One of my grade school friends, who I haven't talked to in 35 years...

[Starman]

found me on Facebook.

OK, so I accepted his friend request. We weren't super-great friends, just two kids who happened to be in the same grade. In fact we weren't really very good friends at all. But what the hell, why not.

So now I get continual updates from his Facebook wall.

About half of them are borderline suggestive/ bikini pics of a teenage girl with his fratboy-style comments ("shake what ya got, hot stuff," "bounce 'em for me, baby")

Ewwwww .... but wait for it....


It's his daughter.


I mean, what the ****?

 

[imjustagirl]

Holy. ****.

That might be worthy of a defriend.

Unless she's hot. Apparently he's offering her up?

 

[Starman]

Well, she is pretty hot. But ... ewwwwwwwwww. : :

 

[occasionally]

Mouse up to the top right corner of one of his posts and "hide" will appear. Just click on it, it will ask if you want to "Hide ____" and just click on that button. He's still your friend, but you won't see his updates anymore.

 

[Starman]

Yeah, I knew that, but about once a month he posts something of legitimate interest.

It's not like these posts/pics are actually pornographic, they just kind of tiptoe right up to the line.

And, ewwww.

 

[copperpot]

Ick. Totally creepy.

 

[slappy4428]

That's awful.









Got a link?

 

[Dyno]

"Bounce 'em for me, baby"?

That's really, really disturbing.

 

[kokane_muthashed]

Pics or GTFO.

 

[MTM]

This reminds me of something Howard Stern was talking about the other day. Apparently, he's ventured into the FB world and, like you said, people he went to grade school with were getting in contact with him.

Apparently, one of his third grade friends wanted to organize a big reunion and he laughed saying "What the f**k are we going to talk about?" and one of his former classmates blasted him as being a snob because he didn't want to go.

Would you? I mean, really, if you haven't seen/talked to someone in (his case) 45 years and you have no interest in doing so, why would you?

Freaking facebook ...

A bunch of people from my elementary school are planning a similar reunion. We left sixth grade in 1972. There are a couple of people I was good friends with and just lost track of and others who are seemingly better friends on Facebook now than they were when we were classmates.

I'm going to go. It's about two hours from where I live now and close to where my family stills lives, so why not?

 

[doubledown68]

This is the part of Facebook that creeps me out. There's one person from my graduating class who continually looks for new additions and friends them. I barely remember this girl, and ignored the request five times before giving in, accepting, and hitting hide.

I do love the hide feature. It's handy for those who insist on updating 17 times a day with banal ****. Or for those who just annoy me in real life.

 

[sgreenwell]

This is the part of Facebook that creeps me out. There's one person from my graduating class who continually looks for new additions and friends them. I barely remember this girl, and ignored the request five times before giving in, accepting, and hitting hide.

I do love the hide feature. It's handy for those who insist on updating 17 times a day with banal ****. Or for those who just annoy me in real life.

A hardcore political wingnut who I barely know from my time running the college newspaper tries to add me. I blocked him about three years ago, but at some point, he had to get another name, and he tried to add me again - blocked. I thought it was done, but NO - I had to block him a third time! Good lord. He's not even mass spamming everyone; his total number of friends is pretty low. He is specifically trying to add me each time.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

I think most people on FB have been added by at least a couple people who they barely knew more than 20 years ago. And I'm sure there are a lot of people who accept the invites just because they don't want to seem like a ****.

 

[BB Bobcat]

I think one of the weird things about FB is how you have these "relationships" with people who may be just casual acquaintances and now it feels like you are best friends because you know seemingly what they are doing every minute of the day.

I have one guy who I worked with exactly one day of my life, but now I know everything about him.

 

[HejiraHenry]

I think one of the weird things about FB is how you have these "relationships" with people who may be just casual acquaintances and now it feels like you are best friends because you know seemingly what they are doing every minute of the day.

I have one guy who I worked with exactly one day of my life, but now I know everything about him.

Seriously, that's your fault, not his. Hide him.

 

[BB Bobcat]

I think one of the weird things about FB is how you have these "relationships" with people who may be just casual acquaintances and now it feels like you are best friends because you know seemingly what they are doing every minute of the day.

I have one guy who I worked with exactly one day of my life, but now I know everything about him.

Seriously, that's your fault, not his. Hide him.

I never said it was anyone's fault. I have hidden plenty of people who are annoying. I don't mind this guy's updates. He's a nice enough guy.

I was just pointing out the strange situation of having a friend I know better online than in real life, which I guess isn't that unusual.

 

[Football_Bat]

I didn't know you were from Tennessee, Starman.

 

[dooley_womack1]

I would have said West Virginia, but that'll work too. Bikini pics of a guy's daughter...not sure if that reaffirms my decision to leave FB or calls it into question

 

[imjustagirl]

I would have said West Virginia, but that'll work too. Bikini pics of a guy's daughter...not sure if that reaffirms my decision to leave FB or calls it into question

You left FB? Huh.

I apparently need to look at my friends list more often.

 

[forever_town]

OK, so I accepted his friend request. We weren't super-great friends, just two kids who happened to be in the same grade. In fact we weren't really very good friends at all.

Strictly speaking about school "friends", someone I went to middle school with originally found me on MySpace. We friended each other on MySpace and Facebook. The funny thing is, we've become better friends through Facebook than we were in middle school.

About the pictures and the comments, I'd agree with IJAG. Worth a defriending at the very least. If you and he were good friends, I'd suggest giving him a talking to about inappropriate comments about his daughter.