Document Type
Blog
Publication Date
5-5-2018
Abstract
When people post on Facebook "Happy Mother's Day to all the moms I know" or "Wishing everyone a happy new year" I'm sure they mean it. But to be honest, it doesn't do much for me. The same holds for such FB messages as "My thoughts and prayers are with everyone affected by [fill in name of disaster]" and "Happy Holidays to all my friends who celebrate [fill in name of holiday]." The people posting aren't actually speaking to, looking at or directing their sentiments to anyone in particular, but to everyone in general, on Planet Facebook anyway. Welcome to anti-social media.
Keywords
Erma Bombeck, humor writing, Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop, University of Dayton
eCommons Citation
Green, Ann, "Greeting cards: A lost art?" (2018). Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop Blog. 1327.
https://ecommons.udayton.edu/ebww_blog/1327
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