Post by riseofsetian1981 on Feb 7, 2013 16:10:09 GMT -5
One unfriending incident kind of amused me then and still tickles me to this very day. When the tragic shooting in Colorado happened, I remember posting a lengthy status sending my thoughts, prayers, and condolences to those who were lost in the shooting spree. Being an employee at a movie theatre I had a customer walk up to me and ask "If I watch Batman. Will I get shot?"
Granted he could've been trolling me. But I kept on receiving questions like that within for what seemed like a 20 to 30 minute span. It wasn't until a week or two later that those questions started to become ridiculous. So I put on my Facebook "Who knew a shooting in another state could turn people into such wimps."
I wasn't downplaying the tragedy nor was I making light of the situation. I simply got tired of people living their lives in fear and I even put a post like that on Facebook. A friend of mine got offended, called me a heartless piece of trash, and unfriended me because it was a shallow thing to say according to her. The irony of the unfriending is she didn't like, comment, or even acknowledge my previous status about the tragedy. But the one thing that set her off was THAT one status update.
Unfriending is definitely not a big deal or anything. But some people do it for the most childish reasons.
Totally.
Basically, I'm not a very PC guy. I mean, I'm respectful, and not super-opinionated... but I do like to say the absolute worst or most offensive thing I can think of to get a reaction, at times. I figure, if you're a friend of mine on Facebook... you should know that. If you don't like it, go ahead and unfriend me... but don't yell at me like you didn't know that about me. Just quietly unfriend me and move on with life.
The only time I did a mass "un-friend" thing was when I posted a random status, someone took it the wrong way, and decided to get me in trouble at work with it. I didn't know if it was a co-worker or someone else.... so I decided to play it safe and unfriend everybody I wasn't related to, or hadn't personally spoken with in the last week since I posted the status. I've been slowly re-friending people, when they ask what happened, I just tell them I had an incident, unfriended pretty much everyone, and now I'm re-adding people I find I can trust because I DID go on a pretty big "OOOH I remember that guy! FRIEND REQUEST!" thing a few years ago and had about 80% of my list full of people I had no intention of even talking to.
Much like you, I am not a politically correct individual. I say what's on my mind and enjoy getting reactions, making people think, and truly don't wear my feelings on my sleeve. Facebook in general has just become drama central.