Facebook. I have ranted before about it, explained how I have removed the application from my phone, how I am slowly stepping away and eventually saying good bye to the social media outlet. I was reading through my news-feed the other night and read something that made me stop and read it aloud to Cody, stopped following that particular person, immediately shut my computer down and didn't touch it again for over twenty four hours.
I was absolutely disgusted. I almost wanted to screen-shot the image and blur out the name of the individual that posted it, but after thinking about it, I decided that paraphrasing and doing my best to keep the person anonymous was the better way to go.
To sum it up, this person was spending a weekend away, and had gone shopping. No big deal, happens all the time... I like doing this from time to time. I will quote the rest of the status update. "Went shopping for nothing in particular and scored a new Coach purse! Yay for me! I feel really guilty, I could have fed several homeless ppl. God is good to me. -feeling blessed."
What? Did I really just read that? Did someone actually just announce that to the world? Yes, they did. I was furious. Crap like this is what is wrong with the world today.
I am not going to pretend that I feed homeless people. I don't. I do not feel as though we struggle, but Cody and I both work hard and contribute toward our family expenses. We also, at times, buy nice thing for the kids or ourselves, but for the most part we are both fairly thrifty people who enjoy trying to save and work toward a goal, whether it be a trip or an object or just the simple goal of saving.
I like the person that posted the aforementioned status. She is someone who I have known for a long time and care about. She is a wonderful person with an equally great family that includes children, grandchildren, and extended family. I have no personal issue with her, I just believe that the delivery was, well, TERRIBLE. Even worse, twenty four people "liked" it. Really, people? Are we so desensitized that this actually seemed like something good to read? I guess so, and, for lack of better words, that sucks. Big time.
That is what social media is for, to show off our accomplishments to the world...but couldn't you have left out the part about what you could have done for the homeless instead of buying the expensive bag? Did God really "bless" you with that purse? I don't think so, but that is my personal opinion (and this is my blog).
I could go on an on about the many reasons this situation rubbed me the wrong way, but I will be finished with it now. I felt compelled to write down my feelings about it. The words had nothing to do with me or my life, therefore they will not affect me. It was something that made me think and prompted conversations, so I suppose I took something ugly and made as much use of it as possible.
We took a trip to Kansas City over the weekend with the kids... Legoland and Sealife Aquarium, both were loads of fun and we got a lot of great photos. That is all for another post, which will come soon. Spring break is officially over and Caden and I are back to the grind of school. :)))
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