I'm gonna have to get off FB

[NitaX]

If I see one more muthaeffin post about poor people on food stamps with tattoos, fake nails, manicures, groomed hair, iPhones, beer, and cigarettes, I'm just gonna shut my dayum FB down.

I'm sick of this foolish ass Ronald Reagan Welfare Queen Mythology that permeates every facet of FB. Last I checked, folks in the hood know how to do hair and nails since it's an easy way to hustle up on some money. If any one of those mofos let the Welfare Queen braid their kids hair, I'm start cussing folks clean out.

Better yet, Imma start passing out skittles to everyone I see with an EBT card.

[lyssbobiss, Command, B613]

Yeah. It makes me rethink a lot of people I used to at least semi-respect. Gross.

[llama]

I am such a bitch about unfriending people who post this shit. Sure, I used to like you, but now I can't even look at your sorry face the same way ever again so off you go! I realize not everyone has the freedom to be so heavy-handed with their facebook drops and I kind of have a bitchy reputation for cussing out people who disagree with me but it is sooooo worth it to me.

[Deleted]

Mine is abortion posts.
UGH

[Deleted]

Yeah I'm with you. Those are the people I either defriend or hide. It makes me hate FB but I just can't quit it.

[msmerymac]

Jul 30, 2012 15:24:27 GMT -5 @dancesinchucks said:

I was just saying the same thing yesterday to my husband, except it was about all the "If you live in America... speak English!1!!!" posts I have been seeing.

That reminds me of this, which I saw on FB today:



Of course, the original post had a comment consisting of something like, "Well, I guess I'm an asshole, then, because this is Murica, herp derp."

[basilosaurus]

You mean like this lovely thing that my friend liked? A friend who was born into quite a lot of wealth?

[Jermys]

The woman who braids Edith's hair gets $25 cash from me, and I've referred at least 5 friends to her, which is $125 a month tax free just from me and my friends. Plus she does nails. She may or may not be getting assistance, it's not my business, but if the "welfare queens" are doing hair and nails like she is, they could have an iPhone/hair and nails done easily. And if they're bartering services, it would be even easier. God knows welfare doesn't pay enough to live.

[OscarQ]

Jul 30, 2012 15:15:10 GMT -5 NitaX said:

If I see one more muthaeffin post about poor people on food stamps with tattoos, fake nails, manicures, groomed hair, iPhones, beer, and cigarettes, I'm just gonna shut my dayum FB down.

I'm sick of this foolish ass Ronald Reagan Welfare Queen Mythology that permeates every facet of FB. Last I checked, folks in the hood know how to do hair and nails since it's an easy way to hustle up on some money. If any one of those mofos let the Welfare Queen braid their kids hair, I'm start cussing folks clean out.

Better yet, Imma start passing out skittles to everyone I see with an EBT card.

My dad posted this one to FB. I reminded him that his sweet little grandson was on welfare and his mom loves her iPhone and likes getting her nails done occasionally thank.you.very.much! So yeah, my dad inadvertently called me a Welfare Queen. And he still hasn't taken it down.

Anyone else would get immediately banned but it's my dad so...

There's no talking to him on this stuff and it's just going to get worse with the election coming up. I'll have to reissue my reminder to keep me off his distribution lists.

[penguingrrl]

OMG, I hate narrow minded idiots and how vocal they always seem to be.

[statlerwaldorf]

The part of it that drives me nuts is that I see it a lot from people that I know received some type of welfare program at some point in their life.

There was an article in the local paper about an unfortunate family that had their house condemned. People were going off left and right about her visible tattoo. It's not like you can sell your tattoos when you need some cash and no one knows when she got it.

One thing about poor folks is that a lot of people do hair, nails, or tattoos without a license to get extra money. Often it is used as a barter system. I will do your hair if you watch my kids for me on Saturday when I have to work my low paying job and daycare is closed. There are a lot of expenses that the welfare office does not take into account such as car insurance for someone that needs to drive to work and it really isn't enough to live off of. Food stamps don't buy diapers and all of that.

[redheadbaker]

Sibil, I've seen that one several times in the past few weeks. I'd love to unfriend one of them, since I don't know her well, but I'm supposed to make her son's birthday cake in a few weeks.

[Deleted]

Jul 30, 2012 15:24:27 GMT -5 @dancesinchucks said:

I was just saying the same thing yesterday to my husband, except it was about all the "If you live in America... speak English!1!!!" posts I have been seeing.

This particularly annoys me. I don't know any other languages, unfortunately, BUT a lot of our ancestors came from other countries, not just English speaking countries, and guess what? They probably didn't know English when they moved here, or if they did it was very little. Ugh.

[JLN]

I'm not afraid to just defriend the crazies. The only person I have to keep is DH's cousin who is a huge bigot, but I only do it to keep peace in his family.

[NitaX]

Jul 30, 2012 18:28:43 GMT -5 Jermys said:

The woman who braids Edith's hair gets $25 cash from me, and I've referred at least 5 friends to her, which is $125 a month tax free just from me and my friends. Plus she does nails. She may or may not be getting assistance, it's not my business, but if the "welfare queens" are doing hair and nails like she is, they could have an iPhone/hair and nails done easily. And if they're bartering services, it would be even easier. God knows welfare doesn't pay enough to live.

Look, if I could braid hair, I for dayum sure would! That''s what I told my friend. Nearly everyone I know who gets assistant can braid the hell out of some hair or they can do nails. It's the easiest hustle there is when you need to make quick money. These are the gems on my FB wall this week.



And general discussions centering around this:

[lyssbobiss, Command, B613]

I get really pissed when I see that post about not having a job and getting your hair/nails done, especially when it's posted by people who are stay-at-home moms. Come ON. Glass houses, ladies.

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Jul 30, 2012 15:15:10 GMT -5 NitaX said:

If I see one more muthaeffin post about poor people on food stamps with tattoos, fake nails, manicures, groomed hair, iPhones, beer, and cigarettes, I'm just gonna shut my dayum FB down.

I'm sick of this foolish ass Ronald Reagan Welfare Queen Mythology that permeates every facet of FB. Last I checked, folks in the hood know how to do hair and nails since it's an easy way to hustle up on some money. If any one of those mofos let the Welfare Queen braid their kids hair, I'm start cussing folks clean out.

Better yet, Imma start passing out skittles to everyone I see with an EBT card.

You have to tell me how to barter for an I-phone then, because I work and can't afford an I-Phone/monthly bill. I'll babysit for an I-Phone!

[Jermys]

Jul 30, 2012 20:59:00 GMT -5 NitaX said:

Jul 30, 2012 18:28:43 GMT -5 Jermys said:

The woman who braids Edith's hair gets $25 cash from me, and I've referred at least 5 friends to her, which is $125 a month tax free just from me and my friends. Plus she does nails. She may or may not be getting assistance, it's not my business, but if the "welfare queens" are doing hair and nails like she is, they could have an iPhone/hair and nails done easily. And if they're bartering services, it would be even easier. God knows welfare doesn't pay enough to live.

Look, if I could braid hair, I for dayum sure would! That''s what I told my friend. Nearly everyone I know who gets assistant can braid the hell out of some hair or they can do nails. It's the easiest hustle there is when you need to make quick money. These are the gems on my FB wall this week.

Shit, if I could braid hair or do nails, I would too. I could use a little extra!

I grew up on welfare and the barter thing has been going on at least since I was a kid. My mom watched everyone's kids while they worked their shitty jobs so she had some extra money, and they didn't have to pay childcare. But you can't have a halfway decent job, because then your benefits get cut and you still can't make ends meet. It's ridiculous.

[thejackpot]

I feel lucky to not have these types of post on my FB feed. Could be because I keep my friend list right around the low 100. I was surprised when one of my friends posted something negative about Obama after he was elected. Just surprised me and it wasn't so offensive that I had to defriend her but it did make me think of her a bit differently.
I really hate posts about how people on welfare use their $ because it really isn't fair to judge with such limited info. People barter, receive gifts, prioritize differently and are expected to do certain things based on their environment. Nails are not a priority b/c no one in my circle cares but school choice, soccer league etc is. I have to do a lot of craziness to get my son in certain stuff my cousins who are on welfare don't have to deal with. Our lifestyles are just different- different priorities.

[Deleted]

The most annoying thing in my feed lately is the "Press Like if you think welfare recipients should be drug tested!!!!" It won't go away either

[Deleted]

My FB is has switched to just a lot of Jesus posts. I'm not into Jesus, but that is not offensive, so rock in.

And pro gun posts, but those haven't gotten too crazy yet.

[msmerymac]

Jul 30, 2012 19:33:05 GMT -5 @reannalynne said:

Jul 30, 2012 15:24:27 GMT -5 @dancesinchucks said:

I was just saying the same thing yesterday to my husband, except it was about all the "If you live in America... speak English!1!!!" posts I have been seeing.

This particularly annoys me. I don't know any other languages, unfortunately, BUT a lot of our ancestors came from other countries, not just English speaking countries, and guess what? They probably didn't know English when they moved here, or if they did it was very little. Ugh.

Oh, yeah, and the absolutely falsehood that, "when my ancestors moved here, they learned English!!!!" annoys me so much. If everyone learned English when they moved here, why did Iowa ban schools from speaking/teaching in German during WWI? That's absolutely not true.

Also, anyone ever try to learn another language fluently as an adult? Yeah.

[ringstrue]

I just hide them.

At least they aren't liking semi-pornographic images from 50 shades of gray like so people in my family.