Social Media Pet Peeves

I don't get aggravated often, but there are certain things that really set it off for me.  I've written down my top 5 social media +Facebook+ Fan Page +Twitter Followers Deluxe +Instagram  pet peeves.  Here we go.

1.)  Grammar, spelling, punctuation:  How do you get a high school degree, and much worse, a COLLEGE DIPLOMA, and can't form sentences?  Is our educational system that bad?  The answer is simple: yes.  According to the Huffington Post, the U.S. ranks 17th in education out of the 40 developed countries they studied.  Teachers don't get paid enough, that's why the people that would be good teachers don't teach.  They do something else and get paid for it.

2.)  Fake happy birthday wishes:  Why even bother posting on a person's Facebook or whatever if all you're saying is a simple "happy birthday"?  Even worse would be "happy bday" or my biggest pet peeve "HBD".  HBD?  Really?  No thank you.  What are you accomplishing with that?  Don't waste your time typing the 3 letters and hitting enter or clicking post.

3.)  Selfies:  It's okay to post a selfie every once in a while when you're wearing something really nice or you just got a haircut.  But more than one a day is stretching it.  Are you that full of yourself that you need everyone to see a picture of you several times a day?  And what's with all the hash tags?

4.)  Asking for Retweets (RT) or Like My Status (LMS):  Why on Earth do you need someone to retweet you just because it's your birthday?  Or even worse, just for the hell of it?  "Hey @Celebrity!  Can I get a retweet?"  Or "Hey @Celebrity!  Can I get a follow back?"  Why should they follow you?  Because they're going to read what you say and y'all are going to become best friends?  No!  You just want to be popular.  If you have to beg someone to do something for you then that's not something a person that deserves popularity would do.  I really like when stories are asked to be retweeted to help people that are in need or when something needs to be brought to attention, but come on.  "RT me, bro!"  No.  You're blocked.  "LMS!" No.  Why? Unfollow.

5.)  Relationship statuses: "I love you baby! Can't wait for you to get home!"  ...........Wait...What?  You live together.  You're dating/married/friends with benefits....Why.  Can't.  You.  Text.  Call.  Email.  Fax.  Smoke Signal.  Them.  That?  This has "Look at my perfect relationship, World!" written all over it.  That's great you've found someone you love, if you even really love them, but you're just begging for attention.  Stop.

Let me know if I missed any or if you think something else should be above these 5!  I'm sure there are plenty more that I'm not even thinking about but these were all taken directly from looking over Facebook and Twitter from the past few hours.

Thanks for reading,
Andy