My Rant from Facebook circa 1/28/10

At the risk of sounding like a fuddy duddy, I have to question the statistics behind the recent "93% of people won't copy and past this as their status" posts that I have been seeing recently. I am pretty sure I saw the exact same statistic is attributed to about 4 posts I have seen in the past week. Is the likelihood ...of any post being re-posted always 7% regardless of the topic?

I guess I just don't like the whole guilt trip aspect of these types of posts, so I have to be sarcastic and question them. If you would like me to make my status something about a cause you believe in, please just ask me to, I probably would not have a problem with it, unless I vehemently oppose the cause. But please don't try and make me feel bad because I am not one of the elite 7% that re-posts something.

And I apoplogize to anyone that thinks I am bashing thier posts, I really don't mean to, I am trying to express my frustration with what I percieve as the guilt trip aspect of the posts. I am Catholic, I have enough guilt ;-)

I know all my friends that have posted these are just helping to raise awareness of a issue they feel strongly about, and I think that is a very good and important thing.

Anyway, the original posts are good ideas and concepts, and I should just shut up. So I will.