Relationships are beautiful and love is fabulous as we all know. It’s sweet when a couple is really endearing towards each other and I’m not even that opposed to some occasional PDA, however, I kind of cringe a little every time I see a facebook page that consist of not 1, but 2 people. I mean really? I just don’t get it!
Couples share things of course. A bed. A home. Children perhaps. Kisses and hugs are shared daily I’m sure, but is it really necessary to share a facebook page? I think not. It’s strange to me and makes me feel pity for those who deem this a good idea. It’s kind of “5th grade” if you will, and I’m sure there isn’t one person who sees a friend request from “Jane and Joe Smith” and thinks “Aww...how sweet being all united via facebook.”
A-hem. Keep some independence people! You don’t have to be THAT close and do EVERY thing together. You need to keep some things separate. Have your own individual hobbies and your own personal life. Just because your spouse is friends with someone, doesn’t mean you have to be. I automatically assume this joint facebook page thing either has to do with a jealous partner, or some untrustworthy companionship. It’s embarrassing really.
It also poses confusion. What if I have an all girl party and want to invite the female and not the male? I’m sure they don’t share the same birthday, so does the page get flooded with Happy Birthday wishes for one of you and not the other? Maybe I want to tag a photo but you’re both not in it. (Or wait, they probably are magnetically attached at the hip). Maybe I want to send a request to play a game of scrabble, but which one am I really playing with? And are they double teaming? No fair! I want to send HER a message not HIM, but how do I do that? You get my point....
Listen, some things you just DO NOT share: razors, toothbrushes, q-tips, and facebook pages. Be yourself a little bit instead of blending completely with your partner. I’m certain that your work, bio, and interests can NOT possibly be the same and if they are, well that’s freaky and you need therapy. Do you really want people to think “Oh, looks like Mary got herself into a controlling relationship again, can’t even have her own facebook page...” or “Who did Mike cheat with now that she doesn’t trust him?”
Be yourself. Stand proud. Branch out. Buck up. Make your own damn page. ‘Nuff said.
Friday, October 21, 2011
Sunday, October 2, 2011
Use your damn blinker
While there are many things that make me irritated by my fellow patrons of the road, one peeve in particular that almost 100% of the time will make my blood boil is people who do NOT use their blinker. I just don’t get it!
Today as I was at a stop sign there was a van coming from the left. I had planned to go right as indicated by my right blinker being ON. To the right of me was a girl running her dog, also stopped at the sign. The girl and I were waiting for the van to pass so she could cross the street with her dog, and then I would take my right turn. However instead of this occurrence, the van actually decreased in speed and took a left turn- no blinker of course. Had they indicated that they were going left with their blinker than the girl and I could have proceeded with our intended directions. This is what irritates the hell out of me. It’s pure idiocy.
People that do not use their blinkers are predisposing themselves to a barrage of stereotypes in my opinion. I automatically think that they are:
#1: LAZY. Lifting a finger to click on a blinker? Just too much to handle.
#2: SELFISH. If they know where they’re going that’s all that matters. Fuck everyone else.
#3: INCONSIDERATE: They don’t know these other people on the road so who cares how they feel about using my blinker or not.
#4: UNFOCUSED: What’s a blinker? Oh yeah I think I do recall learning about that in driver’s ed.
#5: STUPID
Yes I automatically assume that people who don’t use their blinkers have a low IQ as well as anger issues and a careless attitude towards others.
I would love nothing more than to have a mechanism built into cars to punish someone who didn’t use their blinker. If the car recognizes that the steering wheel has been turned fully around without a blinker having been on it would send a signal to the mechanism, triggering a response in the none-blinker-user’s car in which their steering wheel would then slide open to reveal a big red boxing glove that would spring out to punch them in the face. Just a nice quick punch to wake them up a bit and let them know they’re an asshole. Maybe the stereo would chime in with a little jingle about using your blinker. No really. I think this could fix the problem.
Be considerate of others on the road. Pay attention. Use your damn blinker. Nuff said.
Today as I was at a stop sign there was a van coming from the left. I had planned to go right as indicated by my right blinker being ON. To the right of me was a girl running her dog, also stopped at the sign. The girl and I were waiting for the van to pass so she could cross the street with her dog, and then I would take my right turn. However instead of this occurrence, the van actually decreased in speed and took a left turn- no blinker of course. Had they indicated that they were going left with their blinker than the girl and I could have proceeded with our intended directions. This is what irritates the hell out of me. It’s pure idiocy.
People that do not use their blinkers are predisposing themselves to a barrage of stereotypes in my opinion. I automatically think that they are:
#1: LAZY. Lifting a finger to click on a blinker? Just too much to handle.
#2: SELFISH. If they know where they’re going that’s all that matters. Fuck everyone else.
#3: INCONSIDERATE: They don’t know these other people on the road so who cares how they feel about using my blinker or not.
#4: UNFOCUSED: What’s a blinker? Oh yeah I think I do recall learning about that in driver’s ed.
#5: STUPID
Yes I automatically assume that people who don’t use their blinkers have a low IQ as well as anger issues and a careless attitude towards others.
I would love nothing more than to have a mechanism built into cars to punish someone who didn’t use their blinker. If the car recognizes that the steering wheel has been turned fully around without a blinker having been on it would send a signal to the mechanism, triggering a response in the none-blinker-user’s car in which their steering wheel would then slide open to reveal a big red boxing glove that would spring out to punch them in the face. Just a nice quick punch to wake them up a bit and let them know they’re an asshole. Maybe the stereo would chime in with a little jingle about using your blinker. No really. I think this could fix the problem.
Be considerate of others on the road. Pay attention. Use your damn blinker. Nuff said.
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