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Everyone on Facebook looks like theyre having a great time. Fun adventures, deep romances, amazing jobs. Its enough to make you feel inadequate, but its also a lie. Nobody is really as happy as their Facebook wall claims, as this piercing short from HigtonBrothers confirms. So the next time youre driven to jealousy by a Facebook friends humblebragging about his or her awesome life, dont forget: Theyre probably embellishing it for social media, even if its unconsciously. Ultimately, Facebook is a narcissistic playground where the best, the funniest, the most charming aspects of our lives are publicized and the shitty stuff, the boring stuff, the beige that is most of our daily grind almost never gets posted. All those walls are edited at some level and that makes them, at best, a deformed mirror image of real life or, at worst, nothing more than a fictional movie of how we want people to see us. The solution? Just go live your life, focus on your present reality, and ignore the circus of social media. Trust me, youll be a lot happier. You might also enjoy The definitive reason why you should quit Facebook Read more Wise mad man gives you the best life advice you wi Read more How ignoring a Facebook friend request actually wo Read more SPLOID is delicious brain candy. Follow us on Facebook or Twitter. 153 978Reply Robert Sorokanich’s DiscussionsAll replies discojoe discojoe ProfileFollow discojoeRobert Sorokanich 6/24/14 6:11pm Follow discojoe Flag Share to Facebook Share to Pinterest Share to Twitter Go to permalink WHY SCOTT?! WHY DOES YOUR LIFE SUCK!!!!!??!?!?! Edit: Apparently picture links dont work anymore on Kinja stuff. 451Reply Thunder Thunder ProfileFollow ThunderRobert Sorokanich 6/24/14 6:24pm Follow thunder Flag Share to Facebook Share to Pinterest Share to Twitter Go to permalink Irony: see Irony. SPLOID is a new blog about awesome stuff. Join us on Facebook 4261Reply Lozzle Lozzle ProfileFollow LozzleThunder 6/24/14 6:50pm Follow lozzle Flag Share to Facebook Share to Pinterest Share to Twitter Go to permalink 8187Reply alittler Andrew Littler ProfileFollow Andrew LittlerThunder 6/24/14 7:01pm Follow alittler Flag Share to Facebook Share to Pinterest Share to Twitter Go to permalink How is this irony? Like, at all? 824Reply Cantide Cantide ProfileFollow CantideThunder 6/24/14 7:17pm Follow cantide Flag Share to Facebook Share to Pinterest Share to Twitter Go to permalink Where? is a Blog... they post about different topics not their awesome personal lifes... 6Reply megalodonjuan megalodonjuan ProfileFollow megalodonjuanThunder 6/24/14 7:19pm Follow megalodonjuan Flag Share to Facebook Share to Pinterest Share to Twitter Go to permalink Someone doesnt know what irony means 528Reply Scylla-Sin Scylla&Sin ProfileFollow Scylla&SinAndrew Littler 6/24/14 8:19pm Follow scylla-sin Flag Share to Facebook Share to Pinterest Share to Twitter Go to permalink Sploid conjoins awesome stuff and Join us on Facebook in their tag, and theyve now posted this article about how everybody lies and no one is awesome on Facebook. Its not exactly difficult to figure out what Thunder is referring to. 278Reply Thunder Thunder ProfileFollow ThunderScylla&Sin 6/24/14 8:37pm Follow thunder Flag Share to Facebook Share to Pinterest Share to Twitter Go to permalink Thank you, yes. Sploid posts about how Facebook is all fake, and nobody is happy... followed by Join us on Facebook! 129Reply jakers26 Jakers ProfileFollow JakersThunder 6/25/14 12:10pm Follow jakers26 Flag Share to Facebook Share to Pinterest Share to Twitter Go to permalink What kills me is the irony you pointed out, along with the fact that the bigger irony here is that theres an entire discussion/interaction (i.e., social) to this blog (i.e., media) about people complaining over those who use social media. In effect, theyve created their own social media stereotype that, for lack of a better term, can only be described as Facebook elitist. As a full-time senior content strategist for a Fortune 500 company, I can tell you that we consider blogs as part of our social media strategy. And, considering that the bulk of people (including myself) came across this particular article from others sharing it on social media proves that blogs are an integral part of the social media equation. So, before people go slamming others for posting too many pictures of X, or discussing Y too much, theyd be wise to consider that they also utilize social media —just in a different pattern than those theyre criticizing. Is it fine to be annoyed by people over-posting about how much they love their spouse? Sure. (It annoys me, too.) But, rather than complain or consider yourself to be a better person simply because you dont do the same thing, instead just unfollow the person in your news feed. You dont even have to unfriend them (unless you want to, of course). Its not difficult. Sure, it gives those that fit into the elitist category one less person/thing to complain about, but it doesnt take long for that void to be filled. At the end of the day, the general point of the article is really what needs to be considered—to not base your own self worth upon what you see on others social media profiles (no one wants to paint themselves in an overly negative light), to not base your own value upon responses you receive to your posts (unless youre operating a business profile, in which case those numbers do mean something), and to not feed situations where that is clearly the driving force behind the intent (no amount of likes, shares, or commenting with agree is going to cure cancer, change laws, make someone more of a hero, or be the validation that someone thinks theyll get from getting those types of numbers.) TL; DR: Social media is what you make of it—but using it in a different way than someone else doesnt make you the better person. 1954Reply jesusdiaz Jesus Diaz ProfileFollow Jesus DiazThunder 6/25/14 1:15pm Follow jesusdiaz Flag Share to Facebook Share to Pinterest Share to Twitter Go to permalink How is one thing incompatible with the other? So just because most waiters in Paris are snotty assholes I should go stop going to France? 57Reply Alex78 Alex ProfileFollow AlexJesus Diaz 11/27/14 8:15pm Follow alex78 Flag Share to Facebook Share to Pinterest Share to Twitter Go to permalink Actually, yes. Your first hint of a miserable and over rated trip to Paris is the worst airpoirt in Europe: Charles De Shit. Followed up by ALL the waiters being snotty assholes, ending with the realization that besides the Eiffel Tower and 1.7% of the Louvre you will actually be able to enjoy, theres not a single worthy thing to see in that asswipe of a city. Rat infested snobby shithole Paris. Go to a real European city like Rome, London, Budapest, Prague, Vienna instead. 712Reply WebGirl Erica Lahoda ProfileFollow Erica LahodaRobert Sorokanich 6/24/14 6:53pm Follow webgirl Flag Share to Facebook Share to Pinterest Share to Twitter Go to permalink Yep. I have someone in my friendlist who posts super flowery, lovey dovey, sugary sweet posts about her BF a couple times a week. And I know them well enough in real life to know its all a sham. 26246Reply remixedcat remixedcat ProfileFollow remixedcatErica Lahoda 6/24/14 6:56pm Follow remixedcat Flag Share to Facebook Share to Pinterest Share to Twitter Go to permalink The people that post oh such a raver #ravelife when they only go to one lame ass rave for 1 minutes and have a crappy drink. 1225Reply Vectorious Vectorious ProfileFollow VectoriousErica Lahoda 6/24/14 7:14pm Follow vectorious Flag Share to Facebook Share to Pinterest Share to Twitter Go to permalink Goodness, yes. I have a couple of people like that as well. They never miss a chance to make a bold declaration of love and gratitude to their significant other or their children. And I often wonder if they ever say these things to each other in private or only when theres an audience. 569Reply maddog-99 maddog-99 ProfileFollow maddog-99Erica Lahoda 6/24/14 7:18pm Follow maddog-99 Flag Share to Facebook Share to Pinterest Share to Twitter Go to permalink Other than basic updates & info, I just assume anyone who posts over the top happy stuff feels exactly the opposite. May be right, may be wrong. btw: great use of the word sham. 319Reply joshstodola Clutchman83 ProfileFollow Clutchman83Erica Lahoda 6/24/14 8:46pm Follow joshstodola Flag Share to Facebook Share to Pinterest Share to Twitter Go to permalink My ex wife used to pull that all the time when we were married, it was very confusing. Id see lovey dovey messages on her public timeline all day and then come home to a rabid wolverine-woman who was ready to rip off my appendages because I left my cereal bowl in the sink... 7127Reply lovinlifelikeaboss lovinlifelikeaboss ProfileFollow lovinlifelikeabossErica Lahoda 6/25/14 2:12pm Follow lovinlifelikeaboss Flag Share to Facebook Share to Pinterest Share to Twitter Go to permalink Sob - Erica how could you :( UNFRIEND - Ericas former FB friend 20Reply tkexi991 tkexi991 ProfileFollow tkexi991theredtape 6/24/14 7:24pm Follow tkexi991 Flag Share to Facebook Share to Pinterest Share to Twitter Go to permalink Its very Norway in winter-ish 6Reply TanyaMunn Aurora Moon ProfileFollow Aurora MoonRobert Sorokanich 6/24/14 7:16pm Follow tanyamunn Flag Share to Facebook Share to Pinterest Share to Twitter Go to permalink Alternatively, there are also those who use Facebook to complain about every single thing regardless of whenever its true or not. One of my aunts is basically such a massive drama queen on Facebook and is always complaining about how her life is basically shit and how unloved and unappreciated she feels, etc. This of course gets her a flood of responses from sympathetic people whos looking to cheer her up. But the thing is.... in real life, shes basically had the good life... shes well-off, all of her kids love her, and shes surrounded by people who basically would do anything for her if she asked them to. so basically she invented this fictional life where everything in her life was horrible and went to shit.... just so that she could fish for likes and get attention from her online friends. Ugh. Of course I like to call her on her bullshit once in a while.... but she always deletes the posts if I post on her facebook wall. lol 16144Reply View all 978 replies POPULAR STORIES Guys take off and land planes on a flying Avengers' Helicarrier drone Guys take off and land planes on a flying Avengers Helicarrier... 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