Wasn't sure whether this should go in the "mildly irritating" thread, or this one, but this one was higher up the page, so...
Facebook posts that go:
"Does anybody know what this is?
[insert pic of a hand-crank meat grinder, sparkplug gauge, or some other random thing that kids and young adults today wouldn't recognize]
Like and share if you do (but don't say what it is!)."
These annoy me to no end. Maybe I'm overreacting, but it feels to me like people who do that feel the need to be validated for being old, which is stupid. To me, this type of post has three strikes against it right off the bat:
1. I don't care for your air of moral superiority, even over something so trivial. And if you post these, there is a high likelihood that you post plenty of other things that have made me kind of regret accepting your friend request through the years.
2. If you demand that I like and share
anything, I'm not going to, just to spite you. It's pretty rare that I "like&share" anyway, but you just assured that I will not.
3. Why not say what it is? If people
don't know what it is, why not take the opportunity to educate them? Wouldn't that be more fun that just reposting something?
4. (Yes, I can count to three. This is a bonus peeve) The spelling, grammar, and punctuation are probably glaringly bad, which makes me question why you liked and shared it. If you truly liked it, you probably should have proof read it and edited it before sharing.
...And on a different note:
Good coleslaw is bad ass. Good coffee is bad ass. Onions, insofar as vegetables go, are bad ass.
This!
Tomatoes suck, but I've grown to at least tolerate them in certain circumstances.
But not that.