Repost if You’re a Moron

Now maybe I’m wrong about this. I’m not as old as some of you folks out there, but for me I remember it started off on Myspace. Remember Myspace? I believe it’s still around, and ingeniously named My[_____]. I think you’re supposed to fill in the space, like it’s supposed to be whatever you want it to be. That might have been a good idea, except people now seem to want My[Facebook] and since you don’t need to even log onto Myspace’s servers to get Facebook, I’m sure Myspace doesn’t have much more time to live.

Anyways Myspace is dead, yes we know, back to the topic. I’m talking about the bulletin, or tweet, or status update that appears to be words for a good cause, or words of wisdom, or some witty comment which is then ruined by the phrase ‘Repost this if you agree’. Or even worse are the ones that say ‘I’ll bet no one else is brave enough to repost this’, and to top the scale of bad to ugly to horrendously hideous, are the ones that say ‘If you don’t repost this your cat will die, your mom will get rabies, and you’ll have bad luck for a year’.

It almost makes me sad. I see some really good patriotic ones about America, supporting our troops, believing on God (which I do), etc. All of these seemingly ruined by the last sentence that obviously hints at 2 things.

1. You did not create it. You should spend some time being original or at least chop off the last sentence so at least it looks like you’re being original.

2. You agree with the content of the post enough to spend 5 seconds copying and pasting it. Woo Hoo. Highlight – Right click – Copy – Right-click – Paste. For you fellow techies out there it’s even faster. Highlight – Ctrl-C – Ctrl-V.

I figured I can cut through the crap and end just about all of these ‘Repost if you’re a moron’ statuses with this simple guide right here.

- If you love America, we don’t care. Go vote, keep it great.
- If you don’t love America, we don’t care. Go vote, make it great.
- If you believe in god, we don’t care. I don’t think the gates of heaven open any wider for those with a 50% God-status update ratio.
- If you don’t believe in god, we don’t care. You probably don’t want to advertise that to the group above to begin with unless you’re looking for a debate.
- If you support our troops, we don’t care. Everybody who pays taxes already does support them whether they want to or not.
- If you don’t support our troops, we don’t care. Posting that probably isn’t a good idea anyways.
- If you think Caylee Anthony deserves justice, we don’t care. We already feel the same way.
- If you were affected by someone with breast cancer, well we do care because that’s sad. Just cut off the ‘repost’ section at the end and we’ll all feel a little better.

For any and all of the points above, if you have a valid or original or useful or any point to make that actually pertains to you and your life, by all means feel free! Examples below.

“I’m going to Africa on a missions trip to help people and poverty and spread the word of god”
Yayyyyy!
“People in Africa need help and the word of God. Repost if you’re not afraid to go over there and do your part”
Boooooo!
“Joining the military is a good way to support our country. I’m thinking of enlisting. Does anyone else feel similar?”
Yayyyyy!
“Joining the military is a good way to support our country. Repost if your not afraid to enlist”
Boooooo!

Alright, I think that’s a long enough rant. Click the little like button below if you agree. Unless you’re too good for Facebook of course, in which case you can click the little plus 1 button below, then the 5 people in your various circles can see it instead of the other 200 uncool people you know that have a Facebook.

-Kyle