So, what 80s anthem, flower, Disney princess, silent film start, Muppet, or 50s TV show AM I?!
I wanted to post about this on Facebook, but decided that I could not easily customize and pare down my audience enough to escape offending someone. And the thing is, I don’t hate these people and they’re not bad folks – I mean, they’re on my friends/acquaintances list, after all. But oh Mylanta, some of them seem to be just a few fries short of a happy meal….
Those QUIZZES, though!
I mean, okay, let’s be fair here – as dumb as it is, I can see by answering certain questions, one could draw a (stretch of a) conclusion on something like which Muppets character are you most like, or which Friends character. Besides the fact of – who cares – I suppose there can be some credence in a vague way about those kinds of correlation. Take personality traits boiled down from a few basic questions and match you up.
But the ones like “Which rock anthem are you?” or “Which sexual position are you?” – I mean, really? But I guess it just comes down to the fact that people love to talk about themselves, draw attention to themselves, compare themselves to something interesting and most of all, for many, feel like they are unique and different, and attention-worthy. I just don’t get if they really think people CARE which flower they are, which flavor of ice cream, which month of the year, etc? The only people who REALLY care are the leechy websites that poach the hits from these unknowing clueless quiz-takers so they can make money from placing ads on the pages. Click-baited. Just consider it that much more junk in the universe.
I would say the only ones on my friends list that I can say with some certainty don’t ever fall prey to these quizzes and the like are my sister, my husband and my kids. Others proudly disburse their results daily and some just occasionally, but still, it’s one of “those things that make you go hmmmm”…