Comments on: A Lesson for All of Us

By: dorothyatforty

dorothyatforty — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 13:18:11 +0000

Maybe he doesn’t want to add him because it’s fucking nuts to have your parents as your FB friends, especially with the ridiculous information people are flooding the public with these days. Please see: Lamebook.com

By: This_is_fun

This_is_fun — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 20:45:02 +0000

Maybe he doesn’t want to add him, because he is NOT his dad, but the creepy pediatrician he once had, who is stalking him (and apparently 20 of his friends), and insists they call him “dad,” and this is just evidence.

Or, it is his dad, he doesn’t want to add him, and he thought it was funny to show everyone that his dad is lame enough to beg for “friendship” on a social networking site.

By: deliverstehcawk

deliverstehcawk — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 13:00:54 +0000

i had a teacher named, not kidding, sharon aycock. who thinks her husband was cheating on her as the name implies?

By: cocknose

cocknose — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 02:02:33 +0000

I had a maths teacher in middle school called Mike Hunt, I shit you not.

By: Insane

Insane — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 23:57:41 +0000

Mike Hunt? Dr. Mike Hunt. Is he the doctor to see if you’re a stripper or a prostitute in the local area?

By: Cox

Cox — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 09:36:28 +0000

Yes. He is Dr. Hunt.

By: justme

justme — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 15:10:57 +0000

is Dad a Dr.?

By: Insane

Insane — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 08:18:49 +0000

He probably refuses to add dad on the basis that dad touched him in special ways

By: Anitalaff

Anitalaff — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 04:14:37 +0000

And while I’m in rant mode, parents and children have very different social circles in RL, so why is it so heartless to acknowledge that the same would hold true for Facebook?

Once you’re through your stage of experimentation, by all means, add your parents and keep in touch. Until THEN, do not add them as friends.

This “poor dad” crap is ridiculous. Why isn’t he talking to his peers???? Or his girlfriend/wife?

By: Anitalaff

Anitalaff — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 04:09:40 +0000

@Smartipantz

What is WRONG with you??? Get your own life, dear. Leave your adult son’s life alone!

Crap. Cut the cord dahling!!

By: cunninglinguist

cunninglinguist — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 03:14:48 +0000

Aww, poor Dad.

I did refuse my mother-in-law’s friend request, because she already doesn’t “get” me, and her reading my FB wouldn’t help. But I have coworkers (including my boss) as friends, and would totally have my parents as friends if they were on FB.

By: phillgirard

phillgirard — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 23:00:45 +0000

this mom is an absolute FAIL.

“what’s going on w/their (zillions of) pics and get to “meet” their friends that you otherwise would not.
Now I “know” him as his peers do…that’s very cool. And his female friends LOVED when I posted some funny childhood pics of him. Some of his friends found my occasional posts so witty, that THEY friended me…and think I’m a cool mom.”

keep thinking you’re a cool mom.

By: SmartiPantz

SmartiPantz — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:36:48 +0000

My teenage son refused to friend me for a year and then he chgd his mind by setting ground rules, which I have (mostly) abided by. Having a kid away at college in the age of FB is soooooo much more pleasant when you can “see” what’s going on w/their (zillions of) pics and get to “meet” their friends that you otherwise would not.
Now I “know” him as his peers do…that’s very cool. And his female friends LOVED when I posted some funny childhood pics of him. Some of his friends found my occasional posts so witty, that THEY friended me…and think I’m a cool mom.

Maybe Dr. No wouldn’t be that way…and #1 son knows his dad better than we do…

By: eucamenthol

eucamenthol — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 14:48:56 +0000

It is so bizarre that some people who have posted above have jumped to conclusions about the guy who posted this, without knowing a single thing about him, about his relationship with his father, or about his use of facebook. Unwillingness to add somebody as a friend is not necessarily immature or unfair. As Lamebook shows (on a daily basis), many disasters on facebook arise from people being befriended with family members.

By: Dee

Dee — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 13:36:36 +0000

I love the position of the cursor. That being said, I would just add the poor dad and simply restrict my posts.

Oops. I sound like Cumdog Millionaire.

By: yesenia

yesenia — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 13:24:49 +0000

@Penny Lane
the problem is that you all are assuming Dad is an all around swell guy. While I am much the same way, whatever I do on Facebook is the way I act around everyone I know,including family. And I do have family members on my page. I do have friends who will not add certain family members because all they do is cause drama where there is none. If they see pictures of something they were not privy to, they make outrageously off color remarks, they guilt you to death, it is just a big heap of drama.

I do agree facebook is public, but it should also be fun. I can understand if someone has to deal with this in person would not want to deal with it on a website meant to be light and fun, not a chore or feeling you have to choose your actions and words.

Then again, the son could be just a complete prick.

By: stickfigure

stickfigure — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 10:34:01 +0000

God damn you dumb shits take Facebook way too seriously. You the sort of people who think adding people you don’t know is “making friends”?

@Penny Lane
Who made you Facebook police?

By: woodsielord

woodsielord — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 08:26:09 +0000

I don’t know what makes it lamer: that it is real, and the user is proud enough to submit, or that it is fake, and the user is vicariously proud enough of the persona thus crafted to submit.

By: Antarctic Circle

Antarctic Circle — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 07:45:29 +0000

@ Ugh

Good point. There are, however, many persons of 28 or older whose mental age is still around 15 years old. People who, in 20 or 30 years time when their own kids have grown up, will regret how they treated their own household family back in the days of social networking. They’ll discover that karma is such a bitch.

Then again, as you said, there are some 15 year olds with enough life experience to understand that.

By: Ugh

Ugh — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 05:09:19 +0000

I have lots of family members as friends on Facebook. Including my mom and Grandma. Of course, I’m over the age of 15…so…

By: raneehartnett

raneehartnett — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:50:02 +0000

funny as fcuk…

By: jelly

jelly — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:39:06 +0000

Well at least in future we won’t be seeing any more “I don’t want to read about where you stuck in in your girlfriend last night, love Dad”s from this duo.

By: FlapjacksAreAmazing

FlapjacksAreAmazing — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:33:48 +0000

It’s like a Mastercard ad

By: Penny Lane

Penny Lane — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:07:41 +0000

@LittleBit

What did you mom do to you? Ass rape you with her steam shark?

By: tanizaki

tanizaki — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 23:03:36 +0000

Dude and his dad have 20 mutual friends? I’ll bet. Congratulations buddy, you just made Lamebook with a fake ass submission.

By: Insane

Insane — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:35:46 +0000

Unless you have a major problem with your folks, fair enough. But if you’re just mad at them because of hormones or some other dismal reason then you need to grow up. Be empathetic. Put yourself in their shoes and ask “how would i feel if my son/daughter after X years of loving, caring, nurturing (etc) started hating me for no reason”? If you’re not completely fucked up you should be able to imagine how these poor parents feel.

By: kiki

kiki — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:31:26 +0000

Some people are too sensitive. This is sheer brilliance!

By: Insane

Insane — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:30:02 +0000

i think this is wrong! I am sure there are plenty of people in the world who would appreciate having a father, especially on facebook. Don’t be so heartless and accept the old man as a friend. He’s a doctor (from the look of the picture) so it is not like he is going to be breathing down your neck every waking moment on fb.

By: LittleBit

LittleBit — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:21:20 +0000

I ignored my mom’s friends requests twice, then she started trying to stalk me by reading my posts and looking at pictures on my friends’ pages. So I blocked her.

By: Penny Lane

Penny Lane — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:59:22 +0000

@Spicy

We’ll have to agree to disagree. I see my parents and family members as fellow human beings and I behave on Facebook the way I would behave in public because Facebook IS PUBLIC.