Unhealthy habits/Facebook posts from friends/family that make you :( ?

[ClaraRedheart]

I know it's NOT my job to police my friends and family... However,

My aunt just posted a photo of heavily carb-laden Chinese food plates that she (diabetic) and her husband (also diabetic) are about to enjoy. She does this all the time. I have told her this is dangerous and she needs to be careful, but now I'm just biting my tongue and hoping she doesn't get a nasty ulcer.

Also have a friend with a morbidly obese 5yo child that she buys 2 adult sized meals for (have witnessed this when I was in town to visit family... , I wondered what was causing it until I saw it first hand) . It's hard not to cringe when seeing photos, knowing how the parents feed him. Said friend does crossfit and eats healthily herself, but why stuff the child like that? Her other child is obese too. Have not said anything to this one.

Of course, there are the hoards of anti-vax friends... I just bite my tongue and move along.

Just curious what the rest of you encounter on facebook or even on a daily basis. Do you feel compelled to "educate", or are you like me and keep your mouth shut and wish you'd have said something?

[Here.I.Stand, BSN, RN]

I can't even educate my husband -- who despite his 150lb frame has a lot of obesity type comorbidities. Triglycerides and LDL are through the roof but he refuses meds, and is convinced that white rice is nature's perfect food. BP has been logged as high as 190s/100s; he refuses meds for that too. And he has sleep apnea but refuses a BiPAP.

Besides, I'm sure any diagnosed diabetic has been taught about simple carbs. I personally don't exercise enough.

Plus, I don't have time to get into it on Facebook. I like the posts I like, I ignore the ones I don't. Like the previous posters, it's not my circus, not my monkeys.

[Meriwhen, ASN, BSN, MSN, RN]

I simply choose not to "follow" their posts. If I can't see it, it doesn't annoy me. Problem solved!

This this this. That's how I handle these situations. People seem to forget about the awesome power of the "ignore/hide" feature.

[scuba nurse, BSN, MSN, RN]

I just ignore all the posts that I can't say anything nice about or like.

People post food all the time that looks GROSS to me, but I would never tell them that, they think it is great! But not something I would ever eat! (Though I do admit I am picky!).

Just like all the political posts, I am sick of hearing about the election, get over with it and move on! Nothing is going to change.

[Farawyn]

MMMMMMmmmmmmmmmmm, carb laden Chinese food!

NOMB

I do, however, open my mouth, loudly and often on the anti vaxxers.

If they don't like it, they can unfriend me. Meh.

[sallyrnrrt, ADN, RN]

And what is ADN, ASN, CNA, LPN, RN, EMT-B, EMT-I, can you answer me that?

Why, that is my friend Davey Do..... It is just davey

[applesxoranges, BSN, RN]

I would recommend refraining from commenting since it will probably cause anger. I unfriended a cousin who decided to argue about something that did not involve her. Basically I reposted someone complaining about the hospital and it turned into a back and forth about whether her broken foot was an emergency and should have been brought back first. She lived in a different state so the hospital post has nothing to do with it. My sister who just graduated nursing school was laughing when I informed her that I have to decide what constitutes as an immediate emergency because I triage in the ER frequently. She asked about why do I think it's my job to determine what is an emergency.

[BostonFNP, APRN]

I don't hesitate to speak up if it is vaccine-related, otherwise I ignore them.

[Emergent, RN]

I hate "99% of people will scroll past this post. If you love God, country, our soldiers and Jesus, like and share!"

Those purveyors of guilt risk banishment from my news feed.

[quiltynurse56, LPN, LVN]

To paraphrase Dori, Just keep scrolling

[Davey Do]

And what is ADN, ASN, CNA, LPN, RN, EMT-B, EMT-I, can you answer me that?

It's making little checkmarks in certain little boxes.

[Beldar_the_Cenobite, CNA]

Sometimes I have to remind myself that you can't change people. My dad once told me "stop blaming your mother and stepfather for your problems and how they spend their money, you can't change the way they do what they want", but when I want to splurge and buy something nice like nice cookware, he says "You are wasting your money!", but didn't you say you can't tell people how they spend their money? I'm on facebook and, honestly, I think it's not worth it. Instagram is a great place because it's photos and if you mention "We were here at Mt. Viminal Hill in Rome" it would be like "come check this out". Facebook, people get political and talk crap about each other and treat other people like crap by threatening, etc. I think instagram is more meant for living life and taking pictures for memories. Facebook seems to be less of that because you don't see pictures posted often. It's mostly news articles and how people feel, etc.

[Beldar_the_Cenobite, CNA]

I am deactivating my facebook soon but I like my Instagram. I don't post pictures very often, but my friends sometimes do and I like to follow culinary chefs, and things I like like Honda motors, Harley Davidson, Ferrari, or Star Trek stuff or Playstation 4 stuff. They're pictures that could show an event. A lot people nowadays don't even like to read, they prefer to look at pictures to help them learn stuff or understand things. You could say society is much more stupid than they were a decade or more ago but times change and people are in more of a hurry. Facebook is more reading and Instagram is more photos, but it's not something that is serious like nursing school where you have to read so sometimes pictures are better than reading(instagram) and sometimes it's important to read over pictures(nursing school for a good paying career).