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Bluevanman said:
The thing about birthday greetings and suchlike on Facebook I don't understand......if it's someone's birthday I'd put the greeting on their profile page but so many do it on their own and tag in the recipient.
It comes across as attention seeking to me
You've described about 95% of Facebook, Insta and Linkedin.It comes across as attention seeking to me
Caddyshack said:
There seems to be more and more people I know adopting the “happy heavenly birthday” thing. I don’t get why they write the message as if to the person who died….if there was a heaven, I am sure they wouldn’t have Facebook. I can sort of understand why some people want to say “I miss my dad” but saying “I miss you dad” is a bit odd to me.
My wife's cousin does this - anniversaries of family, friends, pets and celebs who she claims are close friends. But does she remember my birthday?..........Truckosaurus said:
Caddyshack said:
There seems to be more and more people I know adopting the “happy heavenly birthday” thing. I don’t get why they write the message as if to the person who died….if there was a heaven, I am sure they wouldn’t have Facebook. I can sort of understand why some people want to say “I miss my dad” but saying “I miss you dad” is a bit odd to me.
I have at one Facebook contact that is long gone but their page is still active and pops up in the 'Today is X's Birthday' section and people leave nice comments, seems a good way to keep remembering someone.matchmaker said:
Truckosaurus said:
Caddyshack said:
There seems to be more and more people I know adopting the “happy heavenly birthday” thing. I don’t get why they write the message as if to the person who died….if there was a heaven, I am sure they wouldn’t have Facebook. I can sort of understand why some people want to say “I miss my dad” but saying “I miss you dad” is a bit odd to me.
I have at one Facebook contact that is long gone but their page is still active and pops up in the 'Today is X's Birthday' section and people leave nice comments, seems a good way to keep remembering someone.Truckosaurus said:
Caddyshack said:
There seems to be more and more people I know adopting the “happy heavenly birthday” thing. I don’t get why they write the message as if to the person who died….if there was a heaven, I am sure they wouldn’t have Facebook. I can sort of understand why some people want to say “I miss my dad” but saying “I miss you dad” is a bit odd to me.
I have at one Facebook contact that is long gone but their page is still active and pops up in the 'Today is X's Birthday' section and people leave nice comments, seems a good way to keep remembering someone.WarrenB said:
Caddyshack said:
There seems to be more and more people I know adopting the “happy heavenly birthday” thing. I don’t get why they write the message as if to the person who died….if there was a heaven, I am sure they wouldn’t have Facebook. I can sort of understand why some people want to say “I miss my dad” but saying “I miss you dad” is a bit odd to me.
A very council cousin of mine wishes all her family, friends and friends kids happy birthday on Instagram 'because it's easier than sending cards'. I asked if four year old Ellie Mae has Instagram to see her birthday greeting, along with a snapchat filtered-to-f
You would hope that your comment to her could make her realise the error but I bet she just merrily continues.
Caddyshack said:
matchmaker said:
Truckosaurus said:
Caddyshack said:
There seems to be more and more people I know adopting the “happy heavenly birthday” thing. I don’t get why they write the message as if to the person who died….if there was a heaven, I am sure they wouldn’t have Facebook. I can sort of understand why some people want to say “I miss my dad” but saying “I miss you dad” is a bit odd to me.
I have at one Facebook contact that is long gone but their page is still active and pops up in the 'Today is X's Birthday' section and people leave nice comments, seems a good way to keep remembering someone.Truckosaurus said:
Caddyshack said:
There seems to be more and more people I know adopting the “happy heavenly birthday” thing. I don’t get why they write the message as if to the person who died….if there was a heaven, I am sure they wouldn’t have Facebook. I can sort of understand why some people want to say “I miss my dad” but saying “I miss you dad” is a bit odd to me.
I have at one Facebook contact that is long gone but their page is still active and pops up in the 'Today is X's Birthday' section and people leave nice comments, seems a good way to keep remembering someone.We're still "friends" on Facebook and I get her birthday notifications each year and that seems a nice way to remember her.
Granadier said:
I have even seen scores of people commenting "happy birthday!" on posts marking the 'heavenly' birthdays of long-dead celebrities. Wishing happy birthday to a deceased complete stranger seems utterly pointless to me
But then I'd guess you have more than one brain cell, a job and a life.
zetec said:
I'm waiting for the posts like there was in the summer warning people not to walk dogs as their paws can burn on hot pavements. Only for it to be frostbite on cold pavements
We had a couple or more whingeing about the council spraying some mild weedkiller on the kerbs in the summer. They were getting all hysterical as they coudn't take their dogs for a walk and also children at risk from walking on the sprayed area.They weren't too happy at my observation that the majority of the children these days wear shoes so would likely survive....
andygo said:
We had a couple or more whingeing about the council spraying some mild weedkiller on the kerbs in the summer. They were getting all hysterical as they coudn't take their dogs for a walk and also children at risk from walking on the sprayed area.
They weren't too happy at my observation that the majority of the children these days wear shoes so would likely survive....
Wait until they work out that schools and nursery outdoor spaces are still drenched in weedkiller....They weren't too happy at my observation that the majority of the children these days wear shoes so would likely survive....
matchmaker said:
It can go a bit far. I had a friend on FB who died suddenly in 2009. I've looked back on her pages, and there were people posting messages such as "Dear Ruth. So sorry to hear this xxx". She didn't reply. Could be that the good Lord has barred access to FB in the afterlife...
My amazing best friend died very suddenly last month, a week before her birthday. We tried to get the message out, but on the day itself her Facebook was a surreal mix of people sending condolences to her family and those hoping she had a fabulous day.Local chav has had kids motocross bikes nicked from back garden
They are “frumin”
They have it all on CCTV
someone asks why don’t they post the cctv - “because it’s illegal”
Someone then points out that them using the kids motocross bikes on the local estate and woods is also illegal has not gone down well
Of course all the chavs are loving it, and the normal folk are keeping their gobs shut
Classic bread and butter Facebook material
If you click on their profile you can of course see the bikes unsecured in the back garden on an open profile
It’s hard to join the evidence together
They are “frumin”
They have it all on CCTV
someone asks why don’t they post the cctv - “because it’s illegal”
Someone then points out that them using the kids motocross bikes on the local estate and woods is also illegal has not gone down well
Of course all the chavs are loving it, and the normal folk are keeping their gobs shut
Classic bread and butter Facebook material
If you click on their profile you can of course see the bikes unsecured in the back garden on an open profile
It’s hard to join the evidence together
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