Recently Stratos wrote an article saying that people should stop joining meaningless Facebook groups and that these groups could start spamming you.
I’ve noticed a number of these groups but have not joined any of them. I prefer to join or fan a real person or product that will actually provide me with useful information.
I must admit, however, that some of the names of these groups do make me laugh because they are so completely ridiculous – I suppose the face that they are so absurd is what makes them funny.
So, I searched around and located 12 funny and completely pointless Facebook groups.
- I Hate When Your Walking Home And A Hippo Just Falls On You – When I saw this one, I had to laugh. It’s so absurd, that it’s funny. Obviously, there is little point in joining a group like this but I was tempted because I appreciated the humor behind it.
- Its not a man purse, its a satchel. Indiana Jones has one – Hmm … I’m not sure. I still think it’s a man purse ;-)
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It’s Twenty-ten, not Two-thousand and ten – I’ve actually seen a lot of discussion and articles on this topic. I think this is so unimportant – I’m still partying like it’s nineteen hundred and ninety-nine. ;-)
- I Will Go Slightly Out of My Way To Step On That Crunchy-looking Leaf – Members of this group are probably the same people who love popping bubble wrap.
- I have texted while lying down and dropped the phone on my face – I think anyone who texts a lot has done this. I also think these people are better off not taking their phones into the restroom.
- Kids who hid in clothing racks while their parents were shopping – This one also made me laugh. Are there any kids who don’t do this?
- Pull your pants up, you look like an idiot – This is actually a cause that I could get behind. And I can’t believe this look is still going strong – most don’t last nearly this long.
When i’m walking down the street, I pretend i’m in a music video. – I’m sure most of us have done this at some point. There’s also the guy who pretends he’s in a music video while waiting for the bus.
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We want to keep David Tennant, not Matt Smith! – Ah, Doctor Who fans who don’t want David Tennant to stop being the doctor. I understand this because I love David Tennant. But there isn’t anything we can do about this and it’s possible that Matt Smith will do a great job. Don’t watch this clip if you’re a fan and haven’t seen The End of Time yet.
- If this group reaches 1 person, I will eat a sandwich!! – There are actually variations of this same topic in at least three groups. My guess is that this person would eat a sandwich anyway.
- I Bet I Can Find 7 People Who Support Giving Dinosaurs The Right To Vote – Well, they have already found over 4,000. I wonder how many people can be found that believe dinosaurs and humans existed at the same time ;-)
- Garden Gnome Liberation Front – I had no idea that garden gnomes were being held against their will.
How about you? Do you have other pointless and funny Facebook groups to add to this list?
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I never heard of those groups, but I dont understand the point of those farmers/green patch, etc games. I love games, but I never understood the point of THOSE.
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Hi Carla – I like games a lot but I don’t want to play them on Facebook. I hide those applications so I don’t see any notifications about them in my news stream.
I joined #3 and I’ve done/do #4, #5, and #6 in my life.
If your hippo falls on you, then you’re walking it entirely incorrectly. Amateurs.
Hi Jim – You are so lucky that you don’t have a problem with falling hippos ;-) And I found #3 through you :-P
Dear Lord! I was talking about meaningless groups and these are all perfect examples… I mean garden gnomes? Are you kidding me? I guess looking at facebook groups can be an amusement these days….
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Hi Stratos – Thanks for the inspiration :-) Looking up the groups was kind of fun. And some of them made me laugh.
It’s usually some schmuck who started the group just as a joke too. So while someone *could* be trawling for info, likely they aren’t.
With that, my kids are all fans of “Flipping your pillow to the cold side”
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Hi Andrea – I don’t think spamming is a big problem with them although it’s possible.
I’ve seen the pillow flipping one too :-)
If ytour hippo falls on you, help him up!
It’s twenty-ten and it’s two-thousand-ten. Why should we be limited to one or the other? When we get to 2025, I’ll be that the “two-thousand-” part will disappear. Too cumbersome.
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Hi Dot – I think the whole 2010 versus two thousand ten is really stupid. I don’t care what people say and a big deal is being made out of it.
Hi Kim – These are great! I think I might even be a member of the Pull Your Pants Up one. ;-)
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Hi Betsy – That’s where I found that one ;-)
Did you purposefully search Facebook for hippo references? In fact, how’d you find most of these: by you searching or because you saw your friends were members?
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Hi Ari – Most of them I found because friends had joined them. I kept an eye on the news stream for a couple of days. ;-)
I read, I laughed…. oh, and by the way, I’m a member of “Amish Shark Hunters,” whose name has been the spark of much debate (started mostly by me hehe)
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Hi Topher – I’ll have to look that one up – it doesn’t make any sense to me at all :-)
Do anybody actually participate in the groups they join? I thought the idea was to establish some foundation for discussion or common ground of some sort, but I’m starting to think people only join groups to have a funny name show up on their news feed. Not that that isn’t a valid reason.
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Hi Adrenalynn – That’s actually one of my biggest problems with these groups – lack of participation and interaction. The better ones do get people to interact and are a lot more fun.
Oh, those are hippos! I thought until I enlarged the photos they were weird-looking chocolate lumps lying in the grass.
FB is a pretty wild place, eh? But I don’t hang out there much at all.
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Hi Jannie – Facebook is fun, useful, and weird.
My daughter has this really goofy looking stuffed penguin named Waddles. Jim and I thought it would be funny to make a Facebook page for him with all kinds of silly photos. But you know what? There’s already a Waddles page there – so silly :-)
Hi Kim,
# 2 – the man purse. LOL, Just yesterday we were at Costco and I saw a guy carrying one. I thought it might be his wife’s, but she was carrying a purse, too.
Although I’m on Facebook, I don’t think I’ve joined any of these groups. I might just have to check them out and see what they are all about.
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Hi Barbara – My ex has one too – and he keeps telling me it’s a satchel – LOL
I don’t think most of the groups do much of anything – they make the group, people join because it’s silly or they agree with it and then that’s that. Some of the names, however, make me laugh.
Nice list! I posted a link to it on my facebook group, “facebook groups are a pointless waste of time”, established 2007.
Hi Steven – Thanks for the link. It’s ironic that you have a Facebook group about how stupid Facebook groups are ;-)
I started “I Bet I Can Find 7 People Who Support Giving Dinosaurs The Right To Vote”.
Pretty beast :)
I’m so glad I found this page, because now I know about the Gnome Liberation Front group, which is my new favorite.
Hi Jon – LOL :-)
I read last week that Facebook is starting Community pages and that these types of groups will need to use those rather than fan pages.
I’m surprised you found a video of Prince on youtube!! That’s what mostly pops out at me in this article at this moment. Haha!
Hi Amanda – It wasn’t easy and I keep expecting it to disappear ;-)