People are sure sensitive about little things, or maybe I'm just a curmudgeon

[vito]

I'll admit to being a Facebook user, mostly to see photos of the grandkids, and to irritate Leftists, but sometimes I still get surprised with how sensitive some people can be. Someone (not anyone that I know) started a comment thread about favorite movies that you have watched numerous times. Granted that this thread was not looking for critical comments, just personal favorites, but I couldn't help commenting when some male (I assume from the name) said that his favorite movie, which he has watched many, many times, is "The Sound of Music". I merely stated that this movie makes me nauseous with its sweetness and that as a movie, it sure doesn't hold up well. I said that some of the songs were good, and that I enjoyed the movie when I was younger, but I'm grown up now. You would not believe the torrent of angry, almost hysterical comments followed my mild criticism of this movie. Literally a few dozen people went half crazy that I had the temerity to criticize someone's favorite movie. I responded with "OK Karen, I get that you are upset." which unleashed another slew of outraged comments.

I guess in my real life I don't run into many actual "snowflakes" but they sure come out of the woodwork online. Sort of fun to get them riled up. I expect I will be suspended or banned from Facebook any minute now.

 

[needsmostuff]

What is Facebook other than a electronic soapbox for Karens ,Snowflakes or someone just trying to rouse the masses.
In fact your comments were really just a thumb in the guys eye and you should probably expect a response, which is probably the only reason you made a comment in the first place. You were looking to rile them up so don't be shocked .
There is a lot of reasons I don't do the book of faces but the stirring of Poo for the sake of fun and likes is chief among them.

 

[gasbag]

Being offended is the new national sport.
Facebook is the perfect breeding grounds for those who love to offend and then sit back
and watch the resulting mayhem. It's also for those who pathologically cannot
control their emotions and scream at everything they don't agree with.

 

[hittman]

You’re either part of the problem or part of the solution.

 

[Bob Wright]

I get a far different picture for Facebook. I am on pages like ".45 Colt, Single Action Revolvers, Western style firearms, Ruger Blackhawk Owners, Barranti Leather Company, and similar pages. There are some some oddballs on these, but by and large, good sources of information.

Bob Wright

 

[WAYNO]

I'll admit to being a Facebook user, mostly to see photos of the grandkids, and to irritate Leftists, but sometimes I still get surprised with how sensitive some people can be. Someone (not anyone that I know) started a comment thread about favorite movies that you have watched numerous times. Granted that this thread was not looking for critical comments, just personal favorites, but I couldn't help commenting when some male (I assume from the name) said that his favorite movie, which he has watched many, many times, is "The Sound of Music". I merely stated that this movie makes me nauseous with its sweetness and that as a movie, it sure doesn't hold up well. I said that some of the songs were good, and that I enjoyed the movie when I was younger, but I'm grown up now. You would not believe the torrent of angry, almost hysterical comments followed my mild criticism of this movie. Literally a few dozen people went half crazy that I had the temerity to criticize someone's favorite movie. I responded with "OK Karen, I get that you are upset." which unleashed another slew of outraged comments.

I guess in my real life I don't run into many actual "snowflakes" but they sure come out of the woodwork online. Sort of fun to get them riled up. I expect I will be suspended or banned from Facebook any minute now.

I might see this differently. It looks to me that you were there, to stir the fudge, so to speak.

All the more reason I will not participate in facebook. Folks get their feelers hurt, and eventually things get mean. Facebook has completely divided my family.

 

[vito]

I didn’t comment specifically to stir the pot. I just sort of blurted out my first reaction.

 

[bobski]

the world has become a weird place. a lot of things that use to stay at home or between friends/family is now public content.
if arguments happened in the day, it was usually in a gin mill over too much beer from those trying to wash it away. and some oaf big mouth would always come along and a fight would start.
you sorta knew going into places like that what to expect, but now...it happens anywhere everywhere.
the world is just one big gin mill! lol.

 

[beentheredone]

Frankly, anyone who spends much time on Facebook is pathologically needy. There is something really sad about the need to be constantly saying, "Look at how special I am..."

 

[Pat-inCO]

I just sort of blurted out my first reaction.

How old did you say you are?

 

[Jeepnik]

That's one of the advantages of becoming old and crumudgeonly. You can now say all the things you have been holding back for years. I do it all the time. Telling folks the truth, without regard to their "feelings" results in some pretty funny expressions.

 

[gasbag]

Frankly, anyone who spends much time on Facebook is pathologically needy. There is something really sad about the need to be constantly saying, "Look at how special I am..."

Hey, I am special. My mommy always told me so.
She's dead now..........but she stills votes in Chicago.

 

[mistermills357]

Yeah, America has slipped into a rancorous place, a lot of people have an angry spirit. I dropped Facebook about 10 or 15 years ago, because it was needless.

And now, it’s even more needless.

 

[Biggfoot44]

Facebook is Facebook , that's why I don't go there .

But you did poke the bear with your comment . If you did it in purpose , fine . But the result was predictable .

 

[wolfsong]

I didn’t comment specifically to stir the pot. I just sort of blurted out my first reaction.

Keep on rockin', Vito.

I rarely visit Facebook but when I do it's usually to rile the snowflakes, social justice warriors, Karen's , woke folks, and extreme leftist sheep. Oh, and my sisters, who's politics are the polar opposite of mine.

 

[ProfessorWes]

I use FB primarily to keep in touch with my extended family. I do also follow certain authors I like, as well as assorted hobbyist groups mostly involving model trains. A couple of the authors (Larry Correia, in particular) spend as much time in FB jail as out due purely to politics. I'm almost disappointed I haven't gotten a time-out yet, although I did get a snippy lecture for posting this to my timeline:

I don't have a Twitter account, as I'd get banned within the first week.

There's one particular cousin I don't talk to all that much, in the interest of preserving family unity, as she's gone full Leftist (and LGBTWTFBBQ in particular).

 

[Bob Wright]

Frankly, anyone who spends much time on Facebook is pathologically needy. There is something really sad about the need to be constantly saying, "Look at how special I am..."

Well, count me as pathologically needy, then. I've been in some pretty interesting discussions on Rugers, .45 caliber revolvers, Single Action revolvers and Western style firearms. And, contrary to your statement, I've encountered no one saying, in effect, "Look how special I am."

 

[the_leper_colony]

There's a lot of good observations posted on this thread! Do some folks maybe 'stir the pot', because something strikes them as funny, or because they happen to be in a bad mood? Absolutely, and I imagine people have always been that way. Do some folks over-react to things that are just part of life on planet earth? 'You betcha!' (as they say where I grew up), and I think that's part of human nature, too.

But I do think both groups of Americans are getting larger, and more inclined to be offended - and I think that reflects a changing view of reality in this country. Just guessing because I wasn't alive a hundred years ago, but I have the impression that people used to be more inclined to 'just suck it up' and deal with life back then, than they are today. Basically, they took the admonition to "act like an adult!" a lot more seriously. Maybe people were less inclined to insult your new Model T because it was black; maybe folks were less likely to fall over in a dead faint, if somebody asked if they were taking their favorite horse down to the glue factory.

My wife views it in terms of "assumptions" - people assume everyone has grown past the "Ninja Turtles" stage of life, or on the other hand, they assume that everyone they meet will somehow know how important their new, customized "pronoun" is. Neither assumption is likely true.

I see it in terms of "rights". Do people have a right to tell me I'm ugly or smell bad? Yeah, and they have a right to hear my response, too. On the flip side of that, do people have a right to live an oh-so-nice life, where there are 'trigger warnings' on anything that might increase their heart rate, they're never offended by anything, and almighty Uncle Sam provides for their every need, like the good babysitter he is? My personal response would be a question: "What universe do you live in?"

Obviously IMHO, FWIW, YMMV, etc.

 

[Snake Pleskin]

I didn’t comment specifically to stir the pot. I just sort of blurted out my first reaction.

Open mouth , insert foot? Huummmm. Best to engage brain before mouth IMHO!

 

[Bad Barlow]

Open mouth , insert foot? Huummmm. Best to engage brain before mouth IMHO!

My Mom used to say "If you can't say something nice , don't say anything ".

 

[g5m]

Interesting thread.

 

[JStacy]

as Shakespear said "much a do about nothing"

 

[kmoore]

There are likely as many reasons people say what they say on Facebook or other web sites as there are people using them. Lairs, snowflakes, people only in it to disagree (stir the pot) and see how many reactions they get and try again to get more. Honest opinions and facts are lacking.
Even good people say stuff they did that is BS since few will know the truth. It's like the web gave us a lot more politicians. (people who lie just to sound good).
I finally got on Facebook last year to help promote my 2 published books and reconnect with old co workers, who are scattered all over the US. I once responded to a BS story about a SEAL Team that was brought in to kill bigfoot in the US on a open post. I said it was a good funny story, but please leave out SEAL Teams/ Special Opps/ Rangers etc out of such stories. I was blasted by people saying Bigfoot is real the the government does that type of stuff. Whether they believed or not in the BS story, I know I cannot fix stupid and would not waste another minute of my time typing and responding past my 1st statement.
Vito you were stirring the pot and were like that fish who cannot, not take a bite at the bait. And got reeled in.

 

[Snake Pleskin]

I am on Facebook, I have two friends on FB, my youngest daughter(34) and my oldest friend, her God Mother! I have never posted to anyone else. If you think Social Media is accurate, has good information, can be counted on, I have a "Bridge" I would like to sell you!

 

[Mobuck]

I grew up with a brother 7 years older than me. This scenario doesn't leave any room for 'hurt feelings' cause I was always the brunt of any practical joke, prank, or outright abuse he could conjure up.
I told my kids that 'hurt feelings' were a fact of life so don't make it more difficult by taking some things too seriously.

 

[Snake Pleskin]

I grew up with a brother 7 years older than me. This scenario doesn't leave any room for 'hurt feelings' cause I was always the brunt of any practical joke, prank, or outright abuse he could conjure up.
I told my kids that 'hurt feelings' were a fact of life so don't make it more difficult by taking some things too seriously.

I have a brother who is 4 yrs older than i am. (71-75)He is ornery, selfish to a fault, opinionated and does not really care what others think of him. He always tells me " when that A%$%hle starts paying my bills, then they can have a say in what I do or how i do it!" Not always easy to get along with him. But I try.

 

[Quick Draw]

Never had time for Facebook. Then I retired and moved away. It is a great tool to keep in touch with family and friends. Even reconnected with a lot of former schoolmates. Some who have since gone to liberal colleges and/or live in big liberal cities. At first I tried presenting logical, fact based arguments as to why my opinions and beliefs were correct and they were wrong. Soon realized you can't win debating fools, idiots and liberals who only have feelings and not facts to support their beliefs. So now I just scroll past these folk and continue on my merry way. To each his own, life is just too damn short to worry about the little things.

 

[Snake Pleskin]

My father always told me to "never get into a fight with Drunks or Idiots, because neither will feel it and you won't change their mind." I can add Liberals to the list too!

 

[Rick Courtright]

I guess in my real life I don't run into many actual "snowflakes" but they sure come out of the woodwork online. Sort of fun to get them riled up. I expect I will be suspended or banned from Facebook any minute now.

Hi,

If that were the best I could come up with when looking for something to do, I'd be looking in the mirror and asking "Can't you come up with something constructive to say?"

We've all got limited amounts of time left to ride around in circles on this rock. Why not try to leave it with positive thoughts in the minds of those left behind, rather than "Thank God that one's gone?"

Rick C

 

[Jimbo357mag]

It is not just Facebook, it is social media in general, even this forum. The internet has given anybody and everybody the right to stand on a soap box and give an opinion. It is a good idea to know where you are before you shout 'fire' in a theater. My favorite place is YouTube where you can find videos on just about anything but you can also get political opinion there as well.