This Week @ Monday Creek: Unfriend Me

 

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How to Lose Friends and Alienate People…Over Politics and Memes

Remember the simpler times when “unfriending” meant walking away from someone at recess because they stole your fruit snacks? Yeah, me neither—because now it involves dramatic exits, semi-cryptic Facebook posts, and the occasional accidental like on your ex-friend’s rant from 2020. Ugh.

Today’s political climate has turned social media into the modern colosseum—except instead of lions, it's comment sections, and instead of gladiators, it's your Aunt Rose versus your long-time childhood friend duking it out over changing laws.

Friends, Romans, Countrymen…Block List Them All 

Political beliefs used to be something you shared carefully, preferably over coffee or iced tea. Now, a single shared infographic can split lifelong pals. It recently happened to me.

You post a mild opinion? Boom. Kevin from fourth grade, who once copied your science fair project, is calling you a “sheeple.”

You say something diplomatic? Boom. Martha from your reading club thinks you’re “not taking a stand.”

It’s like being too spicy for the bland and not spicy enough for the curry crowd.

The Comment Section: Where Logic Goes to Die 

No one walks into the comment section hoping to learn something. It’s the Hunger Games but with more emojis and less mercy. There’s always that one friend who was quietly lovely IRL and now turns out to have been training in the shadows for their moment to unleash a 47-paragraph rebuttal that begins with, “As someone who has actually read the Constitution…”

Unfriending Etiquette (There Isn’t Any)

• The silent goodbye: No drama. Just a clean break. You'll notice they're gone when you search for their vacation pics and realize they're no longer in your digital orbit.

• The farewell post: Bonus points if it includes phrases like “if you don’t like it, unfriend me,” or “do better.”

• The mutual fade-out: You stop liking each other’s posts. One day, you realize you haven’t seen them in a while. It feels like a breakup but without the text exchange or pizza binge.

Let’s All Chill a Bit 

Politics are important, yes. But friendship is sacred, and our Wi-Fi is already working overtime. Maybe we can agree that no elected official is worth losing the friend who once held your deepest secrets. 

And if all else fails: make peace through memes. Because even the most heated political debate can be softened by a well-placed running horse meme.