Must stay off FB today.

[redheadbaker]

It's too early for my blood pressure to be this high. And I have too much to do at work to get into political debates with family members.

[earlgreyhot]

OR today is a great day to hide the crazy from your feed!

[redheadbaker]

Jan 29, 2014 8:44:44 GMT -5 earlgreyhot said:

OR today is a great day to hide the crazy from your feed!

I can't figure out how to do it on the Facebook app!

[FloFTW]

So, I am not directly friends with anyone that is a complete idiot anymore. I have been defriending for years. HOWEVER, I now have a facebook populace that can't stand the idiots anymore either, so now I see THEIR comments on idiot peoples' pages. Even when I hid them, I can't escape!

[Velar Fricative]

SOTU Time is when I give everyone freebies to be nuts because it's one of the few times I get political on FB myself. It'll simmer down.

[earlgreyhot]

Jan 29, 2014 8:50:44 GMT -5 redheadbaker said:

Jan 29, 2014 8:44:44 GMT -5 earlgreyhot said:

OR today is a great day to hide the crazy from your feed!

I can't figure out how to do it on the Facebook app!

If you hover over their status a little arrow pointing down appears to the right, hover over that and a menu appears giving you the option to hide the status and/or the user. You are still able to visit their page when you want if you'd like an update on their life or what-have you.

[lyssbobiss, Command, B613]

My ignorant brother-in-law already has me concerned for the future of mankind, the well-being of my niece, and wondering whether or not they even bother teaching spelling anymore. He equated gun control with heroin use?

#icant

[josieposy]

I say we do a "best of FB" thread today!

[secretlyevil]

No, SOTU crazy in my feed. However, my SIL posted a pic a couple of days ago, my nephew is one month. She said something about how she only has two weeks left before she goes back to work. Most of the comments were, wow, a month! Can't believe it. Then there's this one. Turns out the dick is her uncle:

"You have the choice to stay home. Many people do it and survive just fine on one income. Look at your parents, etc."

SIL has since deleted the message. I think it was because I texted her about it.

ME: Who is this guy?
SIL: My uncle, I'm sure he didn't mean to sound like a dick.
ME: Ummmm...how else is that suppose to sound like?

[lyssbobiss, Command, B613]

Also, fun fact about my BIL, when I was watching my one-year old niece for them a few months ago, he made sure to tell me where they kept their guns. And porn. Both of which are apparently necessary when watching a baby.

[Velar Fricative]

LOL at "your parents lived on one income"! Yeah, that was back when you could go to college for 5 dollars and buy a house for 10 dollars.

[josieposy]

Mr. President,

Where do I start? Increasing minimum wage by almost $3 an hour!? Businesses already can't afford your "affordable care act." Your pizza boy example, doesn't apply to increasing minimum wage! Pizza boy stays where he is because his employer chooses to pay him more. What incentive does he have to continue working there when he can go next door and get the same pay? I'm by no means an economist and don't want to pretend like I even understand economics, but don't you want to give Janet Yellen a chance to be successful?

"MyRa," it's not your responsibility to make/ make it easier, for Americans to save for retirement. Americans don't save for retirement because they choose not to! They want their nice cars and fancy things and choose to live paycheck to paycheck and above their means! If they wanted to save, they would! Offering retirement plans is one way they market themselves to qualified employees, it shouldn't be a requirement.

AND, you mentioned how it was priority for you to keep tragedies like Sandy Hook from happening....but you didn't even begin to discuss how! I can only assume your plan is to talk these shooters down with your Excellent public speaking skills because we all know how keen you are on gun rights!

[anastasia517]

Lol at that "If they wanted to save, they would!" Yes, making less than $10/hour leaves you with so much excess money to save. Never mind that some of the people "living beyond their means" are post-secondary students paying for tuition or single parents working a second job to afford the basics for their kids, if they wanted to better themselves or their children they would damn it!

[msmerymac]

Shouldn't conservatives be in favor of mandatory retirement plans? Don't they keep people off public assistance?

I'm glad to see that this whole higher minimum wage/living wage issue is really becoming a big thing for the Democrats.

[bhnumbers]

Jan 29, 2014 9:01:26 GMT -5 lyssbobiss, Command, B613 said:

My ignorant brother-in-law already has me concerned for the future of mankind, the well-being of my niece, and wondering whether or not they even bother teaching spelling anymore. He equated gun control with heroin use?

#icant

I feel your pain, I have two BILs just like this. I'm only friends with one of them on FB and have his feed hidden so my blood pressure does not spontaneously spike when see his posts. And the other one randomly posts things on my sister's page and he cannot write a coherent sentence to save his life.