Posts Tagged ‘Facebook Humor’
Friday, August 5th, 2022
A couple of years ago, I started posting my limericks on Facebook in image form. To ensure that, if they were shared, my authorship was clear, I’d include a copyright notice and my site’s URL in NON-CLICKABLE form. And, until a couple of weeks ago, this has worked out fine.
What happened a couple of weeks ago? A Wordle-related group, where I’d post the very occasional Wordle-related limerick (which its members seemed to enjoy) suspended me. Apparently, having a NON-clickable URL in an image makes me a spammer. Hence this limerick:
I’m pissed off at a group! Its contention
Is I warrant a spam-rule suspension.
My offense? Each verse pic
Has a link you can’t click,
Whose purpose is lim-theft prevention.
Tags: Facebook Humor, Facebook Limerick, Social Media Humor, Social Media Limerick, Spam Humor, Spam Limerick
Posted in Facebook Humor, Limericks, Social Media Humor, Spam Humor | Comments Off on Wrongfully Accused! (Limerick)
Monday, March 7th, 2022
While on Facebook, folks often complain
About comments that drive them insane.
If you’re truly annoyed,
They’re a breeze to avoid:
“Unfollowing” blocks all that pain.
Tags: Advice Humor, Advice Limerick, Computer Limerick, Facebook, Facebook Humor, Facebook Limerick, Social Media Humor, Social Media Limerick, Technology Humor, Technology Limerick
Posted in Advice Humor & Poems, Computer Humor, Facebook Humor, Limericks, Social Media Humor, Technology Humor | 1 Comment »
Friday, September 10th, 2021
NOTE: While the last line of this limerick is true, it’s NOT a plea for sympathy. My real purpose in writing it was to play with the idiom “fall flat.”
My wisecrack failed right off the bat.
Not one “like!” Not one “LOL!” That was that!
’Twas a musical jest,
But I guess, not my best.
I feel low when my humor falls flat.
Tags: Facebook Humor, Facebook Limerick, Idiom Humor, Idiom Limerick, Language Humor, Language Limerick, Music Humor & Verse, Music Limerick, Social Media Humor, Social Media Limerick
Posted in Facebook Humor, Idiom Humor, Jokes & One-Liners, Language Humor, Music Humor & Verse, Music Poems, Social Media Humor, Wordplay | Comments Off on Humor Disharmony (Limerick)
Monday, November 12th, 2018
When Facebook is down, people panic
And often become rather manic.
Some report it to Twitter,
Whose regulars titter
At our Facebook addiction Satanic.
Tags: Facebook, Facebook Humor, Facebook Limerick, Facebook Outage, Facebook Outage Humor, FacebookDown, Social Media, Social Media Humor, Social Media Limerick
Posted in Facebook Humor, Social Media Humor | Comments Off on Facebook Outage Panic (Limerick)
Wednesday, January 27th, 2016
Dear Facebook, your “like” button’s fine.
Add a “dislike” to “like?” I won’t whine.
But your plan for Reactions—
Six button distractions–
Makes me certain the “sad” one will shine.
Tags: Facebook Humor, Facebook Improvements, Facebook Limerick, Facebook Reactions, Like Button, Reactions, Social Media, Social Media Poetry
Posted in Facebook Humor, Limericks, Social Media Humor | Comments Off on My Reaction to Facebook’s Upcoming “Reaction” Buttons (Limerick)
Monday, September 28th, 2015
During Facebook’s outage today, I was reduced to posting this limerick on Twitter:
#Facebookdown so I’ve come here 2 Tweet
& nobody takes a backseat
2 my posting addiction,
A dreadful affliction.
My FB surrender’s complete.
(“2” instead of “to,” “FB” instead of “Facebook,” and “&” instead of “and” all done in order to comply with Twitter’s 140-character limit.)
Tags: Facebook Humor, Facebook Limerick, Social Media, Social Media Poetry, Twitter Humor, Twitter Verse
Posted in Addiction Humor, Facebook Humor, Limericks, Social Media Humor, Twitter Humor | Comments Off on What I Do When Facebook Is Down (Limerick)
Monday, November 17th, 2014
Limerick Ode To National Unfriend Day
By Madeleine Begun Kane
Do Internet pests take their toll
And play an insidious role
In your Facebooking life?
You can deal with such strife:
Just unfriend all those trolls. Take control!
Tags: Facebook Friendship, Facebook Humor, Facebook Trolls, Internet Trolls, National Unfriend Day, November Holidays, Odd Holidays, Social Media Poetry, Troll Humor
Posted in Behavior & Personality, Communication Humor, Facebook Humor, Friendship Humor, Limericks, Odd Holidays, Relationship Humor, Social Media Humor | 1 Comment »
Saturday, August 2nd, 2014
Open Limerick To Facebook Fanatics
By Madeleine Begun Kane
Dear Facebook fanatics, I know
That an outage on Facebook’s a blow.
But a crisis that small
Doesn’t call for a call
To the cops. Grab a beer or Bordeaux.
(Inspired by the lunatics who called 911 lines Friday during Facebook’s half-hour outage.)
Tags: 911 Calls, Computer Humor, Cops & Police, Crime & Punishment Humor, Emergency Calls, Emergency Line Limerick, Facebook Humor, Lion Humor, Policeman Verse, Technology Humor, Telephone Humor
Posted in Behavior & Personality, Computer Humor, Crime & Punishment Humor, Legal & Lawyer Humor, Limericks, Technology Humor, Telephone Humor | Comments Off on Open Limerick To Facebook Fanatics
Friday, July 19th, 2013
This limerick was inspired by Facebook friend Douglas Frank, who proposed a new texting acronym:
SMODJ, pronounced similar to “smudge.”
It stands for: Social Media Outrage Du Jour.
Smite SMODJ! (Limerick)
By Madeleine Begun Kane
Social Media Outrage Du Jour
(SMODJ, for short) can be tough to endure.
Angry pro and con litter
In Facebook and Twitter
Stream ceaselessly. Stop, please! No more!
Tags: Facebook Humor, Facebook Limerick, Outrage Limerick, Social Media Poetry, Twitter Humor, Twitter Verse
Posted in Facebook Humor, Limericks, Social Media Humor, Social Satire, Twitter Humor | 2 Comments »
Friday, June 14th, 2013
Facebook Faces The #Hashtag Music (Limerick)
By Madeleine Begun Kane
Facebook honchos have fin’ly said “yes”
To #hashtags, but under duress:
All the cool kids at Twitter
Treat hashtags like glitter,
A trend Facebook dares not transgress.
#Facebookhashtag #Facebookhashtags #hashtagsfacebook #hashtagfacebook
Tags: Facebook Hashtags, Facebook Humor, Facebook Limerick, Hashtag Humor, Social Media Poetry, Twitter Verse
Posted in Facebook Humor, Limericks, Odd Trends, Search Engine Tools, Social Media Humor, Twitter Humor | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, January 23rd, 2013
Every time I sign on to Facebook, I’m confronted by stupid questions from Facebook, meant to prompt me to post. Alas, they’re more likely to prompt me to scream.
Dear Facebook: Enough With The Questions! (Limerick)
By Madeleine Begun Kane
Dear Facebook, don’t ask how I’m doing,
Or feeling or even what’s brewing.
“How’s it going?” will rile me.
Don’t try to beguile me
With gimmicks, or brace for some booing.
Tags: Facebook Humor, Facebook Limerick, Social Media Poetry, Social Networking Humor
Posted in Facebook Humor, Limericks, Media Humor, Social Media Humor | 4 Comments »
Tuesday, January 17th, 2012
If Facebook’s trying to annoy its users, it’s doing a really good job of it.
Lots of people (including me) have been wondering why their Facebook posts have been getting fewer comments and “likes.” Turns out that most people aren’t seeing the latest posts. Why? Because the “powers that be” at Facebook are morons!
To be more specific, Facebook’s News Feed default setting is now delivering old posts, referred to in polite company as “Highlighted Posts.” Want to see fresh posts, like a normal, sane person? Then you have to click on “Sort” and then select “Recent Stories First.”
To make matters worse, selecting “Recent Stories First” must be done routinely. Why? Because Facebook doesn’t allow you to permanently change its “Ancient Stories That You’re Really Sick Of & Never Want To See Again” default.
My Facebook rant wouldn’t be complete without a limerick, would it?
Yet Another Facebook Rant
By Madeleine Begun Kane
Dear Facebook, I wish you would halt
Your News Feed’s annoying default:
It’s simply not sporting
To make us do sorting
To see posts that are fresh. Oy gevalt!
Tags: Facebook Humor, Facebook Limerick, Social Media Poetry
Posted in Facebook Humor, Limericks, Media Humor, Social Media Humor | 10 Comments »
Thursday, January 12th, 2012
My Facebook friend, comedy writer/director/producer Chris Bearde, recently said:
Satire, taken broadly as a form of comedy protest, will bring you FB friends and lose you some too… so the playing field is always level.
Chris’s comments inspired me to write this limerick:
Political Un-Friendship (Limerick)
By Madeleine Begun Kane
Facebook friends can at times take offense
At jokes at their party’s expense.
If they click on “unfriend”
In order to end
Such humor exposure, they’re dense.
UPDATE: I’ve just found out that November 17th is National Unfriend Day. Apparently, the holiday was invented three years ago by Jimmy Kimmel. So, who should be “unfriended?” According to Kimmel, the “proud parent,” “the Instagrammer,” and the “overly-political poster” should all be history. Methinks I fall afoul of the third category.
Tags: Chris Bearde, Comedy Protest, Facebook Friendship, Facebook Humor, National Unfriend Day, November Holidays, Political Sensitivity, Satire, Sense Of Humor, Social Media Poetry
Posted in Behavior & Personality, Communication Humor, Facebook Humor, Friendship Humor, Limericks, Political Satire, Public Figures, Relationship Humor, Social Media Humor, Social Satire | 9 Comments »
Wednesday, December 21st, 2011
This is for everyone with holidayitis who’s playing online and posting on Facebook, while pretending to do real work at the office:
Limerick Ode To Holidayitis
By Madeleine Begun Kane
We’re busy pretending to work:
Reading Facebook’s the best way to shirk
All the tasks we’re assigned,
Cuz it’s more fun to find
Funny posts than to slave for a jerk.
Tags: Computer Verse, December Holidays, Facebook Humor, Holiday Humor, Holiday-itis, Internet Humor, Slacker Humor, Social Media Poetry, Technology Humor, Workplace & Career Humor
Posted in Behavior & Personality, Computer Humor, Facebook Humor, Holiday Humor, Internet Humor, Limericks, Money & Finance Humor, Procrastination Humor, Social Media Humor, Technology Humor, Workplace & Career Humor | 5 Comments »
Friday, June 24th, 2011
Dear Facebook: Get Up To Speed
By Madeleine Begun Kane
The Facebook seems sluggish of late.
First I click, then I wait and I wait.
It’s getting annoying —
No longer enjoying
My visits. I’m getting irate.
Tags: Computer Verse, Facebook Humor, Impatience, Social Media Poetry, Technology Humor
Posted in Computer Humor, Facebook Humor, Social Media Humor, Technology Humor | 8 Comments »
Monday, February 21st, 2011
Somebody please explain to me why Facebook invented and retains the stupid Poke feature. In the meantime, here’s my A Poke In The Facebook limerick.
A Poke In The Facebook
By Madeleine Begun Kane
Dear Facebook friends, please do not poke.
I don’t care if you’re female or bloke.
If you’ve something to say,
Use the commenting way.
Or message me. Pokes are a joke.
Tags: Communication Humor, Facebook Humor, Facebook Limerick, Facebook Pokes, Social Networking Humor, Technology Verse
Posted in Communication Humor, Computer Humor, Facebook Humor, Limericks, Social Media Humor, Technology Humor | 4 Comments »
Wednesday, September 22nd, 2010
The movie about Facebook, The Social Network, has been getting a ton of publicity this week. So I wonder if Facebook’s outages today were caused by the extra publicity, or just an unfortunate coincidence.
Of course I immediately went into Facebook withdrawal and wrote this pair of haiku:
I think Facebook’s down.
Where to go to confirm this?
On Twitter, of course.
and
Facebook back — Hurray!
Have I cheered prematurely?
So Twitter tells me.
Tags: Computer Verse, Facebook Humor, Haiku & Senryu, Movies, Social Networking Humor, Twitter Verse, Web Addict, Web Withdrawal
Posted in Addiction Humor, Computer Humor, Facebook Humor, Haiku & Senryu, Technology Humor, Twitter Humor | Comments Off on Some Fun With Facebook’s Outage
Tuesday, August 10th, 2010
Last week, shortly after I posted my latest Limerick-Off and announced it on Facebook, the FB powers-that-be gave me quite a scare. Out of the blue, I was locked out of Facebook.
A few minutes after my account was frozen, I received an FB email security alert informing me that I was infected by the Koobface virus and that my account would be blocked until it was removed. The email “helpfully” explained that I had gotten it from downloading some video I damn well knew I hadn’t downloaded. In fact, I had run a virus scan several hours earlier and had downloaded nothing in the interim.
Nonetheless, I spent the next few hours running two different virus scans, neither of which found anything. After that, I wasted more time trying to regain access to my account. This involved:
1) Swearing on a bunch of bibles that I was virus and worm-free;
2) Writing, “pretty please let me back on Facebook — I promise to be good” one-thousand times on a local grade school’s blackboard; and
3) Trying to convince FB that I’m really the account owner by (and I swear this is true) attempting (and failing) to ID nine Facebook friends by their photos.
When I told hubby Mark about the ID nine FB friends by their photos test, he start laughing hysterically. Why? Because few people are less visual than I am. Not only don’t I pay attention to FB photos, but under pressure I’d be hard pressed to ID one of me.
The whole time I was taking (and flunking) the photo test, I was praying to the god of agnostics that Facebook would give me another chance before permanent banishment to Twitter land.
The good news: FB gave me a second opportunity to prove I’m not an identity thief. The bad news: It involved cell phone text messaging, something I’d never done.
Yes, I know cell phone text messaging is no big deal and has been mastered by your average three-year old. But after hours of FB torture, I wasn’t in the mood to acquire a new skill. Nevertheless, after several screwed up attempts, I retrieved the FB Top Secret Code from my cell phone and convinced Facebook that I really am Madeleine Begun Kane.
But (and I know I sound paranoid) I’m convinced this will happen again. Why? Because my banishment was apparently triggered by my last batch of Limerick-Off announcement messages. (I send them only to Limerick-Off participants, but FB seems to think they’re SPAM.)
Okay, you’ve waited long enough. It’s time for a two-verse limerick:
Facebook Straits
By Madeleine Begun Kane
Dear Facebook, you’re driving me crazy.
I’m not careless or foolish or lazy.
So don’t claim you’ve detected
My puter’s infected.
It’s clean as a freshly cut daisy.
Though I’m not a technology wiz,
I know what the Koobface worm is.
And I checked — there’s no sign
Of a virus. None! Nein!
It appears that you don’t know your biz.
Update I thought, or at least hoped, that my FB travails were over. But apparently not. Wednesday night, when I tried to announce my new High-Tech Limerick-Off via Facebook group messages, FB refused to let me. Instead, it told me my message was SPAM. If I disagreed, I was instructed to write and explain why the “offending” message was kosher. I did that, of course, and await their response. In the meantime, I’m angry enough to write another limerick:
It seems Facebook does not give a damn
What it labels as unwanted SPAM.
My lim-off announcements
Are getting me bouncements.
Community? This one’s a sham.
Tags: Computer Security, Computer Verse, Facebook Humor, Identity Theft, Koobface Virus, Koobface Worm, Technology Limerick, Text Message Humor, Virus Scan Humor
Posted in Computer Humor, Facebook Humor, Limericks, Spam Humor, Technology Humor, Telephone Humor | 7 Comments »