…it just takes a true frenemy to actually say it.
related: Busy, but not too busy for the important things in life…like Farmville.
…it just takes a true frenemy to actually say it.
related: Busy, but not too busy for the important things in life…like Farmville.
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91 responses so far ↓
#1
Bea
I’m too busy to comment, but I really would have blown you away if I had time.
Dec 18, 2010 at 1:37 pm rating: 90
#2
Kathy
Three cheers, man! And add to that all the status updates that read: “Need. Coffee.” Yeah, me too. And 1.5 billion other people who don’t feel the need to mention it.
Dec 18, 2010 at 1:37 pm rating: 90
#3
Resident Grammarian esq
Clearly one of those things that he has to do is waste time on Facebook, and bore everyone else with his problems. If that was on my to do list, I would have *too much to do* as well.
Dec 18, 2010 at 1:38 pm rating: 90
#4
AlittleofRosie
I usually just scream sentiments like that at the screen and then hide that particular post but this guy went the extra step. Bravo.
Dec 18, 2010 at 1:40 pm rating: 90
#5
cali
I soooo love this. I have to deal with a woman indirectly through work who I’m dying to say this to. She takes twenty minutes to explain why she’s too busy to do her part of the project we were co-chairing. This isn’t just a one time thing. It’s been going on for years and I have no choice but to work with her (boss’s relative). Lately I’ve been cutting her off and saying, “I have to go, sorry, can’t talk right now, too busy.” She doesn’t seem to like me anymore.
Dec 18, 2010 at 1:43 pm rating: 90
#6
Canthz_B
I’m not fucking Busy Man, but I do his wife while he’s out running his many errands.
God help me, but I don’t know how she thinks up all those errands for him to do!
Dec 18, 2010 at 1:45 pm rating: 90
#7
jason
Hopefully this submission was also sent to the blog of unnecessary quotation marks.
Dec 18, 2010 at 1:45 pm rating: 90
#8
dissipatedfog
Love it, love it, love it. How many times have I wanted to tell people to quit whining on every status update? A LOT but never have; this person is my hero.
Dec 18, 2010 at 1:47 pm rating: 90
#9
AmazonQueen
Here’s an idea…if people’s status updates annoy you so much, how about you DE-friend them..problem solved!
Dec 18, 2010 at 1:53 pm rating: 90
#10
Becky
Ha, that’s brilliant. I have moany people on my fb feed but I’ve never thought to confront their moaniness….I just block them!
Dec 18, 2010 at 1:56 pm rating: 90
#11
Becky
another thing that annoys me is those attention whoring ‘Well THAT was really uncalled for’ style posts that are aimed at a certain person in the most vague way possible, making all the friends of that person think ‘what have I done’?..I have a friend who is chronic for this, I’ve called her out on it to her face several times but she still does it. She is also one of those people that changes their picture every other day. Ah well. It’s only Facebook.
Dec 18, 2010 at 1:59 pm rating: 90
#12
Avi
Way to go, this guy! Add to that the complainers of being sick or their children being sick ALL the time! Seek some medical attention already!
And the nap posts! An occasional post about an exceptional nap, or lack there-of, I can appreciate. But kids aren’t robots and will never sleep on a schedule so suffer in silence like the rest of us please.
It’s beyond me why people think their high school buddies want to know such intimate details about their day-to-day lives.
I do appreciate traffic complaints though!
Dec 18, 2010 at 2:00 pm rating: 90
#13
Really?
Block the god damn status updates from the people who bother you if it’s such a problem. Or yeah, whine on Facebook about people whining too much on Facebook. Are you people fucking retarded?
Dec 18, 2010 at 2:08 pm rating: 90
#14
Nahhh
Be grateful (if) the whiners on your FB list haven’t created multiple accounts so they can complain…multiply. I swear every day that I’m going to delete them from my list, but then I’d NEVER hear from my family.
Dec 18, 2010 at 2:10 pm rating: 90
#15
Gail
Does that comment qualify as passive-aggressive? I think it’s just plain aggressive.
Dec 18, 2010 at 2:14 pm rating: 90
#16
DanielMac
The people who actually DO have too much to do aren’t wasting time on Facebook. These are just the people who want everyone to admire their superhuman abilities to accomplish the everyday things that everyone else on their friends list manage to do without whining about it. I don’t tell people off for this, I usually just hide them in the feed.
Dec 18, 2010 at 2:29 pm rating: 90
#17
kadijah
Apparently some of you have never heard of “hide all posts.” I think you should try it. It’s the menu that comes down from the little “x.”
Dec 18, 2010 at 2:39 pm rating: 90
#18
Gladystopia
Well now, let’s not be too hard on Mr./Ms. BusyAllTheTime…after all, she didn’t say she’s busy NOW–she’s allegedly busy TOMORROW.
Which means she’ll only be posting every 15 minutes, instead of every 10.
Dec 18, 2010 at 2:48 pm rating: 90
#19
Lenny!
I don’t know what the “friend” is complaining about. I love my fb feed being flooded by my dear fb “friends” who insist on posting every little detail of their lives. When they post about how they just had toast for breakfast, I go “aw that’s so cute!” When they post about deciding to go to sleep, I reply “wow I can’t believe you landed on such a hard decision. Way 2 go!” I just don’t get why everyone doesn’t share the same enthusiasm about fb that I do *sighs*
Dec 18, 2010 at 2:49 pm rating: 90
#20
jessi
i have done the following status update: “it’s friday here too, dumbass. but thanks for telling us every week, lest we forget”
Dec 18, 2010 at 4:02 pm rating: 90
#21
Canthz_B
Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today instead of posting on Facebook.
Dec 18, 2010 at 4:27 pm rating: 90
#22
Lisa
Oh, would I love to really say that to some people!
Dec 18, 2010 at 4:34 pm rating: 90
#23
Tors
Ha ha ha! To all of the above! Loved Really?’s comment the most of all (Dec 18 2.08p) Homer voice: It’s funny cos it’s true…
Dec 18, 2010 at 4:36 pm rating: 90
#24
anglophile
My super-busy Facebook whiner is also my mommy-to-my-precious-baby rhapsodizer. I don’t block her because I think someday I’ll have a good submission for STFU Parents.
Dec 18, 2010 at 4:49 pm rating: 90
#25
Llama
Hahahaha, nice.
I love the ones who choose to enumerate their many burdens. “Today I have to do [insert 8 boring tasks]!” I swear to God, they just do it to tempt someone to come alone with 9 boring tasks so they can have an “I’m The Busiest One Ever” showdown.
Dec 18, 2010 at 6:02 pm rating: 90
#26
gwan
My official least favourites of the “I’m so busy” crowd are the people who post things along the lines of “Damn, invited to 5 parties this week when all I want to do is relax at home with a glass of wine :(“. Wow, we’re all really impressed that you’re both awesomely popular and too cool to care.
Dec 19, 2010 at 3:52 am rating: 90
#27
The Poster
Haha I was the guy who made the original post. I can’t believe this has been dug up after two years. WOW. Still just as busy, but don’t really have the inclination to put it on facebook now
There is actually quite a bit of a story behind this too, but that can wait for another day
Dec 19, 2010 at 4:18 am rating: 90
#28
The Poster
@KJS – I can see how it can be whiny but, I’m still amused at the other persons giant rant. This was the final year of my media degree, and we were all pretty busy with finals etc. I went back through my facebook and found that I had only made a few posts like this – just seems the other party were a bit sensitive
@ the Librarian, no no – just having a relaxed day.
I’m just amused at all the hype surrounding this – my take on it is, if you don’t like someones status updates, just hide their posts – simple
Dec 19, 2010 at 4:30 pm rating: 90
#29
Pilgrimchick
I think we all know someone whose updates on Facebook leave us thinking something similar. A sign of the lack of originality inherent in humanity.
Dec 19, 2010 at 7:38 pm rating: 90
#30
Moxie
I don’t know. I don’t take my friend’s facebook statuses that seriously to get upset about them. I guess I just take for granted that facebook is their outlet to vent a little.
The only things that bother me are vague messages that I might respond to jokingly only to be informed later that it was of a serious nature.
Dec 21, 2010 at 1:18 pm rating: 90
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