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LOL I love the self-exploding logical progression of hater threads so much

You start off with a small, self-selecting ingroup of somewhat like-minded haters dumping on a mixture of annoying and innocuous human behavior

then as the chain gets longer it becomes more unstable: people don't want to post repeats, so more questionable objects are dragged in to be hated upon

finally the whole enterprise dissolves into mass chaos as too many participants find their own behaviors or behaviors they value being brought into the zone of hatred

some slink away as an awkardness akin to hypocrisy washes over them, others continue to fight pointless nitty debates about where exactly the boundaries of the hateable should fall

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these threads would be more sustainable and human if people focused on posting FUNNY or ENTERTAINING **** from FB (and some did), as opposed to everyday stuff followed by holier-than-thou ranting

don't forget AV-club style hipster meta-analysis of thread trends at the end of the thread

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04-04-2011 , 11:23 PM

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Duerig

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EVERYONE WHO DIDN'T FIND MY SUBMISSION FUNNY SHOULD DIE OF AIDS TONIGHT

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04-05-2011 , 04:02 AM

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Originally Posted by chicken10der

any of those 'mind-blowers' that just involve basic algebra skills to demystify

the attention-whoring with a short, sad update that ends in an ellipsis. "i give up..." "some things never change..."

any completely meaningless and trite expression that tries to be passed off as profound. a recent one was like "strength isn't about how much you can handle before you break, it's about how much you can handle after you break". there is just no logic in there whatsoever, and this was one of the most-liked statuses i'd ever come across.

chain statuses. "post this for one hour if you love jesus and aren't ashamed to show it!!" why don't you try some self-flagelation next time

girls that participate in secret breast cancer awareness status bombs, thinking they're actually accomplishing a ****ing thing

daily minutiae doesn't really get to me. reminds me of phone calls. remember phone calls?

good post

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04-05-2011 , 04:04 AM

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Originally Posted by MikeyObviously

People with perception/awareness tend to analyze what makes people make these updates in the first place. The result of this analysis is often unflattering to the FB status poster eg: low intelligence, pseudo intelligence, narcissism, humble bragging, shallowness etc. The motives can also be positive though, like making people laugh and just wanting to share articles/youtubes.

I like this post too.

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04-05-2011 , 04:34 AM

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Originally Posted by dibbs

The "New Englander who moves to LA/the south posting pictures of the warm temp readout of their cars thermometer and adding some lol sorry guys! caption" is really on fire the past month.

this type of post seems to be pretty universal. almost everyone I have on FB who goes on a holiday to anywhere hot seems to spend half their trip in an internet cafe uploading 90 pics and then captioning half of those with "OMG wow so hot here/me at the beach sry guys lol"...

as with baby/pet posting, I have no objections being kept up to date if they're doing/seeing interesting things. it's the excessive bloggy, braggy style that earns my undying emnity.

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04-05-2011 , 08:49 AM

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I think you take these threads and the posts by people in this thread too seriously.

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04-05-2011 , 09:39 AM

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A good amount? People that care? Dude - no one cares about your dog. No one. Some people might glance at it, some people might bother to hit the like button or even be nice enough to comment but the vast, vast majority of your facebook friends could really really give 2 ****s about seeing 3-4 pictures of your dog on their feed every month. I mean you get that right?

FWIW I'd WAY rather see pictures of dogs than people's babies. Moderation would be key, but 4 pictures loaded once a month wouldn't be overkill to me, unless it was accompanied by annoying updates like "Lassie just wants to snuggle tonight" or stupid **** like that.

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04-05-2011 , 10:10 AM

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That's pretty funny that the tie-breaker is eye color.

Like they expect two people to both guess 19" and 7lb. 2oz. but they just assume one will choose brown eyes while the other chooses blue. lol.

Also, aren't all babies born with blue eyes?

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04-05-2011 , 10:16 AM

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Thank you for making this thread.

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04-05-2011 , 11:17 AM

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Originally Posted by lagdonk

fool

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04-05-2011 , 12:40 PM

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Originally Posted by lagdonk

[ ] observation of funny or entertaining **** from FB
[x] holier-than-thou-rant

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04-05-2011 , 01:38 PM

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lagdonk,
**** the haters thats a pretty expert deconstruction of this thread.

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04-05-2011 , 02:57 PM

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The dog lovers gots my back.

Lagdonk, couldn't the same thing be said about a funny or entertaining thread? It starts with a small group of like-minded people enjoying funny FB status, but then as people don't want to repeat posts they keep reaching further and further for funny until someone says "that's not funny" and the whole thing explodes into mass chaos.

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04-05-2011 , 03:22 PM

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Guys are all the same until proven otherwise

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What the **** where is my ****en pizza im straving! tears

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he make me smile...

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Bed time wit mr.money to cuddle wit. and im very happy now!

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At mongolian grill with him

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Not in the mood same feelings as saturday night ... And feel really gross right now

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Once again all yu guys prove me right ! mwahhahahaha victory again.

this crazy girl has a nonstop stream of this. her relationship status changes from single, to in a relationship, to engaged, to its complicated about twice a week

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04-05-2011 , 04:03 PM

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Jesus that's atrocious. How do you know this girl?

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04-05-2011 , 04:04 PM

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Originally Posted by snagglepuss

this crazy girl has a nonstop stream of this. her relationship status changes from single, to in a relationship, to engaged, to its complicated about twice a week

Stripper?

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04-05-2011 , 04:05 PM

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Snaggle that exact first one happened yesterday to me. This girl writes something like "All men are jerks until proven otherwise" and of course I had to make some smartass remark. This then gets 50+ comments of women like "Amen girl" "You go sister" etc so I had to delete her asap. It made my stomach hurt.

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04-05-2011 , 04:22 PM

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Yeah I think almost everyone has the token female friend whose relationship status changes on a weekly basis. The switches to "single" usually accompanied by lots of likes and "you go girl, you deserve so much better!" comments from female friends and the switches back to "in a relationship" accompanied by "wuv u baby" from the dude.

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04-05-2011 , 04:37 PM

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Even worse than making narcissistic annoying facebook statuses it is when you see someone copy one verbatim and repost it as his. This usually happens when said idiotic status happens to attract female attention. Example, a coworker posted "Happy Women's Day! When is Our Day?" within half our a common acquaintance copy pasts it on his wall. Suggestions for ways to ridicule him? This is also the same type of guy who would look through people's profile and friend any good looking females he finds.

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04-05-2011 , 05:02 PM

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JWalterWeatherman

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I'm still laughing from the awesome statuses from the 42 year old guy who lives with his parents. Great stuff.

The only statuses that bother me are those where people make pointless posts about errands they're running and inane stuff like that.

Other than that no problems.

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04-05-2011 , 05:20 PM

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I work 24 hours a day. Why? Because I am a Mom, I am an alarm clock, a cook, a maid, a teacher, a nanny, a nurse, a handyman, a security officer, a photographer, a counselor, an ATM, a jungle gym, a comforter & much more. I don't get holidays, sick pay or days off. I work through the DAY... &... NIGHT.... I am on call at ALL hours......MY Kids come 1st no matter what! Re-post if you are a proud Mother !!!!!!!

Saw this gem today. Are there a lot of women ashamed of being a mother?

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04-05-2011 , 05:40 PM

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What's so ridiculous about those mommy posts is that it's like they forget they were once one of those people who got holidays, sick pay, and time off. Why attack other moms who don't yet (or won't) have kids? It's complete lunacy.

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04-05-2011 , 08:26 PM

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do people really still say "you go girl?"

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04-05-2011 , 08:42 PM

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Originally Posted by prohornblower

I agree. I also have a problem with how they act all selfless. It was a conscious decision that you didn't do just for humanitarian purposes. While I think its great that you're raising your kid well (if that's the case) I also think its great to volunteer or dedicate your life to fighting cancer or half a million other things so get off your high horse.

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04-05-2011 , 08:51 PM

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Originally Posted by jjshabado

I work with a lot of women that are new mothers or have young children. They def seem to fall into two categories, the ones who won't shut the F up about their kids, and the ones who talk about them what I view is an appropiate amount of the time.

I'm stoked to be a father one day, but I don't think I will constantly bore everyone around me with stories about my kids. I think thats kind of the crux of what everyone is getting at with these motherhood status updates...

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