Things I’m already sick of in 2010
January 13, 2010 by Miss
And we are barely even 12 days in…
Now that I’m not working, the things that annoyed me before, that I could easily ignore because I was distracted from them, are now in my face like, all day.
Enjoy!
~ Fan Pages on Facebook - Guess what? If I wanted to follow your blog’s fan page on Facebook, I would. I would have the first time you asked. I mean, if I don’t I might miss something right? Because your blog is already in my reader and I already follow you on twitter where you spam us every time you write a new post. Your fan page is totally going to give me new information, on top of my following the “real” you on Facebook too, where your twitterfeed is hooked up and you are probably using the NetworkedBlogs app. Guess what? Saturation is complete. No, I promise, it is. I don’t think I need to follow your fan page for you to know I support you. Plus, truth be told, you probably don’t read here and you certainly don’t comment so being your “fan” is low on my list of priorities. Oh and? This is a big one – if I unfollow your fan page, don’t re-invite me. You haven’t even acknowledged my presence in the better part of a year so um, yeah I don’t think so.
~Momspotting - For those not in the “know”, Sprint or some other crappy phone service sent free phones and a chunk of change to some bloggers in exchange for them tweeting about how they use technology in everyday life with their families or something. It’s pretty mind numbing. “I sent a text to my hubby to pick up tampons for me on the way home and I didn’t even have to leave the couch! #momspotting”. I’m totally not kidding. When is that shit going to end? Obviously you are using technology. It’s 2010. Half of us have phones that can access everything our computers can. This thing isn’t breaking any ground here.
~ Foursquare - Go check it out. Go check it out and if you can come back here and show me a GOOD reason why anyone would actually need to use this website, I’ll write a retraction. I’m serious. Basically, I can go to McDonalds and become its Mayor. AND let you know that I’m mayor of McDonalds on Facebook AND twitter and who knows where else. Excited??! Some places offer you free stuff like wifi and potatoes if you are the mayor. Hey! Guess what! I don’t fucking care where the hell you are and I certainly don’t want you to know where I am. If I did, I’d say “I’m shopping at Fresh and Easy bitches!” in 140 chars or less. And know what? It would be exactly the same. No wait, not true. I wouldn’t get a fake badge. Foursquare is completely worthless. Prove me wrong.
~ Words with Friends – UGH. Ok before you iPhone people start spouting off that I have iPhone envy, let me say this: I DO. iPhones are cool. HOWEVER, you are sacrificing good customer AND phone service and I’m not down with that. AT&T sucks major dick and every single one of you with iPhones know that is the fucking truth. Your phone is cool, that isn’t what this is about. This is about me having to see every damn few minutes “I’m so and so on words with friends! Come add me!” I dont know if the app tweets that for you automatically or what but it’s annoying. Also annoying? “.@iPhoneuser totally kicked my ass using ‘rodent’ on Words with Friends today! LOL haha OMG” or “did you know that WWF won’t take ‘asshat’ as a real word? I totally would have beat @alsoannoying if it would! LOL OMG”. Knock that shit off people. We get it, you have iPhones and are playing Scrabble with them. CONGRATS.
So there you have it. Look at it this way, I have a lot of time on my hands so it’s probably not me, its you.
For the love of fan pages, #momspotting, Forsquare and iPhone Words. If you threw my X in that list it would be even more complete for me.
You’re awesome. (And although I manage the FB fan page for my company, I certainly don’t harass anyone into joining. But I still agree with your assessment.)
And had I known you were YOU at Heather’s, I would’ve introduced myself. Doh!
One word: A-freakin’-men.
Viva the return of the Miss-spout-offs. You should be unemployed more often! x
Dude, mcdonalds already has a mayor and his name is McCheese…. Thankyouverymuch
For real though, I’m awesome at the actual game foursquare. Nobody gets me out. Ever.
THANK YOU. Way too much of this stuff has been all up in mah twitter stream! It’s ridonk! I’ve fanned some people on FB cuz I figure it’ll help them with their ad rates or whatever the fug, but.
So much media static. Grah.
yes. the fan pages. just. yes.
also? thanks for clearing up the momspotting thing. I had no idea what that shit was…but was seeing it EVERYWHERE.
Ah, finally a clear explanation of #momspotting. And yes, yes, and yes to everything else. Especially Foursquare. Do. Not. Understand.
all i gotta say is amen and preach it and OMG i love this. and i’ve never even heard of foursquare til today and i still don’t get how you’re a mayor and why anyone would care. like seriously, it’s confusing and makes no sense to me. and the momspotting thing…didn’t know what that was either. you rock.
NAIL ON HEAD. you are the fucking balls. love it.
DUDE. I feel you on AT &T. I would rather use a tin can and a cup then EVER use ATT. (That being said, I *do* want an iTouch…because yes, I’m envious)
And everything else you said…me too. Srsly.
(I don’t have 4square, but.. you know, I’m at work. Because I know you care)
Shit like this entry? is why you must be in my life forevah! I just love you, snarky beesch! Mwah!
I have seen all of these and didn’t know what half of them were. Thanks for the explanations and the warnings.
YES TO ALL OF IT.
Um….YES.
I HATE the words with friends twitter things. and the momspotting thing. actually I hate all of the things you wrote about.
I was wondering what the hell that #momspotting shit was all about. That’s just bullshit.
So ummm, you’re saying you won’t be my fan? Or play scrabble with me when you get an iPhone on Verizon next year? I kid.
I want to play words with friends so bad. I love scrabble. But I don’t get the iPhone for 6 more months…and with my luck? No one will play by then. Am glad you explained the momspotting thing. Have been wondering. But didn’t care enough to ask.
Mine is the tweets….the you can maybe never really win a (insert shiny thing here) if you retweet this. Sigh. No one EVERY WINS. Stop it. Is annoying.
yeah I’m generally not a fan of anything that you beat me over the head with. And there’s been a lot of that lately. There is someone on Facebook who asks me every other day, I swear, to be a fan on facebook of. I don’t read her blog. I don’t plan to, after that. UGH.
I love it when you’re nasty
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An iPhone is so not in my horizon – I bet my 9 y.o. will get one before I do. Sigh.
I disagree with you about AT&T. I’ve been with them for 5 years now and every time I have to deal with them, they’re nothing but accommodating. Actually, last month I went over my minutes by accident and called them and said “oops” and they gave me a credit. No argument. There’s nothing better than an iPhone, period. I find that people who, for one reason or another, can’t get an iPhone always come up with these ridiculous reasons not to have one.
Amen. Amen. Amen.
I am so far out of the loop that I had to check out almost every single one of these.. LOL
I hate my iphone.. HATE the effing phone to death. But I will be damned if I purchase another single phone from AT&T.. I cannot wait until this mother flucking contract is over..
Ha! Great post.
Sounds like SOMEbody’s got a case of the Mondays.
I may or may not be one or two of the people above.
I bet you also hate people who use stupid movie quotes.
I’ll be back.
Do you follow other momspotters, or is that directed at me? I ask because I don’t follow any of the others, except Lotus, and I didn’t think you did either so you know. Wondering.
At least I deleted WWF because it was glitchy for me, so you won’t see those tweets coming from me, right? RIGHT?!
Catching up after a time away from the blogging scene. Right there with you. (On the less-employed and the annoyed at shit I previously didn’t notice.) Add to the list? Sending me fucking cheeseburgers and HUGS on Facebook. And quizzes about what color or shoe style or alcohol I am. (OK, OK, so I took that last quiz.)
sing it, sister!
agreed on all accounts.
SERIOUSLY. amen. amen. amen. i am SO OVER the FB fan pages, and FB networked blogs and all that shit. and the AT&T rant? FOR SURE. I will gladly keep my Blackberry, thankyouverymuch.
So me posting to join http://www.advantageledsigns.com fan page pissed you off huh? Well then go join the damn fan page for me and I will stop bugging you to join it.
<3 you!!!
THIS. Throw in some Farmville, cause people don’t let that one go. These are the kinda things that make people all sad at technology.
Omg, you’re so right! All the same shit annoys me! Hey, I just commented from my phone sitting on my ass while telling my kid to calm down and I didn’t use the *momspotting* thing. Go me!
hahahaha. I’ve been wondering what all that momspotting and words with friends shit is about. LOL I don’t have a blog fan page, and I DO come read here, so you can’t possibly be mad at me!!
I totally agree with you about the Fan Pages… seriously these are the same people who when I @ them on twitter or comment on their blogs, don’t EVER acknowledge me.
The momspotting thing I had no idea what it was about, just knew that it was kind of annoying. I only followed one person who actually did it, and I thought it was lame. Thanks for clarifying.
Foursquare. Boggles. My. Fucking. Mind.
I did love Words, but kinda fallen out of the bliss. lol
First time I have read your blog and this post has made me love you allready. yes, yes, yes to everything you said.