So earlier today I did something I rarely do. I posted a Facebook status update. I’m not an FB snob either that doesn’t update because I think it’s lame or anything. I don’t because of exactly what happened today when I posted what I thought was a gem of an update. It got zero likes and zero comments. FAIL! Before I get to my two questions though here is the post.
“Going to Marshalls at Liberty Tree Mall to pick up my Patriots Starter Jacket I’ve had on Lay-Away since 1995.”
I think that’s hilarious, yet it got zero response. So my first question is, what is worse? Having a grand total of zero responses(not even one like) on a FB update or having someone post something like, “not funny” or “weak?” I think I’d rather have someone tell me it wasn’t funny. I mean at least it has a comment under it. A Facebook post with nothing around it is just an awful sight. It’s like air balling a foul shot, which is also something I have accomplished in my life. You almost want to call the person to see if they’re okay. I can deal with no comments on a blog because that’s actual effort. But just a quick click on the like button to say “hey that was pretty funny” is no effort at all. So when nobody does that it’s just embarrassing, and it’s not like you can take it down either. That’s maybe worse than the joke itself. I guess you just ride it out until another day springs and hope for the best. You can call me self-conscious, which I am, if you like but I’m pretty sure everyone feels that way.
My second question is, do people not know what Lay-Away is? Am I the only person out of my FB friends that grew up poor? I mean I grew up like, welfare poor, so Lay-Away was pretty prominent for me growing up. Like, I had to know what I wanted for Christmas by April. Shit sucked too, because by the time Christmas came around, those Nikes that had you begging Moms for an 8 month early Christmas present were played the fuck out. But hey, it was better than the Voit’s I was rocking before that. Still, I thought other people would know what Lay-Away is. If you did you would have to appreciate that FB status. Even if you we’re only semi-poor or even middle-class, you still knew what Lay-Away is. Yeah, maybe you didn’t use it and didn’t have to wait six-months to get that Starter Jacket and wear it to the beach in July because you just finally got it, but you still knew about it, right? Right?
That’s it …game over…. ELew is just crushing it…. dude, I fucking knew what Lay-Away was…trust me… half my school clothes were on lay-away…. i had to wait 3 weeks to get a Miami U shirt and Lee’s jeans once…. and my Washington Redskins Starter jacket? Forget it….that shit took 2 years….the fucking logo changed when I finally got it….
FYI- Diggy, Winks, MJ, my mother, EB, IT Guy- ELew is just fucking kiling it. KILLING IT! Get on his level
That’s a funny status update Elew…respect.
Lay-Away at Marshall’s? You might as well be shopping at Neiman Marcus as far as I’m concerned. Try Lay-Away at Bradley’s…in the 80′s…IN CHELSEA.
My deepest sympathies Grizz. That shit sounds worse than Vietnam.
hahahahaha DB/Grizzz….fucking Bradlee’s….wasn’t there another place too that started with an A? ANother shit hole us north shore kids had to go to
Bobo are you referring to Ames, formerly Zaire’s down Northgate? Currently keeping with the high-end goods as a Burlington Coat Factory?
If we were FB friends, I’d like that shizzz. We used to do KMart layaway when I was a kid.
there was also Ann n Hope
I got my Charlotte Hornets starter jacket at fucking Caldor because it was black and purple and turquoise and I was also poor. Marshalls > Bradlees > Ames > Caldors. Chain of command here says Elew was rich if he could afford Marshalls or TJ Maxx, where I am known for purchasing 85% of my wardrobe because I am still a cheap ass.
For the record my 7th grade San Jose Sharks Starter jacket fell of the back of a truck. No joke, had the best hookup for sports gear circa ’94. Straight gangsta.
haha Caldor. Definitely got some shit there. Ames too. I still buy everything but jeans at Marshalls. I’m off the lay-away though. And if food stamps, tubs of government peanut butter and sleeping on the kitchen floor with the oven on for heat is rich, then call me Donny Trump. Didn’t realize the Howzyafatha clan all grew up poor. makes sense though.
Whoever comes in and says they got there shit at the Salvation Army when they were younger wins the “Grew Up Poorest” contest.
In college I did go to the Salve a couple of times for some funky t-shirts and even got a Chris Webber Bullets jersey (I think he was playing for the Kings at the time) and a Mashburn Mavericks jersey (No idea where he was playing at the time, but it wasn’t Dallas). I didn’t shop there because I was poor (Well I was college poor). All my money pretty much went to booze and other fun things.
I always buy jeans at Marshalls, they actually have good jeans elew. whats your logic on everything but? you know something that i dont? See my dad had money but he didnt like to share it lol .. new clothes were scarce for me i had my brothers clothes. and my one brother changed his style all the time. One year he liked rap and was ghetto, next he went with tight jeans and listened to contry, next he was fuckin big on pearl jam and metallica .. needless to say i had alot of explaining to do when it came to my outfits in elementary and middle school .. highschool was just sweats and my saugus high hockey hoodie everyday and still pulled puss
ps. – who you kidding pabs? when you were in college there was no way webber was in the pros yet haha jk buddy – bst trivia player ever
funny thing is i actually purchased a mashburn jersey and a webber jersey from marshals, rocked it for a year and then donated it to the salvation army…i cant fucking believe pabs is rocking my old shit…that dude wins the poorest contest…
I am fucking dying laughing right now….this thread is fucking priceless
157pm, just checked into the office, leaving at 515 will be drinking at 6
I’ll be at the 21st amendment at 5:01 and then to an overpriced shithole called Kinsale to meet some people after that. Bobo what’s your location tonight? Turtlenut good seeing you last night kid.
likewise my man, don’t say you heard it from me but Bobo was pulling the old “dude i feel like fuckin absolute shit, don’t know if i can go out again tonight” bullshit with me this morning also known as the pulling the gould….