Ridiculous Things You Read On Facebook

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Tue Sep 29, 2015 3:23 pm

My sister had a stillborn and everyone held it except for me. Just couldn't do it and thought it was really weird that everyone else did.

bfj · Post by **bfj** » Tue Sep 29, 2015 5:08 pm

There's an organization that sends photographers to the hospital to take portraits of people with their stillborn children (with permission, of course). It is called Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep.

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Wed Sep 30, 2015 10:02 am

bfj wrote:There's an organization that sends photographers to the hospital to take portraits of people with their stillborn children (with permission, of course). It is called Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep.

My wife was telling me about this service this morning. I didn't even realize when I made that post yesterday, that it was exactly 12 years ago to the day that my sister lost her boy.

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Wed Sep 30, 2015 11:19 am

Too bad FB wasn't around when my GF took RU-486. You wouldn't believe what kind of a gloppy mess that was.

Brontoburglar · Post by **Brontoburglar** » Wed Sep 30, 2015 11:57 am

The Sybian wrote:Too bad FB wasn't around when my GF took RU-486. You wouldn't believe what kind of a gloppy mess that was.

I have reached the limit of my own cynicism

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Wed Sep 30, 2015 12:06 pm

Smile! [click]

BSF21 · Post by **BSF21** » Fri Oct 02, 2015 2:57 pm

I want so badly to jump in on this shitstorm developing on Johnnie's wall. Alas I will not, as I don't know these people.

What is with motherfuckers taking a job in the military and then all the sudden thinking they "bought and paid for their freedoms"? Can you have a rational argument with anyone anymore? Present a point that makes anyone say "wow, I don't know if you've changed my mind, but that's certainly information I will need to consider going forward"?

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Fri Oct 02, 2015 3:03 pm

BSF21 wrote:I want so badly to jump in on this shitstorm developing on Johnnie's wall. Alas I will not, as I don't know these people.

What is with motherfuckers taking a job in the military and then all the sudden thinking they "bought and paid for their freedoms"? Can you have a rational argument with anyone anymore? Present a point that makes anyone say "wow, I don't know if you've changed my mind, but that's certainly information I will need to consider going forward"?

Just me and J-lo, sorry.

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Fri Oct 02, 2015 3:07 pm

I had to stop. It was too much. That was ridiculous.

Gunpowder · Post by **Gunpowder** » Fri Oct 02, 2015 3:15 pm

...is it Jarvis?

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Fri Oct 02, 2015 4:56 pm

He was on one post. Another post was me sharing a Duffel Blog article and people thought it was real because I "confirmed" that the military was taking your guns.

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Fri Oct 02, 2015 5:06 pm

How long before people realize that UCC is not a GUN-FREE ZONE! And that there were people there that were licensed "conceal carry"? And that they realized that them rushing in, guns ablazing, was not going to help at all?

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Sat Oct 03, 2015 1:55 am

People in the military that go through extensive predeployment training to learn about "escalation of force" and how to mitigate situations in which really crazy things happen with no notice.

You would think these people would get it. But no.

Likewise, civilians without similar training immediately rushing to the "arm more people, problem solved" argument simply have no concept of what one does in panic mode because more than likely they've only experienced movies with that situation. I hate them.

Despite my training I know I'll probably fumble my weapon and think to hit the deck and cover before immediately returning fire. The amount of muscle memory you have to build up and the adrenaline and testosterone you have to handle in survival mode is fucking nuts. And more than likely you'll still die.

rass · Post by **rass** » Sat Oct 03, 2015 8:12 am

Johnnie wrote:Despite my training I know I'll probably fumble my weapon and think to hit the deck and cover before immediately returning fire. The amount of muscle memory you have to build up and the adrenaline and testosterone you have to handle in survival mode is fucking nuts. And more than likely you'll still die.

Cue fanfare and Keith David (I know that's the Navy) voiceover.

Brontoburglar · Post by **Brontoburglar** » Sat Oct 03, 2015 1:44 pm

The shooting in America are a huge tragedy, But what is worse?

The fact that 3,000+ babies are aborted every day.
That's the equivalence of 911 happening every day.

It's not about women's health. It's about responsibility.

Many many women I know would rather have drug money than have a kid so they abort. That's the issue.

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Sat Oct 03, 2015 3:54 pm

It's not technically a ridiculous thing... but once again I am being asked to click "like" to send a message to the NRA and congress that gun control is necessary.

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Sat Oct 03, 2015 7:08 pm

Johnnie wrote:People in the military that go through extensive predeployment training to learn about "escalation of force" and how to mitigate situations in which really crazy things happen with no notice.

You would think these people would get it. But no.

Likewise, civilians without similar training immediately rushing to the "arm more people, problem solved" argument simply have no concept of what one does in panic mode because more than likely they've only experienced movies with that situation. I hate them.

Despite my training I know I'll probably fumble my weapon and think to hit the deck and cover before immediately returning fire. The amount of muscle memory you have to build up and the adrenaline and testosterone you have to handle in survival mode is fucking nuts. And more than likely you'll still die.

Nobody trains more for these situations than the police, and look how often they fuck up and shoot an unarmed person. I wish I saved an interview with the armed bystander at the Gabby Giffords shooting. He heard the gunshots, went towards the shooting to help, and said if he got his gun out in time, he would have shot the wrong person. IIRC, he would have shot the guy who subdued the shooter.

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Wed Oct 07, 2015 8:25 am

Maybe because I'm friends with a half dozen or so single women of my age - but I get postings like this every day of the week.

Jerloma · Post by **Jerloma** » Wed Oct 07, 2015 8:44 am

Oh yeah...I get like 20 of those a day.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Wed Oct 07, 2015 9:27 am

Ha. Yeah, I guess we all do.

rass · Post by **rass** » Wed Oct 07, 2015 9:30 am

Bitches be magnanimous!

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Wed Oct 07, 2015 10:20 am

I picture the postings being made by these women with a glass of wine and a box of kleenex nearby, moments after gazing at their ex's family pictures on Facebook as John Mayer or Dave Matthews plays softly in the background.

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Wed Oct 07, 2015 10:21 am

rass wrote:Bitches be magnanimous!

Rass wins the day.

Jerloma · Post by **Jerloma** » Wed Oct 07, 2015 10:30 am

Look at their walls. It's just a constant flow of word salad brought to you by the visual images of sunset backgrounds, and mountain tops, and fucking Minions. Doesn't it eventually eat away at your soul a little bit to just never have an original thought?

L-Jam3 · Post by **L-Jam3** » Wed Oct 07, 2015 10:35 am

Jerloma wrote:Look at their walls. It's just a constant flow of word salad brought to you by the visual images of sunset backgrounds, and mountain tops, and fucking Minions. Doesn't it eventually eat away at your soul a little bit to just never have an original thought?

How do you deal with it?

ZING!

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Wed Oct 07, 2015 12:12 pm

L-Jam3 wrote:
Jerloma wrote:Look at their walls. It's just a constant flow of word salad brought to you by the visual images of sunset backgrounds, and mountain tops, and fucking Minions. Doesn't it eventually eat away at your soul a little bit to just never have an original thought?
How do you deal with it?

ZING!

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Wed Oct 07, 2015 3:15 pm

I can't believe the Herbie/John Hancock reference was over J-Lo's head.

Post by **brian** » Wed Oct 07, 2015 3:22 pm

Not a Farley fan I guess

Jerloma · Post by **Jerloma** » Wed Oct 07, 2015 3:27 pm

I only saw it once when it came out but I find it extremely dubious that a couple of 50 year old women are walking down the aisles at work cracking Tommy Boy jokes.

Post by **brian** » Wed Oct 07, 2015 3:35 pm

That movie's on Comedy Central like 18 times a month. I think Occam's Razor suggests it was a Tommy Boy drop.

Jerloma · Post by **Jerloma** » Wed Oct 07, 2015 4:10 pm

Well Syb thinks Herbie Hancock sang Don't Worry Be Happy. Let's rag on him. (Or is that another joke over my head?)

rass · Post by **rass** » Mon Oct 19, 2015 9:17 am

There is an acclimation period to seeing your real name coming from Swampers (or using a Swampers real name), huh?

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Mon Oct 19, 2015 10:08 am

There must be 50 posts in my feed urging me to go out and vote. They range from cut and paste quotes from activists to heartfelt pleas to vote against the ruling party to cutesy shots of people leaving the polling station with their babies.

At what point do people realize that Facebook may provide them with their own forum, but that their postings and opinions are redundant and inconsequential?

rass · Post by **rass** » Sat Oct 31, 2015 8:34 am

I some point on some version of the Swamp I produced a relatively wordy (for me) post on my dog's prior vet, including her insistence that tPtB in town had been after her for years, complete with threats to her livelihood and well-being. (I sympathized with her without necessarily believing her, but ultimately went with another vet office after hearing some not great things about her from other sources). Well, she popped up on a local FB group last night:

I have been thinking a lot about elections lately with the posts on this forum I mentioned in another post what happened several years ago when I was handing out flyers for one of the parties. I am not going to rehash that here other than to say, if you see violations by either party, don't be afraid to call the Union police department. I say that because they are there to enforce the law, not take sides. The other party had decided that they could try and scare me away from my post by sending several of their members to my area and basically throwing my items around. I had gotten to the location before the other party and had the "prime" spot. They did not like it and tried to scare me away. It did not work. I realized that they were going to get reinforcements, and I called for back up. My instincts is what makes me a good officer and my police dept appreciates it. If I am only 5' 2" and I did not allow anyone to push me around, don't let the politicians threaten anyone who is voting into voting for any particular party. Do what is right and do not just vote in friends and family.

One last comment, remember Assemblyman Cohen? Allegedly, the child porn had been going on for years and people in his office knew about it. Why did it come out when it did? Because I was working with Jason Jet on a major story that would have turned Union upside down. Union had to come up with a bigger story to stop people from investigating what I was saying. And who turned him in? Why no other than the politicians who are trying to keep their jobs and many of who would have lost their jobs if the truth of what I was saying ever came out. Now it is mostly out but the problem is that it has come out in bits and pieces so it is not as "shocking" as it would have been back 8 years ago when my harassment started. And yes, they have been harassing me for 8 years. They are relentless but I'm not a quitter. Never have been, never will. The more they harass, the more evidence I gather against them.

bfj · Post by **bfj** » Sat Oct 31, 2015 9:15 am

rass wrote:There is an acclimation period to seeing your real name coming from Swampers (or using a Swampers real name), huh?

There is also that that period of having to explain to real people (my mother, for example) what BFJ stands for and why I'm not offended by it.

Moreta · Post by **Moreta** » Sat Oct 31, 2015 9:16 am

Is it still paranoia if they really are out to get you?

rass · Post by **rass** » Sat Oct 31, 2015 9:26 am

Moreta wrote:Is it still paranoia if they really are out to get you?

Right? Hence the sympathy, because stuck in an examining room with her as she goes on and on, you can tell she believes herself, and local politics are without a doubt shady...but...I went there for 7 or 8 years and the stories were always the same, and she never ended up silenced, she stayed in business, picked up a job with a local (or county?) animal control department, and never ever publicly dropped any of the bombshells she was supposedly sitting on.

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Mon Nov 02, 2015 10:04 am

rass wrote:
Moreta wrote:Is it still paranoia if they really are out to get you?
Right? Hence the sympathy, because stuck in an examining room with her as she goes on and on, you can tell she believes herself, and local politics are without a doubt shady...but...I went there for 7 or 8 years and the stories were always the same, and she never ended up silenced, she stayed in business, picked up a job with a local (or county?) animal control department, and never ever publicly dropped any of the bombshells she was supposedly sitting on.

I still vote for crazy and delusional.

BFJ, try explaining "Syb" to your wife. Successfully changed the subject on that one.

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Mon Nov 02, 2015 1:38 pm

Pruitt wrote:I picture the postings being made by these women with a glass of wine and a box of kleenex nearby, moments after gazing at their ex's family pictures on Facebook as John Mayer or Dave Matthews plays softly in the background.

That new Adele song is the Feel Bad For Yourself Du Jour right now.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Mon Nov 02, 2015 4:47 pm

Du Jour means friendship.

10 swampbucks to the first one to get that reference.