I just realized today that I have probably blocked status updates from every single one of my Facebook friends who is a.) getting married or b.) preggo. New parents are a toss-up, depending upon how many pictures they choose to force upon the world and how much I actually care about their child.

It\'s nothing personal against those specific people, but there is nothing more mundane than reading their updates. I understand that your close friends and family may care, but I don\'t. It\'s your God-given right to keep on posting... I just won\'t be reading.

And, on an occasionally-related topic, please refrain from starting a "countdown" to anything. And if you must start a countdown, starting sooner than seven days prior to the event is completely unacceptable.

Though now that I think about it, maybe what\'s really grinding my gears is that I\'m stuck at work with nothing to do but putz around on Facebook and complain about it.

The 12 most annoying types of Facebookers

The Let-Me-Tell-You-Every-Detail-of-My-Day Bore. "I\'m waking up." "I had Wheaties for breakfast." "I\'m bored at work." "I\'m stuck in traffic." You\'re kidding! How fascinating! No moment is too mundane for some people to broadcast unsolicited to the world. Just because you have 432 Facebook friends doesn\'t mean we all want to know when you\'re waiting for the bus.

The Self-Promoter. OK, so we\'ve probably all posted at least once about some achievement. And sure, maybe your friends really do want to read the fascinating article you wrote about beet farming. But when almost EVERY update is a link to your blog, your poetry reading, your 10k results or your art show, you sound like a bragger or a self-centered careerist.

The Friend-Padder. The average Facebook user has 120 friends on the site. Schmoozers and social butterflies -- you know, the ones who make lifelong pals on the subway -- might reasonably have 300 or 400. But 1,000 "friends?" Unless you\'re George Clooney or just won the lottery, no one has that many. That\'s just showing off.

The Town Crier. "Michael Jackson is dead!!!" You heard it from me first! Me, and the 213,000 other people who all saw it on TMZ. These Matt Drudge wannabes are the reason many of us learn of breaking news not from TV or news sites but from online social networks. In their rush to trumpet the news, these people also spread rumors, half-truths and innuendo. No, Jeff Goldblum did not plunge to his death from a New Zealand cliff.

The Lurker. The Peeping Toms of Facebook, these voyeurs are too cautious, or maybe too lazy, to update their status or write on your wall. But once in a while, you\'ll be talking to them and they\'ll mention something you posted, so you know they\'re on your page, hiding in the shadows. It\'s just a little creepy.

The Maddening Obscurist. "If not now then when?" "You\'ll see..." "Grist for the mill." "John is, small world." "Dave thought he was immune, but no. No, he is not." [Actual status updates, all.] Sorry, but you\'re not being mysterious -- just nonsensical.

The Chronic Inviter. "Support my cause. Sign my petition. Play Mafia Wars with me. Which \'Star Trek\' character are you? Here are the \'Top 5 cars I have personally owned.\' Here are \'25 Things About Me.\' Here\'s a drink. What drink are you? We\'re related! I took the \'What President Are You?\' quiz and found out I\'m Millard Fillmore! What president are you?"

just a sampling, hit the jump for more:
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i don\'t mind the pregnancy blogging so much.

a friend of mine pretty much documented her pregnancy on facebook and now the adorable baby pics are up. i see her baby every time i open facebook and she\'s the cutest little thing. i\'d much rather see updates on her than 90% of the crap people write about themselves.

i have blocked updates from many people who i literally feel embarrassed for. they don\'t show up on my main page so that i don\'t really even need to know they exist.

i don\'t mind the pregnancy blogging so much.

a friend of mine pretty much documented her pregnancy on facebook and now the adorable baby pics are up. i see her baby every time i open facebook and she\'s the cutest little thing

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White women. They really grind my gears.

I wonder if the preggo this is a direct result of my facebook as we\'re at the "any day now" point in the pregnancy...

No, actually. I just found out that one of my friends has been an uncle for a week... a fact that eluded me because I had blocked his pregnant sister from my main page about six months ago.

While I may have come off as such in my previous post, I\'m not so picky that an "any day now" from an expecting father is grounds from being blocked from my Facebook. But seeing 5+ updates a day tagged with "because I\'m preggo" or something akin to that is just obnoxious. Being "in a family way" is exciting for the folks involved, but it\'s not an accomplishment.

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I wonder if the preggo this is a direct result of my facebook as we\'re at the "any day now" point in the pregnancy...

It\'s not always about YOU DBlock.....

I wasn\'t trying to make it about me steve... I\'m friends with DK on FB and because my wife is being induced tonight, there\'s a lot of activity on my page...

To add to the the grinding gears topic, I guess I grind steve\'s gears when I post on .info (because my posts consistantly suck)...

Despite the suckitude of your posts, i do wish your wife the best of luck on the delivery.  and congrats.........cant wait to see pics on facebook ;-)