# Not worth a pitting but **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 26, 2014, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-worth-a-pitting-but/708223 "2014-12-26T18:02:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2014, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-worth-a-pitting-but/708223/1 "2014-12-26T18:02:04Z")
Wasn’t there an old folk tradition somewhere that involved yelling into a hole in a tree about things that make you angry? I’m yelling in the hole: A guy I generally like is friends with me on facebook, and posts a lot of updates about his two or three year old kid. (Or four? I don’t remember.) No problem there. But he always types out what she says using 'w’s for her r’s and l’s, putting entire paragraphs of such text on my feed. I want him to STAHP this! All it accomplishes is to force me to read slowly and annoyedly (if I don’t just skip it of course) and make me unintentionally read her stuff in a kind of stereotypically “mentally handicapped” voice, which is not fair at all but it’s what happens in my head. She’s just talking dude. Just type her stuff in normal English. If what she’s saying is as clever or precocious as you think, you’re not helping with the quasi-phonetic transcription. ---
**Author:** ![Pai325](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2014, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-worth-a-pitting-but/708223/2 "2014-12-26T18:54:32Z")
Does she have other posts you are interested in? If not, just don’t follow her and it won’t show up. I have a friend who likes to pst about everything that’s going on in her life. Where she shopped that day, what she had for dinner, you get the drift. I don’t follow her so I don’t see all of his, but once a week or so I get on her page to see if there is any real news about her family. ---
**Author:** ![Zorkmid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e68b1a/32.png) [@Zorkmid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zorkmid)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2014, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-worth-a-pitting-but/708223/3 "2014-12-26T19:04:22Z")
Try reading it in Elmer Fudd’s voice instead 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2014, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-worth-a-pitting-but/708223/4 "2014-12-26T19:40:51Z")
You can unfollow her posts in your feed and you don’t have to unfriend her. Then stick her in a separate friend category and if you want to see what she’s up to just check that category and you’ll see her posts. The catgories should show up on the left side. I’ve done this with a few family members.😉 ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2014, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-worth-a-pitting-but/708223/5 "2014-12-26T19:46:14Z")
Tell her Dad you think it’s going to make some people envision a sultry, lisping sexpot. That’ll give him something to think about! ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2014, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-worth-a-pitting-but/708223/6 "2014-12-27T23:03:29Z")
Your problem is unintentional interactions with idiots. Solution - close your Facebook account.