Trying too Hard on Facebook

Everyone have at least once tried to put something witty in their Facebook status. You know, something to show your friends that you are intelligent, interesting, and maybe fun to hang with.





But when you try too hard, you get something like this:

LOOK AT ME: is making laksa for dinner, but is jonesing for bacon mac & cheese.
Yesterday at 5:04 PM

See what she did thre? Threw out an exotic dish (not just a dish - mind you, a street dish), but closed with the ordinary for the irony.

Right now, this person is hitting that refresh button, begging for someone to notice and ask her that obvious question.

Somebody who doesn't know how to use Google
at 5:10pm June 18
laksa?

Bingo!

LOOK AT ME:
at 5:14pm June 18
it's maylasian street food. Soup with noodles. Lots of curry and shrimp paste and cilantro and... okay, now that's what I DO want for dinner.

Note the time stamp - 4 minutes - you know she had the response all ready to go.

I know this person, and she is not Malaysian. With this knowledge of some obscure Asian dish. She has immediately elevated herself to the top of the list amongst her white friends.

Somebody who doesn't know how to use Google
at 5:16pm June 18
OMG that sounds like awesome comfort food. Not that bacon mac & cheese didn't sound like awesome comfort food...hmm, maybe that's what I'LL make for dinner!! Thanks for the idea!

See what I mean? this person is the enabler, but an amateur one at that. If they had asked our laksa eating friend here where and when she learned about the dish, she could have gone on for hours telling her tales about her travels. Not just staying in nice western hotels either, probably some backpacking adventure where she discovered the street dish.

Then, here comes people like me to ruin her fun:

Person C
at 8:49pm June 18
isn't that a dog?

Me
at 9:56am June 19
NO! you would use parsley, mint or basil for dogs.