I worked on this post throughout the day yesterday. Not because it was an all day project, but because...well, you will see. Stuff kept happening and changing. I hope when this is complete that I am not the one that looks like the moron of the story (get it? sometimes there is a moral to the story and sometimes there is just a moron in the story).
This is probably where I should tell you that I will refer to everyone by the color that I used for blocking them out. My FB friends might wonder why- well, this blog is public and viewed by people all over the world. I have been trying to keep specific details out of it because you just never know. Anyway, you can tell I am green and left my picture...do you recognize it? It is my fresco from this blog post.
As you go along you will wonder how I was able to capture all of these screen grabs (which you might have to click on to view larger) on an ever changing post - This is where I will tell you that my husband is always making fun of the amount of browser tabs that I have open (I usually open up notifications in their own tab). This time it paid off so you guys wont miss one bit of crazy! Sure this is not the craziest thing I have seen on FB but it was bizarre. See if you can imagine her arguing with voices in her head...ON TO THE POST!
So minding my own business trolling on Faceborg when I ran across this post from
Pink...
Pink is my sister. I know
Pink's daughter. She pretty much talks nonstop. NONSTOP. In fact, I think she was walking around talking while in the womb.
So as I read this I am snickering to myself because I am thinking
"duh, did you think she would be quiet for one moment?"
But then others comment.
Black has ticked me off a little with her comment. So of course I asked a question and then received answers. I did ask for it right?
Black (all motherly and not Pink's mom BTW) decides to scold
Pink for her comment. "Think about what you just said.
As I said above, that ticked me off as I am close to
Pink and I know that
Pink RARELY gets one second to herself. I am not exaggerating. BARELY ONE SECOND TO HERSELF. Between working full-time plus being a wonderful mother to her two children and being a wonderful wife and etc. -yeah, I could go on and on about how selfless and how great that I think
Pink is...so yeah, I am a little defensive on her being scolded. I know how little she plays games. Crap, she barely posts things on FB (
I just checked to be sure. Yep, maybe twice a week and even then mostly it is pictures or movies of the kids).
You can see that
Black did NOT like to be questioned on her scolding and that while she didn't
"plan to make a big commentary" as she states in the first response, she does.
She starts with
"Not saying that at all" -but I kind of disagree the way
Black goes on about it.
In your head you have imaged that this game is hours of investment per day rather than maybe two minutes. I played this game right after the post. I was kind of disappointed in the fact that it only lasted a minute and now I have to wait until
Pink has time to play her round which I bet will be Monday on the car ride home. Games like this are great for busy people that are competitive but just don't have time for serious gaming in their life. I love games. I play the serious ones after my child has went to sleep in case you are wondering.
Pink did not necessarily say she was "annoyed" at her child as
Black stated twice. She just made a comment. A comment to share with all of her other mommy friends that do not have a minute to themselves.
Black's children are grown.
Black doesn't have time for games...but as you will see from this blog post, she does play games. She plays the
"I know what I am talking about, no one else in the world does, and I will have the last word" game. I already have her figured out. Anyway, back to
Pink .
Anyone who knows
Pink's daughter
(Cyan in the above thread) can picture just how this game went.
Pink is holding her phone to play a round of a game that takes maybe one minute at the most
(and then it is over until your opponent makes their turn which could be hours, days, or weeks). While
Pink is doing this,
Cyan is in her face
"mom mom mom mom mom mom mom mom mom mom mom mom mom mom..."
Black sure did get lengthy in her commentary and made sure to note twice that it was not
Pink that was the problem. Not sure why
Black had to even comment on this to
Pink if she knew indeed that
Pink was not the problem.
Black apparently has others in
"this age group" that play games and are inattentive to their kids. I wonder if she scolds them all or has even contacted the proper authorities if she feels there is neglect.
Yes
Black, there are parents that are inattentive for all sorts of reasons and some are because they are playing games. I have not seen a story in quite some time on this subject...but I know that there are and have always been accidental deaths and accidents that are also the result of parents that do not play games or facebook. I remember a story a few years back where there was a couple -they were professional
(the father was a Dr.) and due to their inattentiveness, the baby was forgotten in the hot car. That story did not have a happy ending nor did it have anything to do with FB or gaming.
While I was stewing a bit on the not
"big commentary" - I started to look up statistics and stories regarding this. Yes, I like to make statements based on facts. Crazy right?
I could not find any statistics at all regarding death and accidents due to parents playing games or facebook. What I did find was an article on the CDC website about death rates from accidental injury being down 30%.
I didn't even get to reply to this string because
Black deleted all of her comments. I felt kind of pissed that my fact finding spree was going to waste...but
Black did leave a new comment...
"Seriously is THAT what I said? Nevermind..." Yes. Yes you did "seriously" say "THAT" but you deleted it all.
"Wow" was all I could say. Wow to all of her comments and then her deleting them.
Black had opened a door really wide, then shut and locked it. I was able to slip my statistic comment under the door.
BUT..
Black doesn't need statistics and fact to form her opinion. She knows because she has
"witnessed" it all.
Why are images of book burnings popping up in my head?
Listen
Black - if there are deaths caused because of Facebook/gaming and Facebook/gaming ceased to exist, there would still be accidents and deaths.
Why? Because there have been accidents and deaths before Facebook and gaming. Yes kids. There was a time before Facebook and gaming and people had babies. These people weren't surgically attached to the children until they reached adulthood. These parents did other things and accidents happened. Every parent needs to escape for a few minutes just simply for sanity's sake.
Of course now I picture it being the early 80's and a mother telling her child to "shush, mommy is watching her stories" while the floor console TV has on the daytime soaps...and these are the days of our lives...
Has anyone noticed that every single thing you buy has some sort of warning on it? It is because somehow someone was hurt in some way. The world was a more dangerous place before we figured out what exactly was dangerous -well, in some respects anyway. I am thinking along the lines of all the baby cribs, play pens, and etc of yesteryear that do not meet the safety requirements of today.
Seriously though
Black, deaf ears? Really? I was never allowed to really debate the subject so that you could see my opinions to know that if
"deaf ears" meant feeling differently than you then yes, my ears are deaf.
(On a side note- I know how Black feels about other things, so in regards to Black my ears are the deafest!) It is easy to have the last word when you slam the door. I wasn't planning on commenting anymore but I did feel that this bear enjoyed to be poked and was in fact begging for it. Besides, the deaf ears thing annoyed me so I poked the bear. I didn't care, I was already blowing off steam writing this blog.
POKE. Oh nos,
Black is angry and this has been eating away at her all day...
Good Lord indeed.
Should I step in and correct her? Her statement of
"You didn't like my opinion so I deleted it" is not entirely correct. While it is true that did not care for her ranty original opinions, she deleted them all before I could respond therefore she did not know that I did not like them. As I am the only one that has posted anything after she started in, I am pretty sure the
"deaf ears" was at me...oh, unless it was at
Pink who has not responded. Hey
Black, do you know why
Pink has not responded? She is spending time with her family this weekend.
But then there is that last word. It was meant to poke me. I am supposed to respond to that. It is what
Black wants. I will not comment on FB but "Chill?"
Chill? CHILL?! CHILL!!! I will not Chill. Even though that "Chill" really annoys me, I will not comment. This was
Black's game all along. Maybe
Black is mad that
Pink has not commented. I am not commenting. I will not let
Black have her way. I know
Black probably will get annoyed.
Oh, and
Black is annoyed.
Black has now deleted
all of her comments. So I look like a moron since my comments do not make sense. Well,
Pink and
Yellow know the story. Poor
Yellow. She got a front row ticket to on the crazy train.
Should I delete my comments? Should I post an image of all of the posts in this thread so everyone knows I am not talking to myself? Should I post a link to this blog in that thread?
Nah, I will let it go...but I know
Pink will love reading this.
The MORAL of the story - think twice, post once...because posting/deleting/posting/deleting makes you look like a whackido.
The MORON of the story - please say it isn't me.