54 GMT -5
I took pictures of the margarita cookies I made - they had tequila in them, and were in the shape of a margarita glass, and I used green and white icing, and had a salt/sugar rim. They were super cute. I also took a picture of the 5 olympic ring pancakes I made for dinner. They looked terrible, but it was hilarious. I liked your margarita cookie pictures. I got a kick out of them.
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Post by swamp on Mar 18, 2015 8:48:50 GMT -5
I prefer food pics over the endless 'my child is so wonderful' posts. sometimes I feel like I have juvenile delinquents since my kid hasn't found the cure for cancer or isn't helping old ladies cross the street or didn't give up their summer vacation to vaccinate orphans in mongolia. and I love love love pictures of pets! if I ever took any I would post them. Now that would get some FB traffic from the anti vaxxers.
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Post by milee on Mar 18, 2015 8:49:13 GMT -5
Having a pretty short attention span and combining this with getting older and feeling like it's getting maddening to see the same dang thing over and over and over means that there are just some things I can no longer smile, nod and make small talk about. Guess seeing the boring food, pet and kid pics is an extension of that. Unless it's interesting or funny, it's just all starting to be torturous.
But then again, I'm not known for patience in repetitive stuff. With the first kid, I made it through the drudgery of the endless repetition required to teach basic math facts and things like that. I kind of white knuckled it through parts of doing that stuff with my second kid, but draw a line in the sand after six months of the multiplication table. If I ever have to hear, much less sing, the multiplication song one more time, I am going to barf. So I guess it's not all that surprising that when someone posts the 5th pet pic in a month or wants to give daily updates on kid milestones or post a picture of their everyday breakfast, I cry a little inside.
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Post by MJ2.0 on Mar 18, 2015 8:49:43 GMT -5
oh, also my single friends who post constant memes with quotes about how great it is to be single/I don't need no man/I'm a strong independent woman... shut. the. eff. up. We all know you're sitting at home watching romantic movies and crying into your glass of wine.
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Post by thyme4change on Mar 18, 2015 8:50:25 GMT -5
I'll take food over prayers and other faith-cramming posts all day, every day.
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Post by Cookies Galore on Mar 18, 2015 8:51:22 GMT -5
I took pictures of the margarita cookies I made - they had tequila in them, and were in the shape of a margarita glass, and I used green and white icing, and had a salt/sugar rim. They were super cute. I also took a picture of the 5 olympic ring pancakes I made for dinner. They looked terrible, but it was hilarious. Hilarious results should be shared! :-) A couple of years ago my sister attempted to bake cupcakes but couldn't find her muffin pan. I decorated the blobs of cake and shared the picture.
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Post by swamp on Mar 18, 2015 8:51:56 GMT -5
I'll take food over prayers and other faith-cramming posts all day, every day. Post a picture of this burger and Jesus will bestow blessings upon you.
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Post by milee on Mar 18, 2015 8:52:06 GMT -5
Maybe that's what the thread should be about.
"That Mongolian Beef pic looks like shit, but I'll look at it all day long and even eat it instead of hearing about/seeing __________________"
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Post by swamp on Mar 18, 2015 8:52:35 GMT -5
oh, also my single friends who post constant memes with quotes about how great it is to be single/I don't need no man/I'm a strong independent woman... shut. the. eff. up. We all know you're sitting at home watching romantic movies and crying into your glass of wine. They're watching Bridget Jones.
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Post by thyme4change on Mar 18, 2015 8:53:04 GMT -5
She should have made them in coffee cups - that is how they originally started. It was a way to test recipes.
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Post by swamp on Mar 18, 2015 8:53:37 GMT -5
Having a pretty short attention span and combining this with getting older and feeling like it's getting maddening to see the same dang thing over and over and over means that there are just some things I can no longer smile, nod and make small talk about. Guess seeing the boring food, pet and kid pics is an extension of that. Unless it's interesting or funny, it's just all starting to be torturous.
But then again, I'm not known for patience in repetitive stuff. With the first kid, I made it through the drudgery of the endless repetition required to teach basic math facts and things like that. I kind of white knuckled it through parts of doing that stuff with my second kid, but draw a line in the sand after six months of the multiplication table. If I ever have to hear, much less sing, the multiplication song one more time, I am going to barf. So I guess it's not all that surprising that when someone posts the 5th pet pic in a month or wants to give daily updates on kid milestones or post a picture of their everyday breakfast, I cry a little inside.
Um, I think you are me. Or I'm you. Or I'm the darker, heavier northern version of you.
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Post by ArchietheDragon on Mar 18, 2015 8:54:26 GMT -5
The other picture my wife posted on FB yesterday.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 18, 2015 8:58:48 GMT -5
I'll take food over prayers and other faith-cramming posts all day, every day. Amen to that! I've pretty much quit going on Facebook (at least my news feed) due to all the religious and political BS.
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Post by Cookies Galore on Mar 18, 2015 9:00:08 GMT -5
The other picture my wife posted on FB yesterday. Cute kids are fine. Ugly ones are not.
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Post by thyme4change on Mar 18, 2015 9:00:56 GMT -5
I do have one "friend" who posts religious stuff 8 times a day. Yesterday she posted a picture of a cow and it said "Share this cow for no reason." It made me laugh, so she is forgiven for a week or so. Mostly, I leave her there to annoy me.
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Post by Lizard Queen on Mar 18, 2015 9:01:04 GMT -5
Awe, I've got mixed feelings about the baby pics. I could look at them all day, but, when they're that cute, they make me want another one.
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Post by milee on Mar 18, 2015 9:01:43 GMT -5
Cute kids are fine. Ugly ones are not. Of course.
There's a fundamental problem with this system, though. Because every parent - EVERY parent - thinks their kid is cute no matter how much evidence there is to the contrary.
And parents, for the Love of God please listen to me. Your friends and family saying your kid is cute is not evidence that your kid actually is cute. That's called polite conversation.
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Post by MJ2.0 on Mar 18, 2015 9:07:54 GMT -5
I've had lots of people tell me my kid is cute - friends, family, total strangers. So yeah, Imma go with he's cute.
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Post by thyme4change on Mar 18, 2015 9:08:54 GMT -5
I actually don't think baby pictures are that cute. I find the joy in them trying to move around and discover the world, and that is rarely captured in a picture. Plus, babies are quite lumpy. I don't find many of them cute until they reach a certain age - maybe 6 months or so.
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Post by sarcasticgirl on Mar 18, 2015 9:09:07 GMT -5
The other picture my wife posted on FB yesterday. he'd be cuter with a dog
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Post by ArchietheDragon on Mar 18, 2015 9:10:24 GMT -5
The other picture my wife posted on FB yesterday. be cuter with a dogHA! Our household can't take anymore drama.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 18, 2015 9:12:39 GMT -5
As a SAH person I should have all the time in the world to upload my food pics to this thread but I'm not getting it done.... Grrrr... Maybe later... Oh, hey, breastfeeding pics are now ok on FB.. Enjoy
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Post by cael on Mar 18, 2015 9:13:34 GMT -5
Carl, what time should I be over for dinner tonight?! The most annoying things on fb to me are mostly the stupid "LIKE IF YOU CARE, IGNORE IF YOU DON'T" posts. I saw one the other day that was a photo of a baby with some skin problem. It said "like for one prayer, share for ten prayers, ignore if you want him to die" way to make me want to punch the baby instead, SO STUPID. I love animal posts and would probably never get tired of them. Food posts bother me way less than if I had super annoying parent friends with the continual baby/kid posts. I don't really have anyone who posts about their kids annoyingly... although when my best friend hastags all these dumb things like #MOMMYAND::babyname:: #LOVEHERTOPIECES #SOINLOVE on her pictures it makes me twitchy. (can you tell how emotional and sentimental I am) I do get slightly annoyed by constant positive quotes pictures and I've actually unfollowed (not unfriended) several people who do nothing but post 15-20 of those a day. The last photo I posted on fb/instagram was just stupid me mugging with my St Patrick's day cookie from yesterday. I will post food pictures sometimes but I don't think there are enough to make it annoying. If it is, I hope someone tells me!
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Post by milee on Mar 18, 2015 9:14:27 GMT -5
As a SAH person I should have all the time in the world to upload my food pics to this thread Because SAH are superior. But only when they take a break from sitting around and eating bon bons.
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Post by midjd on Mar 18, 2015 9:15:35 GMT -5
I try to limit my kid posts/pics to <1 a week. I'm pretty sure DD is adorable but I may not be totally objective.
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Post by milee on Mar 18, 2015 9:17:34 GMT -5
I will post food pictures sometimes but I don't think there are enough to make it annoying. If it is, I hope someone tells me! Oh, don't worry. Of course people will be honest and tell you when you're posting too many annoying food pics. Just after they break it to you that your kid is funny looking, they don't ever need to see another picture of your dog sitting on the living room rug looking up at the camera and they were inspired by the religious saying you posted last night.
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