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I have several Facebook friends that brag about their lives throughout the day. They think that people want to hear about their every move as if they are some type of celebrity. They try to make it seem like their life is so great that it's worth bragging about on Facebook several times a day. I finally had enough of it when one of them started posting daily highlights from his winter vacation to the Bahamas, so I hid his feed from my Facebook home page.

Some people obviously love hearing about the lives of these braggarts based on all the comments they make on the daily brags. Why is that? Are people so hopeless about their own boring lives that they have to follow the soap opera lives of Facebook braggarts?

Voyager wrote:I have several Facebook friends that brag about their lives throughout the day. They think that people want to hear about their every move as if they are some type of celebrity. They try to make it seem like their life is so great that it's worth bragging about on Facebook several times a day. I finally had enough of it when one of them started posting daily highlights from his winter vacation to the Bahamas, so I hid his feed from my Facebook home page.Some people obviously love hearing about the lives of these braggarts based on all the comments they make on the daily brags. Why is that? Are people so hopeless about their own boring lives that they have to follow the soap opera lives of Facebook braggarts?

I'm sure he has a small penis syndrome.

Voyager wrote:I have several Facebook friends that brag about their lives throughout the day. They think that people want to hear about their every move as if they are some type of celebrity. They try to make it seem like their life is so great that it's worth bragging about on Facebook several times a day. I finally had enough of it when one of them started posting daily highlights from his winter vacation to the Bahamas, so I hid his feed from my Facebook home page.

Some people obviously love hearing about the lives of these braggarts based on all the comments they make on the daily brags. Why is that? Are people so hopeless about their own boring lives that they have to follow the soap opera lives of Facebook braggarts?

are you insecure & jealous of their lives?

cyndy! wrote:

Voyager wrote:I have several Facebook friends that brag about their lives throughout the day. They think that people want to hear about their every move as if they are some type of celebrity. They try to make it seem like their life is so great that it's worth bragging about on Facebook several times a day. I finally had enough of it when one of them started posting daily highlights from his winter vacation to the Bahamas, so I hid his feed from my Facebook home page.

Some people obviously love hearing about the lives of these braggarts based on all the comments they make on the daily brags. Why is that? Are people so hopeless about their own boring lives that they have to follow the soap opera lives of Facebook braggarts?

are you insecure & jealous of their lives?

Fucking score.

cyndy! wrote:

Voyager wrote:I have several Facebook friends that brag about their lives throughout the day. They think that people want to hear about their every move as if they are some type of celebrity. They try to make it seem like their life is so great that it's worth bragging about on Facebook several times a day. I finally had enough of it when one of them started posting daily highlights from his winter vacation to the Bahamas, so I hid his feed from my Facebook home page.

Some people obviously love hearing about the lives of these braggarts based on all the comments they make on the daily brags. Why is that? Are people so hopeless about their own boring lives that they have to follow the soap opera lives of Facebook braggarts?

are you insecure & jealous of their lives?

LOL - no, my life has all of the same things they brag about and more... I just don't feel the need to broadcast it throughout the day to everyone in an attempt to make myself look better.

Voyager wrote:

cyndy! wrote:are you insecure & jealous of their lives?

LOL - no, my life has all of the same things they brag about and more... I just don't feel the need to broadcast it throughout the day to everyone in an attempt to make myself look better.

Don't tell me... you've taken offense at my post because you are one of those braggarts? Or is it because you follow the posts of one of them?

Score!

i was just asking a question. here's another question: is the bolded quote above considered bragging?

cyndy! wrote:

Voyager wrote:

cyndy! wrote:are you insecure & jealous of their lives?

LOL - no, my life has all of the same things they brag about and more... I just don't feel the need to broadcast it throughout the day to everyone in an attempt to make myself look better.

Don't tell me... you've taken offense at my post because you are one of those braggarts? Or is it because you follow the posts of one of them?

Score!

i was just asking a question. here's another question: is the bolded quote above considered bragging?

I'm just saying that people are conceited if they think others want to read about what time of day they brushed their teeth and where they took their client for lunch.

I don't pay much attention to it. The bragging bugs me less than a few other types - the two things that annoy me on facebook are the attention seekers and the statuses that are so downright boring that you want to go to their house and slap them to hell for being so boring.

To be fair, we all do this from time to time... I'm not always the best entertainer, I'm sure. But I'm talking about people who ONLY post stuff like that.

I have one friend who never posts anything even remotely interesting. It's always about having a headache or making coffee or how so and so it annoying her... or something. I accept these blurbs once in a while, but I can't think of one single time she ever posted something that wasn't about baking cookies or waiting on coffee to brew. I have another friend who posts in two categories... what music they're playing or the dreaded "please pay attention to me and ask me what's wrong". They'll write... "*sigh* or "oh just forget it!" or something like that and wait for people to go "what's wrong?" Dude, clearly you wish to express something, so just say it!

bluejeangirl76 wrote:I don't pay much attention to it. The bragging bugs me less than a few other types - the two things that annoy me on facebook are the attention seekers and the statuses that are so downright boring that you want to go to their house and slap them to hell for being so boring.

To be fair, we all do this from time to time... I'm not always the best entertainer, I'm sure. But I'm talking about people who ONLY post stuff like that.

I have one friend who never posts anything even remotely interesting. It's always about having a headache or making coffee or how so and so it annoying her... or something. I accept these blurbs once in a while, but I can't think of one single time she ever posted something that wasn't about baking cookies or waiting on coffee to brew. I have another friend who posts in two categories... what music they're playing or the dreaded "please pay attention to me and ask me what's wrong". They'll write... "*sigh* or "oh just forget it!" or something like that and wait for people to go "what's wrong?" Dude, clearly you wish to express something, so just say it!

Oh I couldn't agree more!!

Here's a tip....go into your friends list, find those people that irritate you with their statuses and click the "X", this deletes them from your friend list so you don't HAVE to read their status updates anymore.

It doesn't bother me because a-I know if it gets too irritating I can just delete them (something I have done often but mostly because I get sick and tired of reading farmtown updates every ten minutes) and b-I consider Facebook as "their" page, they can say whatever they want. It irritates me more when people brag on message boards (such as this one) and refer over and over to inside jokes then refuse to let everyone else in on the joke when asked about it.

There is a really amazing book by Dale Carnegie called, How to Win Friends and Influence People and one of the key ideas in the book is the craving of all people to be important. Not a basic need, but a craving. The explosion of Facebook and Twitter is servicing that desire in a way that nothing else has and I doubt there is an end in sight. If it helps people to feel important without being destructive, it's okay by me - I don't have to read what they post. I just wish people would satisfy that craving by doing something constructive - helping others seems to be a much better way to do that than trying to convince others about how great your life is and setting it up as something to covet. That tends to backfire - look at Tiger Woods. Truth will out!

Not sure how you get around facebook.But i can get to what i want & that is so fine with me.

I agree with Voyager. I have a Facebook account but I never use it. Partly b/c I'm Facebook illiterate & partly b/c it just doesn't appeal to me. I'm not interested in reading whether or not someone decided to live life on the edge & forget the decaf for one day, opting for the more dangerous regular brew. I've never been a big fan of Facebook, Myspace or Twitter. The only reason I have the Twitter account is to follow Adam Lambert. (Damn, doesn't make me sound too pathetic, does it.) Sorry, but I'm a "Lambert Loon." I think he & Steve Perry should do a duet-- & I'm 'effing serious about that statement. Their voices would sound awesome together. I'm really into Lambert's music right now & the best way to keep up on the latest is through his tweets. He tweets on there a lot. I'm waiting for him to come in concert & if I miss it when he comes my way, I'll just have to throw myself off a bridge or something.

Did that sound melodramtic?

Yes

WalkInMyShoes wrote:Yes

JasonD wrote:

WalkInMyShoes wrote:Yes

lol...a seizure emoticon.

I am happy to hear that I'm not the only one that questions the usefulness of all of these social networking sites. I have never understood why someone wouldn't call you to tell you something or leave an email. These impersonal 140 character messages on Twitter and texting would be bothersome to receive. I DO see some value to messaging, like getting a message from a professor that a class has been cancelled, telling someone you're late for an appointment, "could you pick up some milk on the way home?"-type thing, but I don't need to know that someone just took out the garbage or saw Steve Perry at the airport. TOO MUCH INFORMATION!!!

I think it's hard to keep up with My Space, Facebook, YouTube, MR, Twitter, my home email, work email and actually get anything done. It's fun and you meet some interesting people, but I think you have to pick and choose what to do with your spare time. Don't get me started about using all of these things at work...

WalkInMyShoes wrote:I am happy to hear that I'm not the only one that questions the usefulness of all of these social networking sites. I have never understood why someone wouldn't call you to tell you something or leave an email. These impersonal 140 character messages on Twitter and texting would be bothersome to receive. I DO see some value to messaging, like getting a message from a professor that a class has been cancelled, telling someone you're late for an appointment, "could you pick up some milk on the way home?"-type thing, but I don't need to know that someone just took out the garbage or saw Steve Perry at the airport. TOO MUCH INFORMATION!!!

I think it's hard to keep up with My Space, Facebook, YouTube, MR, Twitter, my home email, work email and actually get anything done. It's fun and you meet some interesting people, but I think you have to pick and choose what to do with your spare time. Don't get me started about using all of these things at work...

When Lambert decides to call me direct then I'll forfeit my Twitter account.

(I'm just picking on you, hon. I know exactly what you meant.)

JasonD wrote:I agree with Voyager. I have a Facebook account but I never use it. Partly b/c I'm Facebook illiterate & partly b/c it just doesn't appeal to me. I'm not interested in reading whether or not someone decided to live life on the edge & forget the decaf for one day, opting for the more dangerous regular brew. I've never been a big fan of Facebook, Myspace or Twitter. The only reason I have the Twitter account is to follow Adam Lambert. (Damn, doesn't make me sound too pathetic, does it.) Sorry, but I'm a "Lambert Loon." I think he & Steve Perry should do a duet-- & I'm 'effing serious about that statement. Their voices would sound awesome together. I'm really into Lambert's music right now & the best way to keep up on the latest is through his tweets. He tweets on there a lot. I'm waiting for him to come in concert & if I miss it when he comes my way, I'll just have to throw myself off a bridge or something.

Did that sound melodramtic?

Perry & Lambert would be great together Jason.I go to facebook to keep up with Lawarnce Gowan & Tommy Shaw.But more into gowan.He is on facebook alot.And you can send him messages and he will answer you back.So i guess i am a gowan loon as well as a Perry loon.lololol

isn't the whole point of faceboook to allow you to stay connected if that is what you choose to do? what is an acceptable status update?

and nobody brags here? Give me a break!

Lula wrote:isn't the whole point of faceboook to allow you to stay connected if that is what you choose to do? what is an acceptable status update?

Exactly Lula. I mean I have LOTS of people who have invited me to be their "facebook friend" who I am sure could care less about my pictures, and status's and whatever else I put on there. They probably invited me more out of nosiness than really caring about what I am up to, but I still accepted them, because I did know them at one time. The stuff I post isn't for them. It's for the people I am closer to, who also read there, and do have an interest in what I'm saying and doing. People I cant' talk to everyday, but it takes only a second to say something there they can all read. And if they don't care either, then who cares. It's just a fun place to be able to share is all. When it becomes not fun is when it's time to leave maybe.

JasonD wrote:I agree with Voyager. I have a Facebook account but I never use it. Partly b/c I'm Facebook illiterate & partly b/c it just doesn't appeal to me. I'm not interested in reading whether or not someone decided to live life on the edge & forget the decaf for one day, opting for the more dangerous regular brew. I've never been a big fan of Facebook, Myspace or Twitter. The only reason I have the Twitter account is to follow Adam Lambert. (Damn, doesn't make me sound too pathetic, does it.) Sorry, but I'm a "Lambert Loon." I think he & Steve Perry should do a duet-- & I'm 'effing serious about that statement. Their voices would sound awesome together. I'm really into Lambert's music right now & the best way to keep up on the latest is through his tweets. He tweets on there a lot. I'm waiting for him to come in concert & if I miss it when he comes my way, I'll just have to throw myself off a bridge or something.

Did that sound melodramtic?

No it sounded gay as shit Jason

stevew2 wrote:

JasonD wrote:I agree with Voyager. I have a Facebook account but I never use it. Partly b/c I'm Facebook illiterate & partly b/c it just doesn't appeal to me. I'm not interested in reading whether or not someone decided to live life on the edge & forget the decaf for one day, opting for the more dangerous regular brew. I've never been a big fan of Facebook, Myspace or Twitter. The only reason I have the Twitter account is to follow Adam Lambert. (Damn, doesn't make me sound too pathetic, does it.) Sorry, but I'm a "Lambert Loon." I think he & Steve Perry should do a duet-- & I'm 'effing serious about that statement. Their voices would sound awesome together. I'm really into Lambert's music right now & the best way to keep up on the latest is through his tweets. He tweets on there a lot. I'm waiting for him to come in concert & if I miss it when he comes my way, I'll just have to throw myself off a bridge or something.

Did that sound melodramtic?

No it sounded gay as shit Jason

Adam Lambert is just a little bit too over the top for me. I would like to hear Steve Perry again though.

JasonD wrote:

WalkInMyShoes wrote:I am happy to hear that I'm not the only one that questions the usefulness of all of these social networking sites. I have never understood why someone wouldn't call you to tell you something or leave an email. These impersonal 140 character messages on Twitter and texting would be bothersome to receive. I DO see some value to messaging, like getting a message from a professor that a class has been cancelled, telling someone you're late for an appointment, "could you pick up some milk on the way home?"-type thing, but I don't need to know that someone just took out the garbage or saw Steve Perry at the airport. TOO MUCH INFORMATION!!!

I think it's hard to keep up with My Space, Facebook, YouTube, MR, Twitter, my home email, work email and actually get anything done. It's fun and you meet some interesting people, but I think you have to pick and choose what to do with your spare time. Don't get me started about using all of these things at work...

When Lambert decides to call me direct then I'll forfeit my Twitter account.

(I'm just picking on you, hon. I know exactly what you meant.)

Say hi from me, when he does

Triple S wrote:

JasonD wrote:

WalkInMyShoes wrote:I am happy to hear that I'm not the only one that questions the usefulness of all of these social networking sites. I have never understood why someone wouldn't call you to tell you something or leave an email. These impersonal 140 character messages on Twitter and texting would be bothersome to receive. I DO see some value to messaging, like getting a message from a professor that a class has been cancelled, telling someone you're late for an appointment, "could you pick up some milk on the way home?"-type thing, but I don't need to know that someone just took out the garbage or saw Steve Perry at the airport. TOO MUCH INFORMATION!!!

I think it's hard to keep up with My Space, Facebook, YouTube, MR, Twitter, my home email, work email and actually get anything done. It's fun and you meet some interesting people, but I think you have to pick and choose what to do with your spare time. Don't get me started about using all of these things at work...

When Lambert decides to call me direct then I'll forfeit my Twitter account.

(I'm just picking on you, hon. I know exactly what you meant.)

Say hi from me, when he does

Sure thing!

Hey---It's been driving me crazy.... who's that in your avatar? I'm thinking a young Peter Frampton, but maybe not.

JasonD wrote:

Triple S wrote:

JasonD wrote:

WalkInMyShoes wrote:I am happy to hear that I'm not the only one that questions the usefulness of all of these social networking sites. I have never understood why someone wouldn't call you to tell you something or leave an email. These impersonal 140 character messages on Twitter and texting would be bothersome to receive. I DO see some value to messaging, like getting a message from a professor that a class has been cancelled, telling someone you're late for an appointment, "could you pick up some milk on the way home?"-type thing, but I don't need to know that someone just took out the garbage or saw Steve Perry at the airport. TOO MUCH INFORMATION!!!

I think it's hard to keep up with My Space, Facebook, YouTube, MR, Twitter, my home email, work email and actually get anything done. It's fun and you meet some interesting people, but I think you have to pick and choose what to do with your spare time. Don't get me started about using all of these things at work...

When Lambert decides to call me direct then I'll forfeit my Twitter account.

(I'm just picking on you, hon. I know exactly what you meant.)

Say hi from me, when he does

Sure thing!

Hey---It's been driving me crazy.... who's that in your avatar? I'm thinking a young Peter Frampton, but maybe not.

Nope - (a young) Freddy Curci (Alias, Sheriff). Voice of an angel.

Well, you gotta admit, they look similar. ^^^^^ Compare your avi to the Frampton pic I just posted.

JasonD wrote:Well, you gotta admit, they look similar. ^^^^^ Compare your avi to the Frampton pic I just posted.

Somewhat - same hair anyway (like a thousand others back then ).

JasonD wrote:

Triple S wrote:

JasonD wrote:

WalkInMyShoes wrote:I am happy to hear that I'm not the only one that questions the usefulness of all of these social networking sites. I have never understood why someone wouldn't call you to tell you something or leave an email. These impersonal 140 character messages on Twitter and texting would be bothersome to receive. I DO see some value to messaging, like getting a message from a professor that a class has been cancelled, telling someone you're late for an appointment, "could you pick up some milk on the way home?"-type thing, but I don't need to know that someone just took out the garbage or saw Steve Perry at the airport. TOO MUCH INFORMATION!!!

I think it's hard to keep up with My Space, Facebook, YouTube, MR, Twitter, my home email, work email and actually get anything done. It's fun and you meet some interesting people, but I think you have to pick and choose what to do with your spare time. Don't get me started about using all of these things at work...

When Lambert decides to call me direct then I'll forfeit my Twitter account.

(I'm just picking on you, hon. I know exactly what you meant.)

Say hi from me, when he does

Sure thing!

Hey---It's been driving me crazy.... who's that in your avatar? I'm thinking a young Peter Frampton, but maybe not.

He was hot back in the day.