Do you update your status on the toilet? Seven ways Facebook is ruining your life IS IT time to take a long hard look at yourself and log off Facebook forever? Perhaps. Here are our reasons why... You might have just been aimlessly scrolling through your Facebook news feed, catching up on what your sister had for lunch or how your old school friends wedding preparations are going. Social media can a beautiful thing. It really can. Honest. However, like all good things there is also a bit of a downside to it as well. Here, we round up the top seven ways Facebook is ruining your life. 1. Facebook spoils your favourite TV programmes Youve waited all week to catch up with Simon Cowell, Chezza and co. You were too busy to watch the X Factor on Saturday night because, well, you actually have a life. But now some idiot friend has written, OMG! Cant believe Chloe got evicted #XFactor as their status and its popped up on your news feed. All the suspense, shock and excitement is gone. Over. #devoed. Remember when you used to talk to your friend? No, us neither 2. Facebook has made you bad at your job Heres the scene: Youve got a big stinking project at work to do and its going to take ages to complete. However, rather than attacking it straight away at 9am on a Monday morning you spend the first three hours of the day procrastinating on Facebook. So you might know what all your pals got up to at the weekend - #LOL - but youre yet to input one number into your Excel spreadsheet. Expect an official warning letter any day now. 3. Facebook makes you a bad friend Your best friend has just got engaged/married/pregnant* (*delete as appropriate) but rather than sending her a handwritten letter and bunch of flowers you post a comment on her wall and like five of her pictures. The sentiment and thought is exactly the same though. Right? 4. Facebook disturbs your sleep Youve had such a busy day that you decide to hop into bed at 9pm with a cup of Horlicks. But just as youre about to nod off you log onto Facebook to check that nothing major has happened to one of your 1,474 best mates. Nothing has happened. Of course it hasnt. But now its 1am and youre scanning though pictures of your ex-roomates, brothers cousins love interest. Cringe. 5. Facebook gives you social anxiety Youve just posted a picture on your profile page of you and your best mate having a whale of a time on Saturday night. Youve got your best outfit on, youre a bit tipsy and youre both busting out your best dance moves. But the problem is its only got two likes. And one of them is your mum. You start getting sweaty palms, beads of sweat appear on your forehead and you fear you wont be able to ever go out again until you get at least 20 clicks. 6. Facebook makes you overshare Remember when you used to argue with your mum then run upstairs and scream into your pillow? Facebook has become that pillow. Rather than letting out all of your angst and frustrations in your bedroom, you now post it all over Facebook. And, sometimes, when you really want some love and attention you write something really cryptic. For example: Such a BAD day! What a DISASTER my life is! 7. Facebook gives you massive FOMO For those not down with the 2014 lingo, FOMO mean Fear Of Missing Out. Whether its holidays, engagements or buying houses, logging onto your Facebook feed can sometimes make you feel pretty flipping inadequate. Unlike Julie you havent been to Thailand this year and while Steve has just bought a flat in Chelsea youre still renting a box in zone 5. Waaaah. #lifeover.
Posted on: Tue, 21 Oct 2014 19:18:18 +0000
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