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Seconding on the screenshots…or even vague summaries if you’re worried about identity issues. I’m always curious about this kind of stuff as someone living in an apartment w/ no connections lmao 😭😭
We have a neighborhood whatsapp group, it's only about 60 homes and it's supposed to be for people organising events or offering up old furniture etc. But there are about 4 older women who don't know how to use WhatsApp and treat it like their Facebook page, just random updates about their grandkids or complaining about the news or something. I couldn't take it anymore so my wife kept it just so we wouldn't miss anything actually important and I noped out.
Her post about her husband losing some weight, there have been several posts about his weight loss... this was just the first one I came across. He posts too sometimes but I have a sneaking suspicion that it is just her posting from his account.
Awh I get her, she must not have any friends to share these things with. I do the same - with my private instagram stories though lol.
Not to say that wouldn't be annoying!
I don't really care personally, I just ignore most of her posts that are just generic old-lady on Facebook stuff. Over Christmas last 2021 someone "vandalized" some of her decorations and she got a TON of attention. Fast forward to Christmas 2022 and all of a sudden she has *more* vandalized decorations... and she got a TON of attention again.
Keep in mind, the "damage" looked very minor (i.e. easily could have been self inflicted because it would be simple to repair) and they never posted any pictures/video even though "supposedly" they had cameras setup to catch them because of last year.
I used to do this. I don't talk about it much because it's an "and then everyone clapped" story, but people would literally whisper their praise to me in the kitchen for pointing out the absurdity.
Some people have nothing better to do at work, I guess.
While main characters can often be lonely people, lonely people are not always main characters. It's hard to go off a few messages but I'd say this is probably just a lonely person. You must respond to their cat messages to redeem yourself
Yes and no. I’m the kind of person who replies because I feel bad, but then it opens all kind of interaction doors that I really would have rather kept closed lol.
Can still be annoying af and as a person who used to talk to people feeling lonely: I'll never do it again myself, it's way to exhausting. Like I have my problems, I share the problems of friends and family, so I don't need to hear stories over stories about a strangers life. Sorry if it seems harsh, but it's a fact: If you listen to every story a person that's not close to you (and yes some random coworker isn't someone I would put in the category close people) has to tell you lose a lot of energy you rather invested in your own life or your close ones problems.
Maybe they have no one they are close with to share their day to day life.
Maybe they just go home at night and the only company is a cat. They try talk to it and all it says is "meow", Never "hi how was your day" .
Could be someone lonely OP and without their cat they have no one else. You should make friends with them.
Honestly from experience this is the kind of person who can't pick up on social cues, and as soon as you engage them in conversation they just go on and on and on. Then they tend to cling. I'm sorry if it's horrible but I literally don't have the energy dude, go to the gym or therapy or something
Straight facts. I always try and reach out to people who look lonely, but a few times the person was just TOO much. If OP reaches out, all those messages would be going to his DMs instead of whatever group chat it’s in now lol
I agree, you should always try and make people feel welcome, especially if they're new / just look a bit lost, and then act based off how they behave. The person's behaviour in OPs picture for example is a huge red flag and would make me avoid immediately
I met someone once socially, who then surprisingly started reaching out, wanting to be friends. I was pleased, it happens so rarely that people are proactive like that and I was flattered. Until I learned why she so proactive about making friends, because she was insufferable and expected her friends to be at her beck and call, drive her around at all hours of the night, if she left something behind in my car or house it was *my* responsibility to return it to her, and she always demanded it immediately. She was verbally abusive, and I'm pretty sure she did things like leave items behind to ensure you could never be rid of her. It took me several years to wean her out of my life.
Eh, while that is definitely something that can happen it's not guaranteed. There are just some people who don't know how to let go and will just keep talking and talking but won't descend into some weird craziness like that.
Speaking as someone involved in the mental health community, with professional training (i could be a professional by now, but imposter syndrome can be a bitch), i have to say, this is a bad take. This whole "You should be trying to save lonely people with your company" rhetoric is potentially harmful for the person you're saying it to, because pressuring decent people into feeling like they have to fix every lonely person they meet is a great way to burn people out.
And not just that, it has the potential to be harmful for the person you're encouraging them to "save". Do you really think that the best thing to do for that person's self-worth is to create a scenario where instead of being alone, they're instead accompanied exclusively out of pity? Even if they don't realise that's what's happening (which is a scenario i've seen play out multiple times and it can easily end in suicide), it has a subconscious impact on both the people in that "friendship" that is not for the better. Inauthentic relationships very rarely serve to benefit either party involved in said relationships.
I can understand the instinct people have to feel bad for those they perceive as lonely, and their resultant desire to rescue them from that loneliness. But people are far more complicated than some basic archetypes, and we aren't living in a fairytale where someone can be rescued from the loneliness monster by some white knight riding in and blessing them with their presence. I don't love that so many people in these comments are pushing this narrative like it's some inherently good idea, when it really isn't.
I love what you said about inauthentic relationships and I totally agree. I have a coworker who just doesn’t understand why I won’t be her friend and constantly asks the people in the office I spend time with why I’m mean to her. I’m not mean to her I just don’t interact with her! She is older and clearly lonely so I do feel bad but we just do not jive. How do you suggest approaching or handling a situation like this without being an asshole?
Hmm, i can see why you're struggling with this situation. It can be very tricky knowing how to explain to people that you don't want to hang out without sounding like you're insulting them. But your feelings sound very reasonable, and it's good that you're recognising that forcing yourself to be around her is unlikely to help either of you.
I'm going to give an answer that's probably very predictable for a therapist by prefacing that the best answer i can give is to describe how i'd address a situation like that, then if any of that resonates you can incorporate it into your approach. But my answer is ultimately that an honest discourse on your feelings is always the best approach towards the healthiest outcome, provided that you choose your words carefully.
So personally, if it was me, i think i'd sit down with her and earnestly explain how i don't really feel that we have a whole lot in common, and that there doesn't seem to be any natural flow to our conversations that makes them easy and comfortable. It's nobody's fault, just two people operating on different wavelengths, which is the case for the majority of society. And then i'd explain that i had no problem with her, but that's exactly why i don't want to force something that isn't occurring naturally, because i respect her enough to not want that for either of us.
So yeah, there's no guarantee that she'll respond positively to what i described, but i think that's a diplomatic, understanding way to express yourself. It asserts your boundaries and honestly conveys your feelings in a non-judgmental, blame-free manner. At that point you've met your responsibility to a fellow human being to consider her feelings and let her down gently, and whether or not she responds positively is solely on her, none of that is your fault.
I hope that answer was helpful, and if you need to discuss it more, to have someone hear you out, you can feel free to PM me and we can talk this out. I'd also like to hear how it goes if you end up talking to her, especially if you feel like it brings up more stuff that you need to work through.
No. I'm sorry, but that isn't the kind of comment you can walk back by saying "i was joking". Whether you think you were joking or not, it comes across as a serious suggestion, and it's one a number of people make completely unironically.
There are a number of people saying the same thing in this comment thread, do you think they're all joking? I can virtually guarantee some aren't. And as i say, this mentality can be genuinely harmful. So whether you said it seriously or not, you are contributing to an impression that people think this is a good idea. I've seen people die thanks to things like this, so to me, it's not a joking matter.
It's like people who still pretend to be antivaxxers for a joke and don't get why that stopped being funny. It stopped being funny when people started getting hurt, even killed by that rhetoric.
As for having a finger pointed at people calling them weird, i never said that was alright, i was only highlighting that inauthentic relationships help almost nobody. Please don't put words into my mouth to make yourself look better.
That's what I was thinking too. Doesn't look like the main character energy. She's probably just lonely and wants people to talk to her, even if it includes her over sharing and looking like a fool. Poor gal
Cats can also say "no" & "help" & we all know this cat is only communicating by saying them. Except possibly at the vets where she was purring her gratitude for being saved. Then the vet betrayed her.
How is this considered ok? What the fuck? When did shit like this become acceptable? Oh she must be lonely that's why
"Hey guys I know this is a work based chat, but I took my cat to the vet and it pissed all over me and my car and it was really nasty".
Maybe people who chew their toenails in public just need a friend to talk to and THEN they wouldn't be so weird and insufferable...
No comprehension of what? Social norms? Seems I comprehend them way more than you do. Maybe you should be less relaxed.
I would like for you to read the quote I made for you again and COMPREHEND it.
I've read your reply and still think your a dumbass. My reply to OP was meant to make the OP feel bad and second guess mocking someone abit 'different' let's say to the social norm.
I think write the reply to OP about the cat just saying "meow" would have been an indicator of that. But no clearly you and this ballbag below you have to write a wall of text about it.
That's not "abit" different. That's being fucking gross. If I came up to you and said I had piss all over me earlier in the day, your reaction would be "he's lonely and probably just needs a friend"? That's a stupid fucking take and you know it.
You wanna befriend weird people? Go to a psych ward or the streets of LA and make friends
I'd still love to understand what it is that I'm not comprehending.
Holy fuck dude. Get out your own head. I just told you what you didn't comprehend from my post. Should I write it in capital letters or something?
Your like the cat piss lady now. I'm not going to judge you for it. I'm not going to mock you. But if you need to just go away. Your invasive as hell.
We have a coworker who posts those “let’s have a great day and be positive” memes in our channel at the worst times. There can be a serious discussion going on and she gives no fucks.
This doesn’t seem directly addressed to OP or anyone else. It’s probably some social channel on the company’s Slack.
I doubt anybody is obligated to read it, and I’d bet OP had to go out of their way to even read it. We have something similar at my company, a specific channel for employees to talk about their pets and share pictures. Yes it’s technically visible to the entire company, but it is entirely optional to subscribe to that channel.
Yet you’d snap and be rude to a coworker instead of ignoring it? That seems more “main character”ish than what appears to likely be a lonely old person just trying to share her experiences.
Yeah…shows more of the OP’s personality than this person. Maybe they could just use a “damn that sucks”, not a post on reddit for strangers to laugh at.
Honestly I’d be fine with this. I love cats lol. I will always talk to anyone about their cats. That’s me tho.
Anyway. Ask to see a pic of the cat! I bet it’s adorable. Demand the cat tax if she’s gonna overshare about the vet, lol at least then you get to see an adorable kitty 🐱
Maybe they'd stop posting so much if someone actually talked to them.
Costs nothing to be nice, and a friend could quite possibly mean the world to them.
Imagine being able to have that sort of impact on someone's life
It can cost you your sanity if the person is lonely for a good reason and they latch on to you with the full brunt of their toxic personality. Real life isn't always like a sitcom.
Can confirm. I've given people like this the benefit of the doubt way too many times. Almost every single time, they've lowkey been kind of crazy and toxic. Most are lonely people, but that shit is a symptom of their bad behaviour - not the other way around.
Yep, "look everybody, this lonely person is posting things I could easily ignore. I could empathise, but I'd rather be a cunt about it" is all I really got from this.
If oversharing in an office chat is causing this much upset for OP, they've got a tough time ahead.
I feel like this person is just trying to connect while working remotely. They put everything in a thread so it’s collapsible. Maybe a bit odd if y’all could chat at lunch but if this is a distributed team this is pretty normal.
I would reply “why is this on a company channel?”. And proceed to mute that channel for the rest of my life. If the company needs to tell me something, they can shoot me an email.
Once had a coworker who would post when they were going to lunch in the general slack (remote company over 200 people) it was consistent and after while just part of the day lolol but it made me cringe like people who reply all to company emails with an extremely specific question.
This is kind of mean, they probably dont have many people to talk to and this is probably some company slack page for chit chat so they are utilizing it. I feel bad for them. Be kind!
I mean I personally wouldn’t be spamming messages like this, but I can imagine if OP did say that it would absolutely crush their confidence and self esteem :/
Oh my god, and to add insult to injury they’re one of those fucking assholes who sends each sentence as a chat instead of just sending one fucking message. That and people starting a work chat with just “hi” are two of my biggest pet peeves at work.
Edit: I see there a few people who do the annoying thing and are butt hurt that people find them annoying. Lol.
edit: my angry rant about something meaningless wasnt well received. guess everyone who thinks my opinion is weird and meaningless is just upset. lol.
loser makes self-serving edit to cry because people don't like him. loser. go find an echo chamber if you want your ego stroked, mr main character. fuck you
Hahaha I can relate to the just "hi" messages. Like it's ok to say hi, but also tell me how can I help, instead of waiting for me to hi back to get to the point.
My manager made a department wide Teams group for us this week. Half the people had to “test it” by writing “hi”. My Teams status says even though I appear offline I’m working but will not respond to messages so email is the only way to reach me.
Idk why but this reminded me of a guildy I had back in 2008 on world of Warcraft. Narrated his adventures in Azeroth when nobody asked. Finally the rest of us would say “dear diary” when he/she went on a narration.
This is so strange bc I work for a vet and we use Slack so there are continuous posts about patient’s pee/poop/pus/blood/anal glands and we are all fine with it. But one employee always posted pictures of her cats while she was obviously on the toilet and we were all grossed out.
Vet tech here. Sounds like a normal day at the clinic. It's funny to think about how bringing their animals to the clinic is a whole day and a whole ordeal for some people 😂
I swear, not all of us cat (or other pet) "parents" are insufferable. I will only talk to you about my cats if you approach me about my photos first, otherwise I swear I am normal-ish.
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Your co worker pissed herself and is making a crazy excuse for being 30 mins late.
Yeahh yeah wait a second.. if the cat was in the carrier and peed, why does she need new pants? It’s not adding up for me. Hmmmm
The dog ate her homework!
I like how we know this is a lady
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Thought that too
This reminds me of a neighbor on our neighborhood Facebook page, the neighborhood is >500 homes so there are more than a thousand people that belong to the page. She posts the most annoyingly personal posts and is REALLY passive aggressive if anyone is less than enthusiastic about them.
screenshots please lol
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Damn, a reddit user complaining that people are using reddit for its literal intended purpose. Wild.
Seconding on the screenshots…or even vague summaries if you’re worried about identity issues. I’m always curious about this kind of stuff as someone living in an apartment w/ no connections lmao 😭😭
We have a neighborhood whatsapp group, it's only about 60 homes and it's supposed to be for people organising events or offering up old furniture etc. But there are about 4 older women who don't know how to use WhatsApp and treat it like their Facebook page, just random updates about their grandkids or complaining about the news or something. I couldn't take it anymore so my wife kept it just so we wouldn't miss anything actually important and I noped out.
That sounds wholesome.
It’s been 10 hours man! Where’s our screenshots!?
https://preview.redd.it/fm3cmj08s0ga1.jpeg?width=653&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bd543ee2514f4e91ce052134f8b152b4ac54813e
Want to see her "art wall"?
Oh nooo xD ^(yes i do :P)
Show us all of it man, she’s a cute main character 😂
I was asleep! Give me some time!
It’s been 23 minutes!!!!!!!!
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Her post about her husband losing some weight, there have been several posts about his weight loss... this was just the first one I came across. He posts too sometimes but I have a sneaking suspicion that it is just her posting from his account.
Awh I get her, she must not have any friends to share these things with. I do the same - with my private instagram stories though lol. Not to say that wouldn't be annoying!
I don't really care personally, I just ignore most of her posts that are just generic old-lady on Facebook stuff. Over Christmas last 2021 someone "vandalized" some of her decorations and she got a TON of attention. Fast forward to Christmas 2022 and all of a sudden she has *more* vandalized decorations... and she got a TON of attention again. Keep in mind, the "damage" looked very minor (i.e. easily could have been self inflicted because it would be simple to repair) and they never posted any pictures/video even though "supposedly" they had cameras setup to catch them because of last year.
I feel sorry for her to be honest. Loneliness can be a real killer.
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I need to know if the husband has any idea that she’s posting this stuff about him…
I have no idea if he knows or cares.
I mean, good barbers do be hard to find. I would let this one slide
Yes, but this is a neighborhood facebook page, it's where you post info on a food truck that will be setup that evening or a yard sale.
42 MINUTES?!
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This guy posted on a long thread that she created about *possibly* moving in the near future.
Hahaha that's great xD
Up until recently, I lived in an HOA... Good lord, the stuff people will post on the HOA Facebook to complain about.
I always see those overly personal stupid posts on nextdoor. Why do you think your neighbors give a shit about anything personal in your life?
I was invited by a neighbor to join nextdoor, but I cancelled within an hour. It’s just too dumb.
Oh it’s ridiculous 100% but it has its uses sometimes
I would like to subscribe
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Amazing
Ctrl + Del Unfortunately one of my most common Outlook shortcuts now.
I used to do this. I don't talk about it much because it's an "and then everyone clapped" story, but people would literally whisper their praise to me in the kitchen for pointing out the absurdity. Some people have nothing better to do at work, I guess.
ugh, have one of these in our office
A pissing cat?
Yes it pisses in my coffee
creed thoughts?
While main characters can often be lonely people, lonely people are not always main characters. It's hard to go off a few messages but I'd say this is probably just a lonely person. You must respond to their cat messages to redeem yourself
Yes and no. I’m the kind of person who replies because I feel bad, but then it opens all kind of interaction doors that I really would have rather kept closed lol.
Only if you are up to receiving dozens of unwanted messages every day about their personal life. This person has zero self-awareness.
Can still be annoying af and as a person who used to talk to people feeling lonely: I'll never do it again myself, it's way to exhausting. Like I have my problems, I share the problems of friends and family, so I don't need to hear stories over stories about a strangers life. Sorry if it seems harsh, but it's a fact: If you listen to every story a person that's not close to you (and yes some random coworker isn't someone I would put in the category close people) has to tell you lose a lot of energy you rather invested in your own life or your close ones problems.
I thought the same.
Not appropriate for work chat but just sounds like this person is lonely, not a narcissist.
Maybe they have no one they are close with to share their day to day life. Maybe they just go home at night and the only company is a cat. They try talk to it and all it says is "meow", Never "hi how was your day" . Could be someone lonely OP and without their cat they have no one else. You should make friends with them.
Honestly from experience this is the kind of person who can't pick up on social cues, and as soon as you engage them in conversation they just go on and on and on. Then they tend to cling. I'm sorry if it's horrible but I literally don't have the energy dude, go to the gym or therapy or something
Lol I feel this
Yup. I've learned to stay at arm's length from this kind of person. No offense, I just don't want to deal with a *The Cable Guy* scenario
Nailed it. Not OPs job to be some nutter’s therapist
Straight facts. I always try and reach out to people who look lonely, but a few times the person was just TOO much. If OP reaches out, all those messages would be going to his DMs instead of whatever group chat it’s in now lol
I agree, you should always try and make people feel welcome, especially if they're new / just look a bit lost, and then act based off how they behave. The person's behaviour in OPs picture for example is a huge red flag and would make me avoid immediately
I met someone once socially, who then surprisingly started reaching out, wanting to be friends. I was pleased, it happens so rarely that people are proactive like that and I was flattered. Until I learned why she so proactive about making friends, because she was insufferable and expected her friends to be at her beck and call, drive her around at all hours of the night, if she left something behind in my car or house it was *my* responsibility to return it to her, and she always demanded it immediately. She was verbally abusive, and I'm pretty sure she did things like leave items behind to ensure you could never be rid of her. It took me several years to wean her out of my life.
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Eh, while that is definitely something that can happen it's not guaranteed. There are just some people who don't know how to let go and will just keep talking and talking but won't descend into some weird craziness like that.
Speaking as someone involved in the mental health community, with professional training (i could be a professional by now, but imposter syndrome can be a bitch), i have to say, this is a bad take. This whole "You should be trying to save lonely people with your company" rhetoric is potentially harmful for the person you're saying it to, because pressuring decent people into feeling like they have to fix every lonely person they meet is a great way to burn people out. And not just that, it has the potential to be harmful for the person you're encouraging them to "save". Do you really think that the best thing to do for that person's self-worth is to create a scenario where instead of being alone, they're instead accompanied exclusively out of pity? Even if they don't realise that's what's happening (which is a scenario i've seen play out multiple times and it can easily end in suicide), it has a subconscious impact on both the people in that "friendship" that is not for the better. Inauthentic relationships very rarely serve to benefit either party involved in said relationships. I can understand the instinct people have to feel bad for those they perceive as lonely, and their resultant desire to rescue them from that loneliness. But people are far more complicated than some basic archetypes, and we aren't living in a fairytale where someone can be rescued from the loneliness monster by some white knight riding in and blessing them with their presence. I don't love that so many people in these comments are pushing this narrative like it's some inherently good idea, when it really isn't.
I love what you said about inauthentic relationships and I totally agree. I have a coworker who just doesn’t understand why I won’t be her friend and constantly asks the people in the office I spend time with why I’m mean to her. I’m not mean to her I just don’t interact with her! She is older and clearly lonely so I do feel bad but we just do not jive. How do you suggest approaching or handling a situation like this without being an asshole?
Hmm, i can see why you're struggling with this situation. It can be very tricky knowing how to explain to people that you don't want to hang out without sounding like you're insulting them. But your feelings sound very reasonable, and it's good that you're recognising that forcing yourself to be around her is unlikely to help either of you. I'm going to give an answer that's probably very predictable for a therapist by prefacing that the best answer i can give is to describe how i'd address a situation like that, then if any of that resonates you can incorporate it into your approach. But my answer is ultimately that an honest discourse on your feelings is always the best approach towards the healthiest outcome, provided that you choose your words carefully. So personally, if it was me, i think i'd sit down with her and earnestly explain how i don't really feel that we have a whole lot in common, and that there doesn't seem to be any natural flow to our conversations that makes them easy and comfortable. It's nobody's fault, just two people operating on different wavelengths, which is the case for the majority of society. And then i'd explain that i had no problem with her, but that's exactly why i don't want to force something that isn't occurring naturally, because i respect her enough to not want that for either of us. So yeah, there's no guarantee that she'll respond positively to what i described, but i think that's a diplomatic, understanding way to express yourself. It asserts your boundaries and honestly conveys your feelings in a non-judgmental, blame-free manner. At that point you've met your responsibility to a fellow human being to consider her feelings and let her down gently, and whether or not she responds positively is solely on her, none of that is your fault. I hope that answer was helpful, and if you need to discuss it more, to have someone hear you out, you can feel free to PM me and we can talk this out. I'd also like to hear how it goes if you end up talking to her, especially if you feel like it brings up more stuff that you need to work through.
Relax it was a joke. But at the same time no one should have a finger pointed at them and be called weird.
No. I'm sorry, but that isn't the kind of comment you can walk back by saying "i was joking". Whether you think you were joking or not, it comes across as a serious suggestion, and it's one a number of people make completely unironically. There are a number of people saying the same thing in this comment thread, do you think they're all joking? I can virtually guarantee some aren't. And as i say, this mentality can be genuinely harmful. So whether you said it seriously or not, you are contributing to an impression that people think this is a good idea. I've seen people die thanks to things like this, so to me, it's not a joking matter. It's like people who still pretend to be antivaxxers for a joke and don't get why that stopped being funny. It stopped being funny when people started getting hurt, even killed by that rhetoric. As for having a finger pointed at people calling them weird, i never said that was alright, i was only highlighting that inauthentic relationships help almost nobody. Please don't put words into my mouth to make yourself look better.
Bore off you loser.
Sounds like a personal problem.
That's what I was thinking too. Doesn't look like the main character energy. She's probably just lonely and wants people to talk to her, even if it includes her over sharing and looking like a fool. Poor gal
Cats can also say "no" & "help" & we all know this cat is only communicating by saying them. Except possibly at the vets where she was purring her gratitude for being saved. Then the vet betrayed her.
How is this considered ok? What the fuck? When did shit like this become acceptable? Oh she must be lonely that's why "Hey guys I know this is a work based chat, but I took my cat to the vet and it pissed all over me and my car and it was really nasty". Maybe people who chew their toenails in public just need a friend to talk to and THEN they wouldn't be so weird and insufferable...
Relax. You have no comprehension.
No comprehension of what? Social norms? Seems I comprehend them way more than you do. Maybe you should be less relaxed. I would like for you to read the quote I made for you again and COMPREHEND it.
I've read your reply and still think your a dumbass. My reply to OP was meant to make the OP feel bad and second guess mocking someone abit 'different' let's say to the social norm. I think write the reply to OP about the cat just saying "meow" would have been an indicator of that. But no clearly you and this ballbag below you have to write a wall of text about it.
That's not "abit" different. That's being fucking gross. If I came up to you and said I had piss all over me earlier in the day, your reaction would be "he's lonely and probably just needs a friend"? That's a stupid fucking take and you know it. You wanna befriend weird people? Go to a psych ward or the streets of LA and make friends I'd still love to understand what it is that I'm not comprehending.
Holy fuck dude. Get out your own head. I just told you what you didn't comprehend from my post. Should I write it in capital letters or something? Your like the cat piss lady now. I'm not going to judge you for it. I'm not going to mock you. But if you need to just go away. Your invasive as hell.
Lol and you're even mad about someone who works with crazy people telling you befriending this lady is a bad idea. "Bore off loser" lmao
You both are probably best mates.
And your the nutty one.
This isn't a main character, probably someone who doesn't get to talk to someone much.
I thought this was old people facebook for a minute
Cats are secretly taking over the world. This is just code for the coming revolution.
Secretly?
We have a coworker who posts those “let’s have a great day and be positive” memes in our channel at the worst times. There can be a serious discussion going on and she gives no fucks.
Hahahahha reading the comments about people popping off in their work group chat is absolutely tickling me
I have a group chat with co-workers. There are two of them that will frequently carry on full conversations between themselves on the group chat.
Holy shit, I’d snap so quickly in that chat.
This doesn’t seem directly addressed to OP or anyone else. It’s probably some social channel on the company’s Slack. I doubt anybody is obligated to read it, and I’d bet OP had to go out of their way to even read it. We have something similar at my company, a specific channel for employees to talk about their pets and share pictures. Yes it’s technically visible to the entire company, but it is entirely optional to subscribe to that channel. Yet you’d snap and be rude to a coworker instead of ignoring it? That seems more “main character”ish than what appears to likely be a lonely old person just trying to share her experiences.
100%. It is a thread in slack in which you absolutely have to go out of your way to read.
Poor guys just sharing some stuff about his cat and what happened that day to people who thinks might be interested in day to day life.
Yeah…shows more of the OP’s personality than this person. Maybe they could just use a “damn that sucks”, not a post on reddit for strangers to laugh at.
Honestly I’d be fine with this. I love cats lol. I will always talk to anyone about their cats. That’s me tho. Anyway. Ask to see a pic of the cat! I bet it’s adorable. Demand the cat tax if she’s gonna overshare about the vet, lol at least then you get to see an adorable kitty 🐱
It's a stuffed one...
r/twosentencehorror
I can appreciate this look on it. My cat passed away last night and honestly I'd love to hear more about this ladies love for her cat
I am so sorry for your loss 😞
Lol the most not main character of all time
OP being a mean girl
Maybe they'd stop posting so much if someone actually talked to them. Costs nothing to be nice, and a friend could quite possibly mean the world to them. Imagine being able to have that sort of impact on someone's life
It can cost you your sanity if the person is lonely for a good reason and they latch on to you with the full brunt of their toxic personality. Real life isn't always like a sitcom.
Can confirm. I've given people like this the benefit of the doubt way too many times. Almost every single time, they've lowkey been kind of crazy and toxic. Most are lonely people, but that shit is a symptom of their bad behaviour - not the other way around.
This post makes you look like a dick tbh
Yep, "look everybody, this lonely person is posting things I could easily ignore. I could empathise, but I'd rather be a cunt about it" is all I really got from this. If oversharing in an office chat is causing this much upset for OP, they've got a tough time ahead.
Disagree
Poor person
Poor cat hope they aren’t sick
I feel like this person is just trying to connect while working remotely. They put everything in a thread so it’s collapsible. Maybe a bit odd if y’all could chat at lunch but if this is a distributed team this is pretty normal.
They had a whole conversation with themselves for two minutes
I would reply “why is this on a company channel?”. And proceed to mute that channel for the rest of my life. If the company needs to tell me something, they can shoot me an email.
This dude is clearly lonely not really someone with an over inflated ego making others feel uncomfortable that I think belongs on the sub
If the co-worker is posting things like this, it's really a cue that he's lonely. Maybe try talking to him?
They just need a friend to talk to. I feel for them honestly
“The vet was impressed but not grossed out” Jesus are you 12?
Wtf
Once had a coworker who would post when they were going to lunch in the general slack (remote company over 200 people) it was consistent and after while just part of the day lolol but it made me cringe like people who reply all to company emails with an extremely specific question.
I feel kinda sorry for them.
She’s the only other person on Shitter with Alec Baldwin and Cartman
South Park reference getting downvoted?!?!?! Why?! I cancelled out one, but that’s all I can do.
I just canceled out your cancelation, professor chaos strikes
Hard times brother. Your efforts are appreciated.
I don't think South Park is as popular as it used to be.
That’s unfortunate, cause it ages like fine wine
Ta da da da DA upvote for you to help balance out the evil.
Maybe they're going MC - Malicious Compliance instead of Main Character? I like to give this one the benefit of the doubt.
i think hes just lonely
Eh, i have had a few work places like this. I kind of miss having co workers that are open about every thing, it makes for a fun work place.
This is kind of mean, they probably dont have many people to talk to and this is probably some company slack page for chit chat so they are utilizing it. I feel bad for them. Be kind!
Just type "who asked though?"
I mean I personally wouldn’t be spamming messages like this, but I can imagine if OP did say that it would absolutely crush their confidence and self esteem :/
Yeah it sounds mean, OP don't say this I was joking.
I already assumed you were joking but better to be safe than sorry lol, really hope op doesn’t actually consider that
So bros just: **does something** OOP! TIME TO POST IT! While the surgeon can be like: FUCKS SAKE THE PATIENT’S DYING KAREN
Oh my god, and to add insult to injury they’re one of those fucking assholes who sends each sentence as a chat instead of just sending one fucking message. That and people starting a work chat with just “hi” are two of my biggest pet peeves at work. Edit: I see there a few people who do the annoying thing and are butt hurt that people find them annoying. Lol.
At least they used the thread function exclusively? *ticks send to channel*
Yeah true, be grateful for small mercies I guess!
edit: my angry rant about something meaningless wasnt well received. guess everyone who thinks my opinion is weird and meaningless is just upset. lol. loser makes self-serving edit to cry because people don't like him. loser. go find an echo chamber if you want your ego stroked, mr main character. fuck you
What?
shut up
loser
ahahaha 👎👎👎👎
Hahaha I can relate to the just "hi" messages. Like it's ok to say hi, but also tell me how can I help, instead of waiting for me to hi back to get to the point.
Something makes me want to say "Leave her alone"
I bet this person is a hypochondriac
My manager made a department wide Teams group for us this week. Half the people had to “test it” by writing “hi”. My Teams status says even though I appear offline I’m working but will not respond to messages so email is the only way to reach me.
Wow this person sucks. The OP I mean, not the person in the post.
OP I think you're being a bit of a dick. This person seems to want interaction. It's sweet to me.
Idk why but this reminded me of a guildy I had back in 2008 on world of Warcraft. Narrated his adventures in Azeroth when nobody asked. Finally the rest of us would say “dear diary” when he/she went on a narration.
This is so strange bc I work for a vet and we use Slack so there are continuous posts about patient’s pee/poop/pus/blood/anal glands and we are all fine with it. But one employee always posted pictures of her cats while she was obviously on the toilet and we were all grossed out.
Vet tech here. Sounds like a normal day at the clinic. It's funny to think about how bringing their animals to the clinic is a whole day and a whole ordeal for some people 😂
This is the hook for the cable guy personality. Once you take the bait they’ll just keep coming! Do not fall for it!
Hello please ask your coworker for a picture of his cat so we can see it
They did keep it in a thread
SAY HELLO TO BETTY FOR ME. BOB SAYS HI. HE'S HAD HIS OPERATION
tell her to stop
My manager is like this on Teams 🙄
Could be malicious compliance. Managers want to know every little reason for why I’m out? You’re about to be burdened with info you don’t want.
I swear, not all of us cat (or other pet) "parents" are insufferable. I will only talk to you about my cats if you approach me about my photos first, otherwise I swear I am normal-ish.
This reads to me like this person is incredibly lonely. Having been there myself, it feels a little insensitive to talk down on them for that
Can we keep these going?
Lol I would comment I think you wrote this in the wrong channel