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Post by Lizard Queen on Sept 14, 2016 17:40:59 GMT -5
Have you encountered any jerky seeming posts on FB lately?
A few days ago, my niece--who is naturally tiny and doesn't have to work to get a thigh gap at all--was ranting about seeing a plus size kids section at Old Navy. She may or may not have had a point, but she's really not the person who should be pointing that out, KWIM?
Yesterday, my cousin's wife was calling my cousin a lightweight because he tweaked something in his back and stayed home from work for a day. She may have been trying for lighthearted teasing, but she came across as jerky, IMO. She's a bit of an annoyance on there anyway with her constant beachbody/shakeology promotions, which kinda seems jerky in its own right.
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Post by billisonboard on Sept 14, 2016 17:47:02 GMT -5
Have you encountered any jerky seeming posts on FB lately? ... Are there other types of postings on FB?
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Post by Lizard Queen on Sept 14, 2016 17:48:58 GMT -5
Have you encountered any jerky seeming posts on FB lately? ... Are there other types of postings on FB? You have a point there. 😄
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Post by Tiny on Sept 14, 2016 17:58:45 GMT -5
Well it is kind of sad that that kids come in plus sizes these days... and in my family the "lightweight" comment would have been 100% teasing joke and is normally followed by examples like having walked to school uphill, barefoot, with a broken leg, in a blizzard - both ways. OK, that's a terrible example and I would have been outright ridiculed by family for posting some so not creative. Coming up with the best excuse or extreme example is part of the game. I have noticed what I would call drunken posting... like someone is attending a Happy Event at some local restaurant or banquet hall or other place with a picture of smiling people and usually before anyone can comment with a "ah, you all look fantastic!" someone will post a comment about how sucky the restaurant(or banquet hall or other place) is and what a totally HORRIBLE experience they had there. Basically anytime a commenter makes what was posted about themselves - in an unpleasant way -- Not in a nice way like "we did that to! it was fun!" OR makes sez something ugly about someone NOT in the picture but related or sez something ugly about the place the people are. I assume you have to be alittle bit inebriated to bother typing in that kind of stuff.
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Post by Lizard Queen on Sept 14, 2016 18:16:53 GMT -5
I looked at the post again. The lightweight comment referred to one muscle relaxer putting him out. My understanding is, that's what they do. I just felt bad for him, because he was obviously in a lot of pain.
It is a shame that so many more kids are plus size these days, but she was probably the worst person to say this as she's never even been close to struggling with weight, or not too much weight anyway.
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Post by zibazinski on Sept 14, 2016 18:19:38 GMT -5
After having three know kindergarten students who outweighed me, I consider it a form of child abuse.
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Post by sesfw on Sept 14, 2016 19:13:33 GMT -5
Actually right now I have only one person on FB that sends me jerky notices ....... and she does it on purpose. To the point I've had to block the references.
She is blind to anything against hc politically and sends all sorts of crap to get me to see her way. So I block her rants.
But she is my cousin so I give her a little space ............... very little. LOL
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Post by NoNamePerson on Sept 14, 2016 19:47:25 GMT -5
Well it is kind of sad that that kids come in plus sizes these days... and in my family the "lightweight" comment would have been 100% teasing joke and is normally followed by examples like having walked to school uphill, barefoot, with a broken leg, in a blizzard - both ways. OK, that's a terrible example and I would have been outright ridiculed by family for posting some so not creative. Coming up with the best excuse or extreme example is part of the game. I have noticed what I would call drunken posting... like someone is attending a Happy Event at some local restaurant or banquet hall or other place with a picture of smiling people and usually before anyone can comment with a "ah, you all look fantastic!" someone will post a comment about how sucky the restaurant(or banquet hall or other place) is and what a totally HORRIBLE experience they had there. Basically anytime a commenter makes what was posted about themselves - in an unpleasant way -- Not in a nice way like "we did that to! it was fun!" OR makes sez something ugly about someone NOT in the picture but related or sez something ugly about the place the people are. I assume you have to be alittle bit inebriated to bother typing in that kind of stuff. One reason I do not post on my FB. I do enough drunk and smoke posting here from time to ttime but you folks don't know me!!
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Post by Artemis Windsong on Sept 14, 2016 19:53:24 GMT -5
My peeve is the f-bomb or macho in your face stuff.
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Post by 973beachbum on Sept 15, 2016 7:32:45 GMT -5
I put both my kids in plus size clothes when they were young and neither was overweight. The problem is for things other than leggings the waist and length have to be pretty close. Since most kids clothes is made for super skinny kids it made it almost impossible to find a pair that fit their waist that wasn't crazy long. By going to the plus size I got an extra inch or two in the waist without the extra 4 in the length. The problem isn't the kids the problem it's the clothes that are made for super small kids who are tall. I can't imagine what parents do with kids who are really skinny but also short. They would almost have to wear toddler clothes until middle school.
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Post by taz157 on Sept 15, 2016 7:44:15 GMT -5
My DD isn't super skinny but skinny enough for the regular kids clothes. It does make me wonder though about kids who aren't skinny and what they do for clothes.
Also with my DD, she tends to need the longer length but the skinner waist. It sometimes makes it difficult clothing shopping.
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Post by gs11rmb on Sept 15, 2016 7:57:22 GMT -5
The FB humble-brag really annoys me.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 15, 2016 8:23:20 GMT -5
I just posted on FB recently that I'll be happy when the election is over because I'm down to only half a dozen friends not hidden from my feed.
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Post by zibazinski on Sept 15, 2016 8:26:30 GMT -5
I know. I have a puke liberal friend from California of course who has never worked a day in her life and keeps posting crap.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 15, 2016 8:28:13 GMT -5
I have shit flowing in from BOTH sides, and then I see everything they like too. I had to clean up or be stressed out all the time.
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Post by zibazinski on Sept 15, 2016 8:31:40 GMT -5
All I get from the right is trump requesting money. Dude, you and Hillary have more money than I can imagine. No way!!
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Post by zibazinski on Sept 15, 2016 8:32:30 GMT -5
She's the only one who posts political shit. Everyone else keeps their opinions off FB thankfully.
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Post by Green Eyed Lady on Sept 15, 2016 8:35:51 GMT -5
lol....I keep considering getting a Facebook account....and then I read these threads. It's like reading a thread about bratty kids when you are considering having one yourself. This board is great Facebook Control!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 15, 2016 8:35:59 GMT -5
I have a lot of very politically "passionate" friends and family. That's fine, but damn...I counted 57 posts by one person in a day. Sharing news articles. Memes. Just random political BS. I get tired of all the hatred and venom of the other party. I wish people could just work together.
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Post by zibazinski on Sept 15, 2016 8:39:29 GMT -5
No different than here. When people aren't heard or listened to IRL, they come here. FB is just another way to make the powerless feel heard.
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Post by Lizard Queen on Sept 15, 2016 8:46:16 GMT -5
lol....I keep considering getting a Facebook account....and then I read these threads. It's like reading a thread about bratty kids when you are considering having one yourself. This board is great Facebook Control! These 2 are actually nice people, which is why I haven't unfollowed them on FB. These 2 posts just stuck out as pretty insensitive. Like MPL, I really don't follow many people on my newsfeed. Mostly family, who's posts I tolerate because--family. I did unfollow my MIL because her posts were just annoying. (She still finds a way to annoy me by commenting on every single thing I post.) yeah, you might not want to join.
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Post by Green Eyed Lady on Sept 15, 2016 9:06:59 GMT -5
lol....I keep considering getting a Facebook account....and then I read these threads. It's like reading a thread about bratty kids when you are considering having one yourself. This board is great Facebook Control! These 2 are actually nice people, which is why I haven't unfollowed them on FB. These 2 posts just stuck out as pretty insensitive. Like MPL, I really don't follow many people on my newsfeed. Mostly family, who's posts I tolerate because--family. I did unfollow my MIL because her posts were just annoying. (She still finds a way to annoy me by commenting on every single thing I post.) yeah, you might not want to join. I agree with you. Really nice people can say and do dumb things.
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Post by alabamagal on Sept 15, 2016 9:48:00 GMT -5
My SIL is a nasty facebooker. We get along OK in person, but she makes me SOOOO mad with some of her facebook posts, and she pasts about 20 things a day. I would block her, but I do want to see things she posts about my niece and nephew, who are young kids.
My SIL and I are completely opposite in most political views. And that does not bother me. Two recent examples.
Last week a conservative activist died. Not someone I really liked, and someone who has not been in the news in over 20 years. But SIL posted "I can't help thinking 'Ding-dong the witch is dead'." That is just RUDE!
She posts a link to a teacher who says kids need to go outside and learn to entertain themselves and limit screen time. Good idea. But her kids are the absolute worst about this. When on family vacation, her 9-year old spent a large part of the vacation playing games on an IPad and would through a fit if you tried to get him to do something else.
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Post by Pants on Sept 15, 2016 10:01:05 GMT -5
Well it is kind of sad that that kids come in plus sizes these days... and in my family the "lightweight" comment would have been 100% teasing joke and is normally followed by examples like having walked to school uphill, barefoot, with a broken leg, in a blizzard - both ways. OK, that's a terrible example and I would have been outright ridiculed by family for posting some so not creative. Coming up with the best excuse or extreme example is part of the game. I have noticed what I would call drunken posting... like someone is attending a Happy Event at some local restaurant or banquet hall or other place with a picture of smiling people and usually before anyone can comment with a "ah, you all look fantastic!" someone will post a comment about how sucky the restaurant(or banquet hall or other place) is and what a totally HORRIBLE experience they had there. Basically anytime a commenter makes what was posted about themselves - in an unpleasant way -- Not in a nice way like "we did that to! it was fun!" OR makes sez something ugly about someone NOT in the picture but related or sez something ugly about the place the people are. I assume you have to be alittle bit inebriated to bother typing in that kind of stuff. Kids always came in plus-size. It just used to be called "Husky"
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Post by bean29 on Sept 15, 2016 11:52:49 GMT -5
I put both my kids in plus size clothes when they were young and neither was overweight. The problem is for things other than leggings the waist and length have to be pretty close. Since most kids clothes is made for super skinny kids it made it almost impossible to find a pair that fit their waist that wasn't crazy long. By going to the plus size I got an extra inch or two in the waist without the extra 4 in the length. The problem isn't the kids the problem it's the clothes that are made for super small kids who are tall. I can't imagine what parents do with kids who are really skinny but also short. They would almost have to wear toddler clothes until middle school. Well, I wish you would have given that advice when my kids were small.
I notice nowadays all clothing manufacturers want to pretend that all their female customers are the same height and men are not ever short. Since both the female and male branches of my immediate family are short, I buy lots of clothing on-line and frequently get out my sewing machine to shorten pants.
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Post by Miss Tequila on Sept 15, 2016 12:34:25 GMT -5
I just posted on FB recently that I'll be happy when the election is over because I'm down to only half a dozen friends not hidden from my feed. I'm getting there, too. It amazes me the shit that people post that they would never say to your face. I have a few crazy liberal friends who are constantly posting shit bashing the republicans or the religious...I sit there thinking "well, I wonder what you really think of me since I'm one of those that you are bashing". What cracks me up is the ones bashing the religious people are the same ones defending Muslims...I might not be up on religion but I'm pretty sure that qualifies as a religion!
I have some people on the right that post a lot of stuff but I haven't yet seen them post anything that bashes those with opposing views. Not saying it doesn't happen just that I haven't seen it. I can handle political postings but it is the bashing of people who don't have the same views that annoys the shit out of me.
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Post by Miss Tequila on Sept 15, 2016 12:37:24 GMT -5
I put both my kids in plus size clothes when they were young and neither was overweight. The problem is for things other than leggings the waist and length have to be pretty close. Since most kids clothes is made for super skinny kids it made it almost impossible to find a pair that fit their waist that wasn't crazy long. By going to the plus size I got an extra inch or two in the waist without the extra 4 in the length. The problem isn't the kids the problem it's the clothes that are made for super small kids who are tall. I can't imagine what parents do with kids who are really skinny but also short. They would almost have to wear toddler clothes until middle school. We have the opposite problem. I have two very skinny kids who are tall. Well one is tall (I'm 5'8" and she is a little taller than me) and the other is probably 5'5" or so. But the shorter one is SUPER SKINNY so it is impossible to buy her anything that fits that isn't too short. And my taller one has issues finding pants long enough for her (she has very long legs).
Clothes shopping sucks no matter what your shape is because it always seems that clothes are made for other shapes!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 15, 2016 12:40:27 GMT -5
There is no handing down of jeans in my house. Older son was always in husky size and younger is constantly hiking his pants up wearing slims. The kid has no butt.
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Post by Miss Tequila on Sept 15, 2016 12:45:52 GMT -5
There is no handing down of jeans in my house. Older son was always in husky size and younger is constantly hiking his pants up wearing slims. The kid has no butt. Not in my house, either...two skinny kids but about 5 inches difference in leg length!lol
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Post by WholeLottaNothin on Sept 15, 2016 13:08:00 GMT -5
Well it is kind of sad that that kids come in plus sizes these days... and in my family the "lightweight" comment would have been 100% teasing joke and is normally followed by examples like having walked to school uphill, barefoot, with a broken leg, in a blizzard - both ways. OK, that's a terrible example and I would have been outright ridiculed by family for posting some so not creative. Coming up with the best excuse or extreme example is part of the game. I have noticed what I would call drunken posting... like someone is attending a Happy Event at some local restaurant or banquet hall or other place with a picture of smiling people and usually before anyone can comment with a "ah, you all look fantastic!" someone will post a comment about how sucky the restaurant(or banquet hall or other place) is and what a totally HORRIBLE experience they had there. Basically anytime a commenter makes what was posted about themselves - in an unpleasant way -- Not in a nice way like "we did that to! it was fun!" OR makes sez something ugly about someone NOT in the picture but related or sez something ugly about the place the people are. I assume you have to be alittle bit inebriated to bother typing in that kind of stuff. Kids always came in plus-size. It just used to be called "Husky" My mom was skinny as a kid but her younger sister was a little heavier. For girls, my mother told me, the section was called "chubbettes". This was back in the 50's.
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