I frequent Facebook, which I guess makes me old. Young people I’m told use Instagram.
Most of my Facebook posts consist of pictures of my cat plus the occasional “Here I am on a layover in __________ “ picture.
Other people, however, post some ahem “interesting” stuff out there. I’ve donned my hazmat suit and waded in so you don’t have to.
I collected most of these just before hitting the "unfriend” button.
People can sometimes be tribal about the kind of car or truck they drive. And if my tribe is good, then every other tribe must be bad, right?
Prius and Smart Car drivers seem to be popular targets. Prius drivers seem to be especially hated. I have no idea why. A friend of mine has one and she seems to like it. Not my cup of automotive goodness but that’s why we have choices.
Apparently pickup truck brands are like Sunni vs Shia, Catholic vs Protestant or Yankees vs Red Sox. Seriously people, it’s a car company not a religion! My Audi doesn’t have a sticker of a guy peeing on a BMW symbol.
It seems that trucks from whichever brand you don’t drive break down a lot. You would think the highways of America would be littered with disabled Brand X pickup trucks.
I see a lot of “shut up and obey the cops” memes out there. I have to be fair here and point out that my son-in-law is a cop.
My generation was great. Your generation is a bunch of lazy, entitled good-for-nothings. Hey you kids! Get off my lawn!
That nice Mister Trump would make a wonderful President. Or so I’m told. Plus liberals are lazy, or something.
If Bernie Sanders is elected he’ll take your stuff and give it to “those people” (you know who).
My in-laws live in the country. Country folk are better than us city folk don’t ya know?
This is the standard “If we just put prayer back in public schools all our problems would be solved” meme. Apparently we never had any problems prior to 1964. Who knew?
Oh those silly feminists! Now go make me a sandwich!
Muslims are bad and scary. Atheists are bad and stupid.
Some people just don’t like cats.
Veterans groups on Facebook can be a treasure trove of right-wing memes.
A popular one is the “We’re just not killing enough people!” meme. I think this one has been around in one form or another since at least the Korean War.
The second one is: “Gosh! Marines sure are tougher than everybody else”. No one doubts how tough they are, but there’s that saying about “To a hammer everything looks like a nail.”
Occasionally I find one that’s actually funny. Here are a few:
And finally.
Now excuse me. I need to take this hazmat suit to the cleaners.