My mom made a post asking for help picking out a name for her dog. I've assembled my favorite replies.

[u/Kronikle]

[u/littlelordgenius]

I don’t have a dog sorry

[u/sic_parvis_magna_ → u/littlelordgenius]

I love the need for old people to participate in everything they see even if they don't relate to any of it. They HAVE to put their 2 cents in

[u/SehnorCardgage → u/sic_parvis_magna_]

If you didn't want my I put, why did you post this on my feed?

[u/Drannion → u/SehnorCardgage]

I think they often think it was sent directly to them, so they are just trying to be polite and not keep you waiting. Similar to how a lot of Google Maps reviews have old people writing "I have never been there".

[u/honkhonkbeepbeeep → u/Drannion]

My silent generation mother doesn’t get no matter how many times people explain it that Facebook posts are shown to your whole friend list. She doesn’t use any of it, but she thinks it’s like email. I’ll say something like, yeah, I know my cousin has a new grandkid because he posted on Facebook, and she is baffled (“I had no idea you talk to him”). No, I really don’t, we don’t really interact, but I have basically anyone I know and don’t actively hate friended and I see their major life updates. She’s convinced though that my cousin has to have emailed me personally.

[u/breadist → u/honkhonkbeepbeeep]

My mom demanded that her Facebook account be deleted because it was too much and she couldn't keep up with it. She felt like everything that she was shown was directed at her and demanded her attention. So she felt like she had to delete it to avoid it instead of just, you know, ignoring it or using it less if it's too much, like a normal person. Lol.

[u/PansexualTree → u/breadist]

Honestly, go her. Mental health queen, just delete if it's too overwhelming

[u/breadist → u/PansexualTree]

Oh yeah for sure but the thing is she thought her feed was basically like email where someone had to intentionally include her and target her, so she felt compelled to check it so she wouldn't keep them waiting for her reply. That's what she found overwhelming - she thought basically people were trying to talk to her at all hours of the day. Like if she went through enough Facebook posts eventually she'd get to the end and she'd be "done" and there'd be no more Facebook for now. But that doesn't happen so she was overwhelmed trying to get through it "all".

I tried to explain to her that it isn't people trying to talk to her, they're just posting on their feed and it's okay to not see everything. You don't have to read everything and there is no "end". But she could not understand the concept. She had to delete it.

[u/Iewoee → u/breadist]

Aawwh this poor sweet lady! I can imagine how overwhelmed she must've been!

[u/breadist → u/Iewoee]

If you knew her you wouldn't call her sweet lol. But yeah this is pretty innocent.

[u/Iewoee → u/breadist]

Aaawh I'm sorry :(

[u/IAMACat_askmenothing → u/honkhonkbeepbeeep]

My mom tells me stuff my mil posts because I don’t have facebook as if my wife doesnt tell me the important stuff

[u/MarlenaEvans → u/honkhonkbeepbeeep]

My mom does this to me too. She keeps telling me about my sister in law 's surgery and I'm like, yes I saw the same post on Facebook, Mom. Then she gets on her computer and reads them to me while we're on the phone and I'll say, I know, we are also friends and I saw that. She thinks she's privy to secret special information, I guess I should feel privileged she's sharing with me.

[u/Caa3098 → u/Drannion]

Same as the Amazon “answers.” Most customer questions on there have dozens of responses that say things like “I didn’t need to use it that way so I don’t know” or “I bought this for my grandson so I don’t know how long that piece is”

[u/handsbricks → u/Caa3098]

/r/amazonanswers

[u/katie-kaboom → u/SehnorCardgage]

Literally something I've heard from my mother.