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Tommy_Carcetti

(43,182 posts) Mon Nov 23, 2015, 06:24 PM Nov 2015

Dear Lord, it's like our Idiot Facebook Friend is running for President.

You know, the one who always posts the clickbait stories from the "Conservative Tribune" or "Right Wing News" or whatever two-bit website that you can debunk within a minute by going to Snopes.

Or they post ridiculous and/or highly offensive memes.

And yet no matter how much you debunk them, they'll never learn from being corrected, ever. And they'll just keep on posting bullshit like it's nobody's business.

Donald Trump and Ben Carson are the Clickbait Candidates of the election.

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Dear Lord, it's like our Idiot Facebook Friend is running for President. (Original Post) Tommy_Carcetti Nov 2015 OP

LOL! I think most of us have several FB friends like that. Zing Zing Zingbah Nov 2015 #1

Clickbait Candidate. This needs to trend Lilyhoney Nov 2015 #2

I'm not the first to think of that label (although I didn't learn that until after the fact.) Tommy_Carcetti Nov 2015 #6

"Clickbait Candidates" is brilliant! Solly Mack Nov 2015 #3

Our Idiot Facebook Friend - I think I rented that once. Initech Nov 2015 #4

I finally blocked a couple of them Quixote1818 Nov 2015 #5

Zing Zing Zingbah

(6,496 posts)

1. LOL! I think most of us have several FB friends like that.

Reply to Tommy_Carcetti (Original post)

Mon Nov 23, 2015, 07:25 PM

Nov 2015

Lilyhoney

(1,985 posts)

2. Clickbait Candidate. This needs to trend

Reply to Tommy_Carcetti (Original post)

Tue Nov 24, 2015, 01:10 AM

Nov 2015

If it is not a # on Twitter yet maybe someone here can get that going. Thanks.

Tommy_Carcetti

(43,182 posts)

6. I'm not the first to think of that label (although I didn't learn that until after the fact.)

Reply to Lilyhoney (Reply #2)

Tue Nov 24, 2015, 11:49 AM

Nov 2015

http://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/256875/donald-trump-the-clickbait-candidate.html

Great minds and all.

Solly Mack

(90,773 posts)

3. "Clickbait Candidates" is brilliant!

Reply to Tommy_Carcetti (Original post)

Tue Nov 24, 2015, 01:11 AM

Nov 2015

Initech

(100,081 posts)

4. Our Idiot Facebook Friend - I think I rented that once.

Reply to Tommy_Carcetti (Original post)

Tue Nov 24, 2015, 01:24 AM

Nov 2015

Quixote1818

(28,946 posts)

5. I finally blocked a couple of them

Reply to Tommy_Carcetti (Original post)

Tue Nov 24, 2015, 01:41 AM

Nov 2015

I would see their shit and then I found I ended up too preoccupied by them the rest of the day and constantly having to keep posting facts to their BS. It hurt my productivity and my peace of mind and it finally occurred to me that I should just put them out of sight and mind. .

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