breakups and makeups

DRAMA!!! Holy cow! Okay, so I was scrolling down my News Feed when all of the sudden I came upon this post that said "I'd rather be happy and single than be with and miserable." My first thought was that it was from a song or something but I clicked on the comments....it wasn't from a song. I read 60 comments of the purest form of a facebook fight. It was horrible.
Back Story: This guy that I graduated from High School with has been dating this girl that's 2 years younger than him off and on for a while and rumors have been going around that she cheated on him and that she constantly lies to him. Well while all of her friends are commenting for him to take it off of facebook he's throwing her down and cant keep his story straight of whether or not she actually cheated. And then guys were commenting saying "bro this isn't right, take it off of facebook." OH. MY. LANTA. he flipped out when they said that. He was telling the guys to come and talk to him and that he has something to say and to stop hiding behind the keyboard and so on. To which the guy who said to take it off of facebook, his ex-girlfriend commented telling the main guy that he cant because he doesn't live there anymore and that he is being stupid. Needless to say there was a TON of drama and nothing got resolved....it was a pointless fight but a lot of fun to read. I don't have a tv in my apartment because im poor as junk so facebook fights are like soap operas...I got my fill for the next 3 years with this fight...

Snow and awkward moments

Social Media is great for one thing...and one thing only. For all of your friends to tell you what is going on in their day. Today for example I found out it was snowing before I even got a chance to look outside because Facebook was blowing up with "OMG snow!" "burrrr its cold outside" "let it snow! let it snow! let it snow!" Therefore I knew to dress for the cold weather before anything. Facebook is like a really distorted news channel, it tells you when its snowing, rainy, to hot, to cold, the end of the semester, Christmas time, Thanksgiving, Pearl Harbor, and black Friday just to name a few. Its nice to know everything but it can also get really awkward. Like this weekend for instance... One of my friends on Facebook was talking about the great night she had with her boyfriend and how great he is in bed....wow. So this girl posted that just thinking that her 300 friends would read it, but a screenshot was taken, sent to friends, who then sent it to their friends, who sent it to Failbook, and now it is being blogged about...I don't think it gets worse than that. And studies have shown that anything put up on the internet isn't just there for a few weeks or a few months...its up there for AT LEAST 10 years...AT LEAST. So I wouldn't put anything up there that's to naughty...

failbook

These pictures are from a hilariously funny website called failbook. Unfortunately we've all had these kind of Facebook fights show up on our newsfeed but we wouldn't dare blog about them because well that's tacky. So here are a few that I don't have to be tacky to blog about because they aren't on my newsfeed....so its different right?

What the professionals have to say

http://www.cinewsnow.com/news/local/Ask-Dr-Joy-Miller-Social-media-drama-175680461.html

This is a link to a video put out by CINEWSNOW. It talks about why people are willing to type things that they would NEVER say in person. For example if you were to go on a girls Facebook where she has a revealing picture, the guys are going to say "sexy!" "so hot" and some of the girls are going to say "oh my gosh! I freaking love you! you look amazing!" while all the other girls just say "wow" or "slut..." Most of the guys that commented are in a relationship and would never ever say this to the girl but they will post it? Does that make sense? I understand that behind a keyboard that no one can see you, but here is the thing about posting, blogging, sending, emailing, texting... it is out there for at least ten years. People usually forget what you say but they will never forget what you wrote. So be careful! THINK!