Awkwardbook – Embarrassing Facebook Moments

March 6, 2010 3:00 pm     Posted in Entertainment, HaHa  Christie - NC State University g+ page


By Christie

Oh Facebook, how did we get along before you?

You help us stalk our crushes in order to see their likes, and if there are any skanks in their photos they’re available.
You help us avoid people (you know, the ones who tell you where they are at all times in their statuses and you think to yourself, “damn, I really wanted to eat lunch there, too”).
You keep us sane while studying for exams (or at least, our attempting to study while browsing the news feed).

Facebook has become central to our lives and, much like Google, is not only a noun, but a verb as well.

But at times, like when we’re trying to maintain a relationship, Facebook isn’t that great. In fact, it’s yet another outlet for really awkward situations.

Stalking gone awry.
So you’re sitting in your room, stalking your crush whom you have barely said hello to, when all of a sudden it happens. Your computer freezes and you panic. You move your mouse around a little. Nothing moves. You click a few times, pound on the keyboard a bit. Oh wait. NO! You accidently clicked “like” on his status. Or worse, you friended him. And there’s no taking it back. Oh god.

Creepy Stalkers.
After a long day, you come back to your room and check your Facebook, hoping that there will be a witty comment on your wall to cheer you up, or a picture comment telling you how cute you are. You see a friend request (yay!). Wait, is that the kid who sits behind you? The creepy one who leans forward to stare down your shirt and breathes WAY too heavily? How does he know your name?! How did he find you?!

Quiz Results.
 You know the ones. No one likes seeing that someone they know is “doggy style” or a “thong.” That’s just way too much information. Especially when it’s your T.A. At first, you let it go, but when you see the fourth quiz result for which sex position they are, you start to wonder if it’s time to block certain things (or people) from appearing on your news feed.

Break Up Announcements…and Reactions.
Break ups are difficult, and when the time comes to officially change your status on Facebook, break ups get awkward. There’s the simple fact that you have to deal with that little broken heart popping up in everyone’s news feed. And then you have to deal with those people who, instead of calling to see what happened, like to ask you for all the details via a Wall post. Even worse, there’s the reactions of your ex’s friends. You may think his suitemates liked you, until you see them “liking” the fact that Mr. Ex is now single. Bastards.

Parents.
Usually there is nothing more awkward than parents who have Facebook. They feel the need to like everyone’s status, send you annoying application requests, and ask embarrassing questions on your Wall. And if that’s not bad enough, my dad started becoming fans of different things. What started off as something innocent (“Dad became a fan of ESPN”) turned into one of the most embarrassing moments of my life. My father, a teacher, became a fan of morning sex. MORNING SEX. When I asked him about this he responded: “It’s true, I AM a fan of morning sex.” I will never look at him or my mom (ew) that same again.

    So eff you Facebook, you double edged sword. You have caused so many awkward situations that I never would have had deal with if it wasn’t for how dang addicting you are.

    17 Comments on "Awkwardbook – Embarrassing Facebook Moments"

    1. nessa says:
      Sat, 6th Mar 20102:48 pm 

      hahah you dad becoming a fan of "Morning Sex" lmao

    2. wendy says:
      Sat, 6th Mar 20104:14 pm 

      LOLLL.

      how very true.

      worst –> when screen freezes in the comp lab and you're afraid people around know the person you're stalking.

    3. Aristo says:
      Sat, 6th Mar 20106:07 pm 

      So, uh, when a girl does it, it's only "stalking gone awry," but when a guy does it, it's automatically "creepy stalking?"

    4. Christie - NC State says:
      Sat, 6th Mar 20106:48 pm 

      Wendy: haha I know, that is the worst!

      Aristo: I've seen plenty of girls take it too far as well, but I was talking about how someone (whether a guy or a girl) added me and I had never spoken to them. I wasn't talking about looking up a crush and being too nervous to add them, and accidentally doing so. I wasn't trying to be sexist.

    5. blackout says:
      Sun, 7th Mar 20102:02 am 

      Aristo: I think you missed the point. It's "stalking gone awry" to the girl because it may seem like "creepy stalking" to the guy … the one that she's stalking haha. Likewise, it's creepy stalking when the guy that you barely know adds you as a friend.

    6. Savannah says:
      Sun, 7th Mar 20104:32 am 

      You can delete friend requests. If you go under suggested friends (on the new facebook you have to click it) and then go to all connections you will have to scroll through all of your become a fan items (and I have a ridiculous amount) but you can delete them. (:

    7. Casey says:
      Sun, 7th Mar 20103:38 pm 

      i don't have to worry about my parents, they both have facebook, but my mom's more of a blogger and my dad is virtually computer illiterate, so neither really use them. But my aunts! My god! after a hard week I updated my status to "fuck this shit" and got comments from two of my aunts, one saying to really think about what I'm posting because, "remember who can see it", and the other saying "your language is very unbecoming". Uh thanks for the advice guys, but here's some for you, GET OFF FACEBOOK! If "old people" can't get it through their heads that what they see on facebook is how the world is now then they really shouldn't be on it, or they shouldn't friend younger people, I don't want to sensor my life because you're sensitive.

      A week later my sister took a quiz, "what curse word are you", with the result "FUCK" in big bold letters, one of my same aunts commented on it saying, "Are you kidding? That's disgusting. Why would you have something like that on your facebook?", I think I can speak for my sister and say, "Uh, I'm 25, why wouldn't I have something like that on my facebook?"

    8. natalie says:
      Mon, 8th Mar 201011:13 am 

      I don't understand why it's so important for your relationship status to be posted to Facebook. Likewise, you say you have to deal with people who, instead of calling after they see your relationship obviously ended, will post something to your Facebook asking what happened. Well, if you decided to inform the Facebook world of your "break-up" instead of actually calling THEM, they are going to respond with Facebook. How are they going to know what happened if you don't tell them and the only way they find out is through Facebook? I'm sure if you gave them the respect of calling with "details" then there wouldn't be any embarrassment of details being all over Facebook. Why not just eliminate the "heartbreak" and dealing with people who don't care to call and not bother with posting it at all??

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    10. Mel says:
      Wed, 10th Mar 20107:02 am 

      So… my favorite thing about facebook right now is that when people that you don't like/relatives friend request you, you can limit exactly what it is they see. ^_^ I haven't had a reason to do it yet, but my friend does that all of the time.

    11. E says:
      Fri, 12th Mar 201012:17 am 

      my parents canNOT get facebook. It's bad enough that my sister's husband's brother is my friend. And the creepy people are many and VERY creepy! love this post :)

    12. Your Aunt says:
      Fri, 30th Sep 201112:19 pm 

      Oh you young people and your filthy Facebook ways. Much too shocking for my delicate sensibilities. I like to stick to posting footage of my cat getting into my craft supplies on Youtube.com. Now excuse me while I go do needlepoint. -YOUR AUNT

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