Sorry to hear that, PP. My dad's Dane survived him, but was already 7, so I think they're both gone now (I did NOT stay in touch with The Widow).
I've got a handful of FB friends who post mawkish loss-related items on their walls. While I don't have a problem with people wanting to express their bereavement, I will never stop having a problem with bad writing, horrible fonts, lame images and the Hallmark-ization of magical thinking.
― karl lagerlout (suzy), Wednesday, 24 April 2013 22:19 (eleven years ago) link
suzy otm
― mh, Wednesday, 24 April 2013 22:21 (eleven years ago) link
this is only tangentially related, but when someone's facebook page post-death is co-opted by family with messages thanking people for their support, it's sort of ghoulishly like they're saying 'okay show's over thanks everyone'
― we're up all night to eat biscuits (Autumn Almanac), Wednesday, 24 April 2013 22:58 (eleven years ago) link
in my mind it's like that video of the dead cat that was turned into a radio controlled helicopter
― we're up all night to eat biscuits (Autumn Almanac), Wednesday, 24 April 2013 22:59 (eleven years ago) link
the whole post-death legacy on the internets thing will always be disturbing to me
― The Great Natterer (dandydonweiner), Wednesday, 24 April 2013 23:42 (eleven years ago) link
http://cdn.inquisitr.com/wp-content/2011/05/zombie-uncle-scott.jpg
― pplains, Thursday, 25 April 2013 00:29 (eleven years ago) link
i love the two hour gap between 'rawrr' and 'lol not really'
― we're up all night to eat biscuits (Autumn Almanac), Thursday, 25 April 2013 00:30 (eleven years ago) link
that one is worth so many guilty laughs
― mh, Thursday, 25 April 2013 01:37 (eleven years ago) link
In the event of one of my cats dying, I would like to bury him or her. It's probably illegal to bury a pet in a nature preserve or park, but that's what I think I'd like to do. I'm not very comfortable with cremation, and I'd like him or her to have a nice spot to rest and feed the plants.
― Je55e, Monday, 29 April 2013 05:09 (eleven years ago) link
My Dad figured out a way to manipulate cremated remains so they take on a pearl-like appearance, it's very pretty. He makes jewelry out of it.
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Monday, 29 April 2013 05:13 (eleven years ago) link
wait...pet cremains? i came here to complain about other people's friends spamming me on facebook, but while we're at it, my animal hospital was so kind as to give us a little plaster paw print when my dog died. i cherish it! would wear earrings, too.
― and that sounds like a gong-concert (La Lechera), Monday, 29 April 2013 12:49 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah, he uses pets, to be honest he discovered it accidentally and picked up some cremains from the humane society (the pound) to practice with. I think it's lovely because in addition to jewelry you can scatter with some permanence.
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Monday, 29 April 2013 12:57 (eleven years ago) link
I buried the cat, and it took me a whole afternoon to dig a big enough hole. After that, I sat down with the Great Dane and we both came to the conclusion that cremation would be best when it came her time.
― pplains, Monday, 29 April 2013 13:20 (eleven years ago) link
I've buried four or five cats since I was 8 and you must have gone way deeper than I ever did
― charli.xlsx (sic), Monday, 29 April 2013 16:00 (eleven years ago) link
Lot of rocks + big cat + I'm pushing 40.
― pplains, Monday, 29 April 2013 16:08 (eleven years ago) link
Maybe I'll just bury them at sea (Lake Michigan).
― Je55e, Wednesday, 1 May 2013 18:16 (eleven years ago) link
Recently, Facebook wanted some answers to questions, such as "Which University did you go to" and "Where do you work?"
So, if anyone else out there went to "No I did not" university, or currently works at "Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band" then that's where you will find me also..
― Mark G, Wednesday, 8 May 2013 00:11 (eleven years ago) link
Mine kept asking me if I worked at Gawker.
― Airwrecka Bliptrap Blapmantis (ENBB), Wednesday, 8 May 2013 00:23 (eleven years ago) link
don't all ilxors work unpaid by proxy for gawker
― there is no special cathexis with mini fried donuts (Nilmar Honorato da Silva), Wednesday, 8 May 2013 00:27 (eleven years ago) link
their wit and wisdom ripe for reappropriation by our resident gawker writer
― there is no special cathexis with mini fried donuts (Nilmar Honorato da Silva), Wednesday, 8 May 2013 00:28 (eleven years ago) link
i thought facebook was just taunting me for being unemployed. glad to see everyone's getting similar messages
― Treeship, Wednesday, 8 May 2013 00:34 (eleven years ago) link
Trrrrreeeeeershiiiiiiip my duuuuuude
― ְ֮֠֓֟֬֩ (gr8080), Wednesday, 8 May 2013 01:05 (eleven years ago) link
I just noticed that in the messages Inbox there's an 'Other' link which has messages from non-friends, some groups, etc. I have messages from a year and a half ago that I've never seen!
― Fanois och Alexander (Merdeyeux), Tuesday, 11 June 2013 06:22 (eleven years ago) link
...you know you dont gotta answer these, right?
― It is like ganging up on Enya (Trayce), Tuesday, 11 June 2013 07:14 (eleven years ago) link
just write 'springfield elementary' and 'nuclear paner plant'
― post-op1 (electricsound), Tuesday, 11 June 2013 07:46 (eleven years ago) link
nuclear paneer plant
― Operation Gypsy Dildo (silby), Tuesday, 11 June 2013 15:45 (eleven years ago) link
I answered "No, I did not" and often get asked "Who else went to No I did not University? "
(I also put my workplace as Captain Beefheart & his magic band)
― Mark G, Tuesday, 11 June 2013 15:56 (eleven years ago) link
http://qz.com/94574/fellas-facebook-is-allowing-your-profiles-to-be-used-for-this-new-hot-or-not-app/
― iatee, Friday, 14 June 2013 19:58 (eleven years ago) link
wt serious f
― Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 14 June 2013 20:49 (eleven years ago) link
i remember getting reviewed on ex-so.com
― eris bueller (lukas), Friday, 14 June 2013 21:03 (eleven years ago) link
facebook started out as a hot or not site and so it would be poetic if one day it eventually just returned to its roots and became a hot or not site w/ 7 billion people
― iatee, Friday, 14 June 2013 21:08 (eleven years ago) link
i have just noticed a "promote" button next to "share" and has this been mentioned yet? apparently i can pay $6.99 USD to shove my status updates in everyone else's faces.
― ty based gay dead computer god (zachlyon), Monday, 17 June 2013 05:10 (eleven years ago) link
I've seen that on mine too, but thought it was just because my account is affiliated as an admin on some of my work's pages.
― pplains, Monday, 17 June 2013 05:12 (eleven years ago) link
Instead of "thought", make that "assume". I mean, it was an assumption that someone out there really wouldn't pay seven bucks to have their posts jump the line, but I shouldn't be that surprised, I guess.
― pplains, Monday, 17 June 2013 05:13 (eleven years ago) link
Nah that promote button's been there ages now.
― It is like ganging up on Enya (Trayce), Monday, 17 June 2013 05:14 (eleven years ago) link
and yes, you pay to make sure the comment shows up in more peoples feeds, which WTF.
I'm convinced my fb statii appear in nobody's feeds...
― Mark G, Monday, 17 June 2013 06:31 (eleven years ago) link
I see yours by proxy in other peoples comments! I guess that dont count tho.
― It is like ganging up on Enya (Trayce), Monday, 17 June 2013 07:24 (eleven years ago) link
Good to know, but, yeah.
― Mark G, Monday, 17 June 2013 08:02 (eleven years ago) link
i would pay to keep my updates/pics of some people's feeds (people that i cannot delete entirely from my FB for social harmony reasons)
― Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 17 June 2013 15:52 (eleven years ago) link
of=off
― Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 17 June 2013 15:59 (eleven years ago) link
you can do that using the little nut icon next to the date on your statuses and setting up custom privacy groups
― ty based gay dead computer god (zachlyon), Monday, 17 June 2013 16:33 (eleven years ago) link
i changed my birthday to avoid 300 happy birthday wall posts from a bunch of bozos and now i can't change it back
wish i realized i could have just hid it
― http://threeframes.net (gr8080), Monday, 17 June 2013 16:43 (eleven years ago) link
I've merrily cruised through life FB-free up until a couple of weeks ago, when I got had to get access to the company's FB account. It is thee worst. What a hideous monstrosity. Why people actively go to FB for "fun" or "pleasure"... http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Itisamystery.gif
Logged in as a business the search bar is ~gone~. FB becomes unsearchable. Whyyy, FB, whyyy? Do you actually think "a company" is an abstract entity and wouldn't want to search? You don't realize there's a human being using it for a company? Mind = blown.
I have to check on it on the go, on my ipad. Turns out you have to use this spiffy creation called PAGES. O RLY? The FB app points you to PAGES, the PAGES app points you to the FB app. And for what? Nations have started wars about less iirc.
Whatever floats yer boat, live and let live etc, not here to diss FB users. It is just literally such an unusable beast, and so so fucking ugly.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Monday, 17 June 2013 16:54 (eleven years ago) link
I just make it where no one can post on my wall
― Jeff, Monday, 17 June 2013 16:55 (eleven years ago) link
Xpost
uh just got in my timeline a "sponsored post" from "american conservatives of color" with a very graphic photograph of two dead men in a car. just popping up in the middle of my feed with pics of my friends' kids.
― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 26 July 2013 17:19 (eleven years ago) link
that's disgustingthose sponsored posts are the worst because you can't mark them "offensive" -- it's only "i don't want to see this" or sthg like that
― free your spirit pig (La Lechera), Friday, 26 July 2013 18:18 (eleven years ago) link
u cld just quit facebook
― neil degrasse (m bison), Friday, 26 July 2013 19:17 (eleven years ago) link
do u know who doesnt have sponsored posts? MOTHER nature.
― neil degrasse (m bison), Friday, 26 July 2013 19:18 (eleven years ago) link