Day 88 Pointless Memes

One of the things that simmers below the surface of my grumpiness is facebook memes. Barely an hour goes by without a post appearing on my timeline with the tagline ‘what happened next will amaze you / bring tears to your eyes/ flabbergast you / shock you / have you in hysterics / make you want to gouge your own eyes out with a blunt spoon.’* (*Delete as appropriate) Either that or there are the ‘posters’ the things that say. 'Happiness is a happy state of mind. Click share if you agree.’

Now I have tried not to rant about this, or about baby photos or kids in school uniform photos. After all, it is a free world and not every post that people put on facebook is aimed at me. (I am sure my pics of Czech Rugby don’t please all of you.) 

But I am sorry this one has taken the biscuit, it’s brought the simmer ire to the surface and made my saucepan of grumpy boil over.

I mean what a monumental waste of space this is. For a start it is not even November yet but that is by the by. Who is going to look at this and think, no actually I don’t agree. I don’t want my family and friends to be healthy and especially not at Christmas? 

But in many ways what is more worrying is the quandary it puts you in. By sharing it you look like a brainless loon with who just follows the sheep. But by not sharing it you are basically saying that you don’t agree with this statement, if you don’t share this meme then you are stating clearly to your loved ones that you hope they get Ebola or choke on a carp bone this Christmas. Neither option is particularly pleasing. God I need a holiday.