# Ever have someone post something on your Facebook that you just don't know how to respond to? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 5, 2012, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-have-someone-post-something-on-your-facebook-that-you-just-dont-know-how-to-respond-to/636836 "2012-10-05T19:01:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2012, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-have-someone-post-something-on-your-facebook-that-you-just-dont-know-how-to-respond-to/636836/21 "2012-10-10T21:23:10Z")
> [@Jenaroph](#): > > So yesterday I made a post lamenting that after weeks of finding no events I wanted to get out of the house for, there’s suddenly a boatload of things I want to see and do on the 6th and I have to pick and choose. I listed a bunch, in case anyone else wanted some ideas. A friend posted “I think you could fit all that in one day.” I posted back “Yeah, unfortunately many of them are going on at the same times.” She posted back, “Stay 10 minutes at each place.” > > I can’t tell if she’s joking. > > If she’s joking, it’s very funny, because not a single thing I listed is something it’d be feasible to spend just 10 minutes doing. But this is an old buddy from high school who I just friended a couple of days ago, and I don’t exactly remember her being this clever; and if she’s serious, then jeez louise, I’m not some Hollywood person stopping off at these places to be SEEN or something, I honestly want to spend time enjoying them. Really, if she’s serious, she’s suggesting I spend: > > 10 minutes at an art studio open house in a building with over 30 artists > 10 minutes at a 3 Stooges movie marathon > 10 minutes on a 10-mile bike tour/pub crawl > 10 minutes at an art/music festival that ranges through several blocks in downtown Detroit > 10 minutes watching the Jon Stewart/Bill O’Reilly debate (after paying 5 bucks for the privilege, I suppose) > 10 minutes at my grandmother’s 97th birthday party, held at a sit-down restaurant (oh yeah, that would go over well) > and my favorite, 10 minutes at the Grand Rapids Art Prize festival, which like the Detroit festival ranges all over the city, and is a two-hour drive each way just to get there. > I think I’m just going to say nothing. I’d have to respond as if it were humorous, like: "Done Deal! I can see how my day will go: 1. Speedwalk through the art gathering: “Great work!” “Love it!” “Too contemporary, don’t you think?” 2. “I say, old man, could I get a 90 percent discount on these tickets? I’ll only pop in for a moment, thanks!” “What do you mean you don’t do that?” That should leave enough time to scissor-poke the ticket attendant in the eyes before exiting stooge left. 3. Just gonna keg-stand Budweister for 10 minutes straight; that ought to cover it! 4. Run drunkenly through downtown Detroit, clanging symbols and singing the Three Stooges theme. And the Budweiser theme. 5. Stream Jon Stewart from Youtube while you find the pants you lost in Detroit somewhere. 6. Stumble into the restaurant, WITH PANTS \ and sing happy birthday for ten minutes straight. Your voice should be all warmed up from previously. 7. Go ahead and just flip the bird in the general direction of the Arts Prize show, 'cause you’re not gonna like who they pick anyway. Just try not to let granny see you. “There, that ought to cover it! Thanks for the suggestion, mate!” ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Woodhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/838e76/32.png) [@Miss\_Woodhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Woodhouse)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2012, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-have-someone-post-something-on-your-facebook-that-you-just-dont-know-how-to-respond-to/636836/22 "2012-10-10T22:11:03Z")
I made the mistake of joking that canning pears is torture and happened to bring Guantanamo prisoners into it. (In order to process pears at home you have to peel them, cut them, scoop out the core and then take that fibrous thing out of the upper part of the pear. It takes time and it’s very messy. My kitchen was a sticky mess when I was done and I was very tired.) Apparently, it has not been long enough since Guantanamo was a news story because my joke did not go over well. One woman posted that I should just be grateful that I have the ability to can the pears and another woman posted about how great prisoners have it in jail because they get to watch tv and use exercise equipment and get actual food and stuff. I ignored them both. It was so awkward that everyone else ignored the post after that as well. ---
**Author:** ![Enkel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/df705f/32.png) [@Enkel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enkel)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2012, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-have-someone-post-something-on-your-facebook-that-you-just-dont-know-how-to-respond-to/636836/23 "2012-10-10T22:31:39Z")
> [@Smeghead](#): > > I’d go with “FUCK YOU, ASSHOLE!!” but then I have very few Facebook friends for some reason. I vote that they make this one of the possible responses to a game invite… [Accept] [Decline] [FUCK OFF AND DIE ASSHOLE!] I’m going to submit this to Facebook right now! Thanks! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-have-someone-post-something-on-your-facebook-that-you-just-dont-know-how-to-respond-to/636836.md?page=1)