But where there is love, there is also hate. Besides politics, I really hate the sharing of things that aren't true. It only takes a few moments to do an internet search on these warnings and reminders to see if there is truth or some doubt.
The latest ones that have been bugging me...
- Don't call 112 in the US. (A mother tagged her daughter on this. Tell her to call 911!!!)
- Denzel Washington did not whip out his checkbook.
- There are no free Southwest Airline Tickets.
- There' s no free Starbucks gift card, either. The 40th anniversary was in 2011.
- The heat from a barbecue will not melt your contacts. And I can vouch for that...my husband has barbecued for close to 30 years with contacts with no problems whatsoever other than a little smoke irritation. And his barbecue was so hot it melted a hole in itself.
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Wait--so do you think that giant goldfish in Lake Tahoe might not be real? I feel so let down. If only because I tried so hard to keep the darn tank warm, back in our goldfish-as-pets days.
As the mother of an extremely right-wing daughter, I'm used to clicking "hide" on ridiculous posts. It's good exercise to love 'em in spite of how darn wrong [I think] they are.
oh, I am SO with you! I am forever posting Snopes links ... I think I might've hurt someone's feelings recently by doing so, but ... damn it, it wasn't true!
At least with FB you can "hide" or block. I have an uneducated, right-wing, sister. She posts the most ridiculous things!
My FIL forwards way too many right-wing, falsely-attributed, email rants. I just delete them, but they drive my husband nuts.
Seems like we all are the lucky benefactors of an overposting, right wing relative or friend - or twenty. I resisted blocking them for a while, because as the poem Desiderata says, "even the dull and ignorant; they too have their story." Then I moved on to the second paragraph where it says "Avoid loud and aggressive person, they are vexation to the spirit" ... so I blocked the suckas!
These things annoy me too. I like genuine updates, but I hide people who are constantly posting irritating links.
Oh, facebook -- the thing I love to hate! I keep people in lists (many of them are multiple lists) but lately I am only checking a few: my blogging friends, my local city friends, and immediate family. The rest have been driving me a bit crazy. It might be the hormones talking, or I might simply be trying to simplify my life and de-stress. The first things to go are the political rants of the right-wing gun lovers and the people who pass things on without an ounce of common sense.
I keep reminding myself it is good practice in "loving the sinner, hating the sin." (Oh, how my ultra-conservative friends would twist that!)
Confession: I did un-friend someone a few months ago. She was toxic. Most people I simply "hide."
I always point out the urban legends and untruths. I would imagine that people would want to know that something is false and I always try to be polite and respectful about it.
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