Fox News - A Facebook update resulted in the arrest of a Texas man who allegedly beat up his wife for not "liking" his status. According to the criminal complaint, Benito Apolinar posted a comment on his Facebook page about the anniversary of his mother's death, but Dolores Apolinar didn't click the "like" status button. The complaint says Benito Apolinar told his wife that he was unhappy that she didn't respond as others did. Police say that's when a fight began.
Look man, I get it, you just wanted some social network love, we've all been there before, but there is still no excuse for domestic abuse here. You think I don't want to track and beat people who don't "Like" my posts, click the follow me on twitter button, or at the very least throw up an interesting or funny reaction below the post? I do. But it's just not socially acceptable. I have less than 60 followers, my Klout scores a joke, and 32 people like our Facebook page. Mean while I'm somehow generating like 1,000 page views a day, where are all these people? I'm fucking furiously typing away at the ass-crack of dawn every morning, for basically nothing. Sometimes I'm not even sure people know what those buttons to the right do, despite it being painfully obvious. But I'm still not slapping a bitch over it, and neither should you have.
And that's without touching on the fact that you wanted someone to "Like" a status on your mother dying...that's just strange. I know there's not a button for all emotions, Facebook hasn't added the "My condolences" option yet, but I don't think "Liking" it is the solution either. How hard is it for someone to type out, "sorry for your loss," In the comment section? Really, you're that lazy? You click the Like button after your friend poured his heart out about mother dying and just go about your day? Some friends.
