why do i hate that artist thing that people keep posting on my facebook so much? why am i such a jerk?

that hot and holy truth, ooh la la

the latest chain message on FB:

"Must Read !!!
About 6 months ago, my neighbor asked me if I wouldn't mind sharing my Wi-Fi password. I decided to give it to him because it wouldn't cost me anything extra, and because I got along with him. Yesterday, as I was getting out of the car, the neighbor was at his door, getting ready to come outside. I stopped to talk a bit as he held the door open. He happily told me he now had Netflix. At that, jokingly I said: ′′I work hard, I barely have time to watch TV, but, if you could lend me your password to watch some shows, I would appreciate it ". A voice was heard in the distance, coming from inside the house. It was his wife, ′′We can't give the password to her, because I'm the one who pays the bill and I can't share it."
The man apologized and I said it was no problem. We kept talking about other things, and as I left, he stayed working outside. When I happened to look outside a little while later, I noticed the man's wife come outside. She seemed very nervous and upset. They both went into the house. After a few minutes, he and his wife came to my door to tell me the Wi-Fi password wasn't working anymore. I looked at them and said, ′′ I changed my password, because it's me paying the bill and I can't share it ". The wife turned red and tried to say something, but I said, ′′Ma'am, I have my network and you have your Netflix, everything is fine and everyone is happy". They turned around and left. They never spoke to me again.
_______________________________
This story isn't mine, but here's the lesson I learned from it:
- Friendship must be mutual.
- Love must be mutual.
- Affection must be mutual.
In 2022 (and beyond) I intend to return
silence with silence,
absences with absences,
affection with affection,
friendship with friendship, and
loyalty with loyalty.
No more one-sided feelings.
Feelings must be mutual.
I am no longer the same."

post your passwords for a blessed 2022 🙏

rob what's your password

rob what's your password

IAmNoLongerTheSame1996

Love that “they never spoke to me again” after something that happened “yesterday”

haha, good catch

maybe they died

Someone has said this before I’m sure but it slays me how much hostility is expressed in these Facebook memes in the guise of “wisdom” or something.

Also why the fuck would you share your wifi, the guy could be downloading kiddie porn.

it's the whole tradition of appearing like a badass, like back when you'd be in the bar talking to your friend

"so I told that motherfucker - YOU HAVE YOUR NETFLIX, I HAVE MY WIFI"

"you said that?"

"Well....no. not in those words. I told him I'm sorry we couldn't come to an understanding."

"Oh."

"also I gave him my wi-fi back a few minutes later".

I'm surprised the guy knew how to change his password.

And see? The fellas always get along, but as soon as a woman gets involved...

the narrator is a "her"

gonna turn this into a FB chain message now

the narrator is a "her"

Oh sure. Next thing you'll be asking me is why did the surgeon say, "That's my son," when the husband was the one who brought him into the emergency room?

I know that one: gay marriage

it's the whole tradition of appearing like a badass, like back when you'd be in the bar talking to your friend

“If you can’t handle me at my worst you don’t deserve me at my best”

—Albert Einstein

“He happily told me he now had Netflix” is such a funny sentence.

how good could the speed have been using a neighbor's wifi

we watched Cobra Kai, each episode took us four hours once the buffering was over

′Ma'am, I have my network and you have your Netflix, everything is fine and everyone is happy"

Why do I hear this being followed by the whistle in Led Zep salsa song

they were written with a ouija board and a rhyming dictionary (Neanderthal) at 2:44 5 Jan 22

how good could the speed have been using a neighbor's wifi]

the narrator is a gamer so they have one of those crazy routers that looks like an alien ship

Solomon the WiFi

take my wifi... PLEASE

(that's pretty good)

if I see that god damn "I am planting flowers" meme once more I am gonna go on an unfollowing spree

hadn't seen that yet, just looked it up....ugh yes burn it with fire

boomer-humour

When we lived in a U-Haul, we used to park it outside our friends' warehouse and use their Wi-Fi. We could stream movies and everything, no problem.

Just had my first meeting in the Metaverse.

Here’s the top 16 reasons I’ll never take a meeting any other way:

— Garrett Scott 🕳 (@thegarrettscott) January 7, 2022

#1: i am a cocker spaniel and am tired of explaining

https://www.garbageday.email/p/viral-content-optimized-to-piss-off

"There should be no illusions anymore about what Facebook is, as a platform. It’s just random bits of sensory information meant to make old people fight with each other."

lol forks

that's an interesting article, thanks rob. God this FB shit is so weird. However I did really enjoy the cat breastfeeding video, that was worth 1000 counter spaghetti videos.

i’m sorry the what

College acquaintance who now teaches at a very prestigious divinity school and was recently profiled in the NY Times bc of her corporate spirituality consultant job posted some kind of flickering neon aurora-ish gif on FB today. Someone in the comments asks "What's this? Maybe I can't get my audio to work." She replies "Haha there's no sound, it's just meant to evoke the inner life of spirit," with a smiley face emoji.

Obviously if this person were less successful in life this would only be mildly annoying; it's the fact that she gets paid the big bucks for this sort of thing that fills me with rage.

https://i.ibb.co/20JW40n/274451171-10112872224645472-3541564788520862916-n.jpg

Well gee, by that metric I'm doing great. No one has offered me anything, so clearly my value is limitless.

https://i.ibb.co/YbdKJwB/FB-IMG-1645643373042.jpg

Oh my, let me put my readers on.

"they"

I see a doggie

Cat bottom right

now that social media is filled with memes telling people that are worried about rising gas costs to be thankful they don't live in a war zone, I wonder if they actually have any low-income friends or family whom a massive gasoline hike actually could threaten their ability to make ends meet. or ever had a colleague call out of work because they had no money to fill up their vehicle to get to work that day. or have ever had the ability to hold two different thoughts in their head at the same time.

but hey, if it makes people feel better to ration out sympathy based on a tiered system.

(I'm definitely not talking about myself here, and obviously there's a wide gulf between David Allen Coe fans who drive SUVs with MAGA bumper stickers and make six figures whinging about gas prices and people who are actually struggling, but lefties' penchant for zero sum messaging never ceases to amaze)

wow you're getting that from lefties? feels like a classic conservative argument to me, "be thankful proles, things are much worse behind the Iron Curtain"

Feels like an honorary Facebook post

20 books to read in your 20s

= thread = pic.twitter.com/LzkP9Y76Hg

— Art of Life 🦋 (@Art0fLife_) April 10, 2022

I made it about halfway through Atomic Habits earlier this year (at my therapist's suggestion) and it inspired me to make some small-but-important life changes that I have thus far been able to stick to.

There are obviously some egregious Jordan Peterson books in there and I'm unfamiliar with most of the rest.

If anyone is still reading any of those books 5 years from now I will be astonished. But there will be a whole new batch of warmed-over pop psychology and simple-minded self-motivational books by then, so no one will miss these.