Social Media guilt tripping - the Christmas ‘gift’ we could all do without.

A Pre Christmas rant about virtue signallers

There’s a post doing the rounds at the moment and frankly it’s pissing me off.

It’s telling people to *think* before they post pictures of Christmas trees and presents because ‘some people’ might not have money for presents, ‘some people’ may have lost someone, blah blah blah….

You get the picture.

Hello???

So hang on……

Because someone can’t afford presents for their kids, someone who can shouldn’t post them?

What sort of guilt tripping fuckery is that?

Why not go the whole hog and take photos of bare tables with the black and white filter?

Why not change your profile pic to “I stand with the poor and lonely this Christmas”?

Why not video yourself helping out at a homeless charity and take your kids along too?

(Oh wait……Kate Middleton and the sprogs got in there first, didn’t they?)

It’s the same with Mother’s and Father’s Day too.

Oh…..please remember a picture of you and your mum may offend some bird you’ve never met whose mother has died.

AND some don’t get to be mothers……

AND some have rainbow babies……..

No. Fuck off.

Has anyone ever said to you;

“You know, that photo I saw of little Tommy opening his presents on his birthday right pissed me off. Proper spoilt my day.”

Of course not!

And if they had, it says more about them than you. The bitter bastard.

No-one likes an obscene show off but you can’t turn your own personal downer into everyone else’s.

Many people appreciate seeing another’s joy at Christmas precisely BECAUSE they don’t have it. Perhaps seeing pretty rooms with Christmas trees lifts them, helps them forget their own trouble.

Who are these policing Karens who pop up to piss on every celebration?

To remind you how much worse someone else has it?

Well, it makes me sick actually.

To anyone lucky enough to have all they want this Christmas in terms of people they love, the amount of money they have and most importantly good health, you bloody well enjoy it.

🎄Post as many pictures of your laughing, happy kids and funny animals as you damn well like.

🎄Show me your amazing Christmas dinners and your cosy looking houses.

🎄You may not have it all forever, yourself, so document and share your joy NOW, while you can.

The majority will be genuinely happy for you and your good fortune.

This is your life and people can unfollow you if they see fit. But most of them won’t.

Because this collective guilt trip is something that has come from virtue signallers and NOT ordinary people.

And here’s a picture of a massive Christmas tree with shit loads of presents around it.

Now, do try not to choke on your ‘no frills’ soup now, Miserable Mary, won’t you?