Idiot wind blowing every time you move your mouth

Today I’ve not really been doing much due to my lack of car and this rainy weather. So, I’ve been sitting in my house, trawling through Facebook and Twitter. Now I’m not a complete addict, but when I don’t have much to do, it can be mildy entertaining to keep an eye on the world via my friends. Now I’ll post Tweets or status’ just as much as the next person. But what I don’t understand is people who put very personal problems on their social network sites. What prompted this was a Twitter argument between two people I know. It started with a comment that was a joke but got taken the wrong way. From then on it escalated into a textual cat fight between two friends. Surely if a comment offends you, why not message your friend: “I think that was inappropriate” and then have it out from there? I’ve seen so many people (girls in particular) posting statuses or arguments about things that the general public really don’t need to know, it’s embarrassing.

I really can’t fathom why a lot of people volunteer to air their dirty laundry to so many people that they probably don’t speak to all that often. We all have Facebook friends that we wouldn’t tell our deepest darkest secrets to, why make it public? Do you really want 500-odd people knowing your business? I guess it all comes down to wanting attention. But it’s all negative - it doesn’t half make you look like a dick when you’re ranting about how much of an arsehole your ex is or how much of a bitch your “best friend” is. Not only are you publicly humiliating yourself, you’re inviting people who have nothing to do with the situation, to get involved, and when this happens, they’re usually told to “mind their own business” anyway. Personal problems are named that for a reason.

Whether it be an argument between two people that has gotten out of hand, or one person writing a status/Tweet that is aimed at a particular person, it’s an endless, pathetic cycle. What ever happened to people arguing it out between themselves face-to-face? We just need good old fashioned “I’ll meet you on the playground at break-time.” Don’t get me wrong, it can be entertaining to read. But then again, it’s none of our fucking business.

“They never open their mouths without subtracting from the sum of human knowledge.” - Thomas Brackett Reed