Bitstrips = Worst. Internet. Fad. Ever.

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Thankfully, there is a way to block them, but who else has been getting bombarded with that crap on their Facebook feed?
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haven't seen any. hope I don't ever see any.
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soulsurfer wrote:haven't seen any. hope I don't ever see any.


You must have friends that aren't lame in any shape or form.
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What's odd is I have people in my feed doing Bitstrips that would normally be the first to openly mock anyone even thinking about doing it.
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I made three yesterday about committing suicide in response to seeing so many of them

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They're actually pretty fun when you make them all about suicide.
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one advantage I see with not being on facebook - seems I don't have to deal with some annoying thing called a bitstrip. I'll take that as a positive ...
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homestar_kevin wrote:I made three yesterday about committing suicide in response to seeing so many of them

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They're actually pretty fun when you make them all about suicide.


Not going to lie, those made me chuckle a little. It's like the goth kid from South Park that conformed and joined Kyle's dance crew because it was non-conformist for a Goth to do something that is conformist.
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AdrianPOA wrote:
Not going to lie, those made me chuckle a little. It's like the goth kid from South Park that conformed and joined Kyle's dance crew because it was non-conformist for a Goth to do something that is conformist.


Hahaha I never looked at it that way, but it's true.
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I'm so sick of those awful things. :crap: I think I'm gonna de-activate my fb account. :phair:
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Whats the deal with them anyway?
These have been around for awhile but all of a sudden EVERYONE is doing them.

Oh well, doesn't really bother me. My FB feed is 90% garbage most of the time anyway.
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K-Bizzle wrote:Whats the deal with them anyway?
These have been around for awhile but all of a sudden EVERYONE is doing them.

Oh well, doesn't really bother me. My FB feed is 90% garbage most of the time anyway.



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ovid9 wrote:
K-Bizzle wrote:Whats the deal with them anyway?
These have been around for awhile but all of a sudden EVERYONE is doing them.

Oh well, doesn't really bother me. My FB feed is 90% garbage most of the time anyway.



This. :lol:


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K-Bizzle wrote:
ovid9 wrote:
K-Bizzle wrote:Whats the deal with them anyway?
These have been around for awhile but all of a sudden EVERYONE is doing them.

Oh well, doesn't really bother me. My FB feed is 90% garbage most of the time anyway.



This. :lol:


"Ih8commieObama!"
"fucking stupid conservatives are ruining this cuntry!"
"thankyoujesusforthisbeautifulsunrise"
"look at this pic of my baby"
"hey look at these 50 pics of me and my friends hanging out trying to pretend to social media we're having a good time, when infact if we were having such an amazing time we wouldn't have time to take all these damn pictures"
"here are a bunch of links to buzz feed articles"
"something about the weather"
"something about my job or coworker(s) that I don't like"
"heres a stupid someecard post"

etc etc etc


I definitely agree with you guys that there is already tons of lame crap people post on Facebook, but Bitstrips is a special kind of stupid. I mean, people are actually making an effort to make stupid cartoons of themselves doing stupid things. The worst part about it is seeing friends of mine who are GROWN ASS MEN doing this shit.
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K-Bizzle wrote:"hey look at these 50 pics of me and my friends hanging out trying to pretend to social media we're having a good time, when infact if we were having such an amazing time we wouldn't have time to take all these damn pictures"
etc etc etc

Srsly hate that one. Let me add to the list
"read my post bragging about job interview/opportunity that I will ultimately not get" or
"single. in a relationship. single. in a relationship. single. in a relationship"
Quit F**king publishing every personal/professional move you make on the g*dd*mned internet.
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holy carp. My wife just tagged me in one of these things.
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Dunning~Kruger wrote:
K-Bizzle wrote:Mainstream Facebook user's are relatively new to internet socializing, thats why they go all ape shit over meme's and giffs.
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The memes are so generic and outdated you start to feel like they are old people or something but they are in fact teenagers and younger 20 year old people.


I know. We were all doing that LONG before everyone discovered it and it went mainstream. It's just not the same now as when it was fresh.

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indienoise wrote:holy carp. My wife just tagged me in one of these things.


divorce her, nao.
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i had a friend that was posting a bunch of these, and he was the only one, so i thought he was drawing them. i was like, cool, but you'll need more style to make it in webcomics---and they have to make some sort of sense (most people do this shit with inside jokes).

then adrian started ranting about them and boom! flooded.
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So that's what these things are called? Yeah they've been fucking everywhere on my feed the last couple weeks. Stupid as shit :lol:
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I had like fucking 40 of these on my news feed a couple days ago.

To be honest, if I couldn't block them, I would just deactivate my Facebook and call it a good run.

Bitstrips are a new low. It's like people make comics about stuff they plan on doing instead of actually doing it.

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My wife loves these.
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Rather than throw the baby out with the bath water why not block or unfriend the offenders? Granted if all your friends are right wing zealots then you're kind of fucked, but hey, you should have choosen better friends :lol:
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i've seen like, 3 of these things.
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Ive had a few pop up. I dont see what's so funny / interesting about them.
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AdrianPOA wrote:Thankfully, there is a way to block them, but who else has been getting bombarded with that crap on their Facebook feed?


I'm just starting to see these now :bang:

...and I blame you AdrianPOA. You. :mad:
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