# Facebook viral statuses **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 29, 2011, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-viral-statuses/587233 "2011-06-29T05:08:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![txobbin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e8c25b/32.png) [@txobbin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/txobbin)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2011, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-viral-statuses/587233/21 "2011-06-30T16:31:03Z")
I like to repost these kinds when I see them: URGENT WARNING! Facebook now automatically scans your brain through your monitor.To block,go to kitchen,get aluminum foil,and wrap it around your head.Stay calm,and breathe through your left nostril ONLY.This is a serious problem and has been confirmed by a friend’s cousin’s girlfriend’s neighbor’s son’s baby’s mama and her pet chihuahua. Copy and paste as your status to SAVE YOUR FRIENDS! ---
**Author:** ![Phoebestar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Phoebestar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phoebestar)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2011, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-viral-statuses/587233/22 "2011-06-30T17:31:47Z")
> [@Cicero](#): > > I just stole the picture of the rabbit [with a pancake on it’s head](http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.whoaorno.com/images/285.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.whoaorno.com/default.aspx%3Fpic%3D285&usg=__f3T_tSRcJRROTW8IEBEXqTxE_4o=&h=300&w=400&sz=35&hl=en&start=0&sig2=83hAmzPnZJbLMgylTr8QGQ&zoom=1&tbnid=E1RHZVcLP3c9TM:&tbnh=109&tbnw=142&ei=OS0KTsr-Lc3UgAfpqLGJAg&prev=/search%3Fq%3Doolong%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26biw%3D876%26bih%3D411%26tbm%3Disch&um=1&itbs=1&iact=rc&dur=109&page=1&ndsp=10&ved=1t:429,r:5,s:0&tx=44&ty=26) that Argent Towers posted. Added the following text: > > “Rabbit with a pancake on its head. . . I am asking if everyone could put this as their status for 1 hour or the day. I’m pretty sure I know the ones who will. Think of someone you know or love who doesn’t have a rabbit with a pancake on its head. My wish is that in 2011 a cure will be found. Will you post this for 1 hour to honor those who are FIGHTING for rabbits without a pancake.” > > It’s pretty lame, but I am bored. And I just stole this from you as my facebook status. Awesome. (And my boyfriend is a big fan of the dearly departed Oolong, aforementioned rabbit. I’ll win bonus points!) ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2011, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-viral-statuses/587233/23 "2011-06-30T17:34:24Z")
> [@txobbin](#): > > URGENT WARNING! Facebook now automatically scans your brain through your monitor.To block,go to kitchen,get aluminum foil,and wrap it around your head.Stay calm,and breathe through your left nostril ONLY.This is a serious problem and has been confirmed by a friend’s cousin’s girlfriend’s neighbor’s son’s baby’s mama and her pet chihuahua. Copy and paste as your status to SAVE YOUR FRIENDS! And I so stole this one. ---
**Author:** ![Canadjun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@Canadjun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadjun)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2011, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-viral-statuses/587233/24 "2011-07-01T01:38:02Z")
So did I. I wonder how widely it’s going to spread? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2011, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-viral-statuses/587233/25 "2011-07-01T02:25:34Z")
Glad you enjoyed it Phoebestar- it got a few laughs. ---
**Author:** ![postcards](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8e8cbc/32.png) [@postcards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/postcards)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2011, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-viral-statuses/587233/26 "2011-07-05T14:07:37Z")
I just put this one up, after seeing three friends in a row with the same glurgy status: An old man once said: “Originality and uniqueness are the hallmarks of a happy and well-balanced life.” Celebrate your uniqueness and originality by copying and pasting this to your status, even if it’s only for as long as until you realize the irony of it all. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2011, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-viral-statuses/587233/27 "2011-07-05T14:10:10Z")
Just did 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2011, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-viral-statuses/587233/28 "2011-07-05T14:59:03Z")
> [@DianaG](#): > > My current status update is a snopes link on the “moneybags July” meme, with a note that if your math skills suck to the extent that this doesn’t sound wrong to you, you should be unsurprised to find yourself lacking in coin, and a suggestion that if you want extra money, get off facebook and go work some overtime or something. I posted the Snopes link as a comment to someone who had this as her status. Yes, I’m one of **those** people who doesn’t like to let ignorance survive. She deleted my comment and kept her stupid post up. I’m starting to wonder whether it’s worth keeping her on my friends list. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2011, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-viral-statuses/587233/29 "2011-07-05T16:41:46Z")
> [@Antigen](#): > > I posted the Snopes link as a comment to someone who had this as her status. Yes, I’m one of **those** people who doesn’t like to let ignorance survive. She deleted my comment and kept her stupid post up. I’m starting to wonder whether it’s worth keeping her on my friends list. Interesting. I’ve posted the Snopes link to a number of statuses, and everyone thanked me for the information. They were also happy to find out that the “Barack Obama Clinton Scandal” and “SmartGirl15” versions of the koobface virus were hoaxes. Every now and then I post those links as my status just to pass the info along. Lot of people out there who need to learn what “Cite!” means, I tell you. ---
**Author:** ![overlyverbose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9dc877/32.png) [@overlyverbose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/overlyverbose)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2011, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-viral-statuses/587233/30 "2011-07-05T16:45:55Z")
I absolutely hate those posts. They’re moronic. I also think it’s silly to post your birthday on facebook. Great, you’ll get birthday wishes from people you never would’ve talked to again were it not for facebook. Fabulous. Sure, you’ll probably get a large volume of people wishing you, but do you really care? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2011, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-viral-statuses/587233/31 "2011-07-05T16:56:32Z")
Usually pointless and usually ignored. But I hate the “Most people won’t set this as their status. Will you?” thing. It’s positively obnoxious and awfully preachy considering how useless this stuff is. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2011, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-viral-statuses/587233/32 "2011-07-05T17:37:03Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > Interesting. I’ve posted the Snopes link to a number of statuses, and everyone thanked me for the information. They were also happy to find out that the “Barack Obama Clinton Scandal” and “SmartGirl15” versions of the koobface virus were hoaxes. Argh…I have one guy in particular who is always very thankful whenever I point out that he’s spreading bullshit misinformation – he did it again just the other day with the koobface variants you mentioned. My question is, if you’re so thankful to find that every single status forward that you post is wrong, _why the fuck do you keep doing it_?!?! And yes, yesterday I had to point out to him that no, facebook will _not_ begin charging for usage next month. ---
**Author:** ![Haunted\_Pasta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/94ad74/32.png) [@Haunted\_Pasta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Haunted_Pasta)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2011, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-viral-statuses/587233/33 "2011-07-05T17:46:06Z")
The only one of these I’ve copied and posted was one that said “Post this as your status if you or someone you know has been eaten by a velociraptor.” Rather liked that one. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2011, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-viral-statuses/587233/34 "2011-07-05T20:09:44Z")
We _all_ know someone who was eaten by a velociraptor. They just cover it up with some lame “long battle with cancer” excuse or something… ---
**Author:** ![Feyrat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/fbc32d/32.png) [@Feyrat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Feyrat)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2011, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-viral-statuses/587233/35 "2011-07-05T20:15:52Z")
> [@saje](#): > > There was a spate of those on my feed a few months ago, and they irritated me enough to concoct this: > > “You can be sure that I will always be one of the 97% of people who will never re-post something as my status, even for an hour. I am one of the 3% who find those posts passive aggressive and utterly useless as true support for much of anything. Now, cute cat videos, that’s another story! :-D” > > Alas, this one did not go viral, though it got more than the usual # of likes and comments. And, come to think of it, I’ve fewer of slacktivistic posts 🙂 Stolen! 🙂 That’s a much better viral meme, Haha ---
**Author:** ![saje](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saje/32/3631_2.png) [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2011, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-viral-statuses/587233/36 "2011-07-05T20:45:30Z")
> [@postcards](#): > > I just put this one up, after seeing three friends in a row with the same glurgy status: > > An old man once said: > > “Originality and uniqueness are the hallmarks of a happy and well-balanced life.” > > Celebrate your uniqueness and originality by copying and pasting this to your status, even if it’s only for as long as until you realize the irony of it all. Okay, this is going on my wall 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![alindallas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f17d59/32.png) [@alindallas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alindallas)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2011, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-viral-statuses/587233/37 "2011-07-06T03:42:32Z")
Me too. Thanks, postcards! ---
**Author:** ![FuriousGeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecae2f/32.png) [@FuriousGeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FuriousGeorge)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2011, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-viral-statuses/587233/38 "2011-07-06T13:52:56Z")
Usually I am one who would agree with the sentiment of the OP… however for one of the few times, I did one of those viral status things just for gits and shiggles. It actually sparked off a decent conversation with some of my FB “friends” about the issue (Autism and Special Education awareness). So while pragmatically it prolly doesn’t do a ton of good, it can be a conversation starter, if nothing else. If awareness is the cause, it seems to have worked, at least in a nominal way, in this case. ---
**Author:** ![brewha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@brewha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brewha)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2011, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-viral-statuses/587233/39 "2011-07-06T14:07:58Z")
> [@Alice\_The\_Goon](#): > > I kind of like silly ones, like this— Copy this and paste it in your status if you know someone, or have heard of someone who knows someone. If you don’t know anyone, or even if you’ve heard of someone who doesn’t know anyone, then do still copy this. It’s important to spread the message— it kind of pokes fun at them, but doesn’t actively insult those who do it, however much I may want to insult them.😛 The Hearts!!! ❤❤❤❤ For crap’s sakes, don’t forget the hearts!!!❤❤❤❤❤ At least that’s how the one I saw ended. That’s the only FB viral status I ever copied. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-viral-statuses/587233.md?page=1)