Blog 111: Facebook Quiz

Don't get your hopes up, this isn't really a quiz. I'm just angry at this new Facebook "phenomenon" where random quizzes get thrown around and people answer the questions. It was alright when it was genuinely important, I even used it myself to find out if it's better to be a pirate or a cowboy. It was still alright when you can find out how many films or books from a certain list you've watched, or where you've been in the UK. Fine. But recently my feed has just been full to the brim with answers to one question: What is the worst thing a guy can say to a girl?

Most of the answers seem to be "Have you gained weight?" or "Out of ten you're a...", that sort of thing. The kinda thing that no guy would ever say to a girl. And if i'm wrong on that one then I really do despair for the world.

It's a stupid question with no actual bearing, and no point behind it other than maybe to hint at guys not to say the things we already weren't going to say.

But then the multiple choice options are ridiculous! Think about it, is "Have you gained weight REALLY the worst thing you could say?

Now, obviously, i'm not a lady. Otherwise my name wouldn't be Michael, and I wouldn't have a willy. And at school my nickname wasn't Casanova. BUT, I think I know girls well enough to say, and shoot me down if I'm wrong, but a girl would rather hear "have you gained weight?" than something along the lines of "You know your kids? I trapped them in a small cage, I've already eaten James, and Sarah looks like she's getting ill off all the slugs I'm feeding her." I think that would be the worst thing. Or something like, "All your family and pets are robots, but don't worry, I've switched them off. The cat twitched a bit but I stopped it with my boot. I never knew battery acid was red!" I could go on. But I won't. Because I'm going to kill you.