I love my mom. I love my dad. I think sons are the best thing ever. I think daughters are the best thing ever. I think cancer sucks. I'm a great friend. I support the walk. I think dogs have many better qualities than most humans. I think it's a good idea to donate blood.
But I also think I don't have to prove it to you.
Of all the annoying posts on Facebook - and there is no shortage of them - the ones that make me wish my eyes could roll further back are the ones asking me to re-post if I agree.
They're under the guise of a good cause, but the last line is always something aggressively patronizing and challenging like "I know many of my friends won't repost this, but I want to see who will...."
Screw you. Re-post if you agree.
Life is demanding enough without having to prove to you I agree with your cause. And if you think I don't agree with it because I'm not posting, I'm more than fine with that. I've lived through worse.
Plus if you feel you have to "test" me to see if I'll do what you want me to, we're probably not as close friends as you think we are.
Sorry, but you'll just have to trust that I'm a good person, and as a rule love my family and don't wish crippling diseases on anybody.
Besides, if you'd stop testing me to see if I'll re-post, you'd have more time to post things that are actually meaningful.
Like that sunset shot. Or what you had for breakfast.
1 comment:
Jeff, you are such an extraordinary writer. This sums up a feeling so many have, but in a much more erudite way than the expletives that swim through my head when I read these type of posts.
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