I am tempted far too often to write completely unhelpful things on social media. Not mean things. Unhelpful. Like when someone asked for wire hangers to use in a yard sale, I wanted to write “NO MORE WIRE HANGERS!” But I didn’t, because that lady has shit to do and reading my lame reference is likely not on her list.
Then again, there are sometimes posts that are just… outright dumb and ignorant. I don’t want to start anything, but my fingers itch to write a simple “No.” That’s it. Just go around writing “No.” on all the dumbass posts. But why would I do that to myself?
Some people ask where they can sign their 5 year old up for SAT prep (mildly kidding) and I want to reference a therapist. Not helpful, at least not in a helpful way. I show such repeated restraint on a daily basis and I wonder what would happen if I had a “yes” day for myself.
Do I want to get off social media all-together because it’s a cesspool of terrible? Definitely. Have I been told that in order to publish a book you must have a “platform” and “followers” and so I continue to sell my soul to the devil and lamely refrain? Yes.
Other examples of restrained posts:
Their post: “Something ridiculously patriotic to the point of caricature.” The post I did not do: “Rome burned.”
Their post: “Something TMI about their relationship.” The post I did not do: “This is hella awkward for all 400 of us.”
Their post: “My kid won’t sleep, howwww do I survive this!” The post I did not do: “God, I’m glad I’m not you.”
Their post: “My kid is in 345 activities and we’re all stressed, which activity will make us relaxed?” The post I did not do: “Don’t do activities.”
Their post: “What do you do for the gray hairs and wrinkles?” The post I did not do: “Nothing.”
Their post: “Why do I do everything around the house?” The post I did not do: “Did you try not doing everything?”
Their post: “Incompetent husbands, amiright?! lol” The post I did not do: “I chose wisely, sorry bout your luck.”
Their post: “Person X in history was AMAZING and PERFECT.” The post I did not do: “Pobody’s Nerfect.”
I’ll stop.
