Wednesday, December 18, 2013

"Like for a TBH!!!" - How about no.


I have been struggling with this issue for a very long time, and I feel that after months of gathering my opinion, I am ready to speak about it. 
For a while now teenagers posting that dreaded status update have bombarded my Facebook: 
"Like for a TBH!!!"
Now, I myself am a teenager but I can assure that I have never participated in a "tbh" (or To Be Honest for those new to the acronym) and I probably never will for one reason: How stupid they are.
For instance, every time I see one of those annoying posts, they always get like 20 likes in 5 minutes because of how desperate everyone is to find out someone's honest opinion of them. Now, sure that wouldn't be too bad as long as it was a very honest and important opinion on the person, but no, it's always the same thing.  
Just about every tbh I see always has the same response. Here is a sample from a number of different tbh's all given by the same girl.




Can you please notice how in all of them, she comments on how the girl is pretty? Sure, that's a nice compliment, but that's not really an opinion on someone. When you first meet someone, the first thing you notice about someone is his or her looks. However, when you know enough about someone to develop an honest opinion of someone, looks should not be important enough to be in the opinion. I've seen video tbh's (even more stupid and unnecessary) where the dialogue goes as follows:
"To be honest..._____, you're...um...uh...you're really, uh, pretty...and...uhmmm...yeah."
SERIOUSLY? Wow. That definitely shows the person that you have an intelligent and respectable opinion on them.

People, do yourselves a favor and stop making tbh's.

-Kennedy

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