Food posts on FaceBook- am I being mean?

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  • Alluminati
    Alluminati Posts: 6,208 Member
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    chocolate ecclair cake
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    any one got the recipe?
  • crystal6569
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    It would probably be best to take them out of your news feed. I deleted facebook because no one is cool on there. People have the attitude that their facebook is their space to say and do as they wish and gosh does it ever piss people off when you disagree with them. This has nothing to do with food but I delivered a pizza one night to a woman I had a class with in high school and she invited me to church and we became face book friends. Well the day after election day she put a post on saying that she hoped all of Obama's supporters were as abitious to get a job as they were to vote. It offended me because I have 2 jobs and I voted for obama. So I just put on her post that that it's not true what they say about all liberal minded people being lazy because I know she knows I work and I've only been unemployed for 2 weeks of my adult life and I was sad everyday and I went job hunting everyday. I wasn't mean at all about it. She about took my head off over that! Like I said above I'm no longer a facebook member and I'm not sure if I can be warm and friendly with her if I see her outside of my customer service to her. I don't know why people have to be so defensive of the ignorance they put on facebook in all subjects, Facebook is the devil.
  • UpEarly
    UpEarly Posts: 2,555 Member
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    Oooh... thanks for the reminder! I forgot to put the ingredients for cream cheese frosting on my grocery list and your post reminded me. I need to make it for cupcakes for Super Bowl (honestly!)

    Personally, I really enjoy recipes and food posts on Facebook (unless it's pizza with cauliflower crust - then blergh!). :smile:
  • URGonnaHearMeRoar
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    I think this is only appropriate. And I would eat the hell out of this cheesey goodness.

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    -drools- That looks... amazing.
  • FaylinaMeir
    FaylinaMeir Posts: 661 Member
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    Personally I have my own recipe website so it doesn't bother me, and looking at food doesn't make me want to run and eat junk but I DO get where you're coming from. I had a friend who was always sharing that junky dessert crap with corn syrup etc and it bugged me. I eventually started to ignore it but now I blocked her (different reason) so I guess it worked out? lol

    & I'm guilty of posting pictures of my dinner, but my friends seem to love seeing them and usually yell at me when I stop. (true story: I had a friend who would constantly try to recreate my dinner based on the photo and would send me the recipe LOL was hillarious)
  • waytobeduck
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    Actually, I closed down my Facebook account quite a while ago. I found that it provided nothing useful in my life and was a huge time drain. I am so much happier now that I don't have Facebook in my life. The bonus is that I don't have to see, and am not tempted by, recipes people post.

    I did that too:smile:
  • Alluminati
    Alluminati Posts: 6,208 Member
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    Fine. I'll settle for a chocolate ecclair pie recipe.....anyone?
  • Alluminati
    Alluminati Posts: 6,208 Member
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    banana nut brownie! Yummmm!
  • 1PatientBear
    1PatientBear Posts: 2,089 Member
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    Yes. It's their page. If they want to eat like crap, that's their choice. Who the hell are you to judge them for it?
  • primal_cupcakes
    primal_cupcakes Posts: 280 Member
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    Two words: Food porn.

    I like looking at hot men too. Doesn't make me mad that I "can't have them" either. I enjoy looking at the recipies and to be honest, it's none of my business what other's post on their walls. If you don't like it, unfollow them. Easy as french silk pie.

    Well said. I love looking at all sorts of recipes and food blogs online. Sometimes it inspires me to make a healthier version of a truly decadent dish. Or maybe I'll bookmark the recipe for a special occasion meal that calls for something rich and indulgent. If you have healthy recipes you would like to share on Facebook, go for it! But shaming people you think need to lose weight by posting judgemental comments and calorie counts in their comments is mean-spirited and unnecessary. Just do you!
  • Debbeva
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    Ignore it. Seriously. Or work in the calories for a treat if you really want it. There's no need to be a Debbie Downer about a recipe that others might enjoy.
  • 3foldchord
    3foldchord Posts: 2,918 Member
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    Honestly - I just ignore it. I never like it when others try to force their views on me - so why should others be any different with what they want to eat? I focus on myself, my food, and getting my workouts in. I refuse to discuss food and exercise with others unless explicitly asked - most people just honestly don't want to know how many calories they are eating, or why they're not losing weight by just hitting the treadmill a couple times a week.

    this reflect my views/
    (not only do most people not know how many calories, they really don't care. just because I is important to me doesn't mean it has to be their priority, too)
  • tmauck4472
    tmauck4472 Posts: 1,785 Member
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    I'm one of those people that post them, OH and I make them. lots of them. What I find is I enjoy baking now more than I ever did, I also have more control of my eating than I ever did. I can post and make and have a bite or two and send the rest on their merry way to my family and friends who may want them. I care about the calorie count but others don't, hooray for them :) wouldn't it be awesome if WE didn't have to care? Oh well I got dealt the fat card in life and so I have to watch my calories. To those who don't, that's just pure awesomeness. I'm sorry you feel the need to be upset about what others choose to put in their mouth and how much of it. I'm going to make those yummy looking lemon brownies just posted in the last few days. Go ahead and give me the calorie count so I can log it and enjoy it.
  • Papillon22
    Papillon22 Posts: 1,160 Member
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    So, your friends are ignorant overweight people who *you think* should lose weight and it is your mission to educate them. I can't imagine why they'd become defensive...

    This is your issue. It's not about changing what others do.
  • seasonsanna
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    I think, "holy **** that looks good".
    that's about it.
    im fat because I ate stuff like that for a long time, all the time. sucks for me!
  • nancyluckhurst3
    nancyluckhurst3 Posts: 122 Member
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    Amen.
    I hate when people care what other people are eating/want to eat.
    Make your food choices, but you don't need to preach how many calories is in something to anyone else.
  • nancyluckhurst3
    nancyluckhurst3 Posts: 122 Member
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    Excellent answer and exactly the way I feel. If you can't control your urges that is your problem not the worlds. If you have a problem with it shut down your FB and problem solved or you could unfriend them so you don't see it. who died and named you dictator of other people's enjoyment.

    Yes. It's their page. If they want to eat like crap, that's their choice. Who the hell are you to judge them for it?
  • shrinkingshreya
    shrinkingshreya Posts: 118 Member
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    I love looking at the stuff too. I know I can't have it right now to be able to fit into my goals, but I LOVE food (thats how I got this way in the first place, lol!) and I enjoy seeing all the yummy things people come up with. So unbelievably preachy, unfriend them, hide their posts and maybe find some friend's that enjoy someone else dictating how many calories they should eat.