Skipping about from passiveaggressivenotes.com, I found a site called STFUParents, showcasing all the annoying shit parents foist on people via (I assume at least majorly) social media. There was an excerpt:
Over the years, and especially since Unbaby.me came along, more parents have tried to limit the number of pictures they post of their kids on Facebook. I’ve had friends post baby pictures with captions like “Last one!” or with disclaimers like “Warning: Huge family vacation album!” that sound almost apologetic.
This makes me sad. First, there's an actual website that replaces photos of your FB friends' babies with pictures of bacon. It has 107,000 likes on Facebook. Do you know why over a hundred-thousand folks support the idea of changing your family photos to pictures of bacon? Because your Facebook friends are not really friends of yours.
I hate Facebook for so many reasons, not the least of which is this nonsense. Why on Earth would you keep in contact with someone whose life you don't give a crap about, to the point where you'll willfully download an install a program to change the pictures they post into something you find more interesting (like bacon)? Why be 'friends' with someone whose child you don't want to look at? And why on Earth would you be on a social media site where you feel you have to apologize for posting pictures of the most important people in your existence, because you're aware some of your 'friends' are going to be bored/annoyed?
I can't do it. I can't pretend I care about someone's daily life when I don't, and I can't manage the audacity to believe anyone but my family and actual, daily-interactions friends care or want to hear about MY life. I have three friggin' people subscribed to this blog, and one of them I'm pretty sure did it accidentally. I don't want someone to replace a picture of Bailey with some bacon. I don't want to get into an argument about gay marriage with my sister's friend's boyfriend that I've never laid eyes on, or have some random ex find me.
On the downside is the fact that I am notoriously bad about 'staying in touch'. I think it's because I disagree with the notion that if you stop talking to someone every day, you must hate them. I've fallen out of touch with many, many people because of moves or schedules or they or I leaving the hobby/workplace where we got most of our interaction. I don't hate them; I'm just as fond of them as I ever was and it's a treat to see them or hear from them. I just don't get personally offended when they don't call or visit. I don't think it means they hate me, or they're not my friend. And I guess I always am a little baffled when they do get offended or upset when I don't keep in touch. I realize I'm in the minority on this, and it may screw me more than I know.
But, yeah. Babies into bacon. Fuck Facebook.
I think it's just become a 'thing' where people don't want to see pictures of your kids. I used to hear comedians joke about it, but I think a lot of people took it to heart. It must be in the same category as pictures of family vacations or something.
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